Auto Prizes Awarded in Savannah Grand Prix Race
The Automobile Club of America awarded 4000 in 8 percent gold to the first five drivers in Savannah's Thanksgiving Grand Prize race. Wagner won in a Fiat, Hemery was second in a Benz, Nazzaro third in a Fiat. Hanriot fourth in a Benz, Hautvast fifth in a Clement Bayard. Morrell announced medals for Strang, Rigal, Fournier, and de Palma and remembrances for Seymour, Duray, and Harding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morey
Automobile Club of America
Savannah
Louis Wagner
Fiat
Victor Hemery
Benz
Felice Nazzaro
Rene Hanriot
Lucien Hautvast
Clement Bayard
Robert Lee Morrell
Louis Strang
Victor Rigal
Henri Fournier
Ralph de Palma
Joe Seymour
Arthur Duray
Hugh Harding
Morrell
Savannah Automobie Club
Wagner
Hemery
Nazarro
Automobile Lab of America
E. R. Hollander
Fiat Company
Piet Automobile Company
Felice Nezzaro
Fme
Music Ride At Durland Riders Dominate Polo Match
Nearly one hundred participants attended the weekly music ride at Durland Riding Academy. Mrs. John Gerken led the grand entry and ringmaster Kraues guided intricate figures. Durland beat Wanderers 3 2 in polo as Marshall Clapp scored all goals. J McKenna led Durland in pushback with two goals, J Shine scored for Crescents. An egg and spoon race for women saw ten participants with Carrie Krauss completing the course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durland Riding Academy
John Gerken
Kraues
Durland
Wanderers
Marshall Clapp
H. Rose
Crescents
J. McKenna
J. Shine
Mise Carrie Krauss
New Cup for Dories Promises International Race
The American Yacht Club of Milton Point Rye N Y offers a cup for an international dory race next summer. George Gordin Fry owner of Tautog has donated the trophy. Commodore Richard Wainwright invited De Hoop Yacht Club of Amsterdam to participate. One to three boats may enter under similar conditions to the last race. Details mailed to the Amsterdam club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Yacht Club
Milton Point
Rye
XK. Y
George Gordimer Fry
Richard Wainwright
de Hoop Yacht Club
Amsterdam
Negro runner John B. Taylor dies in Philadelphia
John B. Taylor former national and intercollegiate quarter mile champion dies at his Philadelphia home from typhoid pneumonia. A University of Pennsylvania veterinary graduate, he was 4 at the time of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
John BR. Taylor
Taylor
Veterinary Department
University of Pennsylvania
Taylor of the American Team in England Track News
A member of the American team that won the track and field championship at the Olympic games in England last July and August ran the 400 metre and relay races but was hampered by climate and not in top form. He was regarded as a fast quarter-miler, but never matched Tang’s 47 second record. He held intercollegiate quarter-mile titles three times with a 1904 49 1 5 second mark and 1907 48 4 5 seconds, and won the 1907 national quarter-mile title. He did not compete last September when Hillman won at Travers Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Taylor
Mr. Tang
Harry I. Hillman
Travers Island
Miller to Lead Penn Football Team for 1909
Albert C. Miller of Williamsport Pa was unanimously chosen captain of the University of Pennsylvania football eleven for 1909. Miller, a substitute quarterback, starred in the Thanksgiving win over Cornell and was named quarterback on several all Eastern teams. Radcliff Cheston was selected to manage next year’s squad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Albert C. Miller
Williamsport
Penn
University of Pennsylvania
Miller
Cornell
Radcliff Cheston
Kennath
Pennesylvanian
Change Yacht Rating Rules Adopt New ACC Formula
Delegates at the Atlantic Coast Conference meeting at the New York Yacht Club unanimously adopted updated yacht measurement rules after a nearly three hour rediscussion. The changes shift length to load water line based on a revised formula, with classifications updated to sloops or yawls and a new draft limit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Coast Conference
New York Yacht Club
United States
