Automobiles Measured by Club Dynamometer in Test
The Automobile Club of America unveils a club dynamometer that instantly measures speed in mph and ft s despite tractive effort horsepower and brake power for any car. First tests include Vanderbilt Jr racing car achieving 21 mph at 35 degree grade and 30 horsepower with 880 pounds pull. The device holds cars stationary on drums while a pendulum and chart record speed, pull, and power with auto readings and a grade meter for climbing ability.
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Automobile Club of America
Club
Colzate Hoyt
Dave Hennen Morris
A. R. Shattuck
S. M. Butler
Robert Lee Morrell
George Moore Smith
Russell Field
Long Island Automobile Club
Schuyler Skaats Wheeler
Joe Tracy
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Automobile Cub
Wheeler
Fairbanks Company
Baltusrol Chosen For Metropolitan Amateur Championship Dates
The Metropolitan Golf Association will stage its amateur championship at Baltusrol Golf Club near Short Hills on May 20 to 23. Grinnell Willis chairs the tournament committee with John R. Maxwell Jr. and one later member named. The course has seen major improvements, including $10,000 spent last season and new traps.
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Metropolitan Golf Association
Baltusrol Golf Club
Short Hills
Grinnell Willis
Morris County Golf Club
John R. Maxwell, Jr
Nassau Country Club
Baltusrol Links
Baltusrol
Jerome D. Travers
Montclair
New Jersey
Travers
Hollywood
George Low
Yale Suspended Ten Days by Amateur Athletic Union
Washington Jan 6 The registration committee of the South Atlantic Association suspended Yale University basketball team for ten days for playing December 30 against two players already suspended for professionalism. George Washington University was disqualified from open AAU basketball contests until it frees itself of all professionals on its team.
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Washington
South Atlantic Association of the Amateur Athletic Union
Yale University
Amateur Athletic Union
George Washington University
Whitmore in Harrison Murder Inquiry Arraignment Today
Theodore Whitmore, held in the murder of his wife found in a Harrison swamp, will be arraigned in Harrison police court this morning. The inquest is set for this evening. his brother Elias, Jersey City lawyer Alexander Simpson, and prosecutor Vickers figure in the legal maneuvering as custody disputes arise.
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Theodore
Alexander Simpson
Jersey City
Simpson
Whitmore
Brooklyn
New Jersey
Clark
Matthew Saiter
Boston
El-iott
Springfield
Mass
Hattie E. Hull
West 104Th Street
Harrison
West Side
Herrman
Frank Hull
Manhattan Avenue
Entries Drift as Winter Racing Fades in Number and Value
The Coney Island Jockey Club, Brooklyn Jockey Club and Brighton Beach Racing Association report fewer entries for major spring handicaps despite higher stakes. Suburban, Brooklyn, and Brighton totals fall from last year, while Produce Stakes entries rise with 912 mares nominated for Futurity 1910 and 905 for the Brighton Produce Stakes. Glorifier and Jack Atkin feature in planned campaigns and nominations amid changing eligibility questions.
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Coney Island Jockey Club
Brooklyn Jockey Club
Brighton Beach Racing Association
California Mail
S. C. Hildreth
Uncle
Montgomery
Brooklyn
Suburban
Brighton
The
Tribune
Glorifier
Old Honesty
Jack Atkin
Dorante
Lad of Langdon
Faust
Sir Huon
Arvite
Fair Play
Johnny Lyons
Sir Hilton
Master Robert
Rifleman
W. H. Carey
Oa Honesty
Lad of Langden
Jimmy McCormick
Hastings
New Orleans
Kercheval
Skaters Race The Metropolis On Ice Tonight
The metropolitan district offers skating on small ponds and lakes as weather permits. Phil Kearney and T Yale Sarony tested Riverside rink and laid a ten lap track from 113th to 114th streets for speed trials against Auguste Merlo. Riverside hockey, captained by David Blackley, opens against Fort Lee NJ as NYC clubs start season play in the American Amateur Hockey League. The New York Athletic Club skates the St Nicholas Club at St Nicholas rink with a predicted big turnout.
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van Cortlandt Park
Phil Kearney
T. Yale Sarony
Riverside
113Th Street
Amsterdam Avenue
113Th
114Th
Auguste Merlo
David Blackley
Fort Lee
N. J
Blackley
Toronto
New York Athletic Club
St. Nicholas Hockey Club
St. Nicholas
Racing at New Orleans in heavy mud at Fair Grounds
Rain turned the New Orleans track at the Fair Grounds into a sea of mud as Bamnda Donna and Powers had multiple winners. Chief Hayes rode a mudlark victory, with Goldquest and Jacobite among notable runners in a card led by strong performances from Powers and Lee the jockey.
