Wrestler George Bothner Survives Split Decision At Grand Central Palace
George Bothner of this city defeated Tom Jenkins of Cleveland in a hard cap catch‑as‑catch‑can bout after Jenkins failed to throw four times in an hour. Referee Tom Sharkey ruled the third fall for Jenkins amid a near‑free‑fight, while spectators clashed with Bothner’s seconds until police intervened. The match featured multiple near falls and dramatic holds, ending with Bothner declared winner as time expired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bothner
Tom Jenkins
Cleveland
Grand Central Palace
Tom Sharkey
Sailor
Bothner
Sharkey
Jenkins
Nelson
Billy Elmer
Elmer
Lothner
Brothner
George Fisher
New Polo Athletic Club
Peter Hansen
Fisher
Billy"? Brown
Tom” Miller
Brooklyn
Frank Idone
New York
Joe” Martin
Manhasset Bay Cup Promises Big Small Yacht Race
Long Island yacht clubs focus on the Manhasset Bay Challenge Cup as a perpetual prize to foster small yacht racing and amateur seamanship. Eligible boats are thirty foot class. races run June 15 to September 15 with three to five races. Regulations fix courses and scoring per the Long Island Sound association system. Only one yacht per club per series, measured before racing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhasset Club
Long Island
Manhasset Bay
E. M. Maclellan
Charles D. Mower
Robert Jacob
Commodore Alker
Windward
Yacht Racing Association of
Long Island Sound
Pace Circuit To Decide Cycle Championship Next Year
At a National Cycling Association meeting in Boston officials arranged a paced cycle championship on a circuit spanning dozen tracks across major cities. Twelve riders will compete in each race with points awarded for top three finishers and a grand prize split among the top five on the percentage list. An accompanying sprint circuit is also planned for next season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Cycling Association
Brooklyn Coney Island Road Race Sets Century Club Event
The second annual New Year midnight race to Coney Island under the Century Road Club of America will be the season’s top event. Brooklyn’s Pp. A. Dyer reports over forty entries and twenty prizes, including a first five prize for Century Road Club members completing the first five centuries, plus a first lady prize for the best Coney Island course finisher. Entry details are available from Henry Veit, Fred Mommer, Charles Leheritter, William G. Meister, and Nylander at listed Brooklyn and New York addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn- Coney Island
Century Road Club of America
State Centurion
Pp. A. Dyer
Brooklyn
Bedford Rest
Coney Island
Henry Veit
Himrod Street
Fred Mommer
Greene Street
New York
Charles Leheritter
West One Hundred and Thirtieth Street
William G. Meister
Driggs Avenue
Nylander
Automobilists Dine at New York Reunion for Reliability Contest
About sixty participants and enthusiasts of the 500 mile reliability test held by the Automobile Club of America gathered at the New York Athletic Club. President Winthrop E. Scarritt presided as speeches recalled the event and its contestants. A watch was presented to S. M. Butler for his work with the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Automobile Club of America
New York Athletic Club
Winthrop E. Scarritt
American Automobile Association
Albert R. Shattuck
John A. Hill
Percy Owen
C. H. Gillette
S. M. Butler
Indians Elect Officers of Huckleberry Tribe
The Huckleberry Indians, about 200 New York Athletic Club members, owning Huckleberry Island near New Rochelle, met at the NYAC and elected Big Chief R. J. Schaeffer and other officers for the year. The Wampum Keeper reported the prior year's deficit wiped out and a several hundred dollar balance after expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huckleberry Indians
New York Athletic Club
Huckleberry Island
Long Island Sound
New Rochelle
R. J. Schaeffer
I. F. Haubold
R. C. Kammerer
E. S. Innet
Medicine Man
S. Stewart
Racing Card at New Orleans Falls to Beaten Favorites
Weather clear and track good as six races run. Pageant wins first at 4 to 1 with Embarrassment second and Spec third. Moroni takes six furlongs at 10 to 1, If You Dare places third. Federal drubs Antonius in seven furlongs with Smile third. W. J. Dehoe wins handicap one mile. C. B. Campbell second. Old Hutch scores six furlongs. Elsie L. runner-up. Sarilla captures the mile and seventy yards with Eva Rice second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Uranium
Scully
Embarrassment
Pollock
Spec
B. Davis
Mauser
Doctor Wood
Jim King
the Wizard
Memphian
Sapore
Moroni
Candie Belle
Hear
If You
Fuller
Bronze Demon
Montanic
Stewardess
Federal
Buchanan
Antonius
Helgerson
Smile
McJoynt
Aratoma
Magenux
Our Jessie
