Racing schedule restructured conflicting with Saratoga
Eight New York circuit tracks approve a two meeting Empire City plan overlapping Saratoga. The schedule shifts dates at Aqueduct Jamaica Belmont Gravesend Sheepshead Bay Brighton Beach and Yonkers Empire City gains August dates and Oct meeting. Stewards retain control with August Belmont as chair. Buffalo Association also given June 20 to July 25 window.
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New York City
Saratoga
Jockey Club
Queens County Jockey Club
Aqueducts
Metropolitan Jockey Club
Jamaica
Westchester Racing Association
Belmont Park
Brooklyn
Joockey Club
Gravesend
Coney Island Jockey Club
Sheepshead Bay
Brighton Beach Racing Association
Brighton Beach
Raraidga
Empire City Bains Association
Yonkers
Brooklyn Jockey Club
Brighton Beach Racing Asatinn
Empire City Trotting Club
Empire City Racing Association
Empire City
Aqueduct
Thmpire City
Windsor Arcade
August _Belmont
K. Sturgis
J. H. Bradford
F. R. Hitchcock
H. J. Knapp
Andrew Miller
Emyre City
New York
Bellmont Park
August Belmont
Hairman
James R. Keene
F. K. Sturgis
McDowell
C. N. Pattengill
Crickmare
WS. Voshureh
Assisy
Barrett
Theman
Waki
A Conkling
Mieses Beats Hanham at Manhattan Chess Club
German master Jacques Mieses extended his winning streak by defeating Major J. Moore Hanham at the Manhattan Chess Club. Tonight he faces Dr. Simonson, another leading player, with tomorrow’s match listing Mieses against all challengers at the Queens County Chess Club in Richmond Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacques Mieses
Manhattan
J. Moore Hanham
Dr. Simonson
Manhattan Chess
Yule
Herr Mieses
Queens County
Richmond Hill
Limle
Middletown Independents Defeat Knickerbockers 26 to 19
The Middletown Independents defeated the Knickerbockers of New York 26 to 19 in a fast, well played basketball game. Studebaker starred at centre for New York as Knickerbockers led 13 to 10 at halftime but Middletown pulled away in the second half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Conn
Middletown Independents
Knickerbockers
New York
Studebaker
Knickerbocker
Manhattan Midgets Rally Past Invaders in Close Narrow Loss
Vic Manhattan College suffered a 25 to 24 defeat at De La Salle Gymnasium on Fifty ninth Street and Sixth Avenue to Jersey City Invaders. Murray and Bolten led Manhattan, while Kydd and Arrison starred for the Invaders. In the preliminary, Manhattan Midgets beat Delaware A. 29 to 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vic Manhattan College
Invaders
Jersey City
de la Salle
Fifty-ninth Street
Sixth Avenue
Murray
Bolten
Manhattan
Kydd
Arrison
Delaware A.et
Elementary Schools Indoor Meet Relocated From Garden
Public Schools Athletic League indoor championships for elementary schools will not be held at Madison Square Garden on Feb 15 due to unavailability. The committee is negotiating for an armory as a new site and the meet will be decided on the original schedule regardless of location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Schools Athletic League
Madison Square Garden
National Hunt Meets Elects Board and Discusses Military Race
The National Hunts Association held its annual meeting at the Windsor Arcade in New York. Six directors were elected to fill terms and vacancies. deficits from last fall’s United Hunts meeting prompted subscriptions. Plans included a proposed shift of the Military race to be restricted to army officers chargers and run on the flat to reflect army horses’ training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Hunts Association
Windsor Arcade
Perry Belmont
Tree
Queens
L. L
Joseph T. Grace
J. K. Madaux
N. 8
United Ebunis
United States Army
Army
Navy
National Guard
Regular Army
Steeplechase Officials Re-elected At Club Meeting
The Steeplechase and Hunt Association Stewards met in Windsor Arcade with J. H. Alexandre S Howland J. L. Cowdin J. G. Follansbee Henry J. Morris H. B. Page and J. E. Widener present. Officers were unanimously reappointed with August Belmont president S S Howland honorary secretary treasurer and H G Crimore racing secretary for 1908. Committees were named on rules courses hunts and other duties. Brookline Country Club Boston received approval to hold races June 10 to June 18. Howland Morris Widener and others were named to a committee to inspect Maryland Jockey Club jumps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor Arcade
J. H. Alexandre
S. §. Howland
J. L. Cowdin
J. G. Follansbee
Henry J. Morris
H. 8. Page
J. E. Widener
August Belmont
S. S. Howland
H.G. Cricmore
Howland
H. J. Morris
J. E. Cowdin
Brookline Country Club
Boston
Mass
S. Howland
Maryland Jockey Club
Palmer Leads Shooters In Bergen Beach Trophy Event
Lowell M. Palmer Jr of Crescent Athletic Club top scored at Bergen Beach Gun Club with 46 of 50 targets. Ex Amateur champ J H Hendrickson placed second among 41 shooters. The Stone Trophy series continues February 12 and March 10. Palmer Jr won two 25 target events, with 23 of 25 in each, tying with Billings and Dawson for another score.
