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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1908
Page
5
Automobiles from New York celebrate the New York to Paris race win by the Thomas car. Escort through Manhattan streets, exhibition at the Times Building, and reception by Acting Mayor McGowan mark the festive event. Delegations from major automotive groups praise the American crew for ending European supremacy in international contests.
Bargains in serges stand out at beachwear sales with last week’s reductions cutting prices from $18 to $40 down to about $15, $20 and $25. The sun and rain test fabrics, as some fade or shrink, while the right kind holds color and form at lower costs.
Rocers Peer and Company advertises mixed sack suits with prices reduced, highlighting savings and ongoing reductions.
The Thomas finished the journey to Paris ahead of the Protos after an arduous trek across America, Asia, and Europe. Key crew members from Chicago and Paris will attend a subsequent lecture at the Automobile Club, sharing tales of endurance, repairs, and the long road to Paris.
John J. Forrester of the Coney Island Division finished first in a 14 mile endurance swim from Pier 4 East River Brooklyn to Thirty-sixth Street Coney Island in four hours forty six minutes. Ed ward Lenthoff second and Charles Hurst third followed. Women participants Miss Clara Hurst and Miss G Gallup were assisted in a rowboat as darkness neared.
The New West Side Athletic Club staged its monthly meet on club grounds near Eighth Avenue. McDermott won the 6-yard handicap over Gartner by inches after a fast finish, with Gartner cutting a brisk pace from the twenty-two yard mark. Other events saw Johnson wins the 70-yard novice dash in 6 07. Barnes first in the 70-yard handicap. McDermott again in the 6-yard handicap. Lockwood taking the one and a half mile handicap. S T Thomas taking the 12-pound shot with 44 feet 14 inches. Grady and Irvington in second and third respectively.
In Bridgeport the New York Americans defeated Bridgeport 3 to 2 after a close game. Patteries Billiard and Sweeney led for New York while Waller Feaumont and Kerr contributed for Bridgeport. Final: New York 3 Bridgeport 2.
In Baltimore a match involving Frill Stanage Philbin Chessan and Hearne proceeds amid scattered scores and notes of battery actions. The event centers on players from a regional circuit with unclear outcomes and missing details.
Fragmentary city notice from Jersey City referencing Batter ies-Glaze and Paterson with names Young Fitzgerald and others.
State League reports Utica 4 Troy 2 and Utica 7 Troy 5 in Utica. Syracuse blank Scranton 4. Pittston Wilkesbarre beat Binghamton 7. Connecticut League Waterbury edged New Britain 1 while New Britain won 9 Waterbury 3. Southern League Memphis defeated Little Rock 5 2 and New Orleans beat Mobile 6 1. American Association Kansas City Columbus 12 6 and Minneapolis 5 0 over Indianapolis. Milwaukee 7 upended by Milwaukee 9 3 and Toledo notes remain.
High Bridge defeats tail-enders to level with Astoria, while Wesleyan tops Astoria. Third place tight race sees four teams bunched. Islandiaeea W L P C and Sunnyside among leaders as Ascension and Wesleyan press for position.
St Louis takes both ends of a double header over New York by narrow margins as poor fielding and weak pitching cost the Giants. Brooklyn also loses twice while Cincinnati and Brooklyn post wins, stacking results in the National League standings.
ST LOUIS tops NEW YORK 6 5 in game one and 3 2 in game two. Delehanty and Byrne delivered key hits in the fourth inning of the decisive victory while Karger and Crandall held the Giants steady. Reilly struggled at short for St Louis but the visitors captured both games to complete the twin bill.
Cincinnati wins two of three against Brooklyn as Campbell scatters hits in game one and Ganzell fields three new players Volz Coulson Pearce in game two. Kane hits a homer for Cincinnati and Lobert homers for Brooklyn. games timed about 95 and 80 minutes with umpire crews Rigler, Rudderham and others.
The Empire City Handicap at Yonkers, a $15 000 guaranteed race, draws top America’s horses to Empire City Association meets. Notables include Ballot Colin and Celt from James R Keene with Ballot carrying the top weight of 131 pounds.
Light harness racing at Speedy Speedway yesterday drew a large midsummer crowd. Coast Marie (2:11%4) defeated Tempus Fugit (2:07%4) in two brushes, with Murphy’s Coast Marie proving superior by a length in the first and again in the second race. Cordovette triumphed over Doctor Chase, while Virginia Belle twice beat Barbara Smith as Sergt. J. W. Smith rode.
