New-York tribune., 1914-03-30
Comment and Gossip
on Sports OF the Day

Slpcrhas may accomplish It Will he i'm
tcrcsting 70 see the PLAYERS i'm action on
THURSDAY. when soundcr judgment per
haps may BE- passed on what may hc cN
pectcd than is possible from reports DRIFT
inc over the wires from the training
camp.
Tho Superbas seem reasonably sure Of
taking the field with Jake Daubort mono
better at first, Culshaw At second EGan
a. short. "Red" Smith at third. and
Wheat Stengcl and RigGcrt in the out
field The three last named, with Daubert
and Smith. may be counted on to bat close
- the 800 mark. The pitching staff looks
strong with Rucker. Ragan. Rculbach,
Allen. Aitchison and Elmer Brown.
Christopher Mathewson. also known
as Big SIX or Matty the Mighty. in
telling under his own name a few days
ago how Fred Clarke just missed getting
Walter Johnson for the Pirates. wound Up
10y saving $50 the Washington club
signed Johnson and the team got the man
| consider to be the greatest pitcher in
baseball" Nattys opinion is worth
something when baseball and pitching are
concerned. and it is quite possible that
Walter Johnson. with youth on his side.
'may be rightfully called the greatest
pitcher i'm baseball, but Matty is modest.
Thousands there arc. Of whom | am one,
who still consider CHRISTOPHER Mathew
son. pitcher of the Giants, "king Of en-
all"
Resolutc IS q mighty good name for
cup defending yacht, or. TO be more exact
just at this time for a yacht which is
candidate for cup defending honors. II
i was a happy selection from thousands OF
names no doubt submitted to the flag Of
fcers of the New York Yacht Club, who
make up the syndicate building the boat
from the design OF the Herreshoffs.
What's I'm name? may be asked. Moth
Ing, perhaps. and yet great deal. IN
this particular case the word Resolute VIII
nc written and spoken times without num-
Der before sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock
" is beaten off Sandy Hook next Sep
temher. or, perchance. lifts the America
Cup and carries it back across the At
lautic II is we'll then that the name
should be one which first Of all means
'havng a decided purpose and which Is
synonymous with determined. steady firm.
bold, pcrseverinS and unshakon
Rosolute has a decided purpose and
that purpose is to defend and save to this
country the blue ribbon of the seas. 1t Is
possible. Of course. that Reliance and the
third boat being built as a candidate I"
defend the cup may earn the distinction
Of sailing against the fourth Shamrock'
II struck me as significant. however on
Thursday. when heard q man whose
opinions on Yachting command respect
make a szable wage at odds OF TO
that the Resolute would outsail her rivals
and be selected to carry the fortunes OF
the United states against Great Britain
i'm an effort to crush once more the life
ambition Of Tommy Upton.
L. *. Bradley calls my attention to the
fact that Williams, not Harvard, was the
first to Danish the baseball coach from
the players bench when the team is in
action. lie writes:
ccived credit in your column for taking
the leadership in keeping the coach off
the bench in baseball games would state
that Williams decided upon that policy as
early as last fall and at that time abol-
ished the practice Of having special
ofessional coach for baseball.
Let credit be given where credit is due.
! remember well the agitation for TINS
reform al Williams. but did not recall that
il had been accomplished Williams must
be congratulated for being the first or
! am not now stepping on somebody else
toesl to give the players the added spur
OF working on their own initiative and to
strike blow at what has come TO he
almost an abuse in amateur sports.
Outram struck a good blow for the
American turf last week when he de-
feated strong field and won the Lincoln
shire Handicap in England. TO be sure
he carried only nnety-nine pounds. Many
American horses have tried for the prize,
but Outram was the first 10 succeed.
Outram is a son of Delhi-Gingham and
was bred in kentucky by the late James
r. Keene. Ills dam by the famous
Domino-Calco, the last named daugh-
ter Of Hampton, is purely American bred
while Delhi. winner of sll50o0 on the turf
here, IS son of Ben Brush-Neva At
the disposal sale OF the Keene horses
Price Mckinney purchased Gingham for
$500 and Delhi for $3.50 and both are al
his farm in Kentucky.