New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-17
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Superbas Give Up Hope Of
Opening New Field This Year.
ZIMMERMAN IN A SLUMP
Swimming Authorities Fa cling a
Problem Over Rules for
Water Polo.

There is N'tie or NJ chance ~ the Sill
pertas pisvrr on th.'~ new Neld this
wear. Industrial CONDITIONS Rave been
such thet the ssee, work necessary for IN"
conrletion ~ the mark has been held M
and all hone for finishing The work hefor"
October s has been abandoned. Mr.. Fb-
bets president and chief owner Of the
Brooklyn club. is rreatlv disappointed IN
not having the field opened this year.
He said Yesterday:
~ do not care 20 predict Just when the
mark will be ready for use. That II Is not
ready by this time ,s no fault Of mine
The great steel orders and pillars which
are to be used In the construction OF tho
main entrance have not been finished In
time. owing to some delay at the foun-
dries. Until they are completed we can
not go on. Then. too. the cement Is not
vet thoroughly dried out. That process
will require perhaps ten days more. aud
we cannot go on with the placing OF the
chairs until the stand is thoroughly dry
and ready. The contractors have done
wonderful amount OF work in rushing the
stand along. but little obstacles unfore-
seen In the beginning have arisen from
time to time, and the work has been de-
layed."
Heine Zimmerman. who leads the Ma
tional League in batting. appears 70 be W
tho midst OF a slump which may cost him
his place at the top. He failed to make
hit of Tesreau's delivery on Saturday
and Natty proved puzzle to him yester-
day, although his teammates found Big
Six" for ten hits Zimmerman went 70
bat four times In yesterdays game. and
died at first each time on two grounders
TO Fletcher and two 10 Herzog.
Charley Murphy must get what consola-
ton he can over the cubs beating the
Giants IN their series OF twenty-five
games. which now stands twelve to nine
In favor Of Chicago. The Cubs will make
their last appearance Of the season at the
Polo Grounds to-day.
Big Chief Meyers 10 still limping pretty
badly. and with the worlds series only
three weeks away.
Joe Tinker was acting manager OF the
Cubs yesterday, IN the absence OF Frank
Chance. who was said 10 be In hospital
undergoing an operation on his heac.
Carroll Shilling. who ranks with the best
Jockeys ever developed IN this country
had narrow escape from drowning while
swimming in Chesapeake Bay yesterday
morning. He suffered from cramp and
had 10 be dragged out of the water.
Farer 10 prove that many OF the charges
made against boxing are without grounds.
Eddie and Jess Mcmahon. managers OF
the 81. Nicholas Athletic Club. have e1-
tended formal invitation 10 Governor
Dix to witness the bouts between young
lack o'Rrtcn Young Brown, Frankie
Burns and Patsy Brannigan and Johnny
Lore and Young Ketchel at the club TO-
morrow night.
The swimming authorities OF the ANA
teur Athletic Union are facing a problem
that IL giving them lot TO think aoout
and they frankly admit 10 being worried
over the water polo situation, for II looks
Ike a hopeless task 10 try to get the va
r!ous aquatic interests 10 agree on the
adoption OF any one type of water game
Club officials recognize the folly OF at
tempting TO reform American water polo,
for every effort to eliminate rough work
has proved futile. and even the players
themselves feel that the apparent impos-
sbillty 10 secure competent referees
makes Il nnwise to risk any more such
pitched battles as were witnessed last
season. When Il comes TO the introduction
OF new code. however. no one seems
willing 70 make concessions, and the gov
erning body is In qusndary
Fasteners are eager TO take up English
soccer, both because they know something
about Il, and because they have been cs-
sured that X they take II up consc!en-
tiously a team will be sent abroad in 1915
10 represent this country In the Olympic
tournament Westerners, instead, con-
tend that most of their pools are entirely
10 small to play soccer properly. and they
are advocating a new game, In many
ways similar to basketball, which they
believe will win immediate favor and Ill
all requirements Norman c. B. Cox, the
coach, has drafted an excellent set OF
rules to govern the play. and there Is no
doubt that he has met every emergency
and evolved most promising style OF
contest. Still, metropolitan swimmers
cannot see that II has any advantages
over soccer and Its unavailaoility for In
ternational competition has caused them
10 pronounce emphatically against II.
To complicate matters news comes that
the intercollegiate Swimming Association
has decided to cling to its own form of
water polo. only varying slightly from
the American game, but that tho univer-
stiles OF the Central States are about to
introduce material changes at the sugges-
ton OF Professor White. former physi-
cal director OF the Chicago Athletic As
ISOLATION.
Prominent watermen in the Amateur
Athletic Union are strongly in favor of
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