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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1908
Page
3
Tour notes show Travers leading golf standings amid broad rating changes this year, with multiple players gaining or losing ground compared to last season. The reshuffle highlights evolving criteria and new contender profiles shaping the leaderboard.
The amateur golf season ends with Jerome D. Travers defending his title at Garden City and leading the ratings. Walter J. Travis rises to second with strong open-tour wins, while H. H. Wilder and J. G. Anderson debut among the top ranks, and Findlay Douglas and Fred Herreshoff also climb as new names enter the list.
Harry Payne Whitney Lawrence Waterbury and J. M. Waterbury of Meadow Brook Hunt Club will travel to England next year to contest the trophy. Captain Larry Fitzpatrick will ship ponies in January to acclimate them before May departures for Hurllngham and Ranelagh events in June.
The New York Athletic Club announces its official slate with George T. Wilson named for president, Edwin J. Benson for vice president, C. L. Burnham as secretary, and Martin J. Paine as treasurer. Eight governors are proposed for two years, including Rog Goffe and Mortimer Bishop. President Kuhlke declined to lead the ticket.
Detroit reports a Yacht Racing Union council meeting failed to resolve the Rochester Yacht Club and Royal Canadian Yacht Club dispute over eligibility for the Canada's Cup. Com Commodore Pritchard and Aemilius Jarvis argued over Seneca's salt water eligibility and club ties, while amendments aligned union rules with the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Three interclass relays highlighted the annual track games at the 23d Regiment Armory Brooklyn yesterday afternoon. The freshmen won two events in easy fashion and the sophomores captured the unlimited weight relay.
72 at Glen View highlights P. W. Whittemore as a top Boston player, with Pinehurst and Myopia wins and intercity team success. Warren K. Wood falls to fourteenth after earlier tenth, despite Pinehurst win and low rounds around Chicago. John M. Word sits fifteenth. Charles Seely leads among Metropolitan players. Nelson Whitney noted as Southern champ debated.
Snow slowed many matches as grounds froze solid then thawed into muddy fields. At Meyerrose Park the Critchleys beat Christ Church 4 3 after McRostie scored twice early. Bensonhurst’s eleven lost 6 2 to Boys Club of Manhattan with Whitehorn Esposito Santer and Hein among scorers.
At a New York Amateur Association Football League meeting at the Boys' Club protests were heard against Clan MacDonald of Brooklyn and Hollywood Inn of Yonkers for using unregistered players in championship games. Each team was fined two points, dropping Clan MacDonalds to third place behind Columbia Oval Club and Camerons. A. H. Dale of the Cameron Club resigned as secretary, and N. Agar of Brooklyn’s Critcheys was elected in his place.
Manhattan College topped St. John’s College 6 to 4 in a tense game at De La Salle Institute. Brooklyn defense held the Wildcats to 17 to 14 at halftime, but Manhattan surged in the second half scoring with ease to secure the win.
The piece explains rubber tire curing on iron cores with air bags to prevent wrinkles and describes Goodyear and Rambler demonstrations, Maxwell cooling systems, Corbin and Oldsmobile models for 1909, and Studebaker's absorption of Garford with half price sales. It notes testing gear for tire heat and air loss and mentions J M Gilbert's trip testing flat tread tires.
The Grand Central Palace hosts the American Motor Car Manufacturers' Association show opening New Year's Eve. The Auto Mobile Club of America grand prize gold cup from Savannah, won by Louis Wagner, weighs eighteen pounds and features an eagle atop a wreath. Special nights invite society, army, and engineers to view the 1909 model.
Harvard and Princeton clubs led by solid margins won in the Metropolitan Association series. At Princeton Club in Gramercy Park Princeton defeated Columbia in all seven matches, while Harvard beat Heights Casino in Brooklyn five of seven. Matches featured players from Racquet and Tennis Club professionals and included multiple set scores across six venues.
Crews work in unused Garden space to ready the annual automobile show opening January 16. A four member committee from the Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers, led by Colonel George Pope, Charles Clifton, and M. L. Downs, oversees planning with two new appointees E. P. Chalfant and Coker F. Clarkson guiding management and publicity.
The seventeenth annual intercollegiate chess tournament lines up Columbia Harvard Yale and Princeton in three rounds at the West Side Republican Club starting tomorrow. Colubia faces Princeton with Harvard vs Yale. winners decide by 10 PM if unfinished. Tournament director Julius Finn with officials Heims and Schwietzer.
Regimental lawn tennis experts began the indoor championship at the 7th Regiment Armory on 6th street and Park avenue with 45 competitors across four events. In Class A singles William B. Cragin Jr. won his opener 6-2 6-2 over L H Fitch, while Arthur Cragin defeated King Smith 4-6 6-4 6-1.
Oscar E. Foster known as Reddy Foster a former New York Giants player died by suicide in Richmond at 41 despondent over fortune. A star in the Virginia League years ago he was drafted by New York and played one season before temper problems with umpires and players led to his decline.
Southern motorists push for long needed highways with a Petersburg meeting leading to the Southeastern Greater Highways Association and Virginia efforts. Gov Swanton outlines plans to rally state officials while counties vote large sums for road building. Louisiana and New Orleans join the push with a Chef Menteur project and broader state federation moves to secure funding and legislation.
Frederick Skene State Engineer says he will keep four thousand dollars deposited last April to insure the state against road damage from the Briarcliff race. One thousand dollars was deposited under protest by the executive committee and part of the remainder is claimed as spent on road repairs. A suit seeks the return of the full deposit and questions Skene's right to exact the money.
Tom Flanagan, after returning from New York with Longboat, says the Indian has not been matched to race Shrubb in January. Flanagan expects several other races for Longboat.
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