America's Cup talk centers on centreboard yacht plan
Boston reports a Harney Construction syndicate plans a wood centreboard defender to challenge Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock. The project foresees Hanley Works at Quincy Point building the vessel, with Crowninshield weighing in on cost and feasibility. Other golf and club news follow in the day’s continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Mass
C. C. Manley
Harney Construction
Gensee
Chicago
Toronto
Thomas Liptons
Shamrock
Hanley
Quincey Point
Eianier
Jie
Boston
B. B. Crowninshield
Wase
Juincy
Crowninshield
Kenneth Horton
Charles J. Paine
Knickerbocker Yacht Club Elects Officers for Next Year
The Knickerbocker Yacht Club held its annual meeting reporting prosperity with over 70 boats and nearly 200 members. Commodore S H Mason and Vice Commodore Louis H Zoe hier were chosen along with Edward F Glover as Rear Commodore, George H Cooper as Treasurer, J O Linkinson as Secretary, John G Honey as Measurer, John B Palmer MM D as Fleet Surgeon, and directors F E Barnes HH Stephenson Rodman Sands Charles W Senlessinger and Thomas Wi ats Riii Sie. The Hampden class, which sparked last season’s sport, will be featured in weekly events next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knickerbocker Yacht Club
S. H. Mason
Louis H. Zoehier
Edward F. Glover
George H. Cooper
J. O. Linkinson
John G. Honey
Johnb. Palmer
F. E. Barnes
HH. Stephenson
Rodman Sands
Charles W. Senlessinger
Thomas Wi
Vaccination as Golf Deterrent Surprises Local Club Members
The piece notes a surge of winter golf interest despite cold, yet vaccination is blamed for fewer players and shorter rounds. Enthusiasts joke about arm soreness hindering play while clubs report milder days yet lower turnout.
Eleanor Ferris Captures Net and Gross in Women’s Golf Handicap
Four cards were completed at Lakewood Country Club as snow delayed late starters. Eleanor Ferris wins both net and gross prizes. Other summaries list Sophie Downer FD Beard and Jonathan Thorne with notable scores and handicaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakewood
N. J
Country Club
Snow
Eleanor Ferris
Sophie Downer
Beard
Jonathan Thorne
Gross
eSteer
Hill Wins Penn Golf Championship on Wednesday
H. Kennedy Hill defeated Thomas D. Smith in the final round by 4 up and 3 to play to win the University of Pennsylvania golf championship. The university plans a Christmas handicap tournament at the Philadelphia Cricket Club links, with Donald Ross directing Pinehurst course work in North Carolina. A Dyker Meadow Golf Club handicap event is set with a 18 hole qualifying round tomorrow and match play to follow, culminating with finals on December 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Kennedy Hill
University of Pennsylvania
Thomas D. Smith
Philadelphia
Donald Ross
Pinehurst
North Carolina
William Jarvie
Dyker Meadow Golf Club
Richmond County Country Club of
Statenas
Columbia University Swimming Association Elects Officers
At the annual meeting in the gymnasium J W Spencer 1901 Scienc e was elected President with William S Duden 1902 Law as Treasurer and Clinton G Abbott as manager Spencer was unanimously re elected Captain of the relay and water polo teams The plan calls for entering both teams in upcoming shows in Boston and New York and to begin negotiations with Princeton Yale and Pennsylvania for races and water polo games Columbia beat Pennsylvania for the intercollegiate title last year and has lost only two team members Freshman classes show good material and swimming is now required for all first year men under Prof Holroyd with two varsity teams a scrub team and a freshman team to be organized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia University Swimming Association
J. W. Spencer
Sciencé
Wiliam S. Duden
Law
Clinton G. Abbott
Boston
Princeton
Yale
Pennsylvania
Columbia
Madison Square Garden
Holroyd
Close Wrestling Bouts at Grand Central Palace
