New Year Golf Events Across Cities Start Season
Staten Island players voyage to Atlantic City for a Fox Hills team match while Lakewood and Nassau County clubs stage mixed and handicap tournaments. Mound City Golf Club in St Louis pursues a 1908 world championship with U S Golf Association talks. Ardsley adds skating for a festive New Year’s Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jakewood
Lakewean
Findlas
Douglas
Wilter J. Travis
Lakewood Gypen
Fox Hills
Nassau
Dyker Mesiow
Richkmana
Baltustal
van Cortlandt
Lakewood
Atlantic City
Staten Island
M.M. Singer
Pax Hills
George E. Armstrong
Louis Livingston, Jr
Kindsey Tappin
Harles J. Seeley
Charles Hitchcock
Bruce Price
Johny M. Ward
J. 1S. Bullen
M Morrell
Alexander Holland
C. Talcott
Baltimore
Mound City Golf Club
St. Louis
Unis
George 8. McGrew
KR. B. Kerr
United States Golf Association
St. Andrew's Golf Club
Scotland
Kerr
McCrew
Mound City
Chicago Golf Club
Florida
Tampa
Bay Links
Ardsley
Baltusrol Golf Club Eyes Women’s Amateur Championship
Special to The Neat York Times. Summit New Jersey December 3. Baltusrol officers plan to secure the women’s amateur golf championship for their links, citing the yearlong decision between Shinnecock and Baltusrol. Course work has begun and a clubhouse addition is underway. Drawings are being prepared with plans to be decided in about two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Times
Summit
Baltusrol Golf Club
Beteen Shinnecock
Baltusrol
Rainbow Arrives at Harbor for Winter Layup at Hawkins Yard
The Rainbow from Bristol arrives near the Hawkins yard and will be hauled out for the winter. Mineola already berthed nearby, with repairs at Herreshoffs, as plans for a new keel yacht unfold at Jacob yard. Dimensions include 47 ft 9 in length, 10 ft 7 in beam, 6 ft 7 in draft, keel 14,000 lb lead, interior similar to Audax. Mermaid at Woods yard nears completion with final black hull coat and rigging next, featuring a vole mast and short bowsprit for a new rig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lory Slay
Rainbow
Bristol
R. I
Hawkins Yard
Herreshoffs
Cnp Defender
Mineola
Jacob Yard
Hyslop
Hysop
Manhasset Bay Yacht Club
Ansah Phelps Stokes
Woods Yard
Indoor Games Set by City College at Eighth Regiment Armory
The College of the City of New York holds its annual indoor athletic games at the Eighth Regiment Armory on Ninety-fourth Street and Park Avenue next Saturday evening. Closed events include sprints, 80 yard dash, 440 yard, high jump, one mile, one mile bicycle, shot put, and a senior to freshman relay. Open events feature sprints, 80 yard, novice one mile, one mile bicycle, and a preparatory schools relay. All events are handicapped. entries go to I J Hartmann or T W Langenbahn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
College of the City of New York
Eighth Regiment Armory
Ninety-fourth Street
Park Avenue
New York and
I. J. Hartmann
Washington Avenue
T. W. Langenbahn
East Sixty-ninth Street
Hill brings Klondyke I hurdler to America after London races
George B. Hill of Eatontown New Jersey owner of Klondyke I arrived aboard the Atlantic Transport liner Minneapolis with jockey T J Donahue who rode the American Grand National winner and will ride for C W Wadsworth next season. Hill said Blondyke Jr ridden by Donahue ran twice near London at Gatwick and Kempton Park both losses. He noted a high price offered for the hurdler on the other side and brought the horse to America aboard the Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Hill
Eatontown
N. J
Minneapolis
T. J. Donahue
C. W. Wadsworth
Geneseo
Hill
Blondyke Jr
Donahue
London
Gatwick
Kempton Park
Cross Country Runners Compete In Local Invitation Meet
Numerous clubs from Brooklyn and Queens gathered for a six to seven mile invitational cross country event in Long Island City. Star Athletic Club hosted with entrants from National, Brooklyn, Hamilton, Glendale, Atlantic, Montauk Harriers and more. Winners included John F Gordon and Anthony J. McKeever, with others placing across multiple club packs. The race featured two handicap groups and a fast, competitive finish record.
