Racing dates settled easing tension in Empire City era
The Jockey Club and state associations reach a fair allotment of fall dates with Empire City Racing Association now in the fold. Yonkers and Saratoga hosting events. betting remains incidental to the sport as officials weigh potential anti betting legislation. Hockey, football and auto racing topics follow with calls for fair play and streamlined rules.
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Jockey Club
Empire City Racing Association
James Potter
James Russell Soley
State Racing Commission
Butler
Yonkers
Westchester County
Saratoga
Empire City
New York
Asbany Way
Many Athletic GAMES At Madison Square Garden Night
Philadelphia reports star runner Guy Haskins entered the special 1000 yard race at the Pastime Athletic Club games in Madison Square Garden on January 27. Melvin Sheppard of the Irish American club likely to enter, creating a marquee middle distance clash. The event slate also features Smithson vs Hillman hurdles, a three mile run aiming to defeat champion Bonhag, and other prizes. Indoor stars line up for the 9th Regiment winter games on February 1 with about 500 athletes from the 9th and Amateur Athletic Union. The 23d Regiment from Brooklyn fields a one mile relay with Bacon and others. 224 may nominate McEntee and teammates. Company F of the 69th Regiment hosts a 120 yard relay on January 25 with all Brooklyn and NYC regiments entered, plus 34 and 80 yard dashes and a one mile run. The 14th Regiment Armory event on January 25 attracts many Brooklyn Sunday school athletes in novice and handicap meets, promising large entries and strong enthusiasm.
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Philadelphia
Guy Haskins
University of Pennsylvania
9Th Regiment
Amateur Athletic Union
23D Regiment
Brooklyn
Bacon
Bursch
White
Sedley
Berker
McAvor
McEntee
Koch
Crockett
Kear
Greater New York
69Th Regiment
New York
The
Military Athletic League
14Th Regiment Armory
Brae Burn Likely to Withdraw From Amateur Championship
An active golf week notes Brae Burn Country Club may withdraw its amateur championship bid. With the Massachusetts group out, Garden City or Deal would be favored for the year’s blue ribbon event. Onwentsia Club has applied, but the Western body doubts hosting this year. The excise issue in Boston could force Brae Burn to back out over beverage service at luncheon. Golfers from New York Philadelphia the South Chicago and Western cities attend the championships.
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Brae Burn Country Club
Massachusetts
Garden City
Deal
Onwentsia Club
Chicago
Boston
Walter J. Travis
New Jersey
Olympia
Buffalo Bill
Shepherd's Bush
Sandwich
W. Ryder Richardson
Royal St. George Golf Club
Ryder Richardson
St. Louis
United States of America
G. S. Lyon
Canada
Kings County Club Elects Officers For The Year
Kings County Cricket Club of Brooklyn elects officers at its annual meeting led by President Dr. E C Huskinson and Secretary A R B Lewis. Other posts include captains for Team A and Team B, and various committees. Ranji to play for Sussex next season after bringing six English pros to India. He resides in England with a royal income of $800 a year.
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Dr. Huskinson
Kings County Club
Kings County Cricket Club of
Brooklyn
E. C. Huskinson
F. Hoyle
E. J. Atwood
A. R B. Lewis
E. B. Reece
A. B. Lewis
B. W. Williams
J. C. K. Jordan
Summer Eleven
E C. Huskinson
G. W. Barnes
G. Gautier
J. D. Maclennan
W. Williams
J. E. Phillips
J. ©. K. Jordan
M. J. Atwood
Jam of
Nawanagar
Prince Ranjitsinhji
Ranji
Sussex
India
England
Athletic Bowling League Sees Shifts in Championship Race
Changes in the Athletic Bowling League alter the lead as New York Athletic Club and Elizabeth Club tie for first with ten wins. Elizabeth tops team averages at 922.9 with Roseville, Newark Bay, and Jersey City tied for second at 9-6. Individual leader R West of Elizabeth at 191.1, Clauss moves to 1929, Olozaga slides to 191.5, Sherwood 187.7, Rhodenburg climbs to 186.13, with Lockwood and Pope both at 18.8.
