Wanderers Shut Out by St Nicholas in Rough Rink Win
St Nicholas routs Wanderers 6 0 at the St Nicholas Rink with four goals in the first period and two in the second. Wanderers show waning form and erratic play while Williams, Hornfeck and Woods are the only standout players. Several penalties for rough play mar another uneven hockey night as Dufresne and D Gordon are sent off for slashing.
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St. Nicholas
Wanderers
Willams
Hornfeck
Woods
Williams
Gorham
Canada
Ruggles
Crescents
New York Athletic Club
Winged Footmen
Thompson
Chew
Roug' Dufresne
Souther
Wilder
Heyward
Dufresne
Gordon
PD. Gordon
Raffles
D. Gordon
K. Gordon
Pson
Hayward
Carruthers
H Work
Athletic Bowlers Clash Sparks Crowd as New York Edges Elizabeth
New York Athletic Club beats Elizabeth 5 0 in the first series while Passaic takes two of three at Montclair. New York and Elizabeth tie for first with 13 wins and 8 losses as a large crowd watches. Nolte led New York with 214, Adams and Arnold top Elizabeth with 223 and 221. Elizabeth won the final Montclair game by 14 pins before a near-record turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Athletic Club
Allers
Elizabeth Club
Passaic Club
Montclair Club
New York
Elizabeth
Charles M. Daniels
Erimmer
al” West
Adams
Chate
Pope
Ide
Nolte
Arnold
Bree
Pas- Stic
Football Rules Committee Meets at Murray Hill Hotel
The intercollegiate football rules committee begins a two day winter session in New York to discuss the code, with focus on limiting the forward pass and minor changes to kick scoring. Harvard may be represented by Joshua Crane Jr. The panel features figures from Cornell Princeton Yale West Point Annapolis Penn and others.
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Intercollegiate Football Rules Committee
Murray Hill
Harvard
Joshua Crane, Jr
L. M. Dennis
Cornell
J. R. Fine
Princeton
Walter Camp
Yale
H. B. Hackett
West Point
Paul Dashiel
Annapolis
John C. Bell
Pennsylvania
E. K. Halli
Dartmouth
A. Alonzo Stagg
Chicago
J. A. Babbitt
Haverford
C. W. Savage
Oberlin
W. L. Dudley
Vanderbilt
J. LL Lees
Nebraska
H. L. Williams
Minnesota
Mauretania Edge Brooklyns In Fast Soccer at Marquette Oval
In a brisk match the Mauretania eleven beat the Brooklyns 1 to 0 at Marquette Oval Brooklyn. A late goal by J Atkinson after a disputed A H V Bundy shot sealed victory as Brooklyns played without captain C Watts due to injury. W Ruffler stood tall for Brooklins while J Atkinson starred for Mauretania. The Brooklins meet Adriatic next at Marquette Oval as Crescent Athletic Club faces Cameroons and Staten Island meets Philadelphia in upcoming games.
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Brooklyns
Mauretania
Marquette Oval
Brooklyn
A. H. V. Bundy
James Hutton
W. Ruffler
Brooklin
A. Jones
G. Mayler
W. Fermorle
W. McQuair
J. Atkinson
A. Caveras
P. Larkin
A. Mercer
C. Watts
Ate
W. Jarvis
Richard Haygarth
F. Holman
Brooklins
Byg
Crescent Athletic Club
Camerons
New York
Staten Island
Philadelphia
Livingston
Bell the Cat wins New Orleans steeplechase at City Park
In a tight finish Bell the Cat at 30 to 1 defeats Gold Circle by a short head as Dr Logan weakens near the last jump. Twelve horses started with all crossing the line. Two year olds race winners Tony W and Brougham drew betting action, while Cooney K. upset the favorites in the fourth race.