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Long Island City
Star Athletic Club
National Athletic Club
Brooklyn Athletic Club
Hamilton Athletic Club
Glendale Athletic Association
Atlantic Athletic Club
Montauk Harriers
Montauk Warriors
Brooklyn
Bay Ridge
Fourth Avenue
New Utrecht
Shore Road
John F Gordon
Nelson Muller
Henry McTighe
William M. Grown
French
Richardson
Henry
Gannon
Anthony J. McKeever
William Db. Wynne
William J. Wirkwood
Peter .Wend
C. Wills
OBS
Ernest Williams
T. J. Brady
James H. Kenneth
Walter Brown
John McCarthy
James J. Bennett
William _ J. Richards
Grand Street Park
Maspeth
Corona
Newtown
Fresh Pond
Christopher J.iktenney
Bernard W. Dudley
John &*. Doyle
Herman Classen
Hrolds
Flushing Athletic Club
Flushing
Knickerbocker Athletic Club
Xavier
New West Side
Pastime
Star
Long Island City Athletic Clubs
Samuel J. Tuomey
The
Stars
Lawler
T. J. O'Donnell
F. J. Hussey
J. J. Delehantey
Seventy-first Regiment Athletic Association
J. H. Cohen
St. Bartholomew's Athletic Association
Owen Reilly
J. K. Turns
Wahneta Boat Club
John Dowead
St. Bartholomew's Athletic Associiation
Harlem oarsmen active despite winter wind on river
Harlem River oarsmen trained indoors and on the river amid a chilly day. Atalanta Boat Club launched an eight and a single, Union Boat Club sent a picked eight and four, while other clubs waited indoors or played handball. Training for the season begins mid January with hopeful Sunday on-water sessions. Columbia and Union consider joint prep at the Harlem location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larlem Navy
Harlem River Flotilla
Speedway
Carol Kelly
Union Boat Club
Atalanta Boat Club
Atalanta
P.’Hoenack
J. Hunt
N. Westerfield
Jack’ Mulcahy
A. Ennis
Billy ’ Mulcare
Alleman
Herman Hjertberg
Ernie Hjertberg
Francis
Effinger
L. Scannell
Rogers
Cannell
Kemp
Webb
Wlin
W. Scannell
Columbia University
Union Club
One Hundred and Fifteenth Street
Riverside Drive
Hudson
Columbia
Morningside
Harlem
Seventh Regiment Shoots yield diamond badge for Stein
Veteran A Stein won the diamond badge for the greatest number of bull s eyes across standing and prone matches at the Seventh Regiment shooting night. Sergt A Strauss led the prone scores while Stein topped the standing and aggregate totals with 20 bull s eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixty-fifth Street
Park Avenue
A. Stein
Sergt. A. Strauss
Stein
W. H. Palmer, Jr
Co. G
Lance. Corp
W. B. Short
D. T
A. Stevens
T. C. Wiswall
Sixteenth Separate Company Beats YMCA Team 34 to 14
In Catskill New York on December 30 the Sixteenth Separate Company basketball team defeated the Twenty third Street Branch YMCA team 34 to 14 under 1900 rules. Umpire Thomas Smith of the Metropolitans and referee Mr Kennedy of Poughkeepsie officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catskill, N
Twenty-third Street
Young Men's Christian Association
Thomas Smith
The
Metropolitans
Mr. Kennedy
Poughkeepsie
Hontas Crooke Wins at Harlem River Speedway Show
A large crowd watched New York trotting and pacing stock on the Harlem River Speedway. Hontas Crooke driven by K G Billings beat Moth Miller in a nose and nose duel, with Alice Barnes taking a late sprint to win ahead of Franklin and Teto in a three horse finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlem River Speedway
New York City
Washington Bridge
Dyckman Street
Hontas Crooke
K. G. Billings
Chicago
David B
J. W. Cornish
Fairview
Alice Barnes
Franker
Teto
Eiler
Mr. Billings
T. Cairns
Memphis
Tenn
West Wilkes
Luke Burk
Ellert
J. P. Bauer
Otto Schreyer
Richard B
Charles Lloyd
Birdie R
A. E. Thompson
Hattie Watters
George Coleman
Hazel
J. C. Baisley
Teta
David Lamar
Queen Wilkes
George Spear
F. F E. Durando
Dix
Edward W
Elmer Stevens
Moth Miller
Hontal Crooke
Red Lawn
Mahlon
Chares” Reilly
Ed Lock
Coaster
J.timmons
Oscar
M. Zahn
Barney Kirkland
Harry Davis
Fairwit
E. F E. Smathers
Franklin
Queen of the Speedway
Kingston Heads the List of American Racehorse Stock
Lexington Ky Dec 30 For the first time in ten years the leading winning stallion of America is owned by a private breeding establishment Castleton Farm of James R Keene Son They own Kingston who tops the winning list and also owned Domino whose progeny are second This marks a peak for private breeders since Woodburn and Kingston carries a 75000 life policy He began racing in 1898 and his progeny have earned extensive stakes purses totaling over 214000 with Ballyhoo Bey as his top earner in 1900 followed by The Lady and Kingston’s Courier among others