Emilius Jarvis
Yacht Racing Union of the
Larchmont
Seawanhaka Corinthian
Atlantic
Eastern
Brooklyn
Yacht Racing Association of
Long Island Sound
Massachusetts
Narragansett Bay Yacht Racing Association
Corinthian Yacht Club
Marblehead
Butter Price Conspiracy Faces Consumer Opposition
Chicago reports indicate butter price rise efforts by a bull clique of produce men may meet strong consumer resistance and possible federal action under the Sherman anti trust law. U S District Attorney Sims says interstate conspiracy would be prosecuted. Elgin creamery men deny a price fixing pact labeling such reports as lies of oleo margarine men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Sims
Court enjoins persistent suitor in Toledo case
In Toledo on December 2 Judge Brough granted a temporary injunction at the request of Mrs. Elsie Smith restraining William C. Ragan from pursuing her. Mrs. Smith says two years of unwanted attentions included theatre outings and threats to self harm after she refused him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
William C. Ragan
Elsie Smith
Brough
Indian Couple Elopes From Carlisle Indian School
Superintendent Fried man of the Carlisle Indian School telegraphed police chiefs in several cities to arrest Joseph Trin and Lystia Wahoo Winnebago, an Indian couple who eloped yesterday. The girl was a scholar at the school. her lover came from the West on Sunday. The superintendent would not permit the wedding without parental consent, but the couple left without approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
Penn
Friedman
Carlisle Indian School
Joseph Trin
Lystia Wahoo Winnebago
Gifts to the Museum Enrich Collections Across Departments
Dr. Herman C. Bumpus announced multiple gifts to the American Museum of Natural History. D. O. Mills donated eight fur seal specimens from the Pribylov Islands for a rookery group, with collection authorized by the Department of Commerce and Labor. Walter Channing contributed a large plaster cast series of palates from feeble minded and normal individuals for physical anthropology study. G. Frederick Norton provided ethnological artifacts from the Esquimans of Disco Island and Holstenborg. William Morton Wheeler donated his Formicidae collection, the largest in the United States, including many types and hundreds of specimens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman C. Bumpus
American Museum of Natural History
D. O. Mills
Department of Mammalogy
Pribylov Islands
Alaska
G. Frederick Norton
Commander Peary
Arctic
Esquimans
Disco Island
Holstenborg
Greenland
William Morton Wheeler
Williamsburg Bridge Crash Stretches Morning Rush
A feed wire on the Williamsburg Bridge broke shortly after 7 AM causing a forty minute blockage of Manhattan cars. The double-ended bridge crash disrupted traffic at both terminals as hats were knocked off and riders tossed about. Traffic resumed to normal at 9:20 AM after repair crews and a broken team wagon added to the scene.
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Williamsburg Bridge
Manhattan
Brooklyn Bridge
Williamsburg
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Carlisle Indians Dominate Nebraska State 37 to 6
The Carlisle Indians defeated Nebraska State University 37 to 6 on a windy frozen gridiron. Carlisle scored five touchdowns and four goals from touchdowns plus Hauser added two field goals and four extra points. Thorpe and Hauser contributed key scores as Carlisle pulled away in the second half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Carlisle Indians
Nebraska State University
Indians
Hauser
Nebraska
Aalenti
Carlisle
Kroeger
Harvey
Mauser
Thorpe
Miner
Johnson
Wauseka Ewing
Laroque Collins
Barrel Harte
Ligon
Bird
Chaloup
Little Boy Harvey
Hauser Cook
Bentley
Balendaseerne
Kelley
Birkner
Police Beating Survivor Enacts Long Awaited Revenge
Patrolman George A. Perry, now at Harlem police court, identified John A. Collins as one of two men who beat him six years ago during an arrest. Collins was arraigned on a new assault charge, dismissed by a magistrate, then re arrested and sent to the District Attorney’s office. He was committed to the Tombs for trial in General Sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Perry