Doctor McNally
W. J. Dehoe
Otis
C._B. Campbell
Gannon
de Reszke
Tom Kingsley
Adelante
Old Hutch
Elsie L
Marie Bell
Whiskey King
Caliban
Lady In Black
Geneseo
Horse Racing Card Five to Seven Furlong Races Listed
A historical racing card lists six events with entries and weights for horses across five furlongs to the mile and a quarter. Notable runners include Marie, Vestia, Fair Lass, Par nassus, Blue Blazes, Rayomen, Hattie Davis, Trocadero, and Pirate with various weights assigned for each race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie
Raus
Vestia
Sweet Marjorie
Offset
Ditton
Nicolette
Sweet
Nell
Fair Lass
Varna Fonso
Candareen
Fading Light
Woodmont Bell
Parnassus
Playlike
Tickful
the. Caxton
Blue Blazes
Mosketo
the Messenger
Chorus
Boy
Marse Marie
Tillo
Paul Creyton
Harry Wilson
Rayomen
Nettie Regent
Miss Shanley
Mary Moore
Aline Abbott
Ginspray
King Barleycorn
Irving
Mayor
Eitholi
Wunderlich
Charles Ramsey
Vesuvia
Major Mansir
Barrack
Adelante
Jessie Jarboe
Hattie Davis
Patheen
Hayward Hunter
Trocadero
Cogswell
Lady Chorister
Mile
Pirate
Sleepy Head
Our Bessie
Handspinner
Witful
Shrine
Lord Melbourne
Floyd K
Glennevis
Farmer Jim
Flodarline
Big California Racing Stakes at Ingleside
At Ingleside track in San Francisco the California Jockey Club distributed 96854 in stakes during the first month of the meeting. Twenty eight horses earned over 1000 dollars and twenty two more over 500 dollars. The highlight is the Christmas Handicap offering 2500 dollars added, a mile and a quarter race scheduled for Thursday with entries including Homstead Cunard Articulate Vesuvian Nones Corrigan Hermencia The Fretter and Searcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Ingleside
New California Jockey Club
Homstead
Cunard
Articulate
Vesuvian
Nones
Corrigan
Hermencia
the Fretter
Searcher
American League Plans Peace Conference Meeting in Chicago
Chicago reports the American League held a special session to set January dates for the annual meeting in New York and to appoint a committee to meet the National League in Cincinnati on January 5 to discuss peace terms. President Johnson named a four man committee with Comiskey Killilea Somers, citing legal expertise. The meeting touched Pittsburg franchise talks and Detroit’s stance, and Loftus’s New York role was denied by Postal. The session lasted six hours with many owners present.
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Chicago
New York
Cincinnati
Johnson
League
American League
National League
Charles A. Comiskey
Henry Killilea
Boston
Charles Somers
Cleveland
Angus
Pedder
Eagle
Pittsburg
Tom ”’ Loftus
Washington
Postal
J. F. McNamara
S. F. Angus
Detroit
Fred’ Postal
Tom” Loftus
Connie Mack
Frank Hough
Ben Shibe
Philadelphia
C. W. Somers
J. F. Kilfoyle
Ralph Orthwein
Max Orthwein
K. L. Hedges
St. Louis
Joe Calvin
Ienry Killlea
Charles Comiskey
Ban Johnson
Ministers purge Rev G K McDonald from church rolls
By unanimous vote at the Baptist Ministers Conference held at the YMCA in New York City the name of Rev. G K McDonald who resigned from East Avenue Baptist Church Long Island City to open a Bronx saloon was stricken from rolls. A minister explained he no longer retains church membership and has no connection with the Baptist communion, leaving no further action possible. The case distressed the ministers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.K. McDonald
East Avenue
Long Island City
Bronx
Baptist Ministers’ Conference
Twentythird Street
Young Men's Christian Association
McDonald
Baptist Communion
Fordham baseball fails to land next year games with Cornell and Georgetown
Fordham College baseball management did not secure scheduled games for next year with Cornell and Georgetown. Georgetown has hosted at Fordham for the past three years, with Fordham sweeping Cornell in all meetings but losing every game against Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fordham
Cornell
Georgetown
Fort Erie Jockey Club Chartered to Promote Thoroughbreds
The Government grants a charter to the Fort Erie Jockey Club Limited to promote thoroughbred breeding and to hold race meetings and lawful sport. The head office is in Fort Erie with capital of $80,000. Incorporators include John Hood Moses Shire Buffalo William German A G C McDowell and Joseph Battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ontario
Fort Erie Jockey Club, Limited
Fort Erie
John Hood
Moses Shire
Buffalo
William German
GC. McDowell
Joseph Battle
Kidnapping Charge Ties Woman to Theft at Wanamaker’s
