Auto Enthusiasts Assess Briarcliff Speed Showdown
The Briarcliff race spurred diverse analyses from American manufacturers. Isotta led horsepower while Maja posted the lowest, with detailed bore and stroke data, wheelbases, and top lap speeds cited for multiple makes. Sid Bowman's cross‑make method reevaluates results, weighting final positions by overall performance.
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Isotta
Maja
Tsouta
Lozier Saas
Renault
Apperson
Isottii
Bianchi
Isetta
Hol-Tan
Fiat
Stearns and
Renaults
Vedrino
Sartori
Strave
Tsoita
Mulford
Lozier
Vaughan
Stearns
Oldfield, Stearns
Lyme
Appersens
Sidney Bowman
Appersons
Re Nault
Simplex És
Newark Six Lap Board Track Sets Opening Sunday
The Newark venue opens Sunday with a six lap board track program featuring a half mile open pursuit three mile handicap and amateur events a novice one mile and out and a two mile handicap Also a five mile helter skelter scratch for motorcycles aims to set speed records The race card includes riders Jimmy Moran Logan MacLean Butler Lake Root and Wiley who traveled from Boston last night.
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Newark
America
Jimmy Moran
Logan
MacLean
Butler
Lake
Root
Wiley
Boston
NRA considers sending rifle team to London Olympics
The National Rifle Association of America may send an American rifle team to participate in the international matches at the London Olympic Games this summer. The Executive Committee is studying the proposal as part of the Olympic program plans.
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America
London
National Rifle Association of America
Low-Cost Men’s Suits Sold At Three Broadway Stores
Roders Peer & Company announces suit lines at 18 to 25 dollar range alongside higher priced options. The ad emphasizes value for men with limited budgets and promises full value for every penny. Locations include Warren Street and the 43rd and 32nd Street outlets.
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Broadway
Warren St
Chicago Takes Two Close Games From St Louis
Chicago wins both games against St Louis 4 to 2 and 3 to 2 with Brown pitching a full game in the opener and Beebe allowing one hit in seven innings in the second. Pittsburg beats Cincinnati 1 to 0 as standings show Chicago atop the league with Brooklyn New York and Philadelphia in pursuit. Next day Philadelphia meets New York and Pittsburg plays Cincinnati while St Louis visits Chicago.
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St. Louis
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
New York
Brooklyn
Boston
Cincinnati
Swalap.g
Brown
Beebe
Ee Tae AB
Ahpoab Slagle
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Sh'kard
Ino
Byrne
Schulte
Murray
Crance
del’ H’ty
Sai'dt
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Evers
Kon‘’hy
Tinker
Host'ter
Kling
Gilbert
Raym
M' Glynn
Poke
Delehanty
Raymond
McGlynn
Saerifice
Chance
Taymons
Mr. O'Day
Strong pitching by Willis halts Cincinnati offense in loss
In Cincinnati on May 3 Willis held Cincinnati scoreless while Wagner drove in the winning run with a first inning triple. Campbell started for Pittsburgh and Huggins Mowrey Wagner Campbell and Gibson collected key hits as the Pirates beat the Reds. The game lasted one hour and thirty two minutes with Rudderham umping.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Willis
Wagner
Pittsburg
Huggins
O Becker
Robert
O Leach
Mitchell
O Clarke
Ganzel
McLean
Abbat’o
Mowrey
Swacina
Paskeri
O Wilson
Hulsett
Gibson
Camp'll
O'Willis
Totak
Campbell
Hulswitz
Wills
Rudderham
Chicago Hands Cleveland 3-0 Victory in Sloppy Game
Chicago scored with Cleveland errors as Walsh dominated, striking out five. Despite Cleveland chances, Chicago collected a small total and won 3 to 0. Key plays included deliberate rallies and defensive miscues, with Chicago taking advantage late to seal the shutout.
