Vanderbilt Cup Ride Exhilaration and Fear on Long Island
A Times reporter rode as mechanician with George Robertson in Locomobile No.16 during a practice run for the Vanderbilt Cup on Long Island. The 23.5 mile course averaged 70 mph, with blasts of flame and rattling engines, as the car leaped hills and curves toward a dramatic finish.
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Long Island
Times
George Robertson
Robertson
Brighton Beach
Philadelphia
Locomobile
Joe Tracy
Record
Jericho Turnpike
Parkway
Fall overcoats and light shoes at three Broadway stores
As cold waves arrive, customers are reminded their Fall overcoats may still be in stock. The ad promotes light weight coats from $18 to $40, Ramie underwear for dryness, the Pedestrian medium weight shoe at $5, and a range of Derbies from $3 to $6, with black shoes noted to stay black. Stores listed at Warren Street, 43rd Street, 34th Street and locations on Broadway.
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Grand Stand
N.Y
34Th St
Brooklyn
Flatbush Av
Sta
Parkway
Long Island City
Imedately
34Th Bt
Westbury
Stroaklyn
Flatbush
N. Y
Central Park
Agth St. Jerey
New York
Wild Car Ride to Woodbury Ends with Reflections
A reporter describes a dangerous high speed run toward Woodbury with dust, sharp turns, and exhausting physical strain. The ride ends at a garage as the wind subsides, leaving him shaken yet restless and unsure if the episode truly happened.
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Woodbury
Robertson
Crampton Elected Secretary of Public Schools Athletic League
Dr. Crampton was unanimously elected Secretary at Gen Wingate's Gen Nassau Street meeting to fill Dr Gulicks former post. He will also serve on the Executive and Games Committees and as a league director, alongside Wingate Guggenheim Sullivan Kirby. Three candidates for assistant physical director remain, including one woman, with a decision expected this week.
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Luther Halsey
Gulick
Board of Education
Public Schools’ Athletic League
Playgrounds Association of America
C. Ward Crampton
Dr. Gulick
Public Schools Athletic League
Gen. Wingate
Nassau
Bankruptcy Filed Against Broome County Jockey Club
A bankruptcy petition was filed against the Broome County Jockey Club, a New York corporation with an office at 208 Broadway. Creditors claim insolvency and preferential payments. Judge Holt appointed Samuel M Hitchock as receiver. Assets include 570 acres in Broome County with a race track and office furniture, valued around 1040. The firm had raised capital to build a new grandstand and mile track, while also dealing in lumber, grain, hay, and seed.
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Broome County Jockey Club
New York
Broadway
Job E. Hedges
Thomas F. Moore
James Keyes
W. H. Rynders
W. H. Quinn
Mary Keyes
Quinn
Holt
Samuel M. Hitchcock
Broome County
Binghamton
Empire City Fall Racing Opens at Yonkers With Strong Field Prospects
Empire City Racing Association begins its first Fall meeting at Yonkers, four days of races this week led by the Clark Memorial Handicap. The Tarrytown Stakes and Arrow Stakes highlight the features, with about two hundred horses moved to Yonkers for the meet amid ambitious added money purses and expected strong fields.
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Empire City Racing Association
Yonkers Track
New York
Empire City Club
Yonkers
Race card for six furlong and mile events
Listings detail weights and entrants for six furlong races for three year olds and up, a six furlong two year old race, a one mile and an eighth three year old and up event, the Clark Memorial Handicap for three year olds at six furlongs, a one mile and seventy yard race for three year olds and up, and a six furlong two year old allowance race with apprentice allowance claimed. Notable entries include Woodlane King Sol Tileing Rexane Sanguine Golconda Enticing Savior Dolly Spanker Beauclerey Coat of Arms Gretna Green Coincident George G Hall Imitator Saylor Monfort Ivanhoe St Joseph Simcoe Chepontuc Royal Captive High Range and others.
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Racer
Woodlane
Saracinésca
Sanguine
King Sol
Rockstone
Tileing
Rexane
Wyckoff
Bellestrome
Lamour
He Knows
Select
Burgher
Black Mary
Prosper
Trois Temps
Jeannette
Grania
Eustacian
Eschau
Chepontuc
Erbet
Garland
Spellhound
Golconda
Enticing
Savior
Dolly Spanker
Beauclerey
Okenite
Coat of Arms
Ie Clark
Simcoe
Killereen
Royal Captive
Latonia Jockey Club Opens Fall Meeting Amid Bookmaker Uncertainty
Cincinnati report says Latonia starts with six races and large crowd but only eleven bookmakers present. Col Jack Chinn from Kentucky Racing Commission misses train delaying his arrival and forcing a commission meeting postponement to Wednesday. Illness of Col E W Clay and Milton Young could allow Latonia to run twenty four days without interruption.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Latonia Jockey Club
Jack Chinn
Racing Commissioy of
Kentucky
Col. E.W. Clay
Milton Young
Latonia
Geers Returns to Two Minute Track With Winter Quarters
Ed Geers, famed driver trainer, returns to the two minute track in Memphis with more than twenty trotters and pacers for Winter quarters. Business leaders greet the veteran known as Silent Man for his thirty plus years in grand circuit and other races.
