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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1908
Page
6
Yale alumni discuss stadium plans and the impact of large crowds on college sports. The piece weighs pros and cons of expanding facilities, public interest, and the ethics of gate receipts, arguing that publicity can both help and harm the academic mission while noting broader trends in racing and tennis rules.
Golf circles report the Onwentsia Club of Lake Forest Illinois will seek the next United States Amateur Championship. Discussants note Massachusetts has not yet hosted and name Myopia Country Club Brae Burn and The Country Club as Boston-area contenders with course adjustments mentioned. Eastern golfers often travel to Chicago for major events, while Western players face job constraints.
The New Jersey Automobile Trade Association will stage the second annual automobile show in Newark at the 1st Troop armory during February 2 to 27. H A Bonnell named manager. The armory offers a large floor space and easy access. Expect displays from most New Jersey makes and balloon exhibitions by the Aero Club of America. The event signals growing cooperation among New Jersey automobile clubs and pushes for repeal of the Frelinghuysen licensing law, along with highway improvements.
The Camerons defeated Arcadia Thistles 5 to 0 at Visitation Oval Brooklyn to gain the top spot in the New York Amateur Association Football League Sunday series. Columbia Oval and Astoria Independents match was postponed due to frozen ground. Critchleys beat Port Chester 3–1 at Meyerrose Park with Shanks, Dewar scoring.
The Rochester five plans a lengthy Western trip this season after a 1 0 mile travel plan. Home games begin December 2 against Cornell with Hobart January and Pennsylvania January 14. Other home dates include Colgate January W Oberlin February 6 Union February 13 Syracuse February and Cornell March 6. The road tour lists Colgate Hamilton Union Schenectady Bucknell Akron Ohio Wesleyan Delaware Ohio State Columbus Oberlin Wooster Hobart Geneva and Syracuse.
Snow and poor road conditions slowed Met district runners in yesterday’s events. Mott Haven’s invitation run drew 74 competitors with T Fitzgibbons of Irish-American AC winning in 31 minutes 2% seconds ahead of Tom Lees of Trinity AC by a second.
The Newark North End and Newark Bay clubs surge to top positions as Elizabeth drops to a tie for third behind Newark after a three game sweep by North End. Bayonne tops team averages at 932.3 with Elizabeth 919.7 and New York 6 beating 900. Harper leads individual averages at 204.1 over three games, followed by Dwyer 203.2 for Newark Bay. Barnstorming matchups loom tonight and tomorrow with Roseville, Jersey City, and Montclair set for key series.
Princeton's basketball team, back at full strength, travels to New York tomorrow to avenge a heavy defeat by New York University last week. The Tigers seek a win on their Southern trip, but New York U is formidable and favored to win again.
Daniel Bacon of the New York Yacht Club plans an 8 foot auxiliary ketch rig yacht for Southern waters and possibly the Bermuda race from this port. Commodore Tod of NYYC, owner of Thistle, issues a navigation stars book as a gift to fellow sailors. Commodore Westner of Colonial YC advertises a 1900 prize cup for coastal motorboat racing with a New York to Fire Island Lightship route. The Eastern YC reports German American races 1909 rules for American team boats.
The House Naval Committee will hold special sessions after the holidays to decide the fate of the marine corps amid the executive order withdrawing marines from ships. A subcommittee led by Congressman Muddet will study marine corps destiny with hearings including the commandant and officers, while the chief of the Bureau of Navigation will present the navy side. Options discussed do not include transferring marines to the army. The projected hearings may reveal committee recommendations.
Drydock No 2 is being isolated by sheet piling to halt a leak and restore use, a week to ten days more for completion. Dock No 4 faces earth slides as a foundation wall collapses, while piling sags and a trench undermines nearby buildings. No 3 remains out of commission for three months amid credit disputes between bureaus.
A musical in honor of Dorando Pietri, the Italian Marathon runner, was staged at the Quintano studio 131 East 6th Street. Many prominent Italians in the city attended. Dorando spoke briefly thanking his countrymen for kindness since arriving in the United States. A dinner followed.
The An thracite Strike Commission conciliators publish a three year report detailing mediation activity. Of 150 complaints, 138 were disposed, 11 sustained, 8 partially sustained, 14 settled by board influence, and 4 upheld by an umpire. Complaints declined over time, signaling improved relations and a continued preventive role.
Last week field activity varied as water scarcity and poor roads slowed work in Illinois Crawford County while the lower Southwest saw continued drilling. Ritchie County yielded several producers incl one at 10 barrels daily and another at 1½. In Marion County Clayton Oil tested 90 barrels in 15 hours, and Roane County wells averaged better than the region. Nowata district in the mid continent has 25 machines at work as activity continues through winter. Refined petroleum sits at 45 cents per barrel and 5 cents per bulk in New York Philadelphia markets.
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