The international world champion series drew late, with Harvey Parker and George Bothner in a 138-pound lightweight match ending without a fall after two long rounds. Parker won on aggressiveness. John Piening beat August Faust for the heavyweight crown on aggressiveness after three falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Central Palace
Lexington Avenue
Forty-third Street
Harvey Parker
Brockton
Mass
George Bothner
The
Pastime Athletic Club
Yarker
Piening
World Heavyweight Wrestling Title Bout Set at Madison Square Garden
Ernest Roeber and Paul Pons arrange a best two of three Graeco-Roman match at Madison Square Garden on January 4 for the world heavyweight title and half the gross receipts. Pons trains at Woods's Gymnasium while Roeber prepares at Yorkville Athletic Club. Both grant each other the right to use the strangle hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Roeber
Paul Pons
Madison Square Garden
Pons
Woods
Roeber
York Ville Athletic Club
Seventy-sixth Street
Second Avenue
Horse Races Results From New Orleans and San Francisco
In New Orleans on December 21 horses Fleet Wing Algie M and Cogswell led various sprints with times around 1 15 and 1 47 for the mile. In San Francisco six furlongs saw Glissando win with Parmenion second and The Buffoon third, times around 1 16 1. Lou Rey and Don Luis led the one mile events with similar placings and times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Comadge
Wonderly
Chiers
Miss Loretta
Fleet Wing
Walsh
Algie M
Cogswell
Anian
Phidias
Cochran
Indian
Pulse
Tiree
Chorus Bay
Morom
Glen Lake
Imigre
Reducer
Judge Mazer
Alidsummer
Wilkerson
Dousterschf1
Scrivener
San Francisco
Glissando
Coburn
Parmenion
the Buffoon
Lou Rey
Fegrrell
Don Luis
Acrobat
Kickum Bob
McNamara
Osmond
Articulate
Mounce
Zerde
Andrattus
Lennep
O’connor
Telamon
Autumn
Boundlee
Buchanan
the Singer
Cyril
Manhattan FC at Prospect Park Opposed by NJ Club
The Manhattan Association Football Club meets Central Association Football Club of New Jersey at Prospect Park today with a 3 P M kickoff. The Manhattan Cricket Club executive committee will convene at the Prospect Park clubhouse at 5 P M to plan its annual dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan Association
Prospect Park
Central Association Football Club
New Jersey
Manhattan Cricket Club
Knickerbocker Athletic Club to Stage Indoor Meet at Madison Square Garden
The Athletic Committee of the Knickerbocker Club plans a large indoor athletic meeting at Madison Square Garden on Monday evening February 4. The program will be elaborate with many special events for school and college athletes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knickerbocker Athletic Club
Madison Square Garden
Joint athletic meet at St Bartholomews gymnasium
St Bartholomew's Athletic Club Grace Athletic Club and St George's Athletic Club hold a joint meet at St Bartholomew's gymnasium 207 East Forty second Street on the evening of Jan 9. Teams score points for first second and third in each event and a team trophy is awarded alongside individual prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Bartholomew's Athletic Club
Grace Athletic Club
St. George’s Athletic Club
St. Bartholomew's Gymnasium
East Forty-second Street
St Paul's of Concord to meet St Mark's of Southborough in hockey
A hockey game is scheduled for this evening at the St Nicholas Skating Rink featuring teams from St Paul's School in Concord New Hampshire and St Mark's School in Southborough Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Nicholas Skating Rink
St. Paul's School
Concord
N.H
St. Mark's School
Southborough
Mass
Senator Killed in Florida Shooting Fight
In Sopchoppy, 30 miles from Tallahassee, a business dispute led to a shooting that killed State Senator Rouz and Nims. W. F. Edwards and Frank Walker were badly wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallahassee, Fla
Sopchoppy
Here
Rouz
Edgar Nims
W. F. Edwards
Frank Walker
Flims
Man Ends Life After Love Rebuff Near Linden Ave
