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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1913
Page
8
Three varsity eights Penn, Wisconsin, and Syracuse clocked four mile time trials at Poughkeepsie with margins tight, Wisconsin leading at 19.4 minutes while Harvard Yale crews prepare for Friday races on the Hudson amid camp crowds and regatta planning.
The article notes heavy summer commerce in New York with about one hundred thousand visitors daily from across the United States. Hotels run full as tourists buy dress, furniture, jewelry, pictures, and other items to take home. The New York Times dominates newspaper sales among visitors in city hotels.
News from Yale announced there would be no graduates race or gentlemen eight at Redtop tomorrow afternoon. Yale could not raise sufficient crews to compete, leaving organizers and spectators disappointed.
The Rev. M. P. Heffernan of Sayville Catholic Church organized the Sayville A. C. and sought a State Athletic Commission license. The commission planned to grant it once a bond is filed. The club, linked to the church, invites men of all denominations and may host amateur and later professional bouts. The commission also cleared Abe Attell of a fake bout in Brooklyn.
A three bout ten round boxing card at St Nicholas Rink featured Kid Julian of Syracuse stopping Joe Coster of Brooklyn in the third round after a dominant sequence in the round. Earlier bouts saw Matt Brock beat Tommy Houck and Eddie O Keefe outpoint Patsy Kline. The crowd witnessed a brisk featherweight showcase with two fights reaching the limit.
Newark June 18 Donald McDougall of the New York Athletic Club, a top star among the Simon Pures, set a third of a mile amateur world record at the Newark Velodrome clocking 0 37 2 5 in heat one, surpassing 0 38. He also equaled the world best professional time for the distance, but finished seventh in the final as J Weichselfelder led in 2 etc.
Sehany Dundee of New York defeats Jack White in a grinding 20 round welterweight bout in Los Angeles. Dundee secures a decision after a hard fought battle at the arena, with White showing resilience throughout the lengthy match.
In Belfast on June 18 the evolving conditions for the America's Cup races were received by the Royal Ulster Yacht Club from New York but will not be made public until Sir Thomas Lipton discusses them with his advisers. Officials anticipate no major changes from last races. In Bermuda on June 18 the motor boat Dream began the return trip to Ocean City, New Jersey, after winning the Philadelphia to Bermuda race.
The article explains Goodrich Tires use a unit molding process developed from twenty seven years of American experience. It describes how the tire is formed as a single unit during vulcanization with layers of fabric rubber side strips bead and tread fused together to resist peeling and stripping.
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