Surprise for Tigers Defeated at Hockey by Dartmouth
Dartmouth hockey team upset Princeton at St Nicholas Rink 3 to 2 in Intercollegiate League action. Foote scored twice for Dartmouth with the winner, while Osbourne and Brush connected for Princeton. Peacock stood out in goal for Princeton as Dartmouth press kept the Tigers on defense all night.
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Dartmouth
Princeton
St. Nicholas
Tigers
Gail
Peacock
Osborne
Bornards
Foote
Osbourne
Brush
Phillips
Passaic Clubh Tops Newark Bay in Bowling Series
Passaic Clubh wins the odd game in a Athletic Bowling League series against Newark Bay Club, snapping an eleven game skid. Elumabeth and New York Athletic Club lead tied at ten wins, nine for Roseville Newark Bay and Jersey City as Montclair and Columbia set to clash tonight. Harper starred with a high score in the opening game as Passaic edged out Newark Bay by nine pins in the final game.
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Passaic Clubh
Ts An Athletic
Newark Bay Club
Elumabeth Club
New York Athletic Club
Roseville
Newark Bay
Jersey “x
Montclair
Columbia
Passaic
Harper
Rayeres
Mergin
Perry
Sith
Berper
Ossip
Sherlock
Lefferts
Elston
Memorial for Ned Hanlan A rowing monument planned
James Rice Columbia crews coach launches fund to honor Ned Hanlan ex champion oarsman and former Olempia coach. Subscription opens with a $100 gift. monument to be placed in Lake Omane opposite Hanlan's Point near his birthplace and training grounds.
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James Rice
Columbia
Ned Hanler
Olempia
Rice
Hanlan
Ctizens
Toronto
Lake Omane
Navy Crew Candidates At Work In Annapolis Gym
Navy captain Rockwell leads about sixty midshipmen training for the eight in the gymnasium at Annapolis. Last year’s crew member Bags, Davis, Leighton, and McKee remain, while White Pritchard and Ingram were lost to graduation. Prospects are bright. Rockwell will be stroke with Mesed at present. Coxswain Roberts has gained weight but is expected to train to ten seconds.
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Annepolis
Jan
Rockwell
Navy
Davis
Leighton
McKee
White
Pritchard
Ingram
Roberts
Thle
Heepie
Princeton Defeats NYU Basketball Team Here
Princeton New Jersey defeated the New York University team in a home basketball game by a decisive score. Details are unclear from the fragmentary report but indicate a clear Princeton win on their home court.
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Princeton, N. J
Princeton
York University
Baseball Season Opens April 14 With 154-Game Schedules
The joint schedule committee announced the 154 game seasons for both leagues and an opening date of April 14. The World Series would begin around October 9 after the regular season ends on October 7. Nation series openers include Giants in Philadelphia and Chicago at Cincinnati, with Yankees set to open at American League Park in New York.
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Cincinnati
New York Giants
Philadelphia
Chicago
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Boston
Brooklyn
New York Yankees
New York
Washington
Detroit
Abner
County of
New
Michael Mansfield
Dittenhoefer
Gerber & James
Broadway
Borough of Manhattan
City of
Susan H. Mansfield
Executriz
Dittenhoefer, Gerper & James
Executrix
New York City
Old Honesty Wins Old Hickory Handicap at Fair Grounds
Old Honesty the 10 to 1 outsider proved dominant in the Old Hickory Handicap at one mile and a quarter, beating favorite Temaceo by four lengths as Pasadena faded to last. Javotte captured the opening race, and Miss Delaney posted a quick second win in two days.
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New Orleans
Jan
Notter
Temacco
Javotte
Oneck
Koerner
Donaldo
Miss Delaney
Keator
John J. Ryan
Sainesaw
Lee
Frescati
Flynn
Agnes Wood
Inauguration
Bitterly
Ethel Carr
Minnie May
Ansonia
Warner Griswell
Powers
Grenaire
Lloyd
J. D. Dunn
Charlie Thompson
Monere
Creel
Fonsaluca
Flowawar
Hammer Away
Tudor
Proteus
George Hailey
Miltiades
Prince Fortunatus
Don Hamilton
Pedro
Old Honesty
Tomacco
Plantland
Flavigny
Donna
Pasadena
Firnn
Coon
Molesworth
Platoon
Kennedy
Chief Hayes
Kiamesha II
Our Boy
Docile
John McBride
Polly
Sumter
Time
Belieview
Katie Powers
Jungle Imp
Giants Must Pay Fine For Refusing To Play
The National Baseball Commission, in session, wired President John T. Brush of the New York National League Club that he must pay within a week the $1,000 fine assessed last winter for refusing to play at New Orleans. The fine aimed to reimburse damages from the NY team failing to play scheduled games during the training trip due to a dispute over the umpire.
