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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1908
Page
2
Dorando leads early as Longboat rallies amid a packed arena with Italians and spectators roaring. The two finish with Longboat ahead after a grueling 262 laps in a fast track marathon with dramatic shifts and postrace celebrations.
Crescent Athletic Club defeated Princeton 2 1 at St Nicholas Rink in a practice game. Goals by Kennedy and Stuart gave the Crescent the win after Coxe tied for Princeton in the second period. Referee Bert McKenzie. St Paul School at Garden City visits St. Nicholas tonight. Lawrenceville match canceled due to scarlet fever at Lawrenceville.
The Cornell Athletic Council elected nineteen men to wear the varsity letter C in football. Among them is EB. J. Kelley, 8, honored for four years on the scrub team and perfect daily practice. The list includes Captain Walder, O Rourke, Cosgrove, Wight, Hutchinson, Caldwell, Gardner, Shearer, McCollum, Bayer, Mowe, Hurlburt, Tydeman, Crosby, Bell, MacArthur, Wood, Leventry. The Cornell Daily Sun had urged Kelley’s recognition, and undergraduates approved the action.
The trotting stallion Washington McKinney sold yesterday by Frank J. Kilpatrick to John Donovan of King Hill Stock Farm St Joseph Mo for 16000 dollars. Eight of his offspring set standard records at Santa Rosa California last summer establishing a world record.
Owen Moran, claiming England featherweight title, defeats Frankie Neil in twelve round bout at the Armory Athletic Club Boston. Moran dominates from the start, Neil floored twice in the sixth, receiving severe punishment from Moran's punches all night.
Indoor football at Durland Riding Academy features Corteiyou Club of Flatbush versus Ar gre Club of Homecrest. Ar gre Club remains undefeated this year as the weekly event proceeds.
Rochester officials confirm John Ganzel will manage the Rochester baseball team next season after a conference with President Charles T Chapin. The contract was entered into today, securing Ganzel’s leadership for the upcoming campaign.
In a dramatic finish at the Garden track Longboat surged ahead on the final miles while Dorando collapsed with a deathlike pallor after a fifth of a second slower pace. Dorando was carried from the track crying as Longboat finished solo the last mile amid cheering. The Indian runner kept up and completed the loop with a look of quiet contentment as the crowd watched a sharp, strenuous late pace.
New Orleans launches a six day meeting at City Park with about fifteen horses and several bookmakers. The event aims to test the Locke law on racetrack gambling led by Edward Corrigan who controls City Park. E Howard McCaleb says Corrigan has three reputable jurists backing a Louisiana racetrack gambling plan.
Representatives from about forty hunt clubs and amateur racing groups will meet at Windsor Arcade to discuss conditions and improve facilities for one and two day hunt club meetings amid unsettled racing rules. A Jockey Club announcement and Belmont, Saratoga and Empire City dates may follow as stakeholders seek more stakes and dates for next year.
A luncheon at Hotel Breslin hosted by the Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers show committee highlighted the Madison Square Garden show planned January 1 to 23. Attendees included James Young and T. J Reynolds among a large staff detailing department heads and staff roles, underscoring the high costs of keeping the complex running even without exhibitions.
Negotiations between the Automobile Club of America and the Aeronautic Society lead to an offer of Club rooms for the society’s weekly meetings starting tonight. Both groups have shown strong interest in aviation and a possible independent aviator section. The two organizations are believed to plan cooperation.
The Princeton University hockey schedule lists December 23 against Williams College in New York and January dates against Yale in Pittsburg and New York venues, plus games with Columbia Harvard Dartmouth and Yale in January February. The Short Hills Hockey Club match is set for Short Hills New Jersey and other games occur in New York.
An ordinance prohibiting poolrooms throughout Los Angeles County passed, making it a misdemeanor to operate venues where wagering on races occurs. It carries a fine up to 500 dollars or six months in jail.
North Jersey Automobile Club urges amendatory changes to New Jersey automobile law including mandatory lights and non-residents’ license-relief for visitors. Chauffeur misuse condemned as cause of accidents. Harrisburg Motor Club plans a four day reliability tour starting in May with routes through New York and Philadelphia. Women’s Motoring Club of New York schedules a two day Philadelphia run for women drivers only with strict passenger rules and observer ban. Entry planks available from Alexander Schwalbach, Thoroughfare Buildings.
William Mitchell Lewis of Mitchell Motor Car Co says Cuba will purchase about 1.406 million dollars worth of American automobiles in the coming year. He notes prewar Cuban auto use was largely foreign and that American models will dominate shipments, aided by local agency expansion in Havana.
Philadelphia reports the University of Pennsylvania basketball team opened its season with a decisive 30 to 3 win against Pennsylvania State College in a fast paced home game.
R Arnst of New Zealand won the world sculling championship defeating W Webb also of New Zealand by eight lengths in 19 minutes 62 seconds over a 3 1 4 mile course at North Island New Zealand. Arnst led the field from start to finish.
The International Grand Prize race winner Louis Wagner in a Fiat car received the Auto mobile Club of America's grand prize cup at the Savannah club last night. E Rand Hollander accepted for Fiat with remarks on the race's record turns and four hundred miles. Ex Judge E H Gary was absent. medals were awarded to Strang Seymour Mulford and De Palma.
In amateur bowling, Jersey City edged Columbia in the first contest by a slim margin, while Columbia won the second game by four pins. Meyer clinched the last game for Jersey City with a one pin margin. New York Athletic Club defeated Passaic in the odd game as Passaic led in the sixth frame of the opening match. Adams and Arnold starred for Winged Foot.
The Intercollegiate Hockey League revised the calendar as Yale and Princeton could not complete the original plan. Harvard-Dartmouth moves to January 3 in Cambridge, Yale-Columbia dates shift, and multiple pairings including Yale-Princeton and Harvard-Yale are rescheduled with February dates.
Annapolis December 15 It is expected that Vanderbilt University of Nashville will be on the Naval Academy football schedule next season The teams first met in 1907 ending in a 6 to 6 tie Both schools wanted a game last season but Vanderbilt restricted travel to one long trip The anticipated schedule change likely has Vanderbilt visiting Annapolis while Michigan travels to Nashville
Navy department reviewed ten bids from five shipyards for a steel steam collier to serve on the Pacific coast. Cramp Shipbuilding Co of Philadelphia quoted the low bid at about 9,750 with a twenty month schedule, while other firms showed tighter competition. The board will select the bid best fitting the navy needs and the project timetable.
Washington orders shift of roughly twenty thousand regulars over the next year. Five thousand to Cuba return home. about eight thousand to the Philippines with an equal number dispatched to replace them. Specific cavalry and infantry units are slated to sail from March 1918 through September 1919 to the Philippines and home stations.
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