Dwyer Hosts Dinner After Melissa’s Astoria Victory
J Dwyer president of the Brooklyn Jockey Club hosted a dinner at the Astoria following Melissa’s win in the Astoria Stakes at Gravesend. Notables including Hitchcock Knapp Lorillard and McCarren attended. crowds approached four thousand despite heavy rain and a muddy track.
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J. Dwyer
Brooklyn
Cass
Astoria
Melissa
Gisbes
Gravesend
Insers
F. R. Hitchcock
H. K. Knapp
Swoodford Clay
Thomas H. Williams
Andrew
Tom Welsh
P. H. McCarren
Weidner
Er. Dever
J. G. Follansbee
P. H. Megeren
Pierre Lorillard
Pierre Lorillard, 8. G. Brown
Pipping
Wellfiower
Star Shoot
Much Ado
Pippin Winger
Walfiower
Gadis Strake
Senator McCarren
Merry Widow
Merry
James R. Keene
Peter Quince
Rnce
Dreamer
St. de Mund
Berry Maid
Peter E
Cobalt
de Mund
Stich
Miller
Missouri
James B. Brady
Fountainblue
Jainblue
Berkeley
Bedouin
M-Daniel
Berkeley Tor G
Chasers Triumph in Brookline Flat and Steeple Meet
Brookline Massachusetts June 15 The Country Club flat and steeplechase meeting at Clyde Park drew a large crowd with several post delays. In the fifth race Amos Judd protested as Silver Ball won though stewards disallowed the protest. A. J. Drexel Paul led in two wins Renault and Grand Vedette while F Ambrose Clark captured both steeplechases with Maximilian and Bat. The program lists seven races with winners Victory Belle Nine o Hearts Tellfare Grand Vedette Silver Ball Renault Maximilian and Bat among others and times from 1 04 to 5 03 5.
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Brookline
Mass
Country Club
Clyde Park
Silver Ball
Isom
Amos Judd
John R. Macomber
A. J. Drexel Paul
Philadelphia
Renault
F. Ambrose Clark
New York
Maximilian
Bat
Victory Belle
Mr. Pinkerton
Tos
Rowan
Pierrot
Mr. O'Brien
Handsome Belle
Sir Gaze
Weir
President Monroe
Stevens
Ramrod
T. O'Brien
Toney
Zassm
Venever
Ben Cole
J.tucker
Brnny Green
Henck
Hitopia
Amos Judé
G. Ferraro
Mammymoo
Davidson
Gallant
Shill Shally
Sacandago
Dudley
Jennie Deceiver
St. Botolph
Mr. O’brien
Yama Christy
Mr. Hayes
T. O’brien
Filying Machine
Hewitt
New York Yacht Club Holds Fifth Annual Block Island Race
Great preparations mark the New York Athletic Club regatta committee led by Jackson King and Fry for the fifth annual yacht race to Block Island. Forty yachts entered. start Saturday at 5:20 p.m. from Whortleberry Island with no sail restrictions.
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New York Athletic Club
Messrs
H. A. Jackson
C. S. King
A. B. Fry
Block Island
Whortleberry Island
West Harbor
Gravesend Racing Summaries Weather Rain Track Muddy
Weather rain grinds Gravesend racing as track becomes muddy and racing conditions deteriorate. Prices quoted at the track remain unofficial and not openly disclosed.
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Gravesend Racing
Yankees Lose to White Sox for Twelfth Straight
In Chicago June 15, White Sox pitcher White stifled the Yankees as Chicago won 2 to 1. Chesbro held the Pale Hose to few hits but New York could not capitalize. Niles doubled to start a Yankee threat, while White's fifth inning scored on Dougherty's triple and a double steal plated the go ahead run.
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Chicago
New York Yankees
White
White Sox
Chesbro
New York
Niles
Hemphill
Keeler
Dougherty
Jones
Atz
Anderson
Chase
Donohue
Ball
Purtell
Stahl
Rico
Tannehill
Conroy
Chesebro
Hurst and Evans
Batteries Activate at St Louis Game Featuring Powell Blue
In St Louis, Powell and Blue lead a battery for the home team with Morgan Glaze and McFarland also in the lineup. Umpires Connolly and Sheridan officiated the game as Boston provided opposing talent in a tight, noted encounter.