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
America
Castleton Farm
James R. Keene &Son
England
Kingston
Domino
Woodburn
Belle Meade Farm
New York
Tennessee
Gen. Jackson
M.F. Dwyer
Milton Young
McGrawthiana
Kentucky
Eugene Leigh
Leigh
Messrs
Keene
London
Isos Cess Kingdon
Oinca
Ialack Admiration
SOE Ciota Se
Ballyhoo Bey
Indrim
King’s Courier
Kingston’s
Kingston's Produce in 1900 American Winning Stallions
Kingston leads the list of top American winning stallions for 1900 with Ballyhoo Bey King's Courier and The Thady among horses earning substantial sums. The era reports Kingston-sired progeny amassing 110 race wins and $116,388 in prize money across 34 other offspring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Ballyhoo Bey
Thady
King’s Courier
Marcus Daly’s Bitter Root horses shipped to New York sale
A special train delivered 170 brood mares and horses from Marcus Daly’s Bitter Root Farm in Hamilton Mon to Morris Park, New York, for dispersal on Jan 20 31 and Feb 1 at Madison Square Garden. Fasig Tipton will auction the thoroughbreds, including Hamburg and Tammany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Park Race Track
Hamilton
Mon
Marcus Daly
Gorman
Daly
Madison Square Garden
Fasig-Tipton Company
Bitter Root
Daly Farm
New York
Galesburg
Ill
Morris Park
Hamburg
Laetitia
Chacarnac
Petiie Blaise
Bannockburn
Ella Gregg
Mosley
Isis
Isidor
Shipmate
First Mate
Ogden
Bathampton
Pepper
St. Angelo
Galapin
Trenton
Musket
Cassenpia
America
Randolphs Lakewood track draws New York turfmen
The completion of P. S. P. Randolphs new training track at Lakewood New Jersey has shifted winter quarters plans for New York turfmen. Trainers W L Oliver and W C Rollins moved early to use the six furlong oval with easy turns. Lakewood, once a wintering spot for horses near Long Branch, is gaining rapid popularity as a training center. Other stables near the old track include Louis Stuart F Midgeley Perry Belmont B Littlefield and Gideon Daly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. S. P. Randolph
Lakewood
N. J
New York
Randolph
W. C. Rollins
Long Branch Track
Louis Stuart
F. Midgeley
Perry Belmont
B. Littlefield
Gideon & Daly
St Louis Fair Grounds Set Season Dates for Racing
Racing will resume at the St. Louis Fair Grounds on May 11 and run for ninety days under state limits. Missouri law fixes opening April 15 and closing November 1, giving 171 days of actual racing despite Turf Congress permitments.
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Louis
St. Louis Fair Grounds
Turf Congress
St. Louis
Unclear bids for trotter Charley Herr to be opened
Special from Lexington Kentucky reports Uncle Davy Cahill will open sealed bids for the trotter Charley Herr tomorrow. He will not reveal offers and may reject all bids. A private offer of 50,000 dollars has been reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Davy
Cahill
Charley Herr
League of American Wheelmen Assembly in Philadelphia
Report notes the annual gathering in Philadelphia on Feb 13 and updates from Islip on a new cycle path project between Bay Shore and Islip. It cites over 150,000 side-path tags sold statewide and a 3.5 cent price except Monroe County at 1.75 cents, plus the St George Wheelmen electing a full slate of officers and officers list for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
League of American Wheelmen
Philadelphia
Islip
L. I
Board of Highway Commissioners
Bay Shore
Monroe County
St. George
J. Sainsbury
William J. Mills
J. George Payne
I. Grocott
E. V. Brendon
J. E. M. Lordly
F. G. Hayward
W. Driscoll
C Chapman
J. Scott
H. W. Robinson
Cummings Resting Comfortably After Bicycle Fall
Congressman Amos J. Cummings confined to his home at 32 Charlton Street with a broken right ankle after a bicycle accident near New Haven on Saturday. He had been on a wheeling trip since Christmas and the inflammation has greatly reduced since last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos J. Cummings
Charlton Street
Mr. Cummings
New Haven
Sumatra tobacco culture debated by government and Connecticut group
The Division of Soils of the U S Department of Agriculture and the Connecticut Experiment Station report successful Sumatra tobacco trials near Hartford. The crop, grown under department direction but owned by the Connecticut Tobacco Experiment Company, was sold to a Kansas City firm. Suggestions to auction or distribute leaf are discussed, with a plan to auction in multiple cities if repeated next year. Growth is deemed likely only in Florida and Connecticut.