Marie Richter, 45, of 339 East Eleventh Street, faces kidnapping added to theft accusations after being held in Yorkville Court for stealing silks and goods valued at $40 from Wanamaker’s. A 14 year old boy named Leo Eranos was arrested with her. officials dispute the boy’s name and reveal links to an Alexandria, Russia, lawyer. The boy and Richter are detained. the case will be reviewed by the Russian Consul General.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Richter
Eleventh Street
Yorkville
Wanamaker's
Leo Eranos
Pisatso
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Eparnly
Alexandria
Russia
Akop Leon
Fifth Avenue
Leon
Pisarro
Naval Academy Eyes May 16 Game With West Point
Annapolis seeks a win in the upcoming May 16 baseball clash with West Point. W W J Clarke of the Washington team may coach Annapolis, aiming to tilt athletic balance after a year of tied athletic honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Annapolis
Naval Academy
West Point
W.W. J. Clarke
Washington
Georgetown to Host Indoor Athletic Meet on Feb 28
The George town University Athletic Association will stage the annual indoor meet on Saturday February 28 in Convention Hall. M J Thompson the athletics manager has invited top colleges including Yale Harvard Chicago Michigan Minnesota Lafayette Cornell Columbia and others. Cornell signals a relay entry and Lafayette Lehigh rivalry may spark a relay race in central Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Georgetown University Athletic Association
Convention Hall
M. J. Thompson
Yale
Harvard
University of Chicago
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
Lafayette
Cornell
Columbia
Thompson
University
Lehigh
Pennsylvania
Bolivian Revolution Waning Sainted by London Dispatch
A Bolivian legation dispatch from London reports Nicolas Suarez leading a force to defeat revolutionaries at Bahia and Nazareth on the Acre River and advancing toward Port Alonso, where Bolivian garrison is besieged. Bolivia plans 730 troops from La Paz this month and another 730 in January to quell the revolt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jorge E. Zalles
London
Nicolas Suarez
Bahia
Nazareth
Acre
Suarez
Port Alonso
Bolivia
Brazil
Manaos
Amazonas
Deadly Wild Run of Liberty Helper Engine
A helper engine on the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Railroad ran wild between Connersville and Liberty Indiana. It wrecked two freights and four engines, killed two men Michael Foley and Boynton Osborne, and injured two others. Engineer Callanan attempted to reverse at College Grove but could not, then the engine struck a freight engine east of Liberty and sped back at 70 mph. Edward Foley, brother of the brakeman, was among the engineers and escaped by jumping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty
Ind
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton
Connersville
Callanan
College Grove
Here
J Michael Foley
Indianapolis
Boynton Osborne
Edward Foley
Porto Rico Smuggling Cases Open in San Juan
In San Juan Porto Rico on December 22 Robert Giles a government road contractor and Automobile Transportation Company manager was arrested on smuggling charges. Preliminary examinations began before U S Commissioner Anderson with witnesses including Captain George W Mentz and Captain Andrew Dunlap. Evidence cited six cases marked Robert Giles seized by customs as part of the Laurel shipment from St Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Porto Rico
Robert Giles
Automobile Transportation Company
United States
Anderson
Supervisr
Benjamin Butler
George W. Mentz
James Brennan
Country Club
St. Thomas
Uncas
Laurel
Mentz
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Ster
W. A. Taylor &Co., Agts
B'way, NY
Aes SipeEs
Cig
Cravenette
Chris
Imas
10Th St
OLD Port Wines
H. B. Kirk & CO
Broadway
27Th Street
Franklin,n.y
Knozks Rheuma
Lithia
Medical
Lake Salts Mfg. CO
Nassau St
Spokane
Wash
Germookss
Union Square
C. C. Shayne
West 42d St
41St St
Bet
B’way
6Th Av
Ferench
Entarnos Union Square
C.c.shayne
Bet. B' Way
Brentano
Bet.hway & 6Th Av
George H. Squire
Maiden Lane
J. Callanan
Vesey ST
George
Manhasset Bay Yacht Club
Automobilists Dine
Huckleberry Tribe of
Sarilla
Munroe
Eva Rice
Marces
Lofter
Flaneur
Atheola
Aline Abott
Optime
Swordsman
Lord Peper
Schaus Art Gallery
Madison Square
Baseball Committee
Tom Loftus
Paderewski
Hofmann
Aeolian Company
Aeolian Hall
Fifth Ave
34Th St
Fred'k Loeser & CO
Lavter CO
Newark
Harold Bauer
Moszkowski
Baptist Ministers
G. K. McDonald
Cornell-Fordham
Fort Erie Jockey Club
Cooper Square West
Cooper Union
Fulton Street
de Kale Ave
Columbia Phonograph Company
Talking Machine Company
Ideal Holiday Gift
Chambers Street
Review of
The
Lighthouse Service
Jacob Kless
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Montreal Express
New York Central Road
Spuyten Duyvil
Gussie Gieser
Lorillard Avenue
Kless
Miss Gieser
St. Bernard
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