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New Orleans
Bell the Cat
City Park
Gold Circle
Dr. Logan
Tony W
Teddington
Brougham
Cooney K
Toddington
Nicol
the Slicker
Christie
Dr. Armstrong
Dick Coghill
Pocotango
Mique O'Brien
Joe Howell
Cuban Boy
Raed
iSobeli
Heard
Monte Carlo
Itacatiara
Ralph Reese
Gold Run
Mix Up
Onyx II
Gault
Berry Waddell
McDaniel
Fred Mulholland
Lee
Lrey Young
Young Stevens
Prince Bowline
Penrhyn
Dick Rose
Annie Sanford
Flora Dear
Bamnda
Henry
Third Rail
Powers
Kitty Smith
Stoneman
Florida Gien
Albert M
Ethel Carr
Padrone
Bucking Boy
Gavel
Allen
Adesso
Flynn
Debar
Katie Powers
Granada
Grenade
Warner Griswell
Poem
Mitten Gains Lap In Six Day Bicycle Race
Kansas City report notes Bardgett and Mitten gained a lap in Convention Hall. Mitten, fresh from the burst, assumed lead as the six day race continued at 5 30 p m with Bardgett and Mitten at 557 miles 10 laps, Root and Fogler 557 miles 9 laps, and Lawson Moran Hopper Holbrook Wiley Sherwood 557 miles 9 laps.
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Kansas City
Convention Hall
Bardgett
Mitten
Root and Fogler
Lawson
Moran
Hopper
Lehigh announces season baseball schedule
Lehigh University unveils its season slate with home games against Vermont and Indiana in early April. The schedule includes away fixtures at Annapolis Virginia Tech Lexington Charlottesville and West Point plus crucial home dates with Bucknell Lafayette Dickinson and Lehighs final game against Western University of Pennsylvania.
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Tribune
Bethlehem
Penn
Lehigh University
Vermont
Indiana
Navy
Annapolis
Bucknell
Lafayette
Ursinus
Collegeville
Army
West Point
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Albright
Myerstown
Easton
Dickinson
Western University of Pennsylvania
American Yacht Club Officers Elected At Annual Meeting
At the American Yacht Club annual business meeting and dinner held Tuesday night officers were elected including Commodore Richard T. Wainwright Vice Commodore Joseph M. Macdonough Rear Commodore George Mercer Jr Secretary Treasurer William Porter Allen Fleet Surgeon Charles F Wolff M D Measurer Professor William Hallock and Trustees H de F Parsons Oliver Harriman and J Rich Steers.
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American Yacht Club
Richard T. Wainwright
Joseph M. Macdonough
George Mercer, Jr
William Porter Allen
Charles F. Wolff
M. D
William Hallock
H. de F. Parsons
Oliver Harriman
J. Rich Steers
Schaefer Defeats Cutler In Long 18.1 Balkline Match
In Philadelphia on January 2 3 Jake Schaefer of Chicago defended his 18.1 balkline title against Albert Cutler of Boston 500 to 476. Schaefer led 153 after inning 34 but Cutler narrowed the gap before Schaefer closed with 24 and 13 runs. Schaefer averaged 745465 to Cutler 721-60.
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Philadelphia
Jake Schaefer
Chicago
Albert Cutler
Boston
Schaefer
Cutler
M Gibbons Horses Win at American Horse Show
Weathered crowd attends a saddle horse show at the American Horse Exchange. W A McGibbon dominates with six winning horses including Peter Pan Jasmine and Morning Star, while H T Peters King of Spades wins the ladies class with Jasmine placing high among rivals. Awards include blue red and yellow ribbons across eight classes with numerous entries and several reserves.
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American Horse Exchange
James G. Marshall
W. A. McGibbon
F. M. Ware
Mrs. McGibbon
Messrs
Bloomingdale
Clarence Robbins
Louis Haight
W. A. MccGibbon
Peter Pan
Jasmine
Rapid Dan
Game Cock
Ebony Belle
Venus
McGibbon
Collier's Bay
Morning Star
H. T. Peters
King of Spades
Thompson
William Bain
Varona de Cordova
J. McE
Bowman
My Honey
Mrs. E. C. Kirkland
Colleen
C. E. Myrick
Heroy
William Carr
Amtabie
Meizibbon
King of Spaces
Lady McDonald
Amiable
Visitor
H. B. Tenner, Jr
Lord Chesterfield
George Rk
McGibbon & Collier's Bay
E. C. Kirkland
Lehman Strauss
Lexington
Gamecock
E. H. Bedford
Dupont
W. A McGibbon
Thomas J. Ryan
Stamina
New Challenge Cup Conditions Allow 27 Foot Class Yachts
After a joint meeting of American, Manhasset Bay and Indian Harbor yacht clubs, rules for the Manhasset Bay Yacht Club Challenge Cup were amended to admit 27 foot class yachts. The 30 foot class from New York Yacht Club may compete with half the time allowance of the 27 foot boats. The current holder is American Yacht Club, with Indian Harbor challenging and others likely to join.