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St. Louis
R. HE
Acceck
Boston
Powell and
Blue
Morgan
Glaze
McFarland
Connolly and
Sheridan
Cleveland Beats Washington 2 1 In Battery Duel
In Cleveland, Cleveland batteries Berger and Clarke bested Washington’s Smith and Street in a pitcherless contest. Umpire Egan presided as the scoreline shows 2 to 1 with odd innings noted.
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Cleveland
Washington
Berger and Clarke
Washington, Smith and Street
Egan
Giants Rally In Rain To Take Doubleheader Lead
National League games featured Cincinnati at New York with a 7 3 score in the first game as heavy rain and slippery fields hampered play at the Polo Grounds. Giants homered in the third inning and the crowd saw a rough confrontation between Joe McGinnity, McGraw, and a private detective after the game.
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Giants
Cincinnati
Polo Grounds
Reds
Yale
Princeton
McGraw
Joe McGinnity
Pittsburg Beats Boston In Battery Duel 5 3
Pittsburgh defeats Boston 5 to 3 with pitchers Leever and Gibson for Pittsburg against Lindaman and Graham for Boston. Umpires Rudderham and Emstie. Game noted for battery pairing and scoring details in the abbreviated report.
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Boston
R.hle
Pittsburg
Leever
Gibson
Lindaman
Graham
Rudderham and Emstie
Eastern League Games Today Rain Affect Schedule
Montreal at Newark Rochester at Jersey City Toronto at Baltimore Buffalo at Providence Rain causes cancellations for Rochester Jersey City and Montreal Newark games. Standings show Buffalo Baltimore Newark Toronto Rochester Montreal Jersey City by wins losses and percentages. New England League results list Haverhill 6 Lynn 1 Worcester 10 Lawrence 3 New Bedford 5 Fall River 1 Lowell 4 Brockton L.
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Montreal
Newark
Rochester
Jersey City
Toronto
Baltimore
Buffalo
Providence
W. L P.C. W. L. Buffalo
Toronto Oe
Haverhill
Lynn
Worcester
Lawrence
New Bedford
Fall River
Lowell
Brockton
Connecticut League Results Snapshot
Holyoke 0 Bridgeport 5. New Britain 4 Hartford 1 in game one. New Britain 1 Hartford 7 in game two. Meriden 6 New Haven 3. Springfield 3 Waterbury 2.
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Holyoke
Bridgeport
New Britain
Hartford
Meriden
New Haven
Springfield
Waterbury
Elliott Wins Shot Putting Contest at NYAC Games
Julian J. Elliott of the Irish American Athletic Club won the shot putting event at the New York Athletic Club spring games at Travers Island last Saturday. His best put was 36 feet 4 inches, and with a nine foot handicap his winning mark was 4 feet 5 inches, surpassing Krueger of Swarthmore.
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Julian J. Elliott
Quakers Reach Course for Regatta Rowing Meet
Pennsylvanias squad of twenty six oarsmen reached Highland and prepared for an early spin. Coach Ellis Ward outlined the varsity eight and two smaller boats for the races. Cornell Columbia Wisconsin and Syracuse crews also practiced as rain cleared ahead of the regatta.
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Tribune
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Pennsylvania
Highland
Columbia
Ellis Ward
Ward
Varsity
Deering
J. Townsend
Rogers
Hendrie
Shoemaker
Drayton
Dean
Ennig
Westcott
Atkin
Breitinger
Braddock
Ballard
Emory
S. Townsend
Crooks
Foster
Thompson
Huhn
Shaffer
Howard
Smith
Fox
Bennett
Clutas
Rosengarten
Cornell
Wisconsin
Bay
Rice
Badgers
Ten Eyck
Ithacans
Milton Landing
Jim Rice
Icehouse
Syracuse
Yale and Harvard Crew Practice in Rough Weather
Gales Ferry Connecticut and Red Yop New London report rough water delaying morning training. Yale varsity and freshman crews later rowed three miles upstream and back with varsity leading the freshmen. Harvard held night practice. C Morgan Jr out with shoulder injury replaced by F Reece. Wray coached from boat. several prior difficulties addressed during runs by the navy yard.
