Briarcliff Race Decision From Today Meeting
American and foreign manufacturers clash over Briarcliff race rules amid pressure for stock car purity. A special manufacturers committee meets today to decide whether to modify or drop the 54 inch engine limit and the race’s stock car character. If foreign makers accept changes, a race may proceed under FIA Grand Prix style rules. if not, the event likely cannot be held.
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America
Automobile Club
International Congress of Recognized
Automobile Clubs
Memorial to Dr Potter draws crowd at Cooper Union
Hundreds of mourners packed Cooper Union for a memorial meeting to Bishop Potter led by the People’s Institute. Speakers included Prof Charles Sprague Smith Rabbi Joseph Silverman John Mitchell Seth Low and Booker T. Washington. Low recalled Potter confronting corruption and praising Wise for speaking truth to power. Washington praised Potter as a man too big for any one race or creed.
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Cooper Union
Bishop Potter
People’ Institute
Church of the Ascension
Charles Sprague Smith
Percy Ag 4
Grant
Joseph Silverman
John Mitchell
American Federation of Labor
Seth Low
Booker T. Washington
St. Paul’s Church
Mr. Low
New York
Rabbi Wise
Wilson for President of New York Athletic Club
Regulars nominate George P. Wilson for President to succeed G W Kuhlke who declines renomination and plans a trip abroad. James H Haslin earns Independent slate and Edwin J Benson named Vice President with C L Burnham remaining Secretary. Martin J Pains nominated Treasurer and Jerry T Mahoney for Captain. both are officeholders.
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A. E. Colfax
W. B. Freudenstein
Walter E. Currie
Thomas F. Martin
Benjamin M. Rhodes
George P. Wilson
New York Athletic Club
G. W. Kuhlke
James H. Haslin
Independent Party
Mr. Haslin
Kuhlke
Edwin J. Benson
C. L. Burnham
Martin J. Pains
Erry T. Mahoney
Collins Wins Two Events At Larchmont Shoot
J Ross Collins dominates the Sauer Gun and Accumulative Cup shoot at Larchmont Yacht Club. Bostwick Spotts and Unitt also win multiple events amid ideal weather and a large crowd. Gun scores show Collins, Unitt and Scott among top performers across prizes and accumulations.
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J. Ross Golins
Larchmont Yacht Club
A. C. Bostwick
R. L. Spotts
J. Ross Collins
Collins
E. G. Unitt
Bostwick
Thees Makes Full Score At Seventh Regiment Meet
Private J D Thees of Company B shot a perfect 70 in the Class Cup at the Seventh Regiment Rifle Club weekly meeting, the season’s first perfect score. Private J F Sulger posted 66 on his first entry, the top novice score. Seven sharpshooters and one expert were named, with scores listed for the Expert, Sharpshooter, and Novice classes.
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J. D. Thees
Seventh Regiment Rifle Club
Armory Ranges
Short
J. Fulger
Liners buffeted by winter gales in Atlantic voyage
The Provence and Campania, sailing from Havre and Liverpool, battled hurricane winds and 60 foot seas for days. Both ships suffered minor deck damage and illness among passengers while continuing to Queenstown. The Campania carried 3,416 bags of Christmas mail.
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Provence
Havre
Campania
Liverpool
Atlantic
Queenstown
Union urges union labor for Post Office and pier project
Resolutions submitted to the Central Federated Union by the House smiths and Bridgemen's Union were adopted calling the Government to employ union men at prevailing wages for the construction of the Post Office Building on Thirty-first Street. A committee will seek Mayor McClellan and Dock Commissioner Spooner to assign the steel pier shed work at Pier 5S North River to union contractors.
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Central Federated Union
Housesmiths and Bridgemen’s Union
Thirty-first Street
McClellan
Spooner
North River
Burns and Johnson Ready for Battle in Australia
Tommy Burns and Jack Johnson, heavyweights, prepare for their world title clash in Sydney. Both in peak condition, Burns trains with O’Keefe while Johnson’s camp, led by Bill Lang, drills nightly and roadwork. About 20,000 spectators expected, Burns offered 5 to 4 in betting, purse set at 35,000 with Burns to receive 30,000 plus film rights and travel back to London. Johnson to get 5,000 plus expenses.