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New York
Coy Elected Field Captain of Yale Eleven
Edward Harris Coy was chosen Yale field captain, replacing captaincy uncertain due to Capt. Burch's injury. Coy, 20, from New Haven, led Yale as full back last year and on the freshman team. Yale’s practice remained light after a West Point game as new formations and coaching adjustments were studied.
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New York Times
New Haven
Conn
Edward Harris Coy
West Point
Yale
Burch
Eli
Coy
Brides
Uabe
Yale Warriors
Capt
Jast
Winter
Hotchkiss School
Lakeville
Sherman Coy
Nadle
Clarke
Henry Hobbs
Hobbs
Tony Haines
Bob Olcott
New York University
Clarence Weymouth
Weymouth
Wheaton
Olcott
Biddle
Light Practice For Harvard Ahead Of Navy Game
Harvard football today conducted light practice as a lead into the Annapolis showdown. Captain Burr took a brief layoff to recover from a cold while the squad stayed focused on building the scoring habit and preparing for stiff scrimmages later in the week before traveling to Baltimore and then to Annapolis.
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York, Times
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Baltimore
Country Club
Annapolis
Navy
Springfield
Burr
Navy Preparing for Harvard in Annapolis Practice
Navy drills focus on Harvard game as scouts Dashiel Tague and Howard report on West Point Yale clash. Regulars hold spots with tackles strong, Dalton emerges as season find. Donelson suffers a broken jaw and Cobb at end not fully fit.
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New York
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Harvard
Messrs
Dashiel
T’age
Howard
West Point
Yale
Academy
jNicans
Jurer
Nason
Lange
Donelson
Cobb
Dalton
Ami
Penns Injury List Grows
Misfortunes mount for the University of Pennsylvania football team as of October 19. Captain Hollenback is severely injured, Bunny Reagan is badly hurt, Manier is unable to practice, and Kennath relies on a cane. Pike, Marks, Braddock, and Favorite were unavailable. Penn plans to lean on the old style game against the Indians.
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New York 7
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Capt. Hollenback
Bunny
Reagan
Manier
Kennath
Pike
Marks
Braddock
Penn
Brown University
Cornell Varsity Drill Keeps Up Pressure After Saturday Form
Ithaca Oct 19 Special to The New York Times Coach Larkin set a demanding Monday practice for Cornell Varsity and Scrubs. The squad backed by strong interference worked line plunges from the ten yard line with Pope at full back showing solid gains while several players sat out.
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New York Times
Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell
Larkin
Varsity
Pope
O'Rourke
Hurlburt
Pavek
Walder
Bell
Corman
Farrington
Tigers Brace For Syracuse Scrimmage At Princeton
Spectator report from Oaton New Jersey describes Yale Tigers coach Roper leading a secret practice on University Field. The team drills fast open formations, prepares for Syracuse, with Read scoring on an on side kick and Sparks adding a second tally as McCrohan nurses a knee.
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New York Times
Oaton
N. J
University Field
Roper
Tigers
Syracuse
Tiger Warriors
Princeton
Jeridigon
Tiger
Scrubs
Read
Sparks
MccCrohan
Fordham Prepares for Princeton Game After Light Practice
Fordham teams focus on Princeton matchup with open defensive style and versatile offense. Gargan and White emerge as key playmakers while Geary recovers from shoulder injury. Seamon and Ketty key blockers as 200 student supporters travel with the Tigers game plans.
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Fordham
Princeton
Jefferson Medical College
Fordash
F. Gargan
White
University of Vermont
Kettiy
Seamon
Iarkie
Jettersen
Geary
Tigers
Goffey
Shaye
Avs
Nada Wednes Gets
Jena& Srocetay Wd
Motorboat rules eyed for cross Atlantic class system
A conference at the National Motorboat Show may discuss adapting foreign racing rules to the United States. Crane and others urge class divisions by boat length, from twenty to forty feet, with engines unrestricted, to elevate high speed racing. The plan aims to award cups at American Power Boat events.
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Monaco
Atfaisgs
National Association of _ Bienne
tUme
Culifornia
Buffalo
Detroit
Illinois
Maine
New England
France
Crane
Ats
American Power Boat Association
Contoin
Power Boat Association
Foxes Outrun Hounds in Meadow Brook Hunt
The Meadow Brook hounds started two foxes in Broad Holigaw woods this morning, but the dry ground loosened scent and the thirty hounds failed to hit. Riders and horses paused for breath before resuming the chase toward Woodbury led by Ralph N. Hills and other riders. The Rowing Club’s annual race on Sunday saw Irish crew win by a length and a half with Coxswain Daly later docked for the incident aboard the Harlem River.