126Th Street
119Th Street
Park Avenue
Harlem Police Court
John A. Collins
Collins
Petry
Kerrochan
Harlem
Rosalsky
Hearing of Trotting Board Opens with Farley Appeal
The second day of the National Trotting Association board of review session began at the Murray Hill Hotel. James Farley appeals the Addison County Fair judgment against Judex for a deliberate third heat foul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Review
National Trotting Association
Murray Hill
James Farley
Addison County
Middlebury
C. S. Button
Addison County Agricultural Society
Judex
Co. B. Moore
Farley
E. Lott
Riverside
Long Island
Highlander
H. M. Hatfield
Mount Morris
Penn
Hatfield
Red Mike
Collins
PenJing
Agt
M. H. Cloud
J. A. Curl
Jim McKinney
Roman
Cloud
Cur
Masontown
Fairmont
W. Va
Daniel J. Cdse
Nelson Vaughn
Alton
N. Y
Joseph Laden
Wemple
Daniel J
Altamont
Leon
Mrs Wardwell Died in Los Angeles Leprosy Case
Mrs J C Wardwell, wife of the late General Wardwell, died of leprosy in the county hospital. The couple, living at Sawtelle, faced arrest and exile as federal officers failed to intervene. The husband stayed with her until his death from cancer and worry. The case drew attention to the tragic toll of the disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
J. C. Wardwell
General Wardwell
Tombstone
Aziz
Wardwell
Indicted Lawyers Out on Bail in Bankruptcies Case
Jerome C Jackson and Henry Fried, indicted for conspiring to hide Rogers Misfit Farlor assets, were released on 2500 bail each. Trial set for December 9. Charles B. Davis and Joseph Morris, partners in the firm, arrested for perjury after an involuntary bankruptcy petition filed June 5. Louis Nickman of Philadelphia arrested at Mahanoy City for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome C Jackson
Henry Fried
Federal
Grand Jury
Rogers
Farlor
Sixth Avenue
28Th Street
Commissioner Shields
Charles B. Davis
Joseph Morris
Jackson
Fried
Louis Nickman
Philadelphia
Mahanoy City
Penn
Tar spill on Blackwell's Island bridge sparks brief fire
Just before workers left the Queensboro Bridge a pot of tar overturned on the Blackwell's Island span set a small blaze. A passerby on the New York side raised the alarm. Firemen arrived with axes and extinguishers but the workmen had already smothered the flames. Damage was trifling and the scene drew spectators from both shores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queensboro
Blackwell's Island
New York
Ohio county option law enjoined in Hancock County
A temporary restraining order enjoining enforcement of the Rose county option law in Hancock County was granted by Judge George E. Schroth. The suit by saloonkeeper Jacob Gassman names ex-Probate Judge A. E. Kerns and Theodore W. Bayliss as defendants, alleging the law is unconstitutional after Hancock County voted dry by a large margin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Findlay
Ohio
Hancock County
George E. Schroth
Jacob Gassman
A. E. Kerns
Theodore W. Bayliss
Travers Dominates Montclair One Club Match
Jerome D Travers national golf champion plays with a single club in a best ball match at Montclair Golf Club and wins 3 up 2 to play with a 77 total. He drives long, greens well, and holes out consistently despite the handicap. Other notes include Harry Lauder golfing at Baltusrol and club moves for Gilbert Nichols Jack Pearson and Isaac Mackie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome D. Travers
Montclair Golf Club
Montclair
Travers
Gilbert Nichols
Woodlawn Golf Club
van Cortlandt Park
Wilmington Country Club
Jack Pearson
Richmond County Country Club
Camden
Isaac Mackie
Fox Hills
Scotland
Prize Offered for New Cycle Record Chance
A 16 000 franc prize is offered by a European cycle maker if any foreign team breaks the 1899 Miller and Waller six day two man record of 2733 miles and 4 laps. The race will start one minute after midnight on Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Waller
Europe
History of the Use of Earrings Exhibition at Howard & Co.