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Roseville Athletic Association
New York Athletic Club
Elizabeth Club
Elizabeth
Roseville
Newark Bay Club
Jersey City
R. West
Clauss
Olozaga
Sherwood
New York
Rhodenburg
Columbia
Lockwood
Pope
Harper
Passaic
Newark
North End
New Jersey
Hoboken
Montclair
Newark Bay
Olezaga
Dwyer
Adams
Wood
A. West
Elizabeth Ae
Meyer
Griffith
Perry
Olsen
Schultze
Son van Ness
Eenee
Arnold
Jaeger
Vreeland
Garrison
Breen
Filston
Lamster
Don Sherlock
Nantes
Thomson
Wees Aeee
Hartzel
Oh Pierson
Aee
Eeese Rey
Eer
A &. Clute
Anesseeee
Nolte
Brown
D. Lefferts
Jewis
Montclair O
R. Schliereth
Jersey
Apple Gate
Shhlereth
Howe
Wetee
Rall
Beil
Tafferts
Huessman
Snyder
Baeees
Elizabeth Pone
Growth of Racing Tax Bigger Than Ever in 1907
A Albany report by racing accounts supervisor John S. Shea shows the 1907 racing season was the most profitable since 1895. State tax on gross receipts totaled 246 429 16, the highest ever, with $1 742 698 87 distributed to agricultural fairs over thirteen years. The Coney Island Jockey Club led with 54 001 36 tax, while Empire City and Saratoga followed. experts say premiums to farmers will rise as fairs expand.
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Jockey Club
Albany
John S. Shea
New York County
Queens County
Saratoga Racing Association
Empire City Track
Yonkers
Empire City Racing Association
James Butler
Coney Island
Coney Island Jockey Club
Brooklyn Jockey Club
Brighton Beach Racing Association
Westchester Racing Association
Queens County Jockey Club
Metropolitan Jockey “Club
Buffalo Racing Association
Empire City Trotting Club
United Hunts
Garden City to Host Amateur Golf Championship Vote
The Golf Association season unfolds with Garden City favored for the amateur national tournament, amid improvements to resemble top courses. Debates over serving drinks with meals and a pending rule revision by the USGA frame a busy week for golfers and officials including meetings in Boston and Chicago, and shots at Olympic qualifiers abroad.
SENECA CHALLENGES FOR MANHASSET BAY TROPHY
Addison Hanan of New York Larchmont and other yacht clubs challenges with the sloop Seneca for Manhasset Bay Yacht Club’s trophy. Seneca is a 27 foot class boat, 46 feet overall, 32 feet waterline, with 1175 square feet of sail, a Herreshoff design built last year to defend the Canada Cup. The yacht, laid up at Ulmer Park, is expected to be among the first in commission in spring, and Hanan is regarded as a top amateur skipper after wins with Irondequoit and success in Canada Cup defense.
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Addison Hanan
New York
Larchmont
Seneca
Manhasset Bay
Herreshoff
Rochester Yacht Club
Adele
Ulmer Park
Rich Futurity for Trotters Heads Big Stakes Drive
The Horseman and Spirit of the Times promote a large futurity with guaranteed not less than 15900 dollars. Breeders nominating and starting fees add to the stake. Entry requires a 1 dollar nominating fee per owner’s mares, plus two further payments of unspecified amounts. Races run in three divisions: three-year-old trotters 10600 dollars, two-year-old trotters 3000 dollars, and three-year-old pacers 2000 dollars.
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Spirit of the Times
Tailor Feels 13 is Unlucky After Arrest over Sunday Law
Louis Sehneidiekraut a Williamsburg tailor at No 2 Scholes Street was charged with violating the Sunday law after police found thirteen sewing machines in operation by thirteen workers. He posted bail and appeared at Manhattan Avenue Court this morning.