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Division of Soils
United States Department of Agriculture
Connecticut
Hartford
Kansas City
New York
Philadelphia
Milton Whitney
Connecticut Tobacco Experiment Company
Prof
Whitney
Sumatra
Florida
Local Bowling Week Schedule Slashed for Harlem Championship
The coming week’s bowling program is slimmed by omitting first two nights of play. Wednesday’s Harlem League will skip regular games to host the Manhattan championship final at Thum Kahlsdorf’s Harlem Palace alleys between East Side champions Harlem League and West Side champions National League. An entrance fee of 25 cents funds New York delegates and teams heading to Chicago for the National Bowling Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Thum & Kahlsdorf
Harlem Palace
National Bowling League
Corinthian News
Germania
Starr's
Americana
Arlington
American Owl
Orchard
Thum
Germanic
North Side Bowling League
Tremont
Chrace
Pump
North Side
Jleys
Commercial Bowling League
Passavant & Co
J. Wild & Co
Mason & Hanson
Cadieu
Monarch
Greater New York
Spartan
Empire
Thom & Ehler
Palace
Brooklyn
Third annual Morning Newspaper Bowling League schedule
The Morning Newspaper Bowling League opens at Thum's Germania alleys with a January to March schedule listing matches among Times Journal Herald Bulletin Tribune World and related pairings. Key dates include January 2 4 9 11 16 18 25 30 and February 1 6 11 15 20 21 27, with additional March 1 5 8 13 20. Local coverage notes a busy season of cross-town rivalries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thum
Germania
Times
Journal
Herald
Bulletin
Tribune
World
Ares
Disbarred Lawyer Pardoned by Michigan Governor
Gov. Pingree pardoned Battle Creek lawyer Charles R. Mains who had been disbarred after contempt charges. Mains claimed he was barred from proving his accusations against Judge Clement Smith. The pardon, the first for an attorney disbarred, may not be recognized by the courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Pingree
Charles R. Mains
Battle Creek
Secretary of State
Detroit
Mains
Clement Smith
Supreme Court
Vigorous Work at the Mines and a Large Output
The Ledger reports the anthracite coal trade ends 1900 with vigorous mine work and large output. Christmas holidays limited activity slightly, but mining and shipping surged due to good December weather. Car shortages persist, spurring companies to expand equipment as railways move coal rapidly to market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Ledger
Portrait of Marshall Found in Chicago Home
Chicago, Dec 30. An authentic portrait of Chief Justice John Marshall, long lost for 25 years, has been discovered in Waukegan. The oil painting by E. L. Hammond, completed in Boston in 1833, shows Marshall with spectacles on his forehead and a rugged facial expression, reflecting a new light on the jurist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Marshall
United States Supreme Court
H. M. Underwood
Waukegan
Adolph Moses
E. L. Hammond
Harding
Marshall
Boston
Hammond
U. 8S. Supreme Court
Death in Hotel Room Pointing to Domestic Tragedy
Coffmann owner of a furnished room house at 314 West Fifty-fifth Street was found dead in a room at the New York Hotel on East Forty-second Street with a bullet wound to the temple. A pistol lay nearby and a carbolic acid vial in his hand. He registered Saturday night and was seen early yesterday. A note reading Notify 314 West Fifty-fifth Street was found beside him. Domestic troubles were suggested as a possible cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coffmann
West Fifty-fifth Street
New York
East Forty-second Street
Passaic Man Identified as George Wilson Found Dead
A man who registered as George Wilson in Passaic New Jersey took acid in a fifth floor room at the Equitable Hotel 240 Grand Street yesterday. Papers found on him include a doctor's certificate and letters addressed to George Wilson Passaic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wilson