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New Orleans
City Park
Fair Grounds
Bamnda
Donna
Delphie
Powers
Third Rail
Lee
Goldquest
Chief Hayes
Jacobite
Higginbotham
Herman B. Duryea
Gold
My Love
Honta
Bucking Boy
Surdart
Florida Glen
Masson
Debar
Hogg
Prince of Press
A. Martin
Creel
C. Koerner
Miltiedes
Abe Meyer
Marsh Redon
Martius
Don Hamilton
Lafayette
Daring
High Wind
Monte Carlo
Rall
Sainesaw
McDaniel
Thomas Calhoun
Edina
Bayou Lark
Convenient
Saltram
Miss Mazzoni
Yorke
Ethel Carr
Ketchemike
Moscow Belle
Ed Kane
Virginia Girl
Arrow Swift
Higginbothem
Sumter
Platoon
Kennedy
Coor
Gold Proof
Charlie Eastman
Okenite
Docile
Brussells
Clara Huron
Sister Polly
Glamor
Lady Alicia
Pearl Hopkins
Elizabeth tops Roseville in decisive athletic bowling league defeat
Roseville athletic bowling team lost all three games at Elizabeth club alleys, dropping to second as Elizabeth surged ahead with a league record 986.1 while Roseville managed 904.2. Al West led with a 226 game and Pope finished strong with 245, but Elizabeth pulled away despite Roseville’s late push.
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Roseville Athletic Association
Elizabeth Club
Roseville
Elizabeth
al West
R. West
Pope
Wat
Pennsylvania and New Jersey League formed in Philadelphia
Philadelphia January 6. Delegates from Camden Chester Hoboken Trenton Lancaster and Pottstown formed a new baseball organization to be called the Pennsylvania and New Jersey League. A further meeting will choose a president. Application to the national commission for Class A protection was made. if refused the league will operate as an outlaw.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Camden
Chester
Hoboken
Trenton
Lancaster
Pottstown
National Commission For Protection
National Baseball Commission Holds Annual Meeting
Cincinnati January meeting sees August Herrmann re elected chairman and Joan E Bruce as secretary. Reports show 90 cases decided, 3057 letters handled, and 10634865 spent, mostly 973,729 for the world series. Major leagues paid 131,475 for players drafted and 52026 for players purchased out right.
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Cincinnati
National Baseball Commission
August Herrmann
Joan E. Bruce
Toledo American Association
J. J. Quinn
Jack Picus
Philadelphia
Toledo
National Association of Minor Leagues
Ned Hanlon
Judge Kavanaugh
F. R. Carson
D. M. Shively
Frank Baumeister
American Association
National Commission
O’brien
Chicago
O'Brien
Colleges Unite For Stronger American Cable Chess Team
Columbia Harvard Yale and Princeton plan joint effort with the Triangular College Chess League to strengthen the U S team for the next international cable match with Oxford and Cambridge. Readiness to invite top players and endow prize funds was discussed at the Manhattan Chess Club meeting with additional trials planned before January 15.
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Columbia
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Cornell
Brown
University of Pennsylvania
Oxford
Cambridge
Manhattan
Louis J. Wolff
E. B. Perry
J. B. Hunt
A. S. Jameson
America
Isaac L. Rice
Roy T. Black
Wiliam H. Hughes
Pennsylvania
L. J. Wolff
H. Blumberg
G. Burgess
Charles Williams
K. 8. Johnson
H. A. Keeler
W. Catchings
J. BR. Hunt
J. L. Lockwood
German Chess Master Mieses Wins Twice at New York Clubs
German chess master Jacques Mieses defeated J Rosenthal in fifty four moves at Rice Chess Club, using a Vienna opening and a queen trade after Rosenthal forged a passed pawn on the seventh rank. He then beat A Ettlinger at Manhattan Chess Club in forty one moves after Ettlinger employed an irregular opening. Mieses to play Major J Moore Hanham at Manhattan Club tomorrow night.
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Jacques Mieses
Rice Chess Club
J. Rosenthal
Vienna
Rosenthal
Mieses
A. Ettlinger
Manhattan
Herr Mieses
Ettlinger
New Yorker
J. Moore Hanham
Burns and Roche Sign Articles for Dublin Bout
London January 6 articles for the Burns Roche fight were signed today. Tommy Burns who beat Gunner Jim Moir before the National Sporting Club will meet Jem Roche the Irish champion for twenty rounds for 2590 aside and a 7500 purse offered by a Dublin syndicate. The bout set for Dublin in March unless Burns loses to Jack Palmer on February 10 in Newcastle.