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Manhasset Bay
Indian Harbor
American Yacht Club
Indian Harbor Yacht Club
Atlantic
Seawanhaka Corinthian
West Point Cadets defeat Albany High 4 to 1 in hockey
West Point cadets beat Albany High School 4 to 1 in a fast rough game at West Point. Rumsey scored twice and Gordon added a goal while Sumner excelled in goal as the cadets dominated play.
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Tribune
West Point
N. Y
Albany High School
Rumsey
Gordon
Sumner
Sutton Beats Slosson Again In Balkline Series
George B. Sutton of Chicago won his fifth victory in eight balkline games against George F. Slosson at Slosson's academy, prevailing 500 to 298. The match featured high runs of 181 and complex scoring details, with Sutton securing the win. In New Haven, Jan 23, Harry Lewis of Philadelphia defeated Frank Mantell of Providence by knockout in the third round of a twelve round welterweight bout.
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Sutton
Slosson
George B. Sutton
Chicago
George F. Slosson
Academy
Lewis
Mantell
New Haven
Harry Lewis
Philadelphia
Frank Mantell
Providence
Reenlistments in Navy, Canteen Restorations debated
Washington reports outline Navy enlistment trends with young sailors under age twenty three and training strains at Newport Norfolk and Yerba Buena. The article also covers a push to restore the army canteen, opposition from Congress, and recent army and fleet movements including ship arrivals and commissions.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
John E. Pillsbury
Bureau of Navigation
Navy Department
Navy
Army
Newport
Norfolk
Yerba Buena
Cal
War Department retires several officers for horsemanship disabilities
Washington January 23. The War Department lists officers examined by retiring boards for horsemanship disabilities. Retired are Colonels J. M. Marshall and L. H. Harris among others. several majors and lieutenants are not retired now. Tests may be excused for permanent staff with civil technical duties, with promotion implications noted.
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Washington
War Department
J. M. Marshall
Z. D. Vance
Sth Infantry
George Palmer
21St Infantry
H. H. Bonham
23D Infantry
P. M. B. Travis
11Th Infantry
H. M. Hallock
P. J. Hart
Coast Artillery Corps
W. W. Robinson
O. M. Lissak
Ordnance Department
United States Military Academy
Desceenen
L. H. Harris
Henry M. Adams
Corps of Engineers
William L. Marshall
William T. Russell
California Guardsmen Decline Coast Defense Duty
Los Angeles report states the California militia refused a national request to man coast defense guns in practice. Colonel Scheiber of the 7th Regiment says such drills harm unit effectiveness and that militia cannot become reliable heavy artillery specialists.
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Los Angeles
The
Times
California
Scheiber
7Th Regiment
California Militia
Submarine Boats for Austria Begin at Fore River Yard
Boston January 23 The Fore River Shipbuilding Company started assembling three submarine boats of the Octopus type for Austria. Each boat will be 106 feet long with two 250 horsepower electric engines and a submerged speed of ten knots. Crew of fourteen, steaming radius of a thousand miles, two torpedo tubes and five torpedoes. Shipping to Trieste expected next fall.
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Boston
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Trieste
Wasp Assigned to New York Militia Navy Vessel Swap
Washington reports the second class cruiser Newark in use by the New York naval militia will be returned to the navy. Instead the militia gets the Wasp, a 2 converted gunboat, smaller than the Newark and believed better suited to New York needs.