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Lowell M. Palmer, Jr
Crescent Athletic Club
Brooklyn
Fred A. Stone
Bergen Beach
Avenue N
East Seventyfirst
Palmer
J. H. Hendrickson
Lincoln’s
L. M. Palmer, Jr
C. W. Billings
New York Athletic Club
W. C. Dawson
The
Crescents
Poggenburg Edged by Boyd in 14.2 Amateur Billiards Playoff
In the 14.2 amateur handicap billiard tournament at Knickerbocker Academy Brooklyn J F Poggenburg 400 faced F W Boyd 225 and lost after 56 innings Boyd finishing with 225 points to Poggenburg 316 Poggenburg showed steadier play but the handicap proved decisive Tonight Poggenburg meets C E White 273 in the next match
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Poggenburg
F. W. Boyd
C. E. White
W. C. Leonard
Knickerbocker Academy
Brooklyn
Boyd
Poggenburg
Two Mile Relay Victory by 999 Team in Brooklyn
The 999 relay squad defeated Clermont Club at the Clermont Skating Rink in Brooklyn. In a two mile match relay three Clermont runners faced two thirds of a mile each. The winning lineup was J Reilly W Blackburn N M Pikcer and J McCormack for 999 with Burke W Barker and Meeson for Clermont finishing second. Time 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clermont Club
Clermont Skating Rink
Clermont
Myrtle Avenues
Brooklyn
Ij. Reilly
W. Blackburn
NM Pikcer
J. McCormack
Burke
W. Barker
Meeson
Princeton Officials Silent on Princeton Harvard Football Next Fall
Princeton Athletic Director J. B. Fine refused to comment on the proposed Princeton Harvard football game for next fall. Manager B. J. Carr of the football squad was reticent but suggested developments may come in a day or two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Princeton
N. J
J. B. Fine
Princeton University
McGraw Signs Bresnahan For Next Season In Toledo
John J. McGraw, Giants manager, signed catcher Roger Bresnahan in Toledo today on the way to the Pacific Coast. The deal confirms Bresnahan will stay with New York and not sign with another club this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Toledo
Ohio
John J. McGraw
New York Giants
Pacific Coast
Roger Bresnahan
Bresnahan
Third American Car Enters Race for New York Paris Run
The New York Times reports that a third American entry may join the New York to Paris race led by Hol-Tan and Thomas cars. George A. Hensley plans to drive the White car, a 1908 model used on European tours, while Maxwell-Briscoe’s C. J. Kelsey considers starting a Maxwell car if preparations prove feasible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paris
Times Square
George A. Hensley
Europe
Swiss Alps
C. J. Kelsey
Maxwell-Briscoe Company
Kelsey
Benjamin Briscoe
Maxwell Company
Maxwell
Hengley
San Francisco
Alps
Austria
Hensley
United States
Mr. Hensley
Sutton to Meet Slosson in 18.2 Balk Line Duel
The first pro billiards event of the year starts next Thursday at Slosson French Academy with George Sutton and George Slosson contesting ten nights for a 500 point purse and gate receipts. Sutton also faces Ora Morningstar for the 18.2 balk line title at Lenox Lyceum on Monday January 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slosson
Twenty-second Street
Broadway
George Sutton
George Slosson
Sutton
Ora Morningstar
Lenox Lyceum
Blosson
Blosson-Sutton
Rainey Buys Noted Bloodhounds for Bench Shows
Memphis January 9 Paul Rainey owner of the Tippah Farm racing stable buys three bloodhounds from Sheriff Tate of Union County Mississippi. The dogs have records of trailing murderers and bank robbers and will be used at bench shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Paul Rainey
Tippah Farm Racing Stable
Sheriff Tate
Union County
Miss
Fall 1907 shirt sale by Rocers Peet & Company
A brisk display notes 2520 colored stiff bosoms and 3660 neglige shirts for the Fall of 1907. About 65 percent priced at $2 quality others at $1.50. Stores listed as Warren Three E roadway Stores and 43rd Street 32nd Street locations.
