One Mile Skating Contest At Academy Street Rink
Tuesday evening January 1 features J. T. Conway and A. Delaney in a one mile race for a purse at the Academy Street ice rink. The 12 lap track record is 2 45 and Conway seeks to improve his standing while Delaney, a rising contender, aims to challenge the field.
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Academy Street
J. T. Con- Way
A. Delaney
J. 8. Johnson
Conway
Duluth
I Minn
Minnesota
Delaney
Butte
Michigan
Amateur wrestling tournament at Pastime Athletic Club
A wrestling tournament open to all amateurs will be held by the Pastime Athletic Club on January 16 and 18 under A A U rules at the club quarters located at Sixty fifth Street and the East River. Winners will receive medals of merit. The athletics section notes Knickerbocker Athletic Club relay training for a race against Boston AA at the Knickerbocker AC New Jersey AC carnival at Madison Square Garden on January 13 with runners William Measer Marie Waters John Stormy and George T Holbrook. Gabe Hollander has retired from active competition for the present.
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London
England
Mitchell
Ing
Agricultural Hall
Lenox Club
Mitchell Box
Louis Houseman
Chicago
George Lavigne
Jack Daly
Joe Gans
George Kerwin
Tommy West
Jack Root
Norman Selmy
Kid McCoy
Frank Bartley
Joe Choynski
Gus Rublin
Lenox Athletic Club
New York
Tom O'Rourke
Choynski
Stamford
Fitzpatrick
Humphreys
Hawthorne
Cal Hawkins
Gans
Botke' Sullivan
George
Billy Edwards
Hilly Smith
Charles F Wards
Billy Ith
Kingebridge
Edwards
Smith
Billy Madden
Billy Smith
Charley Goff
Ohio
Jim Watts
Louieville
Denver
Ed Smith
Jim Jeffries
Olympic Athletic Club
San Francisco
Lenox A. C
War
Sam Piispatrick
McCoy
Lawler
Doc Payne
Frank Erne
John Sheehan
Boston
Sullivan
Eddie Connolly
New Haven
Lilly Roehe
Connor Man-Ager
Spike
Tilly Phelan
Ed Sloane
New York City
McGovern
Sloane
Windy City
Billy Barrett
Brooklyn
Mike Lyons
Marty McCue
Jack O'Brien
Suumford (Conn) A. C
Sam Austin
Joe Humphries
Joe Bernstein
Billy O'Donnell
Joe
Theowime
Inory
Knlckerhocker Athletic Club
Boeton A. A
Knlckerhocker A. C
New Jersey A. C
Madixon Square Garden
William Measer
Marie” Waters
John Stormy
George T. Holbrook
Gabe Hollander
Cherry Diamond
Track figures eye continental matches and new races
The article notes Jimmy McDuffee leaving for Nashville to chase racing form and a possible return to competition in San Francisco. Managers seek confirmation of his intent, while rivals plot cross country matches and others plan long voyages to race in Chicago, Detroit and Europe next year.
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Che Pews
Michael
Nashville
Vicyele
San Francisco
MebDuffee
McDuffee
South
Charles Culver
Weai
Mennifree
Jimmy
Harry Hikes
Madison Square den
Wilkes
Ope
Ravebn
Min
Miller
Priece
St Touson
Chicago
Fle
Tom Cooper
Detroit Flyer
Europe
Cooper
United States
Doping on the Turf Rumors Rise in California
The New York Journal reports rampant nurse doping on the Pacific coast with injections and drenching. Riley Granan is reinstated by jockey stewards, restoring his turf privileges amid one of America's most famous gambing cases.
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New York Journal
California
Pacific Coast
Riley Granan
Jockey Club
Mystical Shots For Amateur Billiardists
An early 20th century note highlights amateur billiards as winter’s indoor king with famed players like Hendrick Poggenburg and Taylor. It describes Hendrick open table carom shots using five cushions, plus masse shot examples and draw techniques from Dr Miller and Poggenburg, aiming to inspire novices to master stylish, high-skill plays.
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Miller
Mile
Billiards Masters Show Off Advanced Masse Shots
The piece highlights expert masse and cushion shots by Poggenberg Hevner De Mun Smith and Alexander Taylor. It details follow kiss shots one cushion stunts long draws and precise cue ball control to set up near impossible runs and crowd-pleasing positions.
Reverse twist trick shot mastery in billiards
Stark, New York champion, is a grand master of the reverse twist trick. He turns ordinary shots into spectacular caroms by driving the object ball hard to the cushions and letting the cue ball rebound three times. The American game is praised as a great game enjoyed on both sides of the water.
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Poggenberg
New York
Louis
J. de Mun Smith
Hevner
Alexander Taylor
Chicago
Sormerasior
Stark
Princ of
Wiles
Comuntry
Green Oysters Revealed by Scientific Findings
A U.S. Department of Agriculture bulletin explains green coloring in oysters comes from feeding on green aquatic plants in brackish or salt water. Floating periods fatten oysters but reduce overall nutrients. freshening shortens life.
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C. F. Langworthy
Office of Experiment Stations
United States Department of Agriculture
Europe
Cloud or Mist and the Mad Mullah’s Decline
The Detroit Journal notes a surreal remark by the “Mad Mullah” about death and a war-cloud in a winter-tinged exchange. The piece mocks the Matterer-in-chief and hints at the immortality debate, though not tied to a clear African context.
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Mullah
Detroit Journal
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Kentucky
St. Lawren Hotel
New Or
Ivana
Ed Applegate
Blue Gras Bute
Grannan
Philadelphia
Hendrick
Ater and Poggenburg
St. Louis
J. Hendrick
Castoria
Cath Lidun
DE Mun Smith
Taylor
DR. Sanden
Sanden
J. Schermerhor
Custer
Idaho
Sanden Electric Co
N. Main St
Butte, Mont
New Jersey
Langworthy
United States Fish Commission
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