New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-24
Comment and Gossip
on Sports of the Day

being fooled If he can be distracted or
entertained at the same time, and possio'!
there is some truth in this, but after an
il is a mighty poor policy to cater to the
theory that there is zone born every MIN
ute" Judging from my own experience
the fans" take their sport mighty Sc
riously and once they realize that they
are being fooled they will quickly turn
against those who are playing on theH
, credulity for profit There may be no
legal way to stop this growing evil out
public opinion is a powerful weapon
Sir Thomas Upton must be bold IN
deed. if he has asked the New YORK
Yacht Club to reconsider the refusal of
his challenge for the Americas Cup with
out withdrawing the stipulation a. to the
size of the defending yacnt. One is led TO
believe from his statement made abroad
that he is trying TO convince the Vot.HS
members of the New York Yacht club TO
accept his Interpretation of the oeed vi
Gift. lie might Just as we'll bay at the
moon. for all the good X VIII do Certdii'
yachtsmen here are much sou III 'he',
WAYS" Sir Thomas evidently rs 700 Soo'
q sportsman to put the New Norh idoh'
club i'm the ridiculous position OF racing
9o-footer against his 1o-iooter' IL 'hd'
should be his purpose. which is nara To
believe. by insisting. once the challenge Is
accepted. on the clause WHEN PROVIDES
M time allowance Tommy Upton, as
Inc calls himself, wants race not
hippodrome.
The Australian lawn tennis players
must ,be applauded FOR their good feeilhs
i'm agreeing to play one Of the Fleiiii'ii'a'!
matches for the Davis Cup in this coun-
fry. II will be stimulus 20 the sport
here and may save the Americans jour
ney across the Atlantic-a contingency
however. which ]. for one, do not an
ticipatc.
New York is the place for the Army
Navy football game. and New YORK wants
il There are so many advantages over
Philadelphia i'm the way OF more seats
and better hotel accommodations mat VI.
Naval Academy authorities could Wcii
accent the DISADVANTAGES of an extra iopr
hours ou the train Tor the mhdShipmeh'
This would not affect the players, as
nlentv of time is allowed for their coming
from and going 20 Annapolis. but the 'wo
brigades must return the same day Inc
greatest good for the greatest number
sbould he considered. and no doubt VIII
be considered. In fact 1t looks ~ tnis
writing as if the most Spectacular Oh dI
gridiron battles would be fought out on
the Polo Grounds in this city.
mn, told ON good authority that Jake
Uich will not return as coach OF the
Wesleyan football eleven next iaii ms
is occasion for some surprise a. u re-
suits count for anythlhs' eno io -, M,
Brown player established himself as
competent instructor i'm much shorter tilhc
than reasonably could be expected Ne0
leyan enjoyed a most Successiul Scdsoii
last fan i'm winning seven sanlos anu
losing only two Among the teams De
foated were Norwich, BoWdoin' bro"h;
New York University. Tufts. Union ana
Trinity. while Yale was hrld 10 SUI
of 10 10 3. The only other setback canne
when Williams won q hard fought game
on "a sloppy field 10y a score oil 10 TO :;
Much OF the credit. of course. belonged
to High. who took up the WORK after VnlH
4 season of experience IN codcnihS I'a ,,,
University. at New Orleans. nav
talked with number of Wesleyan men
who spoke i'm the highest terms oi itlSl
and his work. and that is the reason J
feel some surpiis" mat ms col,iac' ma9
not been renewed. Wescyans loss
however. should be somebody else gam
and unless ! am sadly mistaken the col
lege which secures his servives VIII nave
reason for cOnSratulatlon.
lake High played on the Brown eleven
which defeated Yale in 1910 10y score
of u TO o. know him only slightly. but
that little Is enough TO make me leel
that he will be heard from AGAIN before
another season is over. What nked
most about his methods was his absolute
iuSisfeuce Oh discipline.
Willie Hoppe is the Frank Ives of lat
ter day billiards. once more he hoidS
both worlds titles at Isl ana D., ana so
far as can be Judged he Will keep on
holding them. too, 80 long as he Keeps
I'M practice. There was a time about
wear ago when he lost confidence to some
extent in himself. from what appeared to
be a slight nervous breakdown, but the
hesitancy which marked some OF his
shots at that time has now disappeared
and one may almost say that he is III a
class by himself.
For eighteen wears the Hockey Club
of New York has been striving to win
the championship Of the Amateur Hockey
League, and at last the hard WORK anu
earnestness have been rewarded. II pays
to hustle while one waits.
Columbia hobs w now and again with
an intercollegiate championship, and now
il is fencing. Captain Clough and his
men proved their skill and right TO the
title in no uncertain way.
GOLD AND CUP TO SYBILLA
Filly Wins PriX du President de
la Republique at Autueil.
Paris. March 23.-ihe PriX du Pres-