New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-22

Comment and Gossip
on Sport of the Day


things FOR rowing at New Haven Ihinss
aquatic have been in chaotic CONDITION
at Yale for two or three years, one coach
following another, one system following
another in an almost panicky enort 10
get at the root OF plainly apparent trouble
Confidence now win he restored ana
new FLIP lent TO the annual meeting OF
the Crimson and the Blue on the water
For six years it has been altogether 100
one-sided TO be interesting.
When two crews fight over four-niie
course TO finish within foot or two OF
each other. honors must be divided even
though the honors so far as the losers 20
are empty There is all the difference IN
the world between winning and ioslrk'
whether the difference be name
breadth or ten lengths, for truly was II
said. ITO the victors belong the spoiis'
Still, both crews deserve all credit for
the wonderful fight they made.
GUY Nickalls, the English oarsman. WHO
has been coaching the Yale crews, worked
wonders since the crushing defeats AT
takes n good man TO overcome the as
couragement of such a poor showing TOT
al-around good sportsmanship ana uue
spirit. however commend me 20 captain
Denegre. who accepted demouon 10 me
second crew rather than imperh me
chances of the much-sought victory Owe.
Harvard He missed the satisfaction Vi
sitting in the first Yale boat that nhsheu
In front of Harvard in six years Out
there must have been compensations. he
also serves who only stands and WAITS.
Now m PouRhkeepsie and the race OF
six crews on Friday. Cornell may ne
INSTRUMENTATION are coming thick and
fast this year-but the man bold enough
to predict such an upset would De III
subject for Bloomingdale.
Jack Dunn. OF the Baltimore CLUB Of
the international League, says that alter
winning thirteen games in a row the
Orioles returned TO Baltimore and played
10 100 fairs Sounds like boycott
In speaking Of the Federal League,
favorite subject these days, Ban Johnson
shouts: That Gilmore enterprise Will oe
on the scrap heap before August L. Ban
b forgot TO mention the "ear.
Organized baseball IL beginning to GEht
in earnest Six months ago the mo".Ls
were saying that there was no roor. Tor a
third major league and not half enough
players to go around. Now they a. plan
ming a third major league Of thcf own.
The Feds have raised the dust If nothing
else.
The Giants checked the Pirates in toeir
wild dash three or four weeks age. and
now they have headed of the ambitious
Reds, who threatened to rush madly to
the front When needs must McGraw and
his men rise to the call.
Rain for couple OF days and victory
over tho Maps on Saturday saved the
Yankees from plunging into the damp and
dismal hole called the cellar of baseball.
The stewards Of the Jockey Club are
sparing no pains to kill rough and dan
gerous riding. 1t is well.
Lovers Of the thorough bred will rejoice
in the announcement of a fall meeting at
Belmont Park in September.
1t is all very we'll Ito point a moral TO
adorn tale" but those who are empha-
sizing the victories of England in golf
polo and relay racing are stretching the
facts to the breaking point. In the first
place, no international trophy was at
stake on the links, and if the relay race
should count. then why not the victory Of
an American owned and partly American
blooded horse in Great Britain's turf clas-
sic-the Derby? And why not Jay Gould's
trumph-for such it was-over George
Convey, a professional, for the worlds
court tennis championship? There is no
reason 10 be less proud of our own golf
championships, and perhaps the tables
may be turned If some of England's best
players invade our links. Don't forget,
either, that Norman L. Tabor, an Ameri-
can born and bred, ran on Oxford's relay
team.