In Elizabeth New Jersey on December 21 a man was found dead by skaters at Linden Avenue foot with a laudanum bottle beside him. A letter to Minnie Wolferman of 1509 Livingston Avenue New York explained he could not find work and wished to marry her. His pocket held a silver watch and a gold plated chain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
N. J
Linden Avenue
Minnie Wolferman
Livingston Avenue
New York
Extreme Penalty for Zeimer in Divorce Perjury Case
Henry Zeilmer convicted of subornation of perjury in securing a divorce for Mrs. Byrde Herrick faced ten years in State Prison as Recorder Goff denounced misuse of legal power. Co-respondents Herrick and Mary Thompson were discharged with a warning while papers uncovered in Zeimer’s office pointed to fifty two other cases. Frank Wilson, who testified, received three years for his role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Zeilmer
Byrde G. Herrick
Goff
Zeimer
Frank Wilson
Hugh O. Pentecost
Wilson
Mary Thompson
Goft
Arrest of Broker Pelletreau in Astor House
Arthur M. Pelletreau of the defunct Pelleteau & Yale brokerage, expelled from the Consolidated Stock Exchange in May, was arrested in the Astor House dining room by Central Office Detectives Funston and McConville on a charge of defrauding Thomas Gallagher of Plainfield, New Jersey, of $100. Gallagher had deposited $100 as cashier surety after answering an ad. he says no money was returned. Pelletreau and Yale ran a discretionary brokerage at 20 Broad Street, moved to 50 Broadway after suspending, and a prior 1898 arrest led to no prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur M. Pelletreau
Pelleteau & Yale
Consolidated Stock Exchange
Astor House
Funston and McConville
Thomas Gallagher
Plainfield
N. J
Gallagher
Richmond Street
Devel
Centre Street
Pelletreaux & Yale
Pelletreau & Yule
Broad Street
Connolly
Broadway
Pelletreau
Real estate deal spree links Fulton Street corner sales
Real estate reports show William D. Sloane purchasing four lots on Ninety-first Street near Fifth Avenue with plans for family residences. The text notes Carnegie and Astor holdings, multiple sales across Manhattan including 488 and 485 Fifth Avenue, and numerous other parcels and tenements changing hands in a wide market roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Sloane
Andrew Carnegie
Ninety-first Street
Fifth Avenue
Sloane
One Hundred and Second Street
Ninetieth
Ninety-first Streets
Mr. Carnegie
Ninety-seccond
Forty-first Street
Mayer Kahn
John Jacob Astor
Twenty-fifth Street
Sixth Avenue
Fulton and
Gold Streets
Hall J. How & Co
A. C. Denman
Ninety-fourth Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Sobel & Kean
Seventy-eighth Street
Kirst Avenue
First Avenue
Seaboard Realty Company
West Forty-fourth Street
A. W. McLaughlin & Co
Whitehouse & Porter
Jennie P. Black
Samuel C. Herriman
Grand Street
Lewis J. Morrison
Sullivan Street
Dorothy A. Conklin
Henrietta Riede
Peter Roberts
William M. Ryan
Division Street
Samuel Rouse
Peter Axbrad
William H. Jackson
East One Hundred and Seventeenth Street
Gussaroff & Steindler
H. Gomert
Pgussaroft & Steindler
East Seventieth Street
Robert Wallace
Cyrille Carreau
W. K. Thorn
G. Tuoti & Co
Charles A. Weinstein
Herman Joveshof
Eighth Avenue
Ghames & Losere
One Hundred and Seventh Street
Madison Avenue
E. J. Welling, Jr
One Hundred and Twenty-first Street
Rosalie Rosenbaum
Louis Lese
Foreclosure Sales On Wakefield and Nearby Properties
Foreclosure sales listed for several properties including a two story frame dwelling on Sixth Street Wakefield to Simons and Moersfelder and a vacant parcel on Marion Avenue to John Barr. Other notices involve a two story brick dwelling on Monroe Street to Rebecca Cohn and parcels at 206 and 268 Monroe Street with bids by Peter F Meyer and Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simons & Moersfelder
James L. Wells
Sixth Street
Wakefield
North Side
Fourth Avenue
Daniel Ryer
Peterse
HED Bee Cousvassse
Peter F. Meyer & Co
Marion Avenue
One Hundred and