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Louis Sehneidiekraut
Scholes Street
Williamsburg
Casterday
Manhattan Avenue Court
Bedford Avenue Thugs Busted After Riverfront Robbery
Bedford Avenue station patrolmen Cantwell and Cummings nabbed seven youths near Kent Avenue and Broadway after Henry Rhineberg, a Morgan Line ship's carpenter, was robbed of a roll of bills. Rhineberg identified Charles Price of 2 Hope Street as the thief. All seven were arraigned before Magistrate O'Reilly and held in $2,000 bail each.
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Cantwell
Cummings
Bedford Avenue
Williamsburg
Kent Avenue
Broadway
Henry Rhineberg
Joseph Duprechim Fordnack
Morgan Line
East River
Rhineberg
Charles Price
Hope Street
O'Reilly
Lee Avenue
Alleged murderer brought here from Panama for extradition
John Hughes, a one armed fisherman formerly of Osceola County Florida, was brought to this city aboard the Panama Line steamship Colon to face extradition for murder in the first degree in Kissimmee. He allegedly killed Irving M. Simpson after a quarrel eight months ago and later worked as a canal zone foreman.
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Samuel B. Schenck
Panama
John Hughes
Osceola County
Fla
Panama Line
Colon
J. F. Walker
Kissimmee
Florida
Hughes
Irving M. Simpson
Simpson
Canal Zone
Fire consumes large East Side factory block in four alarm blaze
A dramatic early morning fire on the Upper East Side scarred First Avenue between 1st and 2nd avenues, threatening dozens of homes. Four alarms were sounded as winds drove flames across multiple blocks, but water pressure and hydrants kept the blaze to three buildings. Damages were pegged at around $50,000, with experienced fire units and boats aiding the response amid double walls and lacking iron shutters.
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Upper East Side
5Inns
Sth Street
First Avenue
Second Avenue
Frank Haas
D Street
Dougherty
Julius Grossman
Zophar Mills
Binns
Bugher
Lantry
Dillon
Fire alarms and rain fail to cool West 21st Street blaze
Firemen battled a dramatic blaze at 21 West 21st Street between Sixth and Fifth Avenues, threatening nearby buildings. Torrential rain accompanied the effort as flames leaped from windows and a golden blaze illuminated the sky, with crowds watching until the fire was controlled after nearly two hours.
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West 21St Street
Sixth Avenue
Fifth Avenue
21 Street
Flemish Art Company
Despairing Poet Seeks Ink in Chicago Office
A distressed caller arrives at a Chicago newspaper office with a manuscript poem. The office boy refuses to print it, slamming the door as the poet protests. The exchange ends with the poet shouting chestnut as dismissal echoes.
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Chicago
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Gloucester
Old Brichten Beach
Metro- Amateur Athletic Politan Association
Scularly Good Union
Ray C. Ewry
Exry
M. P. Halpin
Ewry
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Wanderers
Crescent Athletic Club
Brooklyn Crescent
Stars
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Liffiton
Johnson
Williams
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Dartmouth
Princeton
Hanover
Harvard
Charles Thaddeus Terry
American Automobile Association
Terry
Caspar Whitney
Outing
Camp
Whitney
Walter Camp
Yale
I Seb
Brae Burn
New York and
White R. West
Reece
Massachusetts Golf Association
Western Golf Association
United States Golf Association
Delmonico’s
Great Britain
Seneca Challenges
New Orleans
Ovecaces
Molly Stark
Cunning
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Ceriva
Spright
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Carole Banridge
Major Mack
Tarquin
Waxhaw
Harrington
Sense
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Hucking Boy
George
Amontillado
Abe Meyer
Denigre
Prytania
Young Stevens
J. D Dunn
Crafty
Abington
Hancock
Pasadena
Tintraul
Hayes
Pedro
Dan Adesso
Delphie
Tivolini le Hawkamae
Higginbotham
Nancy Ooree
Rowne
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Luchow
14Th ST
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Artisterant
Cafe Lafayette
Hotel Martin
University Pi
Sth
Cafe Martin
SLI Cuisine Francaise
St. & Bway
Merete
CAVAN
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7Th Ave
Lenway
Herald Square Hotel
34Th St
Bway
Munte
la Carte
Bist
Cafe de
L'Elysee
Het Breslin
20Th Sea A la Carte
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