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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1909
Page
6
Bryce declares Seadstone won the event with a decisive result. Seadstone is highlighted as the winner in this brief report, with emphasis on Bryce's confirmation of the outcome.
British Ambassador James Bryce lauds William Ewart Gladstone for founding Anglo American friendship and his unmatched oratory at Carnegie Hall. The Civic Forum commemorates the 100th anniversary of Gladstone's birth with remarks by Bryce and Seth Low, amid notable attendees and a Taft letter of condolence.
The Coney Island Jockey Club announced plans for the 1910 season at Sheepshead Bay with an estimated total prize money of 250 000 dollars, likely to exceed that figure as books close. Secretary W E Schaumburg reported strong entries for stakes including the Suburban 6000 dollars Great Fal 10600 dollars and Double Event 8000 dollars with further stakes to be added.
In the eleventh Triangular College Chess League rounds at Rice Chess Club, Penn, Cornell and Brown contested the second round. Penn leads Cornell by one game as Whitaker defeated Mons and Tolings beat Guild, while Simonson battled Bauder to a draw, preserving the Penn-Cornell tie at the top.
Julian T. Bishop of Brooklawn Bridgeport led the qualification round with an 88 in the sixth annual holiday week golf tournament at Pinehurst North Carolina. Scores listed by division show Bishop and J Y Boyd tied near the top while W R Tuckerman Chevy Chase and other top players posted strong rounds.
Delegates at the Intercollegiate Athletic Association meeting in New York pressed for major football rule revisions to reduce player injuries. Prof. Babbitt urged stronger enforcement and safer play, while faculty and officials argued for a shift in spirit and structure to salvage the sport.
The New York Swimming Association staged its annual event at the Six-tieth Street Baths featuring fancy diving and a 60 yard swim. Paul Rottger and F Schrader wowed with a diving display including jack knife back dives and standing sitting dive while E Hanretti won the 60 yard handicap by four lengths. Horse tilting provided comic relief as Paul Rottger beat H Dougherty in three seconds before losing to D Daly in 1 minute 2 1-5 seconds.
William McKay defeated Lou Magnus at Doyle's Academy in Broadway and Forty second Street to lead the Greater New York amateur three cushion championship. McKay ran 40 points in 65 innings with a high run of 5 while Magnus faded in the final string to finish six behind. Magnus and Dankelman face off tonight.
Report from WilkesbarrePennsylvania states President Farrell of the New York State League and secretary of the National Association of Baseball Clubs advised Wilkesbarre management not to press a court case over paying 200 to Allentown Manager McGeehan for pitcher Peloquin. Manager Clymer says Farrell and Garry Herrmann misinterpret him insisting buying and selling players isn’t slavery but condemns peddling players as property.
After a Brooklyn game the New York indoor baseball squad will tour New York State visiting Albany Ogdensburg Watertown Oswego Geneva Rochester Elmira Utica Niagara Falls. Noted players Mathewson and Chase are listed among Newark team's top pitchers and fielders.
Capt. Palmer B. Pierce of the U S Army was re elected president of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association for a fifth term. Officers named include Mackenzie Nicholson and other university profs. The Basket Ball and Football Rules Committees were also announced with members from Yale Penn Princeton and others.
About thirty to fifty Pastime A C members plan a 9 AM start from Manhattan City Hall steps to Coney Island to set a new walking record. Previous bests include A Voellmeke and W T Allen at 1 47 45, surpassing Sam Liebgold 1 56 22 5. Liebgold and allies Benny Mann Schwartz and Al Voelimeke expected to compete.
The United States National Lawn Tennis Association Executive Committee met at the Waldorf Astoria to discuss ranking players from the past season and a proposed National clay court championship. William A. Larned leads an unofficial top ten and Western clubs threaten to form a separate association if the championship is not established.
Charles J. Strobel of Toledo Ohio bought from the Aeronautic Society the aeroplane used by Glenn Curtiss in Hempstead New York flights and plans to take it to Australia next year. The craft is now in Los Angeles California entered in next month's aviation contests. Strobel who owns nine airships aims to fly the machine to Australia in 1910.
Melvin W. Sheppard the American champion middle distance runner will meet Harry Gissing of the New York Athletic Club in a special 600 yard race at the South Boston Athletic Club games in Mechanics Building Boston on January 22. Eddie Hopkins manager of the games announced the matchup noting Sheppard has defeated Gissing at half a mile but supremacy at 600 yards remains unsettled.
Charles Goldman known as the Ghetto champion is refused a fight permit in Pittsburg after failing to appear twenty four hours before the scheduled six round bout with Phil McGovern. Police ordered the cancellation fearing Goldman might travel from New York to arrive in time for the match.
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