Sporting Comment Review From Yachts To Golf At NJ Meet
The column surveys deep sea yacht racing and its impact on international prestige, praises the Atlantic drill as a true test of sport, notes Harvard’s stance on Mahar reinstatement, and highlights John M Ward’s steady win in the New Jersey State golf championship as the event’s standout performance.
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Monarch
Atlantic
Gore
Elation
Harvard
Mahar
Afabar
College Baseball and Rowing Recap From College Sports
The note reviews college baseball standings and prospects with Yale Princeton Harvard Amherst Cornell and Brown, mentions professional leagues led by the Giants and Highlanders, and covers college rowing prep with crews from Cornell Harvard and Penn and a report on Harvard disqualifying a player for ineligibility.
Varsity Stroke Dead: John Crowell of Penn Dies
John Crowell of Worcester Massachusetts, stroke of the University of Pennsylvania varsity crew, died of typhoid fever in university hospital. He was twenty and a senior, part of both two crew crews and earned recognition in Philadelphia sports circles.
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John
Crowell
Worcester
Mass
University of Pennsys- Santa
Philadelphia
Mercury Foot Games At Travere Island This Saturday
Well known athletes send names to compete in the seventy fourth annual games of the New York Athletic Club at Travere Island on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. Events include relay races for clubs and colleges, hundred yard dash, pole vault, high jump, discus, hammer throw, shot put, and hurdles with expected strong performances from scholastic and club entrants.
Features At Gravesend The Brooklyn Derby Preview
The Brooklyn Derby at Gravesend next Saturday draws a field of fourteen three-year-olds with Cairngorm Hot Shot and Merry Lark as likely standouts. Trails of Withers and Carleton Stakes form the context as other contenders like Woolwich, Jerry Weinberg, and Empire State prospects are discussed amid weights, entry lists, and future stakes.
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Brooklyn
Belmont Park
Brandy
Mr. Cassidy
O'Neil
Merry Lark
Cairngorm
Anish
Sparkling Star
Carleton
Jim Gore
Woodsaw
Masaniello
Migraine
Lindale
Captan Bob
Kenmore
Earldom
Novel Automobile Run by Long Island Club Tour Saturday
The Long Island Automobile Club announces a two day tour starting at the clubhouse Saturday morning. Cars must carry a full quota of passengers and will be judged by least expenditure per capita on fuel, lubricant, and repairs. The route traverses Brooklyn Jamaics Merrick Road South County and Jericho Turnpike to Massa cuqua, with speed limits observed. The entry fee is $1 and closes June 8 with Charles Jerome Edwards in Brooklyn.
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Long Island Automobile Club
Brooklyn
Jamaics
Merrick Read
South County Road
Jericho Turnpike
Jericho
Massacqua
Merrick
South County
Rin Sre
Champions to Contest in Crescent Club Tennis Tourney
The Crescent Athletic Club hosts an American international challenger team match at Bay Ridge as preparations for Wimbledon and the Davis Cup continue. Key players include Ward Larned Clothier Wright and Whitman, with daily singles and doubles rounds through Saturday. The Staten Island Ladies’ Club hosts its annual open lawn tennis tournament starting June 6 with entries closing June 3.
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Crescent Athletic Club
Bay Ridge
Fnal
England
Dwight F
Holcombe Ward
Wiliam A. Larned
William J. Clothier
Beals C. Wright
Ward
Malcolm D. Whitman
Frederick B. Alexander
Harold H. Hackett
Raymond D. Little
Edwin P. Fisher
Whitman
Wright
Larned
Alexander
Hackett
Little
Fisher
Clothier
Crescent Club
Wimbledon
May ‘Sutton
Staten Island
Livingston
United States National Lawn Tennis Association
Edith M. Donald
K. P. Emmons
M. Adelaide Irving
4Th St
New Brighton
Braten Island
Montclair Ath Club Leads In Metropolitan Lawn Tennis League
Opening series of matches saw Montclair Athletic Club take 3 points leading the standings. West Side Lawn Tennis Club, Kings County Lawn Tennis Club and Englewood Field Club followed with 2 points each, while New York Athletic Club Smwanoy Lawn Tennis Club and Knickerbocker Field Club posted 1 point each. Hamilton Grange Lawn Tennis Club dropped three matches and New-York Laws Tennis Club is absent, awaiting a next Saturday meeting with West Side Lawn Tennis Club.
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Montclair Athletic Club
Metropolitan Lawn Tennis League
West Side Lawn Tennis Club
Kings County Lawn ‘Tennis Club
Englewood Field Club
New York Athletic Clu Smwanoy Lawn Tennis Club
Knickerbocker Field Club
Hamilton Grange Lawn Tennis Club
New-York Laws Tennis Club
Cricket clubs change standing in metropolitan league
The Metropolitan District Cricket League and New York Cricket Association standings have been updated. Staten Island’s Team A leads the championship records, with Brooklyn Zingart and Kings County St. George tied for second. The new records and notes follow.
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Metropolitan District Cricket League
New-York Cricket Association
Staten Island
Brooklyn Zingart
Kings County St. George
Kings County
St. George
Hrooklyn
Wanderers
Kings
Paterson
Columbia Oval
Ted
New-York Association
Union County
Newar
Columbeal
West Indians
Newark
Yonkers
Staten Tsiani
Cricket and Tenis
Harry Tyers
Women golfers revive interest with single day tournaments
The Women's Metropolitan Golf Association finds new enthusiasm in single day handicap medal play eclipsing multi day events. Top players from Englewood, Battusrol, Apawamis and Nassau converge for Englewood and Batnrsrol meets, with upcoming championships shaping a lively season.
