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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1918
Page
5
The New York Yacht Club rejected Sir Thomas Lipton’s challenge for a September 1919 series noting peace not concluded and casualties still reported. A letter to Sir Thomas, signed by secretary C. A Commacs, was sent to Secretary H L Garrett of the Bova Gister Yacht Club detailing the firm position.
Sir Thomas Lipton proposes a race next September with Shamrock IV as challenger. He suggests no question of propriety on either side and asks confirmation of the challenge, noting boats built in 1914 and urging acceptance in the spirit of the offer. The Royal Ulster Yacht Club explains why the timing is appropriate.
Francis O Loughlin, famed for his long Strike and Fouled er calls, died of pneumonia in Boston. The noted umpire, a colorful character of the game, influenced gesture-based signaling though rules committees rejected universal umpire gestures. In other news, a Tuxedo basketball team organized under manager Charles Conklin announced lineup R F Conklin L F McLaughlin Frank Gannon H G John Clark L G Wilbur Welch James Cox Joseph Donnelly and issued a challenge to Chester and others.
Heydler takes the helm as the National League selects a new president. He has served for years as secretary and treasurer and enjoys the confidence of players and magnates. Friends forecast a stronger baseball era under his leadership.
The yearling colt DF. J. Malcolm Forbes, purchased by Brook Farm at Chester at the Ole Glory sale in New York last month for 2600 dollars, has fallen seriously ill with pneumonia.
The Olympia A. A. of Philadelphia reorganized for the 1918-19 season and reports total receipts of 139,870.61 dollars. The club is free of debt and runs weekly boxing shows with occasional special events featuring top boxers.
Closing prices on the New York Exchange list a broad slate of stocks led by American Can American Brass American Telephone and Telegraph Amgen Copper and many others with varied gains and losses. Trading shows mixed sentiment as indices move within narrow ranges with notable activity in steel, oil and railroad shares.
Corporal William Roth of the State Army Training Camp Mechanics Institute Rochester has returned to his city home. He is a son of Mrs. W. H. Roth of 154 Got tage sured. Avoid Unprofitable Moods. Angry moods and grudges serve no purpose. If someone wounds us generously forget it. Time heals the deepest cuts and makes us braver and wiser. Let us value life and its worth while things and avoid unprofitable moods. Otherwise happiness will not come our way.
A fragment notes that the navy and railway companies have been found deferent by a lantern. The text hints at a formal acknowledgement of deference, but details and context are unclear from the readable portion.
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