New Jersey Automobilists Push Law Revisions
A meeting in Trenton gathers leaders from major New Jersey automobile clubs to seek changes to state auto laws. They urge a 15 day foreign entrant exemption, higher general speed limits with local limits, lighter compliance on lights, and redirected fines revenue to road improvements as Senator Frelinghuysen signals openness to amendments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
New York Times
Trenton
Ieading Automobile Associations
New Jersey
Frelinghuysen
Colby
W. Crosby
H. Wood
New Jersey Automobile and Motor Association
George A. Post
North Jersey Automobile Club
Paterson
J. H. Edwards
J. .B. W. Armstrong
Hudson County Automobile Club
Dr. F. C. Ard
Union County Automobile Association
W. V. Seidler, Jr
J. E. Gill
Mercer County Automobile Club
J. H. Hammersley
Wildwood Automobile Club
H. A. Sparks
Camden Automobile Association
Capt. Walter Edge
Atlantic City Automobile Club
Manhattan Midgets Edge Sacred Heart In Tight Victory
The Manhattan College Midgets edged Sacred Heart Academy 17 to 12 in a fast hard fought home game. Key moments came from Lacoste Costello and Gallagher with Canales and Smith delivering accurate shooting as Dowd and Gleason contributed on defense and offense. Umpire was Mr. Lynch. Time halves were twenty minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan College
Sacred Heart Academy
Manhattan Court
Lacoste
Costello
Gallagher
Canales
Smith
Manhattan
Sacred Heart
Blaney
Eccoees
Ssesece
Cecececesss
Bussek Gallagher
Essee
Gleason Smith
Eure
Dowd
Lazcoste
Crales
Banley
Shift
Gleason
Foul
YMCA Athletes Readied for Busy Six Week Campaign
Captain Fred Cordes of the West Twenty-third Street Branch announces a six week push for branch athletes. A dual meet with the Plainfield Branch is planned with events including 25 yard dash 220 yard run one mile run and more. A February 1 swimming meet against Bath Beach includes 50 100 220 yard sprints a relay and water polo. The Harlem branch dual meet on February 1 lists 220 440 880 yard runs a mile high jump shot put and pole vault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Cordes
West Twenty-third Street
Young Men’s Christian Association
Plainfield
Bath Beach Swimming Association
Hhe
Harlem Young Men's Christian Association
Local heavyweight Jim Stewart KOs Fred Bradley in third round
Jim Stewart, a rising local heavyweight, outboxed and stopped Fred Bradley of Boston in the third round of a scheduled six rounds at Long Acre Athletic Club. The earlier semi headline bout Blink McCluskey and Kid Griffo ended in a six round draw. George Hoey outpointed Young Guarinini. Eddie Wallace defeated Joe Black. Joe Seddell defeated Jack McGuiggan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Stewart
Fred Bradley
Boston
Long Acre Athletic Club
Stewart
Bradley
Blink McCluskey
Philadelphia
Kid Griffo
Brooklyn
George Hoey
Young Guarinini
Eddie Wallace
Joe Black
Joe 3Eddell
Jack McGuiggan
Auto Builder Sues A G Vanderbilt
In New York at a Thirty-ninth Street garage Alfred G Vanderbilt faces a suit from Francois Richard for 5000 dollars claiming services in building a racing car. The car designed to exceed 100 miles per hour failed to race and was dismantled after delays and mechanical issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Ormond Beach
Vanderbilt
Ormond
Paul Sartoris
M.sartoris
Francois Richard
Richard
West Thirty-ninth Street
M. Richard
Mr. Vanderbilt
Thirty-ninth Street
Customs Rulings Uphold Duty on Imported Goods