Newarks Rally for Victory Over Rochesters in Eighth
In Newark on May 3 the Newarks turned a likely loss into a win over the Rochesters with timely eighth inning hitting. De Vore beat out a bunt to tie the score, and Sharpe followed with a single to drive in the decisive run after Engle’s misplay briefly sparked the Bronx.
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New York Times
Newark
Newarks
Rochesters
de Vore
Drake
Engle
Henley
Sharpe
Broncos
Jersey City vs Montreal Baseball Thriller at Cricket Grounds Hoboken
Seven thousand watched Jersey City lose 2 9 in a tense contest with Montreal at the Cricket Grounds Hoboken. Lafitte pitched well through seven innings before a rough ninth with four straight hits. Montreal scored two runs in the inning, while Jersey City tallied six across earlier frames. Batteries Donohue McManus Lafitte Vandergrift. At Providence Providence Buffalo 6 appears in the score line.
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Jersey City
Montreal
Cricket Grounds
Hoboken
Lafitte
Hali
EAE
Donohue and McManus
Laffite and
Vandergrift
Louisville Derby Opens With Parimutuel Betting Fears
The Louisville Jockey Club Spring meeting begins May 5 with the Kentucky Derby as the highlight. Police will arrest anyone attempting to bet on races through auction pools or parimutuel machines, a policy supported by the City Attorney though Mayor Grinstead doubts police authority inside city limits.
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Louisville
Jockey Club
Grinstead
Jefferyer
First Real Brush on the Speedway
On the Speedway drive yesterday a slow morning followed the parade and horse show. John Ryan brought Cuba who won one heat from Kate Nelson, with Solstone, Crown Prince, Virginia Belle, and Clare also racing as others watched and waited for upcoming matinées at Mineola and Cuba shows.
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Mineola
John Ryan
Guttenberg
N. J
Cuba
Ed J. la Place
Kate Nelson
T. G. Hinds
A. H. Biggs
Dr. Lemon
Virginia Belle
Joseph, F. Gibbons
Clare
Peter ‘Simmons
Fannie Q
Claro
Harry L. Toplitz
Norrie
Beldon
Mona Wilkes
Jermyn
Trotter
Wilkes
Charley Beldon
Poughkeepsie
William Andrews
Shriver Leads Marksmen at Larchmont Club Trap Meet
The Larchmont Yacht Club trap shoot drew strong turnout as five club members averaged 84 hits. H. T. Shruar won the Sauer Gun leg and the Weekly Cup, while A. C. Bostwick claimed the Hubbard Cup. A partnership event tied, to be decided next Saturday for the championship gold medal and cup.
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Larchmont
Frisbie Double Winner at Pastime Club Meet
Pastime Athletic Club opened the 1903 outdoor season with a close set of member events at Pastime Oval. R Frisbie won the 100 yard dash from 20 yards, and captured the running broad jump with 19 feet 9 inches, aided by a 20 inch handicap. Other winners included Leroy B Dorland in the 100 yard handicap and J M Cabe in the 1000 yard handicap.
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Pastime Athletic Club
Pastime Oval
Ninetieth Street
East River
R. Frisbie
Frisbie
F. E. Betz
A. Brasch
G- W
Turbott
Leroy B. Dorland
R. E. Goggin
H. Kaiser
Wilson
J. M
Cabe
R. J. Egan
Irwin B. McDowell
Sam Liebgold
W. T. Allen
S. Schwartz
RF. Frisbie
J. Arsman
G. G. Dorland
Mohawk Club Hosts Close Meet Before May 24 Dual
Mohawk Athletic Club held a closed meeting at Macomb's Dam Park as prep for the May 24 dual with the Pastimes. W Cooke led the 100 and 15 yard limit events before an Achilles injury in the century dash. Von Elling won the 300 yard handicap from the eight yard mark with 0 2 5. The event featured multiple handicap races, a 1000 yard, three mile, shot put, broad jump and novice 600 yard run with top finishers named including Gis sing Dalmer Reherman and Fred Lorz.