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London
Burns-Roche
Tommy” Burns
Gunner
Jim Moir
National Sporting Club
Jem Roche
Dublin
Burns
Jack Palmer
Newcastle
Cutler Defeats Hoppe In Balkline Billiards Match
Albert Cutler of Boston defeated Willie Hoppe here tonight in the first game of the 2 000 point 18 inch balkline one shot match by 4 to 240. The match will continue tomorrow and Wednesday.
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Philadelphia
Albert Cutler
Boston
Willie Hoppe
Dual Crew Race Off Rumor of Harvard Cornell Rift
Boston dispatch reports Harvard announces no beat race with Cornell this spring ending a three year streak of Harvard losses to Cornell. No reason given but insiders expect a broader split with Cornell severing all athletic relations.
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the Tribune
Boston
Harvard
Cornell
Crimson
Cornel
Champion Negro Fighter Dixon Dies Penniless at Bellevue
George Dixon once world featherweight champion died in a charity ward at Bellevue Hospital after a fall from fame. He earned about twenty thousand dollars in his career, spent it all on fights and friends, and died destitute. He was born in Halifax and aged about seven years since his major battles, with last years spent in lower weight classes and as a boxing instructor.
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George Dixon
Bellevue Hospital
Broadway
Terry McGovern
Dixon
New York
Tom O’ Rourke
John L. Sullivan
M. A. Harrison
West 1Ist Street
Halifax
N. S
Princeton Delegation Organizes China Athletic Meet
In Peking, under Princeton University’s auspices, a February athletic meet drew over two thousand spectators from Great Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Japan, Holland, and the United States. Sixteen track and field events showcased international talent, echoing Olympic spirit. Robert R. Gailey, Princeton’s All-America center from the 1919 football team, leads the delegation’s work in Peking.
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Princeton
N. J
China
Athens
Greece
Great Britain
France
Germany
Russia
Italy
Austria
Belgium
Japan
Holland
United States
Peking
Princeton University
Robert R. Gailey
New Jersey College
Forest Smithson to face Hillman at Pastime Club meet
Portland sprinter Forest Smithson meets Harry Hillman of the New York Athletic Club at the Pastime Athletic Club annual indoor meet in Madison Square Garden on January 27.
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Forest Smithson
Portland
Ore
Harry Hillman
New York Athletic Club
Pastime Athletic Club
Madison Square Garden
Justice Greenbaum Grants Show Cause In Bronx Ball Test
The Supreme Court justice issued an order to show cause why police should not be enjoined from interfering with a Sunday ball hosted by the Independent Ladies Aid Society of The Bronx. It is designed as a test case.
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Justice Greenbaum
Supreme Court
Independent Ladies” Aid Society
Bronx
Hughes Dollar Dinner Speakers Set for 2nd District
Arrangements are completed for the 2th Assembly District Hughes dollar dinner to be held next Thursday evening at Terrace Garden on 58th street and Third avenue. Speakers include Ex-Mayor Seth Low Henry Wyman Jessup Bainbridge Colby two former Assemblymen and Dr. Robert S. MacArthur. Similar dinners will follow in every Assembly district of the city.
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Hughes Dollar
Terrace Garden
58Th Street
Third Avenue
Seth Low
Henry Wymans Jessup
Bainbridge Colby
Robert S. MacArthur
Quarrel Over Girl Ends in Two Deaths
Miss Edith Patterson accompanies Robert Moore and brothers Alfred and James Patterson returning from church when Graham Finley intervenes. After Moore refuses to leave, a clash erupts with Miss Patterson’s brothers. Finley draws a revolver, killing James Patterson and fatally wounding Alfred Patterson.
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The
Tribune
Marton
Edith Patterson
Robert Moore
Alfred Patterson
James Patterson
Graham Finley
Miss Patterson
Moore
Finley
Mrs Clark's Companion Killed by Electric Car
Miss May Duffy, companion to Mrs. W A Clark Jr, widow of the senator's son, was struck by an electric car while riding a Kentucky thoroughbred. She died at Sisters' Hospital in Los Angeles. The horse also perished, valued at $2,000. home city Chicago.
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Tribune
Los Angeles
May Duffy
W. A. Clark, Jr
United States
Clark
Sisters’ Hospital
Chicago
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Herrmann
Burns and Roche
Cutler
Hoppe
Mank
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Wycket
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