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Sydney
N.S. W
Tommy Burns
Jack Johnson
Burns
Australia
Johnson
Darling Point
O’keefe
O’donnell
Manley
Jack Mullins
Bill’. Lang
Melbourne
Lang
Rushcutter’s Bar
North America
Europe
James J. Jeffries
Burps
Bill” Squires
Jeffries
San Francisco
London
Gunner” Moir
Jem”’ Roche
Ireland
Bill Squires
California
Bill Lang
Field Trials at Tippah Farm Begin January 4
Eastern field trials will start Jan. 4, Paul Rainey says, inviting the Eastern club to hold the sport on his Tippah Farm preserves. The event covers many square miles with several stakes to be decided and many prominent dogs in America entered.
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Tippah Farm
New York Times
Memphis
Tenn
Paul Rainey
America
Rochester Basketball Team Travels 1200 Miles for West Trip
The University of Rochester basketball squad, defending NYIAU champions after wins over Yale and Cornell, schedules a 1200 mile Western trip. Home games begin December 23 against Cornell, then Hobart January 9, Pennsylvania January 16, with Colgate January 30, Oberlin February 6, Union February 13, Syracuse February 26, and another game against Cornell March 6.
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University of Rochester
Yale
Cornell
Hobart
Pennsylvania
Colgate
Oberlin
Union
Syracuse
Lorillard and Dinsmore Reach Final in Tuxedo Court Tennis
Pierre Lorillard Jr defeats G Lee and W B Dinsmore overcomes George J. Scott to advance to the final round of the Tuxedo Racquet and Tennis Club club championship. Handicap brackets proceed with Porter winning first class handicap while Cary falls in final. Society spectators attend the matches as December play continues in Tuxedo Park New York.
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New York Times
Tuxedo Park
N. Y
Pierre Lorillard, Jr
W B. Dinsmore
Lorillard
G. Lee
Dinsmore
George J. Scott
T. W. Porter
F. F. Carr
Kingdon Gould
W. B. Dinsmore
L. B. Preston
Newell Tilton
F. Cary
F. C. Same
T.W. Porter
F. F. Cary
Lloyd Warren
L. Preston
Richmond Talbot
Chanler
Standards Beat Elm A C In Long Rivalry Basketball Match
Standard A C defeated Elm A C 25 to 16 in a hard fought two twenty minute half game at Dr Savage's gym 310 West Fifty ninth Street. Klein and Rosenfeld starred for Standard while Briger led Elm A C and Washington A C beat Claremont A C 9 to 6 in a preliminary.
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Elim
Standard A. C
Klein
Rosenfeld
Briger
Elm A. C
Washington A. C
Claremont A. C
Washington
Balmreider
Washingtons
A. C
A. C. Levy & Géis
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Andel
Rosenfeld & Samuels
Schmidt Klein & Gross
Birger Weinstein & Hockfelder
Seidman
Oeenfeld
Morocco
Cohn
Geis
Hockfelder
Cohin& Levy
Elms
Finkernagle
Mr. Homan
Harvard Deserts Middies End of Naval Academy sports ties
Regret fills Annapolis as Harvard ends long standing athletic relations with the Naval Academy. No spring baseball practice at the Academy this season and no boat race planned. Lacrosse and football dates for spring and fall are in doubt after Harvard had sent teams to Annapolis in baseball rowing lacrosse and football.
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New York Times
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Harvard
Academy
Midshipmen
Camerons take lead in New York Amateur League title race
Cam er ons won 5 to 0 at Visitation Oval Brooklyn to overtake Columbia Oval Club by 1 point in the Sunday series. Columbia Oval vs Astoria Independents was called off due to frozen ground. Critchleys beat Port Chester 3 1 at Meyerrose Park. Clan MacDonald defeated New York Caledins 5 2 at Marquette Oval. Cameron Reserves beat Bronx United Reserves 3 1 at Van Cortlandt Park. Camerons to meet Jersey City A C in American Football Association Cup third round on Christmas Day at Williamsbridge.
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New York
Visitation Oval
Brooklyn
Camerons
Columbia Oval
Astoria Independents
Williamsbridge
Arcadia Thistles
Meyerrose Park
Critchleys
Port Chester
Clan MacDonald
New York Caledins
Marquette Oval
van Cortlandt Park
Cameron Reserves
Bronx United
Jersey City A. C
Corrigan to Fight Race Test Case in New Orleans
Edward Corrigan the turfman returned to New Orleans after an affidavit by the District Attorney tied him to the Locke anti racing law test at City Park. He declares no involvement with the race meet and prepared to fight the case, resisting a requisition from the Kentucky Governor.