St Andrews Links to Host British Open and Knollwood Invite
The St Andrews links in Scotland will host the British Open Championship on Wednesday and Thursday with Willie Anderson of Apawamis and Alex Smith of Nasean among the contenders. Anderson shines in practice, while Smith returns after four years and the course length has grown. The event will be seventy-two holes medal play. Invitations at Knollwood near White Plains run Thursday through the week, led by president John D. Archbold. Entries close June 7 for Englewood Club, White Plains, NY.
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James WW. Pact, Jr
Devon Polo Club
Tome
Devon Pole Club
Penn
Westbrook Golf Club
Great River
Love Island
Westbrook
Test Fisteen
sane se_ratroma
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Apawamis
Alex Smith
Nasean
Anderson
Smith
St. Andrews
Mark
Cincinnati
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St Andrews
Knollwood
Knollwood Country Club
White Plains
John D. Archbold
Walter J. Travis
Robert Dor
Englewood
Atlantic City Hotel Men's Mutual Meeting Opens
Atlantic City N J hosts the National Hotel Men's Mutual Association convention with extensive entertainments. Delegates stay at the Hotel Chalfonte and Isleworth as events include a smoker, a grand dinner, and visits to New York exhibitors.
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Atlantic City
N. J
National Hotel Men's Mutual Meneht Association
United States
Canada
Islewworth
Chalfonte
Rudolf
New-York
Tia Highwood Dominates Yet Loses Closely In Pacing Meet
Nathan Straus’s finer trotting mare Tia Highwood 2.00% starred at Speedway yesterday, winning easy in the morning but losing several brushes. She beat Mies Overton in the flat race, then narrowly fell to The King before a strong stretch drive. Princess Pique and Florince Mite were among other notable winners as Arizona owner trainers and local jockeys posted multiple placings in hot hands.
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Tia Highwood
Speedway
Frederick Dietz
Mies Overton
King
Princess Pique
Highwood
Thesas BR
Leahy
Diack
Princess Pique Gassing
Mr. Straues
Wiliam Scott
Kitty Wilkes
Philip Hetpenhausen
Nelly Wilkes
Pithogk
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W. ©. Greene
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Cobre Grande
George L
Fancer
Accern Fe
Harriman
Prtvate Stable
255Th St
Speed
Andrew Philipes
Riley
David Muscovite
William Scott
James Shevlin
Titus Protest Sustained In Harlem Regatta Race
A special Harlem Regatta Association meeting at Nassau Boat Club sustained S. Titus protest that his Memorial Day half mile race with Fred Fuessel was only a quarter mile. The quarter mile will be rowed again Saturday at 4 p.m. at Harlem Speedway.
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Nassau Boat Club
Yeaterday
S. Titus
Fred Fueseel
Harlem Speedway
Outing for Newsboys Ends in Riot at Rockaway Beach
A Rockaway Beach outing for 3 50 newsboys funded by Jack Wallace turned chaotic as crowds swarmed cars, damaged a water tower, toppled a miniature railroad, and hurled gravel at police and train staff. Damages reached about 280 dollars. The Newsboy Magazine planned event left many boys unpaid amid claims of profit mismanagement.
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Rockaway Beach
Rockaway
Jacknen ‘Wallace
No. Libertyst
Long Island City
Park
Newsboy
Talseive
Ready
Buried City Echoes Found Beneath Mexico City Ruins
Laborers digging for an underground telephone system near Cinco de Mayo uncover clay utensils temple foundations and pottery with hieroglyphs. Spanish coins date unknown but suggest conquest era. A wall shows a ruin beneath the present level, with hieroglyphs partly erased by conduit drilling. Professor Batres seeks permission to dig deeper for older remains.
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Mexico City
Telephone Company
Cinco de Mayost
Cortes
Batres
Driver's In Juries Prove Fatal in Greenwich Collision
James Kennedy of New York dies from injuries after a wagon loaded with furniture collided with a car driven by Thomas Baker of Port Chester in Greenwich. Kennedy and Baker were thrown from the wagon as the horse bolted in front of William Rockefeller's residence. Baker expected to recover. Kennedy's death leaves a wife. The motorist was arrested and placed in jail.
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Greenwich
Conn
James Kennedy
New York
Greenwich Hospital
Thomas Baker
Port Chester
William Rockefeller
Baker
Nennety
Saeeeee Colas
First Michigan Governor Buried in Detroit Reburial Ceremony
The body of Stevens Thomas Mason, first Governor of Michigan, arrives in Detroit for a reburial in a stone grave at Square Park. Ceremonies accompany the interment, with Mason’s descendants and officials in attendance, reflecting a historic honor in the city.
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S. T. Mason
Detroit
Detroit, Jann
New York City
Stevens ‘Thompsa Maron
State of
Michigan
Soldiers Monument Unveiled Near Wallen in Valley
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X.Y. Dunet
Lief
Orance Tiscaves
Welliitt
Wallen
Thomas W. Bradley
Agan
Bose
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