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Cincinnati
Jan
National Baseball Commission
John T. Brush
New York
New Orleans
NRA Board Reelects Drain President At Annual Meet
Washington delegates report a surge in affiliated groups with 185 organizations under NRA oversight. General James A. Drain is reelected president as Secretary A S Jones notes growth, schoolboy rifle program expansion, and state rifle associations formed across eight Western states.
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Washington
National Rifle Association of America
James A. Drain
A. S. Jones
New York City
General Drain
National Guard
James A. Crain
New York
A. B. Critchfield
Ohio
Lawrason Riggs
Maryland
J. Amory Haskell
Ernest L. Isbell
Races Cancelled With Harvard Yale Columbia Crew Plans
Columbia announces no spring races with Harvard or Yale. If no new arrangements, Columbia will row Annapolis or enter Poughkeepsie regatta with only one preliminary contest. Meanwhile Harlem regatta and Madison Square Garden indoor meet set for February.
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H. N. Moore
Columbia
Harvard
Yale
Rice
New York
New Haven
Columbia University
Madison Square Garden
Gossip of the Turf Sparks Two New Entrants in Brooklyn Handicaps
S C Hildreth entered Montgomery Uncle and Tony Faust in the Brooklyn and Suburban handicaps as stakes close. Suburban leads with sixty entries, Brighton fifty seven, Brooklyn fifty. Montgomery and Uncle show last year’s form. Montgomery won four stakes in 1907 including the Commonwealth Handicap, Uncle scored in the Triumph Stakes at Brighton Beach. Jockey Club stewards meet today likely to announce coming season dates.
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S. C
Colin Straight
Brighton Beach
Jockey Club
Olympic tryout to be held on the Pacific Coast
The executive committee of the American Olympic Games committee approves a Pacific Coast tryout for May open to athletes from the Pacific Coast and Pacific Northwest Amateur Athletic Union regions. It will follow Chicago and East conditions with winners not guaranteed placement. A regional committee led by Peixotto, L'Hommedieu, Hauser, Morgan, Holzell, and Goldsmith will supervise.
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American Olym- Games Committee
Caspar Whitpieney
Julian W. Curtiss
Barton S. Weeks
Gustavus T. Kirby
Joseph B. Maccabe
Everett C. Brown
Luther H. Gulick
James E. Sullivan
Pacific Coast
Pacific Coast Association
Pacific Northwest Association
Amateur Athletic Union
Chicago
East
S. S. Peixotto
R. R. L’hommedieu
Herbert Hauser
E. E. Morgan
C. C. Holzell
A. 8. Goldsmith
Cragin Wins Seventh Regiment Indoor Tennis Title
William B. Cragin Jr defeats his brother Calhoun Cragin in a tense 64 8 3 6 3 scoreline on indoor armory courts at 66th Street and Park Avenue to claim the singles lawn tennis championship. Rob ert T. Bryan earlier won Class A handicap. Class B decision pending.
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William B. Cragin, Jr
7Th Regiment
Armory
66Th Street
Park Avenue
Calhoun Cragin
Robert T. Bryan
Cragin Brothers
William Cragin
Deuce
Therm
William
Cross Country Prize Winners Named at Corps Meeting
Prizes were presented to winners of the recent cross country run of the United States Volunteer Life Saving Corps at a Tuesday evening meeting. The prize recipients were Welter Scott Nobis, John D. Hayes, J. D. McCherry, Max Hess, and John McVay.
