New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-12
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Famous Racing CoIorS of Old To
Be Seen Once More.
STABLE FOR L. S. THOMPSON
Ban Johnson Talks Further of
His Plans to Shorten
Baseball Games.

L : Thompson. who has not owned
any thorough bred horses since the disso-
luton of the partnership of l., :. w. +.
THOMPSON. in 1897. has come back with
the revival of racing. The old colors-
green. red sleeves and cap-have been
registered with the Jockey club and
have been seen at the Norfolk meeting.
The colors were first made famous by
W. T. Thompson father of the present
owner. who founded Brookdale Farm ana
who raced under the name of BroOkdale
Stable. winning the Lawrence Realization
I'm 1896 with RequitaL The stable was
continued only one year after the death
of the elder Thompson. but I'm that year
won the Futurity with L'Alouette.
Harry Payne Whitney now has his
breeding stud at BroOkdale, and many
winners both here and abroad have been
sent out from there in recent wears. The
Thompson stable will be made up OF
horses bred at Brookdale.
The army day races at Belmont Park
will include handicap on the Hat ex-
clusiyelv for army horses TO he ridden by
officers the Amateur cup and steeple-
chase in which amateurs and officers VIII
have the mounts The popularity oil
races in which army officers are inter-
ested has been we'll sttested In recent
years on the big tracks, as well az on the
amateur courses.
Ban Johnson thinks q full fifteen MN
utes can be saved i'm the playing OF base
ball games by employing TWO bows 10 re-
trieve foul balls lie j. quoted as saying
in Chicago:
- new lall should be put into play
every time a foul is hit, even II IT does
not 20 over the fence OF into the STANDS.
This is where the bows come in. If IL a
foul which the fielder cannot catch ne
will return To his position Immediately
so that the game may proceed while the
small boy retrieNes the ball. Nhe'ner
these assistants shall be in uniform mas
not been determined
II is still possible that the lure of the
game will prove too strong for johnny
King. the veteran catcher, VINO mas re-
fused several fiattering offers 10 play Win
the Cincinnati Reds this season. Business
has quoted down in Kansas CITY ana
Killing spends a few hours every afternoon
on the diamond getting into condition
Should his partner decide that he can
get along without him for the summer
IlIinp viii be seen behind the bat once
again.
Riu Allen. a Young outnelder Of the
H.tn turned
over TO the Montreal club ~ the Inter
national League under an optional agree
ment.
Baseball fans" in Cleveland will not
have 10 travel out To the grounds on oay
when the weather j. threatening. laFbe
flag. IS feet by l. feet. bearing big Dase-
ball, will fly over one Of the newspaper
offices in that city when game Is To ne
PLAYED. When game Is called IL VIII he
taken down. The flag can b. seen al a
great distance. Such a plan would "oiN
well I'm two OF three places IN this city.
4 concrete clubhouse FOR the use OF
visiting players il being built at the nome
of the ST. Louis Browns. ana VIII be ready
the inst week IN May.
The ST. Louis Cardinals have released
-pepper" Rollings. a young infelder' 10
the New Haven club Of the Eastern As
ISOLATION.
George Johnson. an Indian pitcher oi
the st Joseph club. in the Western
League. has been sold to the Cincinnati
Reds.
George Stovall, manager Of the reJuVe-
mated 81. Louis Browns. has released
Napier. a pitcher; Roche. an inhelder'
and Sloan, an outhelder, TO the Mont
pomerv club of the southern Association.
Johnny Evers, Of the Chicago cubs. has
sold two of his young pitchers. Paynter
goes TO Montreal of the international
League and Sutcliffe TO New London. In
,be Eastern Association. Joe Tinker.
manager Of the Reds, has refused 10
waive on Fred Toney, young t"irier.
tried out By the Cubs last fall
Harry Mcintyre. former pitcher OF the
Sunerbas and Cubs. who accompanied the
Cincinnati Reds on their training UP
has shown Joe Tinker that he can come
hsck." and he has been signed To reg
ular contract