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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1908
Page
20
The article catalogs dozens of car makers and models including Locomobile, Knox, Overland, Peerless, and Buick with extensive production notes. It covers tours, races, and road initiatives across cities from Cincinnati to Athens, Greece, and plans for Glidden tours, speeds, and fuel details, plus club formations and maintenance tips.
Robert Jardine the designer of the Royal Tourist car arrives with Robert Crowther, Royal Tour ist agent, for several days of road testing. E Shriver Reese of the Royal Motor Car Company Cleveland accompanies them while Crowberg hosts. A note on car maintenance warns loose brakework and longer tire life for an active vehicle.
Pittsburg prepares for a free-to-the-people track and field carnival on June 20 with entrants including Garrels Huff McGrath Robertson and other notable American athletes. Amateur Athletic Union officials back the event as a major attractor for open-to-all competitions drawing high school and college participants from a 500 mile radius.
The Gravesend card lists six races with expected weights and entries. Mares handicap features Merry Maid and Pantoufle among others. steeplechase lists Jimmy Lane and Pagan Boy. third race handicap includes Juggler and Berkeley. fourth race Bedford Stakes for two-year-olds shows Ebert and The Robin. fifth race selling for three-year-olds and up features McCater and Hyperion N. sixth race two-year-olds fillies and geldings includes Trance and Gliding Belle.
Ted Sullivan recalls Mike Kelly as a model versatile player in a Washington Club game at Boston in 1838. Kelly fouled off four balls, drew a base on balls, stole second and third, and scored the tying run in a dramatic ninth inning before Boston won in fourteen. The piece contrasts him with machine hitters and stresses intelligence and adaptability.
A collection of past baseball vignettes highlights Jerry Freeman’s hotel dining swagger with the Washington Club, Tim Hurst’s nerve as an umpire, and Pete Browning’s eccentricity and strikeouts. Gaffney jokes about Browning’s looks as he recalls umpiring in Cincinnati.
A Little Rock report says Walter Yast, last year’s manager of the Akron Ohio Pennsylvania Club, will arrive Monday to take over the Butler O P Club in Butler Pennsylvania. The club closes its first engagement here Monday and is in last place. East plans to bring several South players to bolster the team.
Highball the standout trotter from last season proved fast again in Memphs Tennessee as Ed Geers clocked a mile in under 2 10 with a final half in 60 seconds. Geers plans to move training to Libertyville within ten days to continue preparation.
George Siler a renowned sporting figure and prize fight referee is reported near death in Chicago after a prolonged battle with angina pectoris. The illness has recently worsened leaving his condition precarious.
A cleaning recipe advises boiling a pint of milk then cooling it before adding one dram each of hydrochloric and sulphuric acids. Add a half dram lavender oil and one pint vinegar with a frothy egg white, shake well, and apply to leather to remove stains.
Sir Martin ridden by J Lee won the Great American Stakes for two-year-olds at five furlongs securing $13,200. Fayette, Madden’s stable mate, was second with Bobbin third. Chapultepec won the Carlton Stakes and Thistledale captured the Empire Stake Steeplechase Handicap. Time figures noted for each race.
Washington varsity eight, Pacific coast champion, has sent its entry for the Intercollegiate Regatta at Poughkeepsie on June 27. A New York committee declines the entry.
New York June 6 No entry possible for the University of Washington eight in the intercollegiate regatta at Poughkeepsie June 27 the Intercollegiate Regatta Association announced Washington officials had not communicated in time and all race arrangements were already completed The association stated it could not accept their entry The decision follows a message urging earlier contact with the regatta body.
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