Ninety-fifth Street
John ©. Barr
Lownide
Monroe Street
Jackson Street
Rebecca Cohn
Plans Filed for New Structures and Alterations
A list of proposed construction and alterations includes No 826 East Fiftieth Street a five story brick flat with basement. Plans show other brick flats at East Seventy Fifth Street Trinity Avenue and Bristow Street plus a five story brick school at Amsterdam Avenue and One Hundred Forty Fifth Street. Alterations include Avenue C Thirteenth Street Forsyth Street and West Fifty-Fourth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Ryan
Seventh Avenue
West Side
Twenty-sixth Street
Charles Gallagher
Twenty-ninth Street
Michael J. Savage
James Bradley
Philip A. Smyth
Webster Avenue
One Hundred and Seventieth Street
James R. Fitzgerald
McVickar & Co
Morris Avenue
One Hundred and
Seventy-sixth Street
East Fiftieth Street
Abraham Silverman
Broadway
East Seventy-fifth Street
N. Silverson
East One Hundred and Third Street
M. Bernstein
Trinity Avenue
Trinity Avenue, East Side
Sixty-fifth Street
James Raynolds
W. C. Dickerson
Third Avenue
One Hundred and Forty-ninth Street
Bristow Street
Jennings Street
Marie Waller
One Hundred and Fortyninth Street
West Fiftieth Street
O. T. Mackey
Amsterdam Avenue
C. B. J. Snyder
Avenue C
Thirteenth Street
A. & S. Levy
East Sixty-second Street
F. Baylies
Bible House
Forsyth Street
Stanton Street
M. Solomon
West Fifty-fourth Street
Ellen O'Neill
James N. Cole
Orat Nifty-first Street
Bowery
M. F. Lyons
Fef. Ebeling
Seventh Street
Liens and Foreclosures Across Manhattan and Nearby Areas
A compilation of lis pendens and foreclosure notices listing multiple properties on blocks along Riverside Drive 122nd Street through 185th Street. Names include executors, guardians, and attorneys such as Carrington Pierce F H Smith Lord Day Lord B P Orrell G W Brower Langbein Langbein and more. Property actions cover foreclosures of mortgages partitions mechanics liens and deed mortgage suits with locations on Roosevelt Street Washington Street 25th 28th 74th streets and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vyse
Franklin Acker
Marie Toelberg
Carrington & Pierce
Riverside Drive
Mary L. Biggin
Guardian
Francis Ayler
F. H. Smith
Roosevelt ST
New York Public
149Th St
John Lamborghini
Giuseppe Calangua
B. J. Kelly
Washington ST
Gansevoort
Mary L. Higgins
Isabella Glass
25Th ST
Ueens
Albert E. George
Frederick W. George
Monford & Faber
28Th ST
West
Patrick Keenan
Chamberlain
William S. Cooper
A. Stern
James Armstrong
Anna J. Rutherford
G. W. Brower
Hattie W. Schmidt
Albert E. Gibbs
J. W. McElhinney
Charles Prune
Augusta C. von Elten
R. M. Bruno
Walter Reid
Frederick E. Wood
M. B
A. M. Maclay
Mary Mayer
Langbein & Langbein
Cotton market rallies as December shorts squeeze nears peak
The Commercial World notes mixed cash quotes for grains and a volatile cotton market. December short accounts tighten with a rush to 10.20c, supported by bullish cables from English and Manchester markets and strong Southern export demand. Spot prices rise modestly while futures range amid light sales and regional variations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Northwestern
Manchester
Hester
Gulf
New Orleans
Mobile
Savannah
Wilmington
Norfolk
Baltimore
Augusta
St. Louis
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Keith Dhusetts
Fox Hills
Staten Island
Atlantic City
Midlothian
Hobart Chatfield Chatfield-Taylor
United States Golf Association Inebruary
Tindlay S. Douglas
E. H. Burton
Baltimore Country Club
Douglas
Soas
Florida
van Courtlandt Park
Val Flood
New York Times
Parker and
Sopchoppy, Fla
W. D. Sloane
Fulton
Trinity
the Building Department
Bernard Havanagh
35Th
Charles I. Umberfield
Ww. Halstead
Mtg
John C
James J. E. Pringle
John Kearney
Grace W. R. Clark
Grant
180Th St
Nelson D. Stillwell
Thomas 3. Walker
Greenwich ST
Oe Russ
Sarah M. Pustkuchen
Georgie Pustkuchen
Sarah M. Pustkuchén
Quitelaim
Lewes ST
Hannah
Abraham Fox
Samuel Padwee
Myer S. Perlstein
Lexington AV
John Toumey
