New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-05
Comment and Gossip
on Sports of the Day

one or two weak points. as he would
command good price in the way OF
other players. With much uncertainty
however, concerning Chances legs, 1t
would be poor management TO weaken
one place to strengthen another.
With such sprinteIs as Patterson, Lip
pincott Marshall and Mercer. Pennsyl-
vania is likely TO make a clean sweep III
the dashes at dual meets and in the IN
tercollegiate games this year. and the
dashes in this case may be said TO include
the quarter-mile run. Captain Mercer is
more than likely to devote himself 10 the
broad lump as the Quakers appear to be
strikingly weak in the field events. He
also may aim for the low hurdles over
which he must oe considered. in order to
round out a better balanced team. As
McCurdy and Medira are almost sure to
score heavily in the distance runs Penn
sylvania will take a lot of beating this
year on track and field.
At this writing, Harvard. Cornell and
Michigan seem tc be the chief rivals OF
PENNSYLVANIA for the big games in the
Harvard Stadium. now only four weeks
off. The Quakers profess to fear Mlchi-
gan most but have wholesome respect
for Cornell which Is working hard to
earn the NTH and final leg necessary to
permanent ownership OF the much priced
trophy, and Harvard. which is develop
ing a strong team.
When August Belmont said TO me on
Friday that Ten Point, \. l.. Aste's good
three-year-old. was a truly great horse
he bore out what number of other capa-
BILE judges told me last fall after seeing
him race as two-year-old 1t begins
to look as If the revival of the sport In
this state will be handicapped to some
extent by the absence of many really
high class three-yearo and for that
reason Il is hoped that Mr. Aste as well
as Charles Buschmeyer, who owns haW-
thorne will decide to ship their horses
here | have seen little or no racing ior
two years. and consequently have not had
the pleasure of watching Ten Point IN ac-
ton For that reason my interest IS
aroused. as will be the interest of all
those who love good horse, and VINO
have been forced to forego the invigorat-
lilE sport Slntt lb' SoNNS "N'N
this state with the end of the Saratoga
meeting in 1910
The suggestion already made that the
Westminster Racing Association oher
. good sized purse for a special sweepstakes
TO bring Ten Point and Hawthorne to-
gether at Belmont Park in June is likely
To reach the proportions of demand II
both run up TO promise in the KENTUCKY
Derby next Saturday. Some special ef-
fort will have to be made, no doubt 10
bring the horses East, as IT is under
stood both have enough engagements In
the West to keep them reasonably busy.
Those who remember Jack Point and
also Gold Ten. the sire and dam of Ten
Point. are not surprised that the young
ster has developed into such a good horse.
| He is bred in the purple. so to speak, as
lack Point was by Sir Dixon and he by
billet. while Merry Maiden. the dam OF
lack Point. goes back to Vergl and Van
dal The sire of Gold Ten was Goldcrest
a son Of Ben dor while the dam, MISS
Tenny was daughter OF the fafnouS
swayback Tenny. Tony Aste, VINO owns
Ten Point is remembered as the man VINO
sold Nasturtium to the late William g
Whitney for $4,000.
, II is cause for CongratulatOn that
Harry Payne Whitney has brought Whsk
Broom ~ this country TO help in lending
some tone to the racing here. The son of
Broomstick was ranked among the Lead
Ing handicap horses in England last year
and Jack Jovner was loath TO let him go.
He did succeed in holding Meeting House
which Mr. whitney had picked out to snip
with Whisk Broom, and had the satlsiac-
ton Of seeing him run third in the Two
thousand Guineas, one of the historic
fixtures of the English turf, last Wednes-
! day.
How are you going to beat Walter
johnson when the ball looks no bigger
than a pea as it whizzes by?' were the
words Of J. Franklin Baker of home
run fame after the game in Philadelphia
last Wednesday, in which the Senator'S
beat the Athletics after bitter struggle
by a score of to o. Baker only voiced
the opinion OF dozens of other players
who have stood up this year before the
great pitcher. only TO realize their hope
less impotence with the bat before his
re1ndrkd ole speed anu SHARP pItdhiho
curves.
Walter Johnsons work so far this year
has been little short Of amazing. Up to
Friday he had pitched thirtyseven inn
ings this year. with only one run scored
against him, and that was not earned. in
the very first frame he worked. Thirty
six shut-out innings in row proxies that
he is as good II not better. than ever.
Some more light was thrown on the
fight for the so-called college baseball
championship last week. but 1t only
served to emphasize what has been said
before in this column-that Yale and
Brown appear to stand out above all
others: that Princeton is not living up TO
the proud place il has held for FIVE or SIX
years on the diamond. and that Column
bia has the best team developed on Morn
ingslde Heights for several seasons. II
took the Tigers thirteen innings to beat
Columbia last Wednesday. but they fell
n victim TO the University of Virginia on
Thursday. a team which was beaten by
Yale after a well played game on Fri
day. Columbia has now been beaten by
Yale Harvard and Princeton. but only by
the closest margin in each case, which
stamps the team above the average.
Yales victory over Brown appeared 10
be conclusive, even II ninth-inning rally