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Mohawk Athletic Club
Macomb’s
Dam Park
W. Cooke
Cooke
von Elling
B. H. von Elling
H. Hansen
H. Lott
E. H. Vbn Elling
S. J. Savage
H. Gissing
O. C. Dalmer
J. F. Reherman
Fred Lorz
P. Meyer
Seces Ueeee Smith
R. ‘Roberge
C. ‘Presley
J. Zur. Nieden
H. Harris
H. Reig
J. O'Leary
John Bell
R. Lee
E. L. Smith
Demarest Favored In 18.2 Balkline Billiards Title
Demarest of the Chicago Athletic Club leads the international amateur 18.2 balkline championship at the Liederkranz Club. Re Rolle, conkling, and Gardner trail as Demarest and Conklin vie for top positions with two games left. Tomorrow night Demarest meets Re Rolle in the final round, while Conklin faces Gardner tonight.
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Liederkranz Club
Calvin W. Demarest
Chicago Athletic Club
Lucien Re Rolie
C. F. Conklin
Chicago
Demarest
Conklin
E. W. Gardner
Re Rolle
J. Ferdinand Poggenburg
Passaic
N. J
Gardner
High Tide Fishing Report from May 4 9 at Jamaica Bay
Jamaica Bay filled with fishermen despite strong winds and choppy water. Notable catches included 16 blackfish and 12 porgies by Larkins and Harkins, six striped bass by Charley Eustis, and several cod, flounder, and fluke hauls around Canarsie Cloose Creek Hammel’s Station and Gravesend Bay.
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New Lon
San. Hook
Gov
Jamaica Bay
Canarsie
Ekwanok Fishing Club
Hansen
Larkins
Cloose Creek
Toppy O’ Smith
Ed ‘Harkins
Frank Everson
Aldine Fishing Club
Harlem
Smith
Harkins
Everson
Hammel
Bergen Point
Charley Eustis
Red Rover Fishing Club
South Brooklyn
Gravesend Bay
Darby
Matheson
Dave Gerkins
Staten Island
Ulmer Park
Foster
Seabright
J. Maxwell
New York City
Eleven College Crews Enter Regatta at Philadelphia
Eleven college crews are entered for the sixth annual American Rowing Association regatta in Philadelphia on May 23. Harvard Yale Penn Columbia Georgetown and NYU are set, with Cornell considering a dual race at Ithaca. St Johns Military Academy and several city schools also likely to compete, boosting the field to six starters. The Stewards expect strong club entries from New York Baltimore Brooklyn Washington and Boston, with Philadelphia supporting a large turnout.
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American Rowing Association
Philadelphia
Cornell
Harvard
Yale
University of Pennsylvania
Columbia
Georgetown
New York University
Ithaca
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia-Cornell
Ithacans
St. John's Military Academy
Delafield
Wis
Cascadilla
McKinley School
Washington
Central High
Central Manual
St.John’s
Stone School
Boston
de Witt Clinton
New York
Baltimore
Brooklyn
Yacht News and Club Openings Signal Summer Season
Cornelius Vanderbilt's Aurora fitted in New York for the season and to race in all five port events of the New York Yacht Club. Several yachts change ownership or assignment and launches join crews. The Erie Basin Yacht Club opens May 24 and the annual regatta is set for June 28 with Staten Island race plans and power boat entries for Block Island event.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
Aurora
Ty Island
Ne York
Stanley M. Seaman
Eleanor
George F. Sawyer, Jr
Roston
Mass
Frank Hughes
Passaic
N. J
Buzzard's Bay
Diane
Tarrant Putnam
New York
F. Riker
J. A. Hogg
Lobster
C.L. Barker
Chicago
M. P. Gould
Presto I
J. R. Blake
A. R. Archer
Erie Basin Yacht Club
College Point Station
Staten Island
Charles W. Cooper
Block Island
New York Athletic Club
Oarsmen Begin Harlem River Regatta Season
Oarsmen gathered along the Harlem River to train as the season opens on Decoration Day. The Harlem Rowing Club led with the largest turnout including an eight and octuple sculls, while other clubs like Metropolitan and Nassau prepared crews for early regattas.