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New Orleans
Edward Corrigan
City Park
Trac
Corrigan
Kentucky
Fitzgibbons Leads Mott Haven In Close Cross Country Race
In a dominant field of over seventy at the Metropolitan Athletic Club event, Fitzgibbons of Irish American A C edged Trinity A C runner Lees after a brisk six mile course from 188th Street to Claremont Park and back. Jensen and Maloney trailed, with Mohawk A C also featuring.
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Metropolitan Athletic Club
Hill and Dale
Mott Haven Athletic Club
T. Lees
Trinity A. C
Fitzgibbons
Lees
Jensen
Maloney
Mohawk Athletic Club
Charles Muller
J. Malone
158Th Street
Sedgwick Avenue
New York University
Fordham
C. Muller
J. Gishbert
J. Dwyer
J. Kurtz
W. Burke
E. Smith
C. Timmons
J. McMahon
W. Meltzer
E. Wilton
Harlem Evening High School cross country race winners
J Traub won the Harlem Evening High School Athletic Association cross country 2.5 mile race from Macomb's aun Park to Gerard Avenue and back, finishing four seconds ahead of F Porter in a field of 25. Pace runners included Charles A. Roth, J D Ryan, Samuel Abrahams, and J Keller. top fifteen results noted.
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Harlem Evening High School Athletic Association
J. Traub
F. Porter
Macomb
Aun Park
Gerard Avenue
Jerome Avenue
Charles A. Roth
Polytechnic Institute
J. D. Ryan
Samuel Abrahams
Pastime Athletic Club
J. Keller
Atlas Athletic Club
Dorando Pietri Guest Of Honor At East Eighty Sixth Street Reception
Italian marathon star Dorando Pietri was feted by Mr. and Mrs. G. Quintano at 131 East Eighty-sixth Street. The event featured Italian music, speeches by McLoughlin and Quintano, and a cordial crowd of Italian dignitaries and friends, with Pietri joking warmly through an interpreter as he mingled and posed for handshakes.
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Dorando Pietri
Matilda Jaudas
William P. McLoughlin
Signor G. Quintano
Dorando
Rae
J. Fernandez
Fred J. Seifried
Domenico Pacciotti
Trip
Longboat to Join Anglican Church in Toronto Ceremony
Tom Longboat the Indian long distance runner will be received into the Anglican Church in Toronto tomorrow. He plans to wed Miss Maracle of the Mohawk reserve on Massey Hall platform Monday December 28 at a benefit performance. Longboat’s Indian name Ca- Wya-Ge means everything and his bride to be Ka-Hon-Do-Son means the leader.
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Toronto
Ontario
Tom Longboat
Dorando
New York
Miss Maracle
Massey Hall
Longboat
Ka-Hon-Do
Many Champions in This Meet at Brooklyn Carnival
World, national and Canadian champions converge for the second annual athletic carnival of the Brooklyn Post Office Clerks Association on January 16 at the Forty-seventh Regiment Armory. The event features a ten mile run with entrants Mike Ryan Carr Cloughan and Joyce from Irish American A C and Xavier A A C. Other trials include obstacle races wall scaling walking and twelve AAU events plus six relay races for trophies donated by officials and a top prize in the ten mile marathon.
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Brooklyn
Post Office Clerks’ Association
Forty-seventh Regiment Armory
Mike’’ Ryan
A. C
Carr
Xavier A. A
Bellars
New York A. C
Joyce
A. C. Cloughan
Archer
Eller
Bobsled Race for Jersey in Caldwell Cancelled or Delayed
A Caldwell New Jersey bobsled race set for Saturday June 2 faces weather delays as snow on the hill slows preparations. Competitors test sled speeds, with Julius Sinnirud entering as a brother of a renowned skater and eligible sleds meeting body and runner specifications. Two men per sled, one steerer and one end man, will ride under defined length limits.
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Montclair
N. J
Caldwell
Julius Sinnirud
Big South African Banks Rise From Small Towns
Penkin notes South Africa differs from the United States with many small-town banks and hundreds of local institutions. Major banks like Standard Bank and Bank of Africa dominate, report to each other, and charge high profits, while deposits and dividends vary. Despite limited white population, large banks operate regionally, facing deposit drops amid hard times and economic constraints.
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Penkin
South Africa
United States
Standard Bank of South Africa
Bank of Africa
Natal Bank
Natal
Transvaal
National Bank of South Africa
African Banking Corporation
Africa
Europe
Bye Carpenter
Birmingham
Her¢ald
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