The Board of United States General Appraisers, in a decision by Eugene G. Hay, overruled a claim by Co. H. Ritter & Co. of Detroit seeking lower duties under the most favored nation clause, citing lack of competent testimony. Judge Somerville also ruled against I. McNiven of Niagara Falls in a case involving telegraph poles with penal duties added under the Dingley tariff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene G. Hay
Board of
United States General Appraisers
Co. H. Ritter & Co
Detroit
Great Britain
France
Somerville
I. McNiven
Niagara Falls
Brooklyn News Notes Heat and crime mix in quick briefs
At Flatbush and Atlantic a man fell from a station job site and survived. County Judge Fawcett overruled demurrers in indictments against John G Jenkins and three sons tied to a bank probe for conspiracy. Patrolman Ryan rescued three children from a Hamilton Avenue fire, carrying them out with the Geber family helping. A 14 year old, Vincent Palla, was held for horse theft from a Sixty Fifth Street stable. The Bay Ridge area reports multiple horse thefts. A Fort Hamilton District resident, Annie Steckler aged 75, was found dead from heart trouble at her home on Eighty Fourth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fawcett
John G. Jenkins
Jenkinses
John Ryan
Hamilton Avenue
E Iith
Emma
Mamie Geber
Ryan
Isidor Geber
Vincent Palla
Mves
Fourteenth Avenues
Children's Court
E. Bora
Sixty-fifth Street
Bay Ridge
Annie Steckler
Fort Hamilton
Eighty-fourth Street
Fifteenth Avenue
Marcotte Tops McLaughlin In 18 21 500-Point Billiards Match
Arthur Marcotte of Canada defeated Ed McLaughlin in a Daly's Academy 18 21 500 point billiards match last night by 3322 to 300. Marcotte led over the three nights with 802 to McLaughlin's 900 and opened with a 24 break. He also produced runs of 8 18 28 16 and 17 with a best run of 33, while McLaughlin faded after a 31 in the first inning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Marcotte
Canada
Ed McLaughlin
Daly
Marcotte
McLaughlin
Oe Ks
Aea
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Buffaloacing Association
Jamaica High School
Winthrop
Brana
Eeerton L. Winthrop, Jr
Board of Education
Gulicks
Public Schools, Athletic League
Elizabeth Burchnell
I Iris
Uichinell
Mieses
Hanham
Association
Crescent A. G. Man
Sporting Goods
BASE
Spalding
Henry Chadwick
Pe Eer Ee Spalding. & Bros Bace
Spaldinng’s
Nease Ball
Catalo
West 42Nd Street
Instentio
Rocers, Peet & Company
Warren
Roadway Stores
32Nd St
Quaker City Motor Club
MacDonald & Campbell
the White Company
Auto Builder
SUES
A. G. Vanderbilt
Mr. van
Derbilt
Brooklyn News Notes
Longe Island
Flatbush and
Atlantic Avenues
Joseph van Schender
McLaugghlin
Automobile School
Bedford Branch
M. C
Bedford AV
Cor
Monroe ST
Olzwasser
Grand Rapids
New York ‘State
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
High Mount & Robertson
Beaver ST
York Sa & Lock CQ
J. M. Mossman
Maiden Lane
John
Barclay St
Cort
Finn Hros
Franklin St
Hxe Charge Clothing Co
Park Place
Remington
Nathan's
Cortlandt
Central Writer Exchange
Lyons
Ee Goetz
Gahler
West
Roland
Temperance
Madison and Park
Plaza
Roland D Jones
Irving School
Tarrytown-on-Hudson
White Plains
Professor Sanches
Park Row
Polstein & Levy
Masons
Lexington
Standard Adjustment CO. Flatiron Bldg
Puiders
Decker's
Purchase and Exchange
United States District Court For
Southern District of
Samuel Hoffman
Jof Menczer
Hoffman
William Allen
District Court OF the United States
Eccleston Lumber Company
Wall Street
Louis Kleinbauss
Louis Kleinbaum
York and District
New
Louis Kileinbaum
Nathaniel S. Smith
William Street
Borough of
Nathaniel 5. Smith
Bankrug
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