The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-12-01

jeers of those players and magnates
who feel that they are entitled to "a
portion of the thousands Of dollars now
annually divided by the leading clubs
OF the two leagues. Those who have
heard the schAne@ explained and do
not approve of it. claim that it is too
Utopian for professional baseball and
opens the way for charges Of favor
itism Wire pulling during the Sc
lection process. They further contend
that the interest, being national rather
than centralized, would result in a
heavy falling Off in gate receipts and
lead to the eventual collapse of the
worlds series as the climax Of the
baseball season. Regardless, however,
OF personal opinions, the fact that such
a broad plan should ave been evolved
shows that there are baseball men who
do not believe that the present worlds
series is the last word in Americas
national sport.
Preliminary details for the 1914
yacht, race for the Americas cup are
rapidly being completed on both sides
of the Atlantic. Long before the chal7
lenger and defending candidates slide
off the ways, the. sailing masters
shippers and crews will have been Sc
lected n all plans arranged for tho
trial and tuning-up races, both off tho
English and American coasts Three
possible cup. defenders are assured for
the United States, and one or two
others may be built if those interested
can find satisfactory yacht builders to
undertake the work.
In England the actual construction
of Shamrock ", Sir Thomas Lipton's
NOV. 8, and the 75-footer is expected
to take the water early in April. AL
though five months will elapse before
the ~tuning-up process Is started, Eng
lish yachting circles are already BUSH
ly engaged in discussing the plans for
the test races and the selection of the
crew and officers for Shamrock ". A.
cussing these preliminaries, says:
IN the trial races between Sir
Thomas Lipton's cutters, the new
challenger Shamrock ". and the old
Shamrock 23-metres, built in 1908, w.
P. Burton will have sole charge OF
both the yachts, and will sail the
challenger, assisted by his sailing
will be steered by Captain Gould, IL
skipper who has a high reputation in
racing circles. That the profession
al shippers whose anne are sc famil-
lar to yachting people are not con-
nected with the matches for the
Americas cup for 1914 will appear ex-
t~raordinary to many, and it is I'm,
uOuuLGuly d lCuHlSldlCS OIL ILluCtk
interest n will form a topic Of con-
%versation amongst yachtsmen for
many months to come"
However, good men as they are,
Sir Thomas Upton has failed before
with them in command Of his yachts.
and he can but try again with newa
hands in charge. Captain Gould Is not
a young man, but he Is a skilled rae
ing man, and, while w. P. Burton and
Albert Turner are of course, typicaR
Of the latest school of seamanship In
modern racing cutters using all the
science and forethought that Is re-
quired in handling the beautiful tall
spared racers of the day, it may per-
haps be said that Captain Gould Is a
skipper of an older school,
The one point raised at present ap-
pears to be regret that a younger pilot
of the modern yachting school was
not appointed to send the trial yacht
against Shamrock ". Criticism is
voiced by another yachting enthusi-
asst, as follows:
I'VE know Captain Gould's record is
a good one. We very much doubt
however. If he himself expects to be
able to go straight into his new COM
mand with a new crew and get asr
much out of her as Captain Sycamore,
The latter had carefully tuned Sham
rock up and had had the best oppor-,
LuHlty OIL QolnS Sot opposed as he was
day after day to a vessel to which ne
could not afford to. give anything
away, and which was also handled by
a skipper as keen and experienced in
the class as himself. 1t will take some
little time to find put the form of the
boat, with which her former skipper is
Ealready. acquainted, and by that time.
the short period available for prelim-
mary trials may have nearly or quite
elapsed n the trials will have been
lacking in conclusiveness. The new
skipper and all concerned u~ndoubted-
1y will do their utmost to bring thd
old boat up to the highest pitch poss
sible. Nevertheless, there will be-
throughout an element of doubt as to
whether even those most intimately
associated with the trials will be able
to gauge the merits of the new boaa
as conclusively as if the old yacht
were sailed under Captain Sycamore's
command" -,