New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-26
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
Pole VauIters to Renew Battle
of the Olympic Games.
YALE PITCHERS PUNISHED
Four Sent Home from Easter
Trip for Turkey Trotting
Overtime.

II begins to look as If the Pennsylvania
relay carnival will bc marked by some of
the greatest pole yaultng i'm the history
Of track and field sports. Mare wright
Of Dartmouth. who holds the wOrlI's rec
ord Of - feet 81, inches. entered yester-
day. while Harry Babcock. of Columbia
and Frank Nelson. formerly of Yale. but
now I'm the New york Law School. have
been working with the games on Frank
lin Field in view.
Babcock won ia" Olympic championship.
clearing the bar in Sweden last July at
10 feet III, inches. Wright and Nelson
tied for second place at II feet ~ inches.
so that if all three z" TO Philadelphia
next month the strife will be renewed.
The University Of Illinois Will send
Murphy. who has been clearing the bar
I'm practice NJ close to the record, while
Princeton will he represented by fiskc
of whom great things are expected.
Frank Dummy. coach of the vale base
ban team. has decided to rulc with an
iron hand this year and will not brook
any violations Of the training rules To
this end he disciplined four pitchers Of
the squad by sending them back TO New
Haven yesterday. two days before the end
of tho Easter trip in the South
II seems that the players attended a
dance at Old Point Comfort on Saturday
evening. but four OF them-BroVn. Gle.
Ripley and Pendleton-ovorstayed their
time. and paid the penalty.
Brown and Gle were on the varsity
last year and arc being counted OF TO do
much Of the work this season. Ripley
team year ago.
The Amateur Athletic Union gymnastic
championships will be held at the West
Side Young Mems Christian Association
gymnasium on Saturday evening, April -.
The chairman Of the championship COM
mitteo has received applications for entry
blanks from Baltimore Chicago, st. Louis.
Pittsburgh. Philadelphia, Cleveland. Buff
falo and Albany. as well as many of the
prominent colleges. and il is expected
that il will bc the most representative
meeting ever held by the governing body.
In letter TO a friend in this city one
OF the baseball war correspondents with
the Chicago White Sox in California. says:
"ln the pitching department Wash.
Scott. Cicotte. Benz. White and Lange,
IN the order named. appear ready 10 face
the big league batters. Among the recruit
pitchers MoGrldge Wolfang and Douglas
have good chances of sticking for the big
show. although Douglas appears 10 be a
little Shy on fielding BortOn at first base
has shown vast improvement and is now
walloplns the ball IN championship form.
Fournlcr's speed and all round playing
probably Will land him az a regular util-
ity man. Rath is playing at top speed
and hts position is secure, but the race
between Weaver and Berger for short
stop and that between Lord and Zeider
FOR the third base is st.ll hot one and a
topic OF much discussion
lie added that the chief weakness OK the
team was in batting \ pretty serious
weakness.
Jake Stahi. manager OF tho Boston Red
Sox has brought down the axe on trio
~ his young pitchers. Watkins and AIMS
worth have been released TO the lounSs-
town club of the ohio State League and
Martina to the Beaumont club, OF the
Texas League
Harry Wclchonce. a young outnelder or
the Washington Senators. has been re-
leased TO the Atlanta club, OF the South
crn League
Pat Moran. the veteran catcher OF the
Phillics. has signed his contract aiWr
holding out" all whit
The St Louis Browns seem 10 nave lost
a valuable man in Harry Shanlcy. a
Young inneldcr released TO the Detroit
Tigers for the waiver price last winter
STANLEY is a demon on the bases. a
clever fielder and a fair batsman. Jcn-
nincs saws he Will start the season with
STANLEY at second base. which means that
BIZ I.ouden. who last fall seemed sure
of the position. must sit on the bench.
Twas a wonderful spring day but the
fans only groaned that such weather
should he wasted with real baseball still