The article lists six races with entries and weights. For the first race two year olds run five and a half furlongs with listed horses and weights. The second race is six furlongs for three year olds with weights ranging from 99 to 119 pounds. The third race handicap is one mile for three year olds and up with weights between 104 and 196 pounds. The fourth race is five and a half furlongs with multiple named entrants and weights. The fifth race is a one mile selling for three year olds and up with weights from 98 to 109 pounds. The sixth race is a one mile and a sixteenth selling event with several horses and weights listed.
Victoria B C August 16 The steam whaler St. Lawrence brought in twenty six whales at Kyuquot Station surpassing the prior weekly best of twenty two set by the same vessel The station has totaled thirty four whales since the season began and marks a world record for a coast town operation.
More than 200 athletes and Mercury Foot club members gathered for a six hour clambake on Huckleberry Island. Joseph Ruddy served as host, with Olympic guests and Carlisle Indian School participants present. A baseball game between Pale faces and Huckleberry Indians ended in a dispute after a 14 to 8 score, while aquatic events featured wins by W Mills Jr and C D Trubenbach in endurance and sprint races.
The Aug. 16 match in Pungarvan saw Martin J. Sheridan of the Irish American Athletic Club and Thomas F. Kiely finish in a draw for the Ireland championship. Kiely took the hammer throw and the fifty pound weight, while Sheridan won the sixteen pound shot put and the twenty five pound weight events.
Levy captures trophy at Atlas Athletic Club monthly games held at Macomb's Dam Park. I Keller is double winner in LSU-yard and one-mile runs, while Keller trails Levy by one point for the trophy.
The Motor Racing Association formed by New York racing men will not seek sanction from the American Automobile Association or the Automobile Club of America, creating friction with Lowell and risking disqualification of events. Chalmers-Detroit withdraws from the Vanderbilt Cup entry as Brighton Beach and Philadelphia races face sanction issues. The 24 hour Brighton Beach race features Fiat Cyclone and Christie cars among others, and the New York to Paris Thomas car is entered. Chalmers-Detroit runs its new 80 horsepower car on a planned 100 day, 200 mile daily run Detroit to Pontiac. Studebaker honors three men who completed the New York to Fort Leavenworth relay.
Frank L. Kramer rebounded to form by winning the one third mile handicap. Floyd Krebs captured the ten mile open event ahead of John Bedell in a close finish. Oscar Hang and Charles Schlee of Newark crashed in the event with Hang fined for striking Schlee. Charles Stein won the one third mile amateur open for the Irish American Club crack, and Fred Hill of Boston won the two mile amateur handicap. Fred Hill topped the ten mile professional open in a tight finish with Bedell second and Anderson third.
Special to The New York Times from Passaic New Jersey reports a rider killed in a stadium track accident at Clifton. The program set several new marks including Jake Derosier’s five mile record of 5 20 2 3 and various event winners with riders from Brooklyn Passaic Nutley Newark and Boston among the top finishers.
Seventeen riders completed the New York State Division of the Century Road Club of America event starting from Bedford Avenue and Eastern Parkway Saturday night. About thirty cyclists began the moonlight 200 mile ride with pacemakers Alfred H. Seeley H F Grape J Hedden C Crook and George Hausenbauer also finishing. Other finishers include F E Momer J Noe Charles Hausenhauer A Cummings S Segal G Katz Z Mendelhall Brlecha M J McMahon W L Russell J H Bennett and John De Bruzn.
Wendell captured the mile and a half long race from Norton's Point to the Twenty third Street font at Coney Island in the Twenty third Street revision of the American Life Saving Society. He finished twenty yards ahead of J Fregin with C Pregenzi third, Edward Riht fourth, and A Fetter fifth among seven starters. Demais and Leach quit after one mile.
Howard Gould offers a silver cup as first prize for the Stratford Shoal race of the Manhasset Bar Yacht Club. The event starts next Saturday from Manhasset Bay clubhouse at 4 10 PM, over about sixty miles. Open to decked yachts up to thirty three feet rating enrolled in any recognized club. Gecomil prize by F bd St John and a third prize by Vice Commodore Painbridge. Entries close next Friday night with committee members James W Aller H J Glelow Clarkson Cowl at Port Washington clubhouse.
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