New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-06

In the abnormal lust for speed. Players
must stand up to the plate with boiohess
and face ball which comes whizzing oy
almost with the speed of a bullet they
must run bases with daring and aoandon'
they must take desperate chances IN neiu-
Ing and blocking off runners. Other"Ise'
the thumbs of the fans" would turn down.
and the players would be doomed TO the
minors Baseball IL growing to be almost
as strenuous as football.
The Yankees showed fash OF their true
form last week in winning two games III
succession from the worlds champions III
Philadelphia There is much latent power
in Harry Wolverton's nine, and from no"
on steady Improvement can be looked l"r'
The men showed the true fighting spirit on
Friday, when they rallied In the face OF al
overwhelming score and piled up ten runs
in the ninth inning in game against 'le
Athletics. These ten runs were not enough
to turn the tide, but they showed mat ti'o
players were made Of stern stun ana 'lal
they were not easily discouraged.
IF John ]. McGraw's baseball machine
keeps on running along so smoothly as II
has since the season opened, the rams
will have only the worlds series to worry
about as the National League penhanI
! would seem to DC good as won. Inc
Cincinnati Reds are holding the pace WIN
out sign of weakening, but their succeS'
10 date rather emphasizes the tact that tho
Chicago Cubs, the Pittsburgh Plrates aho
the St Louis Cardinals are not so lol
rnidablc as a wear ago. on paper the Rtds
Go not measure up TO the Giants IN battihS
or fielding strength; ana, While baseodlI Is
uncertain, the followers Of McGraWs men
have reason TO feel elated 1T Cincinnatis
present position in the pennant race
The story is going the rounds that the
Reds owe much of their success TO GATE 10
Hank O'Day. their new manager, because OF
the fact that as an umpire he acquired
| knowledge Of the various pitchers ana their
rlannerisms To say nothing of the weak
nesses Of the batsmen ODay has been a
close student Of the game, and no DOUBT Is
allie to give a timely tip TO his men here ana
there Little things count in baseball out
in all probability the real success OF the
| team I'D TO this time lies in the condition or
the men and in the fast. snapr% game the!
are playing.
! Tho college baseball season Is Stll too
young 10 indicate clearly the relative
strength Of tho various mines which are
fighting for the so-c8lled championship.
Nothing has occurred. however, 10 change
my early impressions of three weeks ago
and the leading teams appear 20 measure UP
IN the playing strength in about the follow
ing order: Yale Princeton. Brown. Pennsyl-
Vania, Holy Cross, Harvard, Cornell, Dart
mouth Williams, Columbia and Amherst
This is not ranking. but merely an I'M
preston gained by seeing some of the teams
in action and by studying the scores close
| ~. Yale has been beaten III TWO college
games but I will he surprised II FRANK
Quinby, the amateur coach, docs not make
a success of his first year at New Haven
Ho has shown excellent judgment IN the
, handling and development of his men. and
good results are apparent.
The few games played 10 date which
must be considered in making the hnal
standing, is as follows: Princeton, ,, Cor
nell. / Princeton, -, Brown, /; Pennsyi-
vania. (, Holy Cross, Pennsylvania =
Holy Cross. / : Brown, 9, Pennsylvania, -
Princeton, s, Pennsylvania, 0: Holy Cross
S, Princeton, { Pennsylvania, 9; part
mouth, 3 Cornell, s, Dartmouth, ,: iIar-
ward S. Columbia. . Yale, 1. Columbia, D;
Yale s, Holy Cross, >; Holy Cross, Q. Tale
4; Harvard, g. Amherst, ,. The fact that
Princeton was beaten by Holy Cross last
week must not be accepted too seriously.
as the Tigers were in a bad slump.
The Harvard nine appears TO DO unset
tied, due partly perhaps TO the fact that
the weather conditions have been unfa-
yorable This, however, does not account
altogether for the poor work in some of
the games played. DR.. Sexton, the head
coach. has a problem on his hands with
the pitchers, as he had an entirely new
string TO develop. FELTON,. the football end,
appears to be the chief reliance Of the
nine, but like 50 many left handed pitch
ers he lacks control. He strikes out lot
OF men, but also gives lot OF free passes
10 first base. Twenty-Five walking tick
cts IA two games is pretty close TO being
a record in this respect. Barthof pltched
we'll enough on Thursday to lend some en-
couragement, while Hitchcock, from the
Hawaiian Islands, and Comes are the
other two men whom Sexton Is baslng MS
hopes. The Crimson Is strong In catchers,
with Reeves and Young. but the inheld ap-
peares to be a bit unsteady, due partly
perhaps to the fact that Sexton has been
changing the men about in an effort to get
the strongest combination. $. +. Clark
has the call at first base, and Captain Pot
fer is a fixture at second. after some ex-
perimenting, but the left side OF the In
field is not yet settled. Wingate, one OF
the most natural players on the squad has
been moved from third base to shortstop
in order to make q place for Gibson, who
played the bag last year. This apparently
has crowded out Desha, who was short
stop q year ago. BAbson and Wiggles-
worth. both veterans, and good hitters.
| seem TO be the only two players who are
sure OF places in the outfeld.
Eight stolen Eases on Friday and nine on
Saturday is one reason why the Giants are
racing along near the front.
II is a long time since the Washington
Senators have been second In the American
800 remnant race. HERBERT.
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