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United States Volunteer Life Saving Corps
Welter Scott Nobis
John D. Hayes
J. D. McCherry
Max Hess
John McVay
First National Auto Makers Elects Coffin as Member
H E Coffin representing E R Thomas Co Detroit becomes the first member elected since the initiation fee dropped to zero. At yesterday's executive committee meeting he was elected. The Chicago show report notes record attendance and better financial results despite poor conditions. Future show plans call for early February 1909 after the Licensed Manufacturers show. Messrs Waldon White and H O Smith were named to advisory and touring committees for the American Automobile Association. A traffic department may be formed and transportation committee chaired by Benjamin Briscoe discussed. A memorial for M L Goss was adopted, extending condolences to his widow and family. Attendees included Henderson Kittridge Innis Chapin White Hildebrand Davis Pope Metzger Clifton.
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H. E. Coffin
E. R. Thomas Company
Detroit
National Association of Automobile Manufacturers, Inc
Coffin
Chicago
American Automobile Association
Messrs
Waldon and White
Waldon, White
H. O. Smith
Transportation Committee
Benjamin Briscoe
Golf Handicap Forms Sent By Metropolitan Association
J Eb Erickson, chairman of the Metropolitan Golf Association handicap committee, announced blank handicap reports have been mailed to club secretaries to be completed and returned by January. Reports should reflect par and allow up to eleven strokes. The Dyker Meadow Golf Club annual meeting is set for January 18 at 7 pm at the Hamilton Club, with nominations for governors to be presented. The committee named Daniel Chauncey Horace C Du Val John B Holland James Edward Way William H Thurston Howard T Walden Howard F Whitney James L Taylor Clark Burnham Frederick J Phillips Samuel K Probasco William B Rhett Frederick B Fiske John Lee and Thomas Hovenden.
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J. EB. Erickson
Metropolitan Golf Association
Dyker Meadow Golf Club
Hamilton Club
Charles P. Notman
D. W. B. Hegeman
E. W. Belcher
Daniel Chauncey
Horace C. du Val
John B. Holland
James Edward Way
William H. Thurston
Howard T Walden
Howard F. Whitney
James L. Taylor
Clark Burnham
Frederick J. Phillips
Samuel K. Probasco
William B. Rhett
Frederick B. Fiske
John Lee
Thomas Hovenden
Question of Duty on Automobiles Case at Supreme Court
Washington reports a petition for a writ of certiorari in the Hill house automobile duty dispute. The Second Circuit ruled duty applies only to new parts, while the government argues duty on the entire machine. The matter centers on reimported foreign automobiles repaired abroad and taxed anew.
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Washington
J. T. B. Hillhouse
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Circuit Court of Appeals For
Second Circuit
Cutler Fails To Match Hoppe In 200-Point Billiards Match
Will Hoppe of Chicago defeated A. G. Cutler of Boston in a 200-point billiards contest ending to-night. Hoppe tallied 400 points in the night game, Cutler 176, and Cutler's total for the match reached 1,300 with $500 prize. Best run of 159 credited to Hopper. Bensonhurst Yacht Club elects officers for 1908 led by Commodore William H. Childs and others, signaling a bright racing season ahead.
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Philadelphia
Jan
Willie Hoppe
Chicago
A. G. Cutler
Boston
Hoppe
Cutler
Hopper
Bensonhurst Yacht Club
Assembly
Brooklyn
William H. Childs
W. J. O'Neill
Samuel Cochrane
W. W. W. Roberts
Leo A. McTighe
Alfred Mackay
Conlon Beats Murphy For Bantam Crown In Chicago
John Conlon of Chicago defeated Kid Murphy of New York by decision in the tenth round to win the bantamweight championship, in Peoria era reporting from an Illinois venue.
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Conlon
Kid” Murphy
Peoria
Ill
John Conlon
Chicago
Kid’" Murphy
New York
Col Dyer Exonerated By Military Court Findings
Albany Jan 8 Governor Hughes announced the military court of inquiry unanimously found Colonel George R. Dyer of the 12th Regiment baseless imputations. The opinion praised the officers who brought charges and stated no further action is needed against Dyer. Dyer and his attorney declined further comment, calling the matter vindicated.