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WASP
NEW York Militia
Washington
Newark
New York Naval Militia
Navy
Army Pay Bill Reported By Senate Committee
The Senate Military Affairs Committee approved a favorable report on Warren's army pay bill. LT generals would gain 5 percent, major generals 10 percent, brigadier generals 15 percent, colonels and generals 20 percent, captains and lieutenants 25 percent, cadets 25 percent, with enlisted men capped at 10 percent. The panel also moved forward a bill to issue commissions to retired officers with boosted ranks and another to award medals to Port Hudson survivors from 1863.
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Women's Army and Navy League
Washington
Army and Navy
Congress
Bartholdi
League
G. M. Sternberg
Surgeon General
The
Army
J. P. Kelton
Adjutant General of the Army
House Military Committee
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Warren
Military
Hale
Proctor
O. O. Howard
Port Hudson
Louisiana
Panic at Dowagiac Moving Picture Show Fire
In Dowagiac Michigan January 23 an audience of about 150 people mostly women and children was panicked by a fire at a newly opened moving picture theatre. The blaze started by the picture machine near the entrance and exit but all escaped, the two story frame building and several adjoining structures were destroyed and others threatened.
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Dowagiac
Mich
New York
Hill Liner Minnesota Ashore Near Moji Japan
A London dispatch reports the Hill Line steamer Minnesota ran ashore near Moji Japan while en route from Hong Kong to Seattle with many passengers. The vessel freed itself without help and continued. Earlier, the Dakota of the same line was wrecked at Tokio Bay on March 3 1907 and declared a total loss.
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Merchants Exchange
London
Minnesota
Moji
Japan
Seattle
Hong Kong
Dakota
Bay of
Tokio
Pacific Coast Defences Kept Flexible on Submarine Tone
Washington reports Secretary of the Navy transmitted to the Senate a cost estimate for submarines to Puget Sound and Gray's Harbor. A 340 ton boat was offered at 360000 and a 270 ton boat at 28000, with the Pacific Coast estimate at 378000 per boat. Metcalf stresses Pacific ports are distant from main invasion routes and opposes permanent basing of submarines at any single point.
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United States
Pacific
Puget Sound
Gray’s Harbor
of Washington
Congress
Washington
Ankeny
Senate
Secretary of the Navy
Pacific Coast
Navy
Navy Department
Board of Construction
Gray's Harbor
Metcalf
Constantine Dies in Prison Fall After Murder Conviction
Frank J. Constantine, convicted murderer of Mrs. Louise Gentry of Chicago, died tonight in Joliet from injuries after he leaped from an upper stairs gallery to a stone floor thirty feet below. He was unconscious from the fall since last Saturday. Warden Murphy notified Constantine's mother, Mrs. Rose Constantine of New York City, and the body disposition awaits her instructions.
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Joliet
Frank J. Constantine
Louise Gentry
Chicago
Constantine
Warden Murphy
Rose Constantine
East 1Lfth Street
New York City
Locomotive Works to Shut Down in February
Providence January report says the American Locomotive Works plant will shut for an indefinite period in early February. The workforce has fallen from 1,008 in December to about 500 now, due to weak railroad business and the shift of many railroads to electric equipment.
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Providence
Jan
W. S. Miller
American Locomotive Works
Real Snow Storm Hits New York City Streets
A late season snowstorm swept New York with 6 inch drifts in places and 26 mph winds. The Weather Bureau noted 3 inches by midnight as temperatures plunged, predicting a record cold day to follow. Commissioner Crowell said snow cleanup contracts activate after three inches, else the White Wings handle plowing.
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New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
New England
Weather Bureau
Crowell
Woman Convicted of Arson in Kings County Court
Deputy Fire Marshal Thomas Brophy testified that Annie Ackerly of 114 Wyckoff street was found guilty of arson. Ackerly planned a delayed blaze by oil saturated furniture and candles, predicting a fire within hours. She had previously started a fire at 265 Hoyt street on July 14, 1907, and awaits sentencing.
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Thomas Brophy
Kings County
Annie Ackerly
Wyckoff Street
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