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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1908
Page
3
The American Kennel Club faces a bitter dispute as the Ashland House faction challenges the executive committee. A five by five voter committee, split between factions, is set to vote January 22. Letters from both sides accuse mismanagement and seek to influence members while debates reference Belmont and leadership credibility within the club.
New York shortstop Norman Elberfeld and Johnny Scobbs bought a large poultry and farm near Chattanooga for 35000 dollars. Joseph Kelly signed to manage the Boston club this season, succeeding Fred Tenney who moves to the Giants. Harry Elise, Toledo pitcher shot while hunting, discharged from hospital and to report for spring training with Toledo around March 16. The South Atlantic League named Boyer president and West as vice president at its annual meeting in Savannah, with a governance panel and an April 6 season opener scheduled. Long John Anderson reports bought by the White Sox after quitting Washington, per Gay source.
The thirty-ninth annual report of the New York Athletic Club for the year ended December 31, 1907 shows a surplus of 107 37484 and total assets of 1 754 17512 with outstanding obligations of 507 2284. Membership totals 5028 with diverse categories. Expenditures 278 96161 versus revenue 586 33651 yield a year’s profit of 107 37884. Athletics cost 37 77501 while revenue from athletics was only 6 000? the largest annual athletics outlay. A special committee addresses country-house transport improvements for the coming season.
Professionalism has disrupted the Metropolitan Association Football League in this city as clubs seek paid players. President Rendle refused to alter the league constitution and withdrew the Rendle trophy from defense. West Hudson Football Club of Newark last held it. the trophy may return to competition or be offered to a national amateur body if reorganization occurs. The league still holds funds while clubs owe gate receipts and concert tickets.
C C Amend of Columbia University won the novice fencing trophy at Crescent Athletic Club last night. Amend defeated Ira Miller of Crescent and John Kroeger of New York Turn Verein in the final round, finishing with eight bouts. The event, run in three squads of six, finished nearly at 1 a.m. with Milo Miller and Kroeger leading earlier rounds.
The Quaker City Motor Club endurance event in Philadelphia on January 1 2 4 crowned the White automobile the decisive victor over twenty seven competing gasoline cars. Observer rules and strict timing highlighted the White’s superior performance as many rivals fell behind on rough sections.
Syracuse University named Howard H. Jones, end of Yale's 1909 team, as coach for 18 of the 1910 season. Jones will graduate this year from the Sheffield Scientific School.
Frank B. Greer, who has taken quarters at Lake Quinsigamond, plans next season to defend the amateur sculling championship. He will be coached for several weeks by Jim Ten Eyck. Greer says Bennett beat him fairly at the national regatta last year and attributes his defeat to brief coaching and an unfamiliar shell and course.
Andrew Carnegie recounts a Glasgow sermon asserting a Celt is a Celt from Scotland to Ireland. The preacher condemns slothfulness and climactically asks if Adam and Eve walked in Eden with their hands in their pockets, illustrating cultural continuity.
The White Steamer won the Philadelphia contest, repeating victory after a January 1 2 run where it alone made a clean road score and was deemed in perfect finish by the Technical Committee. A run-off against two other cars failed to challenge its supremacy, with a January 4 supplement confirming the White as winner and showcasing its lead over 27 gasoline cars from 23 major makes.
At the Houpt Company headquarters last week the list includes E. R. Nichols of West Orange J H Green of Danbury Graham Hinkley Co F E Lewis of Bedford C E Lauren of New York and W W Caswell of New York. R M Owen & Co in New York issued a 1908 catalogue of Reo models with detailed diagrams and technical data on horsepower efficiency reliability and economy.
Amateurs gear up two months before AAU and Metropolitan championships as NYAC, St Bartholomew's, Boys' Club, Settlement houses, Irish-Americans, and other clubs sharpen wrestlers. Dick Stevens, famed multi sport athlete, makes notable comeback and brings star power to the heavyweight division while Hughey Leonard ferries on without José Narganez.
Robert T. Bryan won Class A and Harold Moore won Class B in the seventh Regiment lawn tennis tournament at the armory courts. Their victories set up a Saturday showdown to decide the handicap honors for the regimental experts.
A handicap race is proposed on Orange Lake New York between an iceboat from the Hudson River and the Orange Iceboat clubs and a scooter from the Great South Bay Scooter Association. Commodore Higginson of the Newbury Iceboat Club wagers a thousand dollars with Captains Thurber Hedges Graham and Dressel. Trials will be held on a two mile, four quarter course with wind from north or south. If conditions permit, the two fastest iceboats and scooters will race twenty miles for the championship with a one hour ten minute limit. The iceboat carries 45 square feet of canvas versus the scooter's 270, explaining the handicap. The iceboat is cross shaped with a crew, rudder, and sails. the scooter is a full boat with hull and runners, steered by jib and pikepole. The scooter originated in Great South Bay and can sail water or ice, delaying risks of open water and hummocks. Scooter captains claim to match iceboats in long races leeward and return, with quartering winds aiding their tacking.
Yesterday the Class B finals saw Bryan, former title holder, advance by default while Moore defeated Follett from scratch despite a 30 point handicap. New dates announced for national indoor lawn tennis championships by William Cragin Jr of the 7th Regiment Lawn Tennis Club. The first annual women’s championship starts February 10 with finals possibly on Lincoln’s Birthday. Opening men’s matches begin February 21. Captain Thurber to sail the Eagle across waterways to demonstrate scooter and ice yacht versatility. Commodore Higginson to move freight by trolley for mountain transport. Both craft to be shown at the upcoming motor boat and sportsmen’s show in Madison Square Garden.
The Swiss Federal Railroad opened American offices on Fifth Avenue yesterday, establishing a U.S. presence and signaling expanded operations. Details on personnel, hours, and services were not provided in the fragment.
Hedley P. Somner heads the first Swiss government offices here. They advertise Switzerland as a travel objective and provide traveler information on railroads hotels and more on request. The headquarters resemble Zurich’s National Museum rooms with walls lined by pictures inviting learning.
The Cunard liner Lusitania sailed for Liverpool yesterday leaving nearly three hundred steerage passengers behind as capacity issues persisted. Officials may regulate steerage sales to spare crowds from the pier, while a rushing cab horse caused a minor accident near the gang plank. Passengers included Herman Winter of North German Lloyd and Julius P. Meyer of Hamburg Ameri can, attending a London conference. Mrs Cobden-Sanderson, the English suffragette, returned and said she hopes to vote in Britain within about five years.
Charles J. Jackson, an actor and reportedly Joseph Jefferson's nephew, hanged himself in a closet at the Gerard Hotel after eight months of unemployment and failing to memorize lines for a role in The Witching Hour. A maid found him, life extinct for hours. He had recently learned of an engagement as Lew Ellinger in Chicago. He formerly resided at Bussard's Bay, Mass.
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