Week of brisk sports ahead despite recent chill
After a brief lull forecast this season, a busy week of sports unfolds as the Yankees host at American League Park and Belmont Park hosts racing with the Westminster Handicap as a highlight. Baltusrol hosts the New Jersey state golf championship while college baseball, tennis, yachting, cricket, and rowing offer action. Memorial Day crowds, top intercollegiate track results, and Belmont Stakes winners Commando colts Peter Pan and Colin headline a week of strong performances. Eben Byers loses in Britain, Yale falls to Princeton in baseball, and Columbia crews excel at Harlem regatta amid golf disappointment.
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Princeton
Cornell
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Syracuse
Superbas
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Polo Grounds
Columbia
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Giants Face Tough Stretch as Lead Shrinks in Championship Race
The Giants lost twice to Philadelphia and Brooklyn, while Chicago climbs to undisputed lead. Superbas rise from last place amid Giants’ errors, Brooklyn play, and near-term road trip. Highlanders improve at home. pennant race remains unsettled with Western advantage fading. Yankees prepare for series with Boston, Cleveland, and Detroit.
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Harvard Stadium stars set 6 intercollegiate track marks
Harvard Stadium overflowed with top athletes as six intercollegiate records fell in one day. Pennsylvanias Guy Haskins won both the half and mile, while Johnny Garrelis of Michigan dominated hurdles and the put. Rowe of Yale paced the two miles, and Pennsylvanias J B Taylor sliced the quarter to record. Providence College and Cornell also showed strong performances in a high level meet.
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Yale crews set for Thames regatta training at Gales Ferry
Yale declares its three rowing squads will move to Gales Ferry for permanent training ahead of the June 2 Thames regatta with Harvard. About twenty-five oarsmen plus coxswains accompany the launch Elihu Yale to New London while exams follow arrival. the varsity eight, varsity four, and freshman eight wind down harbor rowing with selections unsettled and changes possible after the Henley success.
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Courtney Praises Harvard Crew
Ithaca, N Y June 2 Charles E Courtney Cornell coach says Yale must field the universitys best crew ever to beat Harvard in the annual New London race He was impressed by Harvards varsity after the Memorial Day race at Ithaca and warned Cornell to pull better than ever to defeat the Crimson If the Yale crew lacks staying power Harvard would win
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Ball Players Badly Injured In Tilt Between Chicago and Pittsburg
In a game between Chicago and Pittsburg catcher Smith of the Pittsburg NL club was seriously injured by a foul ball striking his head. Lundgren of Chicago badly injured an ankle while stopping a line drive in the seventh. Weather prevented the Brown Penn game, aiding standings. Harvard beat Yale 3 to 2 with Cornell 1 0 over Harvard, and Deshon pitched well aside from one wild inning. Princeton beat Yale in twelve innings 9 to 0. The season features Cornell leading Brown and Princeton for second. Brown favored by some, with Williams Fordham and Lafayette also showing strength. Ranking pitchers include Deshon Heyniger Tift Mahoney and others.
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Rise of Automobile Industry Spurs Toolmaking Advance
Industrial commentators praise the automobile boom for driving vast progress in machine tools and factory equipment. James Joyce of American Locomotive Automobile Company notes that tool advances fuel car perfection, enabling accuracy and interchangeability in parts, with colossal installation costs but essential for premier car quality.
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Keene Likely To Head 19th Century Racing Owners
James R. Keene, vice chairman of the Jockey Club, is poised to again lead owners in earnings this season with horses like Superman and Peter Pan contending for top honors. Keene’s May Belmont and Gravesend meets shape the chase as Colin and other two year olds vie for the high rung, with Eclipse and Westminster stakes looming at Belmont and Gravesend.
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Walter Camp Goes to Europe and Yale Harvard Talks
New Haven June 2 Walter Camp Yale head departs for Europe making a new Yale Harvard athletic agreement unlikely before the end of the current year. Harvard shows little inclination to sign though a fall football game is set and basketball hockey schedules look probable after the four year agreement expired last March.
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Ocean Race Yachts Prepares Amid Storm at Gravesend Bay
Yachts for the 650 mile Bermuda race lie at anchors around Coney Island Point Gravesend Bay as crews wait for calmer seas. Flamingo Sayonara Zinus and Tammany anchor while Priscilla Zena Dervish Shamrock hover at various docks. Electra surveys the fleet. Brookyln Yacht Club reports low attendance due to the storm and forecasts better weather for the start on Wednesday.
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Mordant Wins French Derby At Chantilly
The Prix de Jockey Club at Chantilly for three year olds over a mile and a half produced an upset as Maurice Ephrussi's Mordant, a 26 to 1 outsider, won by almost three quarters of a length. Edmond Veil Picard's Bintou was second and Raymond de Mondel's Bravo third. Four horses ran as thousands of American visitors watched.
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Styrian Wins Austrian Derby At Vienna Racecourse
Vienna June 2 The Austrian Derby valued at 5.0 was won today by Count Wenkheim's Styrian from Count Henckel's Come In Time. Herr Szemere's Langolo and Herr von Willer's Hieronymus dead heated for third. The race covered one mile and a half.
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Georgetown University Athletic Association elects officers
Washington June 2 the Georgetown University Athletic Association today elected Howard G Smith of Buffalo president J OH O'Neill of Massachusetts secretary and B J Jeffs of Michigan treasurer to lead the organization.
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New York
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Boston
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Georgianna Bishop
Bridgeport
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Philadelphia
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Surprises At Golf and Big Lawn Tennis Week Opened
Unexpected upset in the Huntingdon Valley open golf semi finals sees Jerome Travers lose to J. A. McCurdy while Fred Herreshoff falls to J. S. Mather. McCurdy nears final as lawn tennis and golf events shift with entries, schedules, and notable champions across New Jersey clubs and metropolitan venues.
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Global motor car totals and racing notes of the era
The Car Illustrated estimates worldwide motor vehicles at about 293 fifty thousand with America leading at 90,000 and Britain at 75,000. France is ranked third while Paris shows higher car counts than London. Racing activity spans Daimler Wolseley Rover and Darracq brands with Continentally armored tires and new factory plans in Indiana.
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Chicago Extends Lead With 4-3 Win Over Pittsburg
National League action notes Chicago defeating Pittsburg 4 to 3 to widen its lead in the race. St Louis shut out Cincinnati 1 to 0 as St Louis gains ground. Standings show Chicago atop with 30 wins, New York 28, Cincinnati 18, Philadelphia 12, Brooklyn 13, Pittsburg 10, St Louis 11.
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Detroit 4 Chicago 3 in American League clash
Chicago leaders in the pennant race were edged by Detroit 4 to 3 yesterday. In the lone other AL game, St Louis beat Cleveland 4 to 1.
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Buffalo at Providence and Rochester at Baltimore Games
Games today include Buffalo versus Providence with rain in the forecast and Rochester facing Baltimore. Eastern League standings show Toronto leading with 18 wins and 9 losses, Baltimore at 14 and 14, Jersey City at 17 14, Montreal at 4 4, Rochester at 15 18, Newark at 6 4, and Buffalo at 16 14 with a 800 winning percentage.
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