Booklet No 2 in a series on precious stones describes a public exhibition of earrings at 578 Fifth Avenue by Howard & Co. It traces the history of wearing earrings across ages and includes reproductions of old prints and paintings showing pendants. The revival of ear adornment is noted and the exhibit is expected to attract interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard & Co
Fifth Avenue
Wesleyan Elects Football Captain
Wesleyan selects Arthur Moore of Columbus Indiana as captain for the coming year. Moore, twenty, six feet two inches, played right tackle on this year’s team in Middletown Conn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Conn
Wesleyan
Arthur Moore
Columbus
Ind
Moore
Marshall Beats Mieses In Berlin Ten Game Chess Match
American champion Frank J. Marshall defeated Jacques Mieses of Germany in Berlin with five wins, four losses, and one draw across ten games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Frank J. Marshall
Jacques Mieses
Germany
Marshall
Mieses
Postmaster Goes to Seashore for Rest After Shooting
Postmaster Edward M. Morgan and his wife and daughter left their West 146th Street home for Atlantic City yesterday. Though in recovery from a bullet wound fired by Eric H. Mackay who killed himself on November 9 the attending physician Dr. Titus Bull ordered a seaside rest. Morgan is expected to stay about a fortnight before resuming duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seashore
Edward M. Morgan
West 146Th Street
Atlantic City
Eric H. B. Mackay
Titus Bull
Morgan
Columbia Fencing Prepares for Intercollegiate Season
Columbia's fencing team plans a handicap tournament in the gym next week with about twenty entrants in hopes of forming a varsity squad. The first meet is set for December 12 against the New York Athletic Club, with tentative future clashes against West Point Annapolis Yale Princeton Harvard and MIT. L. G. Kistler was elected captain of the cross country team for 1910 and is noted for two years on the varsity squad with five teammates returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
New York Athletic Club
West Point
Annapolis
Yale
Princeton
Harvard
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
L. G. Kistler
Kistler
Montreal rider named Canadian rep to London Horse Show
Colin Campbell of Montreal was notified on December 2 that he has been appointed as the Canadian representative at the London Horse Show in England. The United States and Canada are each allowed one representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Colin Campbell
London
England
United States
Canada
Yonkers Plans Marathon Run at Empire City Track
The Amateur Athletic Union grants sanction for a New Year Marathon at Empire City track near Yonkers. Yonkers Athletic Association directs the event, stemming from James Crowley’s Thanksgiving challenge. Entries to William A. Schlobohm, Yonkers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amateur Athletic Union
Empire City Track
Yonkers
Yonkers Athletic Association
James Crowley
William A. Schlobohm
Warburton Avenue
N. Y
Williams College names 1910 captain Belvidere Brooke
Williamstown announces Belvidere Brooke of New York City was unanimously elected captain of the Williams College football team for 199 He has played left tackle on the varsity eleven for the last two seasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamstown
Mass
Belvidere Brooke
New York City
Williams
American hunters pay well in New Brunswick season
Fredericton New Brunswick December 2 Upward of four hundred American sportsmen paid hunting license fees totaling 33 00 during the deer hunting season which ended Monday Nearly every hunter took home a moose head trophy as asea prize indicating strong participation and trophy returns across the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericton
N. B
Asea
Charity relief pushes as cold wave hits city
The first severe weather of the season drives homeless and unemployed to seek shelter and food. Commissioner Hebbard says East 22d Street lodging house nears capacity and demands may overflow to Pier 26th Street and the East River ferry, with plans to open a new lodging house on 25th Street and the East River in January. The Salvation Army and Charity Organization Society report growing applications and tighter funds, with hope work will resume and self-sufficiency return by summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebbard
Department Public Charities
East 22d Street
Stoner
Charities Department
26Th Street
East River
Deserra
Hebberd
Flatbush
Long Isig
Brooklyn
25Th Street
Thomas S. Brennan
Salvation Army
West Tah Street
Army
Charities
Zé Street
Fourth Avenue
Charity Societies
W. Frank Persons
Charity Organization Society
Wood Yard
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Willem H. Hotchkiss
Buffaln
American Automobile Association
L. R Spear
Boston
Ira M. Cobe
Frank M. Jovor
Minneapolis
Bonnell
Frank B. Hower
Hotchkies
Legislative
Charles T. Terry
Good Roads
C. Gordon ‘Neff
Powell C. Evans
Oorn Helrmer
S. A. Miles
H . &Mith
Indianapolis
William FE. Meteger
Detroit
Oliver A. Quakie
Albany
Paul C Wolf
Pittsburg
W. ©. Crosby
East Orange
N. J
James T. Drought
Milwaukee
C. H. Gillette
Hartford
Corn
Frank G. Webb
Frank M. Joycee
J. P. Coghlin
Worcester
L. ©. Myers
Edwin S. George
John Bancroft
Wilmington
Dell L. J. Powers
Springfield
Mess
H. M Rowe
Baltimore
A. Miles
H. ©. Smith
William E. Metzger
National Association of Automobile Manufacturers
Peerless Automobic Company
Breadway
Fifty-seventh Street
Dories
Mr. Fry
O . CO
Times SQ. Auto CO
Broadway
Sarges
P. Ketchum
J. B. Taylor
J. B. Tatior
Speedy Quarter
Pennsylvania
Elgin, Ill
Txco
Mrs. Wardwell
Queensboro Bridge
Harry Lauder
Lauder
Baltusrol
George Low
Taft
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By Eduard Knobel
Tribune
Wild Animal Department
New-York Tribune
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