New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-10
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT.
Ten Point a Hot Favorite for
the Kentucky Derby.
HAWTHORNE NOT TO RUN
Johnny Evers and His Cubs to
Invade the Polo Grounds
This Afternoon.

This Afternoon.
L. Astes Ten Point which August .
vslmont called truly great horse" a .
t.v DAYS ago. will 20 to the post favorite /
,or the thirty-ninth renewal Of the his /
~. Kentucky Derby. over one mile and /
ouarter at Churchill Downs. Louis
Vile to-day.
The race has lost some OF its interest /
,.csuse Of the withdrawal OF Haw |
horne. the good son Of Hastings. on &C /
aunt OF illness. but Foundation. with /
rottus up. will not lack for friends. and |
A., stirring race is promised.
rive horses are likely to face the /
barrier. Wilson will ride Ten Point /
xbIe Glass will have the mount on /
Yankee Notions. Peak on Prince Hermis /
and Borel on Junnice Gill.
Iohnny Evers. the debutante manager or
me cubs. will invade the scene Of many /
,riumphs Of the past when. for the first /.
time this season, he marshals his follow
.rs at the Polo Grounds this afternoon. /.
Arrangements have been made by some /
interested parties hailing from Troy, the /
borne OF the valiant second baseman. TO |
give the new leader reception BETTING
his dignity Reservations in the grand .
stand have been made for the folks from
hack home, and a large time is expected
by all.
OF course. there probably will be several
persons from New York on hand 10 see
that Johnny gets all that is coming to
him. For the sake OF aud lang syne a
visit OF the great Trojan must receive
due consideration. Evers is always Evers,
no matter when and how he cometh.
Lou Richie, the Giant killer, has been
keeping very low for the last two weeks
with to-days combat in view. 1t has been
given out that he is not yet in condi-
ton, but Lurid Lou doesn't have TO be IN
condition TO beat the minions Of McGraw
50 he is likely 10 be on the mound this
afternoon. The hopes Of New York Will
rest with Matty.
The new catcher signed by Frank
Chance. manager OF the New YORK
Yankees, is William Reynolds, OF the
Houston club Of the Texas League In
g2 REYNOLDS had a fielding average last
year Of 9si He played in sixty-eight
games. made 325 put-outs. 70 assists and
IS errors. He was at the bat 220 times
N eiehty-two games. scored Il runs, made /
. hits, stole bases and had percent /
age OF .123
Ban Johnson. president Of the Ameri- /
ran League. has ordered an investga- F.
ton OF the fist fight between players OF /
the Boston and Cleveland clubs at Cleve- /
land on Wednesday. Connolly. the UNI /
pre reported that he knew nothing OF
the occurrence, but has been instructed |
10 get the true facts.
IL the ulayers taking part In the scrim-
mage were identified and punished by
suspension both the Boston and Cleve- /
land teams would be disrupted, as twenty /
men are said TO have participated, most |
Of them the leading members OF their /
teams
Ran Johnson has accepted an invita- /
ton from Charley Comiskey 10 make the /
proposed trip around the world with the /
Giants and White Sox next winter.
The Yale and Pennsylvania baseball /
teams will clash IN Philadelphia to-day |
IN a game that Will have a distinct bear /
ing in the ranking. The Quakers beat !
Yale on the early spring trip TO the |
South. but the Blue turned the tables |
two weeks ago at New Haven.
The Detroit Tigers purchased Pip. q |
first basemsn. from the Kalamazoo team |
o. the South Michigan League yester- /
day. This may mean that Navin and /
Jennings have lost hope OF getting Hai !
Chase from the Yankees. Pip is now /
attending the Catholic University at /
Washington and will join the Tigers on /
Nay %
Irish Paddy" Callahan. who was sus- |
pended two weeks ago by the state Atm /
leiic Commission pending an inVestiga- /
ton into charges Of fouling. was restored
70 good standing at its meeting yester- |
DAY Callahan was charged with foullng I
Zoe Costa JOB q recent bout at the irving /
Athletic club IN Brooklyn. y license
vas granted 70 the Far Rocka way Attn |
.stic Club. OF Far Rockaway. and a /
transfer OF license granted to the Dorp |
Athletic Club. Of Schenectady. The
eulding OF the latter organization was
turned about ten days ago.
After the good showing Of the Cornell !
tack team against the University OF /
Michigan last Saturday Harvard men
are not so confident as they were that
etoIy car be won to-day In the
.Fst Qua track games ever held between
ne two universities Harvard feels I'M /
ornin In the sprints but looks for |
points IN the quarter and half mile runs /
snc also 10 do a generous share Of the
scoring in the field events John Paul !
Jones, the Cornell star. is conceded the /
one-mile run