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Harlem
Harlem Rowing Club
Hoben
Jack Nagle
de Witt Clinton
Morris Heights
Nassau Boat Club
MeKerhof
Metropolitan Rowing Club
David Roche
Lone Star Boat Club
Crescent
Wyanoke
Behemian
Union
Atalanta
Nonpareil
Friedship
Yale to Enter Decoration Day Regatta on Harlem River
Yale Boat Club will have Liv ingston brothers in the junior double event at the Decoration Day regatta on the Harlem River. The National Regatta date was set for July 14 and 15 after a requested shift to July 7 conflicted with St. Louis. The Middle States Regatta Association election is planned for May 11 at Harlem Casino with expected re election of officers. The Harlem Regatta Committee meets tonight at the Harlem Casino to discuss an upcoming meeting.
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Yale
Harlem
Livingston Brothers
Yale Boat Club
St. Louis
National Association of Amateur Oarsmen
Middle States Regatta Association
Harlem Casino
Washington
Philadelphia
Golf club match play rounds start this week at Dunwoodie
The first round of match play for three trophies from the Dunwoodie Country Club qualifying last Saturday will finish this week. Sixteen qualifiers for the first cup are drawn, including Chilvers, Buckley, Gardner, Hamilton, Thomas, Roberts, Moon, Cortes, Northrup, Whernan, Conkivn, McLaughtin, Be, Duff, and others. Women’s Donald Mackey Cup starts with 18-hole qualifying. Fox Hills Club lists Hills Dozen qualifiers. Baltusrol hosts an 18-hole women’s match play versus bogey. Britain’s major events loom May 18 to 29 at Royal St. Andrew’s and Sandwich.
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Dunwoodie
H.G. Chilvers
H. H. Buckley
Dr. Gardner
J. J.hamilton
FW Thomas
L. Roberts
W. F. Moon
RJ Cortes
George Northrup
Hi. Whernan
W. E. Conkivn
C. H
E. C. Johnston
R. T. Allen
Frank Sears
W. BE. Heim
R. R. Memlock
B. McClelland
J. W. McMenamy
A. H. Thomas
W. J. Hopple
George
Fawcett
J.jm. Fleming
Baltusrol Club
Great Britain
Royal and
St. Andrew's Club
Scotland
Sandwich
Camerons Win in Final for New York Amateur League Championship
The Camerons defeated the Clarendons 4 to 1 at Van Cortlandt Park in front of several thousand spectators. They led 3 to 0 at halftime and clinched the league premiership and the cup for the third time. Hastings scored three goals with Davies adding another from a penalty for the Clarendons. Referee Monteith and linesmen Sifies and Me Ledgard officiated. Half time was forty five minutes.
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Camerons
New York Amateur Association
van Cortlandt Park
Cap Tel
Chester i J
Clendons
Cameroons
Eelgng Ts Boys Geal
Pere Fea I. Guthrie
Tr. McArth
Sball Club
Me Ledgard
Davies
Halwes
Open Season in Golf Promises a Wide Open Race
The golf season begins with surprising results and rising interest in top players at the Garden tournament. Jerome Travers targets defending the Incal title while rivals Walter J. Travis and Findlay S. Douglas seek to unseat him after recent defeats. Travers plans to resume peak form in two weeks. Meanwhile women golfers prepare for the Women's Metropolitan Association events ahead of the Essex County Country Club championship starting May 6.
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Atlantic City
Jome D.travers
Walter J. Travis
Findlay S. Douglas
Jerome Travers
Gers
Dr. Neiffer
Philadelphia
W. C. Fown
Pittsburg
Travis
Douglas
Travers
Ry Ene
Metropolitan Golf, Association
Essex County Country Club
Orange
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