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New York
I. J
Meadow Brook
Reynard
Eadow
North Ry
Long Island
Eyward “Morgan
Osgood Pell
Grenund
Woodbury
Iim
Ralph XN. Hills
Aetig
Thomas
Hasti J. I. Rawlins
Henry Fletcher God S. Taber Willets
Malcom Steven the Misses Canfield
Douglas
Eepecrense Rowing Club
Ling
Highbridge
Thabhouse
Harlem
Daly
Harriotum Curtis Sets Golf Qualifying Record
Miss Harriet Curtis of the Essex County Club tops the 14th annual U S women’s championship qualifying at Chevy Chase with 83 5 for 18 holes a record. Eight players finish under 90 as Georgiana Bishop and M W Phelps follow close behind. Mary McCain, a 14 year old from Chevy Chase, also qualifies with 11. The field runs 38 players amid strong U S G A officials presence and adjusted starting time.
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New York Times
Washington, D. C
Harriet Curtis
Essex County Club
Boston
United States
Chevy Chase Club
Morris County
Brae Burn
Georgiana Bishop
Brooklawn
M. W. Phelps
Country Club
Brookline
Fannie C. Osgood
Eastern Golf Association
Mary B. Adams
Margaret Curtis
Anita Phipps
Springfield
Daniel Chauncey
New York
United States Golf Association
W. Fellowes Morgan
Alexander Britton
Washington
Herbert Jaques
Philadelphia
Massachusetts
Atlantic
Mary McCain
Lawn Tennis Clash Ends In Pair Of Close Sets
Central Park and Prespet Park players battled in a Public Parks Lawn Tennis Association match. William H. Brown Jr and Russell Brown beat John A. Brookes and W S Akbers 6-4 7-5. Samuel Weiss and Horace A Yost lost to Jesse Fisher and H A Wilson 7-5 4-6 8-6. Paris automobiles racing rules updated with new weight and cylinder specifications for 1909 season.
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Central Park
Prespet’ Park
Public Parks
United States
William H. Brown, Jr
Russell Brown
John A. Brookes
W. S Akbers
Samuel Weiss
Horace A. Yost
Jesse Fisher
H.A. Wilson
Eastern League Annual Meeting Date and Venue
The Eastern League of Professional Baseball Clubs will hold its annual meeting at the Hotel Victoria in this city on Tuesday October 27 at 12 o'clock. The National Association will hold its eighth annual meeting in Chicago at the Auditorium Annex on Tuesday November 10.
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Eastern League of Professional Baseball Clubs
Hotel Victoria
National Association
Chicago
Auditorium Annex
National Baseball Commission Applies Player Ban Threats
Cincinnati reports that over twenty players face fines or permanent ban for playing with Logan Square Independent Club in Chicago. The National Baseball Commission enforces a rule against National League players joining clubs with ineligible rosters, listing names including Nehill Freemaxy Delehanty and others, with investigations for Mogt and Nicholls.
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Incinnati
Ohio
Logan Square
Chicago
National Baseball Commission
Washington . Dean
Nehill
Freemaxy
Delehanty
Me Pke
Kahoe
Keeley
Johnson
Eill
Napolis
Hughes
Rose
Chicago Ameri
Milwaukee Minneapolis
Giants Abandon Planned Giants Tigers Series
The proposed Giants versus Tigers baseball series has been abandoned. Financial concerns and player dispersal after the New York Chicago game affect the club. Receipts from recent events are cited as over $19,000 but players may remain separated until a future season.
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Giants
Detroits
New York
Academy of Music Benefit
St.Hoe
Theorld
Noted trotting breed Prodigal shipments to New York
Speczal to The New York Times reports Schlessinger, Vienna, and Senator Bailey discuss private pricing of noted trotting horses. Lilly Young 2:04 is cited as a racehorse with progeny, while Schlessinger plans to ship nine foals to New York and then to Austria next week. He will stay in New York for further purchases at the Oh Glory sale in November.
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New York
Times
Exington
Brig
George FH. Bacabrook
Denver
Sparish Queen
Fanny Lawson
W. WW. Ieans
Colin
Theo Bondsman
Gay McGregor
Evans
Lexington Track
Vnals
J and M
Gus Macey
Speczal
New York Times
Lexington
Schlessinger
Vienna
Austria
Houshi
Jena Suilan
J. W. Bailey
Rare Lilly
Young Fullerton
Ra T
Tenbroeck
Prodigal
Sto
Schleseey
Oh! Glory
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Edward W. Aithaire
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Pam E. Mead
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J. H. Abbih
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Joseph J. Ennis
C. E. Bryant
Julia M. Steinacher
Harles T. Shepard
Albert KK. Ovitt
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International Committee of the
Association of Recognized Automobile Clubs
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Long Island Railroad
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Players Under Cloud
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Times St. Auto Co
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