New Jersey
Passaic
N. J
Equitable
Grand Street
Labor Union proposes Fire Marshal abolition plan
A Central Labor Union committee, after meeting the Board of Fire Underwriters, recommended yesterday abolishing the Fire Marshal role and transferring duties to the Police Department to prevent fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Labor Union
Board of Fire Underwriters
Funeral service for Prof Moses Coit Tyler at Cornell
The funeral of Prof. Moses Coit Tyler was held in Lt Chapel at Cornell University this afternoon. Services were conducted by Rev Dr Sinnot and Rev Charles Mellen Tyler, with pallbearers including Prof. Burr Crane Finlay Thurston Morris Fuertes and Hart. Buried at Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Ithaca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca
Moses Coit Tyler
Cornell University
Sinnot
St. John's Church of
Charles Mellen Tyler
George L. Burr
T. F. Crane
Samuel Finlli
R. H. Thurston
J. J. Morris
E. A. Fuertes
J. M. Hart
Prof. Tyler
Pleasant Grove
Three Men and Their Two Accusers Held in Yonkers Court
Yonkers police arrested Antonio Adolph and Richard Cordella brothers on robbery charges. They allegedly held up William Meyers and James Manning at a store on New Main Street Manhattan taking $65. Meyers and Manning testified the Cordellas used threats. the Cordellas claim the New Yorkers silenced them at dice. Judge Kellogg set bonds at 1000 for the Cordellas and 500 for the other two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers
N. Y
Antonio
Adolph
Richard Cordella
William Meyers
West Thirtysixth Street
Manhattan
James Manning
Thirty-eight Street
Meyers
Manning
Cordellas
New Main Street
Kellogg
Six Dead in Kentucky Faction Fights
Four men killed and ten wounded in Clay County clashes over two weeks. Two more killed and two wounded just over the county line, totaling six dead and twelve wounded. Hostilities rise and drastic measures may be needed to stop the feud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
London
Clay County
Woman Dies in Flushing Avenue Car Collision
A around sixty year old woman dressed in black died yesterday afternoon in a Flushing Avenue streetcar as it crossed the Brooklyn Queens boundary. The body was sent to the Maspeth Morgue and had not been identified by last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flushing Avenue
Brooklyn
Queens County
Maspeth
Card Game Ends in a Knife Thrust in Newburg Boarding House
John Carr and William Biddins argued during a card game when Biddins stabbed Carr in the chest, puncturing the lung, and fled. Carr died or was injured. authorities pursued Biddins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newburg
John Carr
William Biddins
Biddens
Carr
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Yacht News of
City Island
Stecia
the New York Times
Harlem Oarsmen
Catskill
C. K. G. Billings
Bitter Root Farm
New York Times
Spartan Bowlingers
New York Athletic Club
Start
S. al- Columbia Bowling League
Audubon, Belvidere
Cyclone
Schlesing
Harlem Bowling League
Morris Club
Hyperion
FE. M
Liberty
Commercial
American Woolen Company
S. Oppenheimer & Levy
Calhoun, Robbins & Co
Northern
Caledonian
Hanover
Norwich Union
Phenix
Liverpool
London and Globe
Lloyd's Plate Glass Insurance Company
New York Tire Underwriters
Reid's
Twelfth Regiment
Armory
Brooklyn Bank Clerks
Franklin Trust Company
Sprague National
Williamsburg Savings Banks
Kahubel
Fulton Street
Associated
Bushwick
Orient
Twentysixth Ward
Brooklyn Royal
Arcanum Bowling League
Commonwealth, Gilbert
Trainor’s
Fidelia Bowling Club
Our Council
Royal Arcanum
Starr’s
Empire City
Vane
Yonkers Council
Schlesinge
Lotus
Friendship
Audubon
Adirondack
Bedford
Twelfth Regiment Bowling League
Royal Arcanum Bowling League
Long Island
Fro Patria
Burnside
Newspaper Bowling League
Michigan
Great Jurist
Illinois
Pawy
Greater
Hahne & CO
Newark
Broadway
Man
Cornell
Yonkers Court
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