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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1906
Page
2
Chesbro hurls puzzling pitches that confound Chicago batters as the professional league game unfolds. The mystery curveball keeps hitters off balance while teammates back the ace in a tense contest.
Miss Fanny Osgood of Brookline's Country Club won the inaugural Women’s Eastern Golf Association championship at Nassau Country Club with a 178 total after round two. R. H. Barlow of Philadelphia finished second with 180, while Vanderheef, Stout, and Bishop trailed, leaders delayed by tough bunker play and errors.
Four favorites and two second choices win at Gravesend amid close finishes and a standout upset in the sixth race Moonshine at 20101. Toots Mook wins the May Stakes by a length, while TMamond edges Keator in a photo finish. Okenite earns a narrow verdict over Killiecrankie as several races pen multiple close calls and hard riding in a lively program.
Jockey Radtke is suspended for the balance of the meeting and fined 24 dollars for persistent unruly behavior at the barrier and rough riding at the start. The starter had warned him repeatedly, and stewards added a 200 dollar fine for unnecessary posting in pursuit of a good position. J Jones escaped serious injury when Curriculum stumbled in race two but recovered to ride Tradition next. Artful, Whitney’s Hamburg mare, has been withdrawn from training due to a possible wed tendon, with no retirement intended. Radtke led yesterday’s jockeys with two winners, as Shaw Martin Horner Qrotter and Miller each won once. Rockingham Park’s opening on June 28 was confirmed, with racing set to commence as scheduled and facilities described as robust though not as large as Belmont Park.
American jockey Danny Maher rode Bachelor's Button to victory in the Manchester Cup from a field of fourteen. Best Light finished second and The White Knight third. Maher also won the Beaufort Handicap on Kearsarge.
Providence tops Toronto five to four in a rough battle while Newark edges Rochester five to three. Baltimore defeats Buffalo four to three. Montreal posts seven and Jersey City trails in an unsettled playoff chase.
Edict, at 6 to 1, wins the opening six furlongs with Tickle second and Greenroom third. race time 1.14. Second race sees Loricate at 15 to 1 win, Hon pie Seeven runner-up and e Borgian at 15 to 1 third. Time not listed. Duke of Kendall takes the mile and forty yards at 4 to 1, Setauket second at 5 to 1 and Neva Welch third at 5 to 1. Time 1.47. Four and a half furlongs go to Wing wines at 5, Sweet Kitty second at 5 to 1, Bathmanin 10 to 1 third. Time 0:57. Embarrassment, 8 to 5, wins the mile and forty yards. Miss Billice 7 to 2 second, Miss Hawley 12 to 1 third. Time 1.45. Sixth race is one mile with T. S. Martin at 7 to 5 winning, Cadichon second at 7 to 10, Andrew Mack 10 to 1 third. Time 1:42.
Ward and Little of the United States beat Australia’s Wilding and Poidevin in straight sets 7 5 6 2 4 4 in Newport England to take a preliminary match in the Dwight F Davis International challenge cup. The US leads Australia three matches to two and may face England in the final round. Ward starred and Little followed with solid support as Australia fought hard, pushing the first set to deuce before faltering.
Harold H Hackett defeated Carleton C Kelley two sets to one 6-4 1-6 6-0 at West Side Lawn Tennis Club to reach the final. Frederick G Anderson reached the final by straight sets over Harry Torrance. Hinck and Hinck won the doubles, and the event featured spirited rallies and key net passes from Montclair players.
Pasadena’s May Sutton won her North Counties women’s singles semi final by default as Salisbury’s W Pinckney could not play. Sutton also lost in the ladies doubles with Hillyard to Douglass and Thomson. Rhodes beat Sampson 2 4 1 in the Liverpool Cup handicap second round after Sampson retired. Sutton and Charlton won the mixed doubles handicap 6 2 6 1 over Findlay and Findlay.
C. W. Throckmorton won the men’s handicap singles final against M. Walker 7-9 6-2 8-6 after starting from scratch. Miss Whitney captured the women’s singles title from Miss E. Wildey 6-2 6-5 6-2 with a half pound allowance.
New Haven June 8 Yale baseball team leaves tonight for Princeton for the second annual series game tomorrow. Fifteen men make up the squad and will stay in New York. Captain O'Brien is not on the lineup.
West Point N Y June 8 The class of 8 won the United States Military Academy track and field championship with 151 points, class of 07 second with 13344. Hayes won the two mile and two hundred twenty yard dash as Ellis and Beavers dominated several events, Erwin and Chandler led in shot and pole vault, Smith and Glover won the all mile race, Sturdevant and Wagner excelled in hammer and hurdles, and Datley was runner up in the one mile.
Thirty five yachts are entered for the Manhasset Bay Yacht Club regatta to be sailed on Long Island Sound with a 12 o clock start. The New York Yacht Club one design 30-footers are all entered and a match race will feature the sloops Irondequoit and Regina for a special cup.
Rules for the third annual American Automobile Association tour and the second Glidden trophy contest were announced. Entries close July 3 and a touring route from Buffalo to Bretton Woods includes Buffalo Rochester Syracuse Saratoga Elizabeth Town and Quebec with multiple trophy events and strict daily schedules.
The New York Automobile Trade Association board reported after expenses for the open air show at Empire City track, exhibitors will vote a rebate of about 20 percent on their space costs. In sports, Giants face Cincinnati today at 3:20 PM with admittance 5 cents.
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