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Albany
Hughes
Military Court of Inquiry
George R. Dyer
Dyer
N. T. Robb
J. P. Benhard
W. Forbes Morgan
H. S. Dudley
Lauren W. Pettebone
4Th Brigade
12Th Regiment
James W. Osborne
Osborne
Stit
National Guard Promotions in New York State
Albany January reports Adjutant General Henry says Governor Hughes has approved brevet promotions naming Brigadier General William H. Kipp of the 1st Regiment as brigadier general and Walter F. Barnes of the 47th Regiment as colonel, with M. M. Dunspaugh of Troy brevetted colonel. Major E S Gulick resigns from the Second Brigade staff. Kipp noted for over fifty years meritorious service.
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Albany
Jan
Henry
Hughes
William H. Kipp
Ith Regiment
New York
Waler F. Barnes
47Th Regiment
Brooklyn
M. M. Dunspaugh
Troy
E. S. Gulick
Kipp
National Guard
Army and Navy News: Reforms for enlisted men debated
The General Staff proposes radical changes to unify pay and allowances with the Navy, including a service corps, the return of the canteen, and ending the 12 cent monthly Soldiers' Home levy. Also listed are Army and Navy orders and ship movements with arrivals at Norfolk and Rio de Janeiro and a voyage to Key West.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
ARMY
General Staff
Navy
Naval Service
District of Columbia
Dodge
War Department
Congress
Edgerly to Succeed Greely as Dakota Command
Brigadier General Winfield S. Edgerly is relieved from the Department of the Gulf at Atlanta and ordered to St Paul to temporarily command the Department of Dakota in General Adolphus W. Greely’s absence. The assignment is intended to become permanent upon Greely’s retirement on March 27. Greely has a leave of absence until then and will end his active service.
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Washington, Jan
Winfield S. Edgerly
Department of the Gulf
Atlanta
St. Paul
Department of Dakota
Adolphus W. Greely
Edgerly
Greely
General Greely
National Guard Second Lieutenant Exam Opportunity
President Assistant Secretary Oliver of the War Department has asked governors and the District of Columbia to nominate one national guard representative from each state or territory to take the competitive examination for appointment as second lieutenant in the regular army. Nominees must have at least two years of national guard service and be recommended by their commanding officers.
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Washington
Oliver
War Department
States
Territories
District of Columbia
National Guard
North Carolina Seeks Shelter in Gale Encounter
The armored cruiser North Carolina bound from Rockland Maine to Newport News entered Provincetown Harbor last night and rode out the gale without trouble. No one came ashore and the four hour endurance trial begun at Monhegan yesterday morning could not be determined.
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Provincetown
Mass
North Carolina
Rockland
Newport News
Monhegan
Red Cross Forms Grand Legion of First Aid Army
The American National Red Cross will organize a trained volunteer army of first aid to the injured under the Grand Legion of the Red Cross on January 22 in Brooklyn. Dr. Glentworth R. Butler and Major Charles Lynch of the U. S. Army medical department will direct it. Members will learn first aid and be prepared to serve in local needs or in war under army medical direction. The drive aims to reduce unattended accidents, noting 10,000,000 annual incidents with over 60,000 deaths.
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American National Red Cross
Grand Legion of the Red Cross
Brooklyn
Glentworth R. Butler
Charles Lynch
Legion
Medical Department
Army
United States
Revolution Sons Thank Mrs Sage For Gift To City
The Empire State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution passed a December 31 resolution thanking Mrs Russell Sage for a 25000 gift to enable city authorities under the Art Commission to restore the Governors' room in City Hall.
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Empire State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Russell Sage
Art Commission
Governors
City Fall
Youth Arrested in Murder Case in Greenville Rhode Island
Providence detectives arrested Earl Jacques, nineteen, a mill weaver and neighbor of Miss Mary Eddy, on suspicion of involvement in her murder and robbery last Friday. Jacques claimed he knew nothing about the crime.
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Greenville, R. I. Jan
Providence
Earl Jacques
Mary Eddy
Jacques
American and Foreign Teachers Agency Advertises Staff
The agency offers professors teachers tutors governesses and related staff to colleges schools and families. Applications invited to Mrs M J Young Fulton at 23 Union Street.
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American and Foreign Teachers’ Agency
Mra
M. J. Young-Fulton
Union
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