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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1919
Page
7
Eleven crack racers clash in a big stake as Sam Hildreth’s Purch gallops to a dazzling one mile victory. Taplin’s horses dominated the afternoon with sharp tempos and a likely Suburban Handicap showcase pending rain and track conditions.
The listing shows horses, jockeys, weights and probable odds for the Classic Suburban event. Notable performers include War Cloud, Esterminator, Thyre, Meyera, Laftus, Ambrose, Kelsey, Lyke, Nolan, Taplin, and Wessler among others with varied odds and weights.
The twenty second annual Metropolitan and Bronx County singles cups along with Manhattan doubles and mixed doubles championships begin this afternoon on the New York Tennis Club courts. Notables include S Howard Voshell Harold Throckmorton H Van Dyke Johns Harold L Taylor Alex Tier Leonard Beekman and others as 124 entries compete.
Toledo June 6 Jess Willard and Jack Dempsey will meet in their heavy weight championship contest on July 4 under any weather. Promoter Tex Rickard denied postponement talks and said delays of up to an hour or two are possible but the fight will not be delayed. Gate receipts are expected to exceed 1000000 with advance sales reaching 400000. Kilbane argues sun training harms stamina and favors cool city workouts to avoid energy loss before the bout.
A rainstorm forced a drastic rescheduling of the women's Metropolitan championship at West Side Tennis Club. Miss Marion Zinderstein and Miss Eleanor Goss were to play semi finals in singles and doubles, with finals delayed. Officials delayed decisions, tarpaulins covered courts, and a partial schedule was announced for today with matches across singles, doubles, and mixed doubles as weather permitted.
Baltimore defeats Jersey City 5 to 3 as Parnham shines with a homer double and a single, mimicking Babe Ruth in a standout performance on June 6.
Chick Evans of Edgewater and holder of both the national open and amateur titles arrived at Brae Burn Country Club in West Newton Mass to tune up for the forthcoming championship. He fought the greens with a 77 while others posted scores as the field neared registration. Jack Black and J Goss among the notable rounds, with several pars and twos noted in the warmup.
Fragmented OCR text lists multiple race results, horses, riders, and bets with scattered figures. Names such as Hiddon, HH Hawlings, Bay Ivan, and others appear alongside prices, placements, and dollar amounts, but the passage is garbled and hard to parse into a coherent summary.
The Appellate Division in Brooklyn affirmed Justice Cropsey's ruling restraining Mayor Hylan and city boards from selling 4.5 million dollars in corporate stock. The decision cites lack of legal basis, noting bond issues cannot be based on guesswork and that the Board of Estimate cannot approve improper appropriations. Justices Putnam and Mills concur, warning against using city records to fund illegitimate obligations.
Mrs Nellie F Austin of Sebastian Texas testified in Ford libel suit that Mexican raiders abducted her husband and son from a ranch north of the Rio Grande on August 6 1915 and later killed them. She described terror during the raid as her husband and son tried to reassure her.
A conference at Hotel Commodore under Secretary of State Francis M. Hugo will finalize the New York driving license questionnaire. The draft was reduced from forty three inquiries to twenty four, covering residence, employment, physical traits, aliases, citizenship, language, driving history, vehicle types, safety knowledge, licenses, criminal record, health, and narcotics use with a character reference.
Governor Coolidge vetoed a bill boosting assembly pay from 1000 to 1000 per session starting this session. In a message to the House he said the current pay is ample and service in the General Court is voluntary, not a profession or livelihood.
Washington June 6. Before closing its convention the American Short Line Railroad Association unanimously adopted a resolution demanding a better division of rate revenues for the short lines and urged that 810,100,000 be set aside for the short lines in the 1,250,000,000 railroad fund under consideration by the House Appropriations Committee. More than 600 chart lines are represented in the association.
Secretary of War Newton G. Baker tells Governor Allen he will welcome a mismanagement probe when opportune. He notes documentary evidence is lacking and urges no inquiry while 2,000,000 troops remain abroad, aiming to bring troops home first. Baker testifies to the House committee in January 1919.
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