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Gales Ferry
Conn
Yale
Varsity
Bob Cook
Red Yop
Harvard
C. Morgan, Jr
F. Reece
Wray
F. W. Fish
Cambridge
Navy Yard
Niles Triumphs In Mass Lawn Tennis Singles Match
In Longwood Massachusetts on June 15 N W Niles beat G P Gardner 6 1 6 3 to headline the second day of the Massachusetts championship. Earlier Gardner beat F Sulloway 1 4 & 4 6 3 as play progressed through rounds with several defaults and close set scores shaping the field.
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Niles
Gardner
Longwood
Boston
Mass
N. W. Niles
G. P. Gardner
F. Sulloway
R. J. Leonard
C. B. Wilbur
RB. Merriman
D. P. Rhodes
A. F. Fuller
R. Bishop
C. J. Johnson
J. C Monnet
J. H. Chase
A. N. Reggie
A. & Dabney
H. C. Johnson
The New Zeppelin Airship Demonstration in Friedrichshafen
A German airship project under Count Zeppelin attracts officers, aeronauts, and foreign spectators. The craft measures 443 feet by 45, with two 140 HP motors, target speed about 46.5 mph, 10 hours endurance, wireless capability, and a lifting capacity over 16 tons.
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Friedrichshafen
Count Zeppelin
Dying Man Details Robbery and Shootings
Savarteo Sterma, 33, of Manhattan, dying after being robbed near Second Avenue and Seventh Street in Bay Ridge. He told police two countrymen on a Ulmer Park car lured him to Shore Road, where they beat and robbed him, then fired twice hitting heart and head. He identified no suspects. Ralph Marone arrested in Hoboken for participating in a $10,100 swindle of Barrett Manufacturing Company and held on $10,000 bail for the grand jury.
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Fort Hamilton
Savarteo Sterma
10Th Street
Manhattan
Second Avenue
7Th Street
Bay Ridge
Sterma
Coney Island
Ulmer Park
Shore Road
Elizabeth
N. J
Ralph Marone
Park Avenue
Hoboken
Barrett Manufacturing Company
Roslyn Woman and Daughter Miss Train After Speeding Chauffeur
Mrs. Lloyd Bryce of Roslyn Long Island and her daughter nearly missed a Chicago bound train as her chauffeur ignored speed laws. Two policemen stopped the car at Flashing speed twenty five miles an hour. An acquaintance later helped them reach the station in time. The chauffeur faces trial.
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Lloyd Bryce
Roslyn
Long Island
Chicago
Gravesend Faces Quiet Betting Day After Hart-Agnew Law
At Gravesend racecourse in heavy rain two hundred police and fifty plainclothes detectives kept watch as about 3,500 to 4,000 attendees observed races with no visible wagering. Assistant District Attorney Elder spoke against test cases while praising police restraint, noting fourteen pending cases under the new law and anticipating a June 22 hearing. Brooklyn Jockey Club president P. J. Dwyer urged enforcement, and stewards met at Windsor Arcade with James R. Keene presiding, eyeing another Gravesend meeting today.
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Gravesend
O’brien
J. L. Hall
Elder
Kings County
P. J. Dwyer
Brooklyn Jockey Club
Brooklyn Bridge
Jockey Club
Windsor Arcade
Hart-Agnew
James R. Keene
August Belmont
Europe
Joseph S. Auerbach
Davies, Stone & Auerbach
Mr Keene
Frederick K. Sturgis
H. K. Knapp
Herman B. Duryea
Andrew Miller
F. R. Hitchcock
Races Abandoned at Buffalo Meeting
Buffalo stockholders of the Buffalo Racing Association voted to abandon the racing meeting set for June 30 at Kenilworth Park. No decision was made about the Grand Circuit event.
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Buffalo
Buffalo Racing Association
Kenilworth Park
Defeat for Marston bill to end cotton futures trading
Baton Rouge June 15 The Marston bill to eliminate future trading from the New Orleans Cotton Exchange suffered its second major defeat today The Senate Agricultural Committee voted to report unfavorably following a similar decision by the House Agricultural Committee last week
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Baton Rouge
Marston
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Senate Agricultural Committee
House Agricultural Committee
Health Department Advises Rabies Treatment for McCall Child
The Department of Health will recommend treating Irene McCall after a bull terrier bit her hand on West 78th Street. Dr I van Giesen and a Health Department exam found no rabies germ but signs the animal may have been in early disease. A patrolman shot the dog.
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Department of Health
Irene McCall
John C. McCall
No. 238
West 78Th Street
New York Life Insurance Company
I. van Giesen
Health Department