Eliza ‘Toumney
Ihea ST
West Farné Road
Joseph J. Gleason
John F. Coffey
J. J. Gleason
Carrieaepee Maiden Lane
Marguerite F
O' Donnell
Benjamin Salinsky
Main- ST
Cross St
East Chester Bay
Main St
Minnieford Av
City Island
Milo J.white
Westchester Fire Insurance Compory
Park
87Th St
Carriebell D. Lanchantin
John T. Fox
ST. Nicholas AV
150Th St
Henry Thomson
Copes Savings Bank
Cris Ce Bee Ee
Tion Wes Ae Union AV
Fu N
George St
Seaeite Hohl
Ferdinand Mpocugu
Eees
2D St
Herman LF. Mahlstadt
Harris Mandelbaum
174Th St
Judson
5Th ST
John J. Astor
John Hanne
Avenue A
Betts Lorber
Bieta's
Mary F. Southard
Fred H. Southers
NETS
Henry Es. Hoerle
Walter Solomon
Hudson
Mary
Kidd
Umberfield
Carney
Bebo ccc
Teeeser
Brasch
Samuel
Albert Cappelle
Goerck St
Ees Eeeereese
Beck
Charles
Union Trust Company
Brennan
Edward J
Robert M
Dry Dock Savings Institution
Brown
James E
Columban
J. Kelly
Eagle
Westchester
Carty
Annie
Israel C. Jones
Melrose
Cel Nedsebe
Giuseppa
Anthony Mc Owen
Timpson Place
Coffey
John F
Joseph J. Glenagn
Lincoln St
West Farms Road
Carer Gowdey
Sanford
Lydiard Horton
Donnellan
Albert V
Josephine E. Carpenter
108Th St
Columbus
Ee Donnellan
J. Herbert Carpenter
Fox
Abraham
Meyer S. Perlstein
112Th St
East
Jessie
Jacobson, Morris
Ella O. Willets
East 8Th St
Cedar St
Eens
Gustav T
Schnar Hess
Lorber Betti
Metropolitan Savings McKinley
James G
Charles W. Lang
47Th St
McLaughlin
Thomas J
American Mortgage Company
Raphael
Samuel H
Max Muller
Sara D. Roosevelt
Madson Av
Bank
Inwood Av
Inwood
Enecacssece Schneider
Ernest E. W
Henry Thomas Brady
Edge
Cauhads Stad
Pustkuchen
Sarah M
William B
Rallings
Eliza
James J. Phelan
Creee Raphael
Des Schneider
Gustav
Anna M. Reiss
Herter
Metropolitan Life Insurance
Cure Steed
Eliabeth K
City Mortgage
Boston Road
Wilse
Cedar Star Place
Dime Savings Institution
Executors, &c
39Th St
127Th St
Claremont
Avv
Ning
Old Broadway
Bloomingdale
121St St
Manhattan St
Mes
Amsterdam
Martha W. Tiemann
Metropolitan Life Insurance’ Company
27Th St
Savings Institution
105Th St
Volbach
Harriet
Bank For Savings
Witerell
Susan J
Julia M. Bower
54Th St
Hunt Estate
van Nest Station
Albert W
Albert Kas
Werdenschlag
Halstead
James “W
Per & Co
White Plains
KANE
de Lancey A
Mary T. Best
128Th St
Lese
Louis
Catherine Ridley
Eye
Nichols, Adelbert
Guarant Park
Carrie R
Isham and Others
Fustrachen
41St St
Madison Av
Rucciano
Harlem Savings
Woodlawn Av
Shonnard
Harold W
Clara E
Morrisania
Forest
37Th St
125Th St
Lawrence St
Todd
Judson S
Bernard Havanaghs
114Th St
Manhattan
Wyckoff
Walter G
Boehm
Isaac
Max S
Gibson Ewr OG State Ven
Raebiaivo
City Mortgage Company
Continental Trust Company
Cohn
Sigmund
Morris and
Henry
Culver
Amanda Ey
George H. Cul- Moe
Kastor
Albert
Lena Miller
King
Jennie I
United States Trust Company
Ec Duis
Ocles
Pune
Payntor
Mary B
Executrix
Babe
Polstein
Joseph
State Bank
James D
Daniel E. Sevey
Scholle
Benjamin J. Weil
Scoble
Henry M
Elsie N. Scoble
Farmers’ Loan and Trust
Orosher Ean
Stark
George
Ferdinand Hecht
Suarez
Benigno S
Equitable Life Assurance Society
W S
Evelyn H
Sien White
168Th St
John Bell Company
Central Park West
George J. Kilgen
John F. Scannell
David Ovisminden
Avenue D
Jung Brothers
Evelyn H. White
George J. Kelly
Ors
Or “Road
Fist St
Frank A. Sorak
Alonzo B. Kight
Oscar Bell
Jane Morrison
Jarres Bergare
Ceces Unionport Road
Rosa
Luigi Ippolito
Joseph Mais
Jones
Malbin & Kammerman
J. H. Jones
Clark
Bernhard H. Sage
Jacob Weinstein
Arthur H. Williamson
Louis Burstein
Schechter, Silberstein & Co
C. M. Paige
145Th ST
John Morrison & Co
Samuel Gross
Davis Eisler
Poi Ae Ee
Elia O. Willits
Morris Jacobson
Sprymers
Lis Pendens
Holiday Presents
M. Hartley CO
Broadway, N. Y
Liverpool
Continental
St- Louis
Minneapolis
Argentina
Duluth
Sic
Minn
Milwaukee
Lizard
Northern
Minnesota
Western Creamery
el Dak Cavana Wate
Yeater
Sporting Goads
Sporting Goods
Nassau St
Cortlandt St
Wees
Exwa
Inc
Ben Franklin
ACME
Rot
John C. Hopkins & CO
Chambers St
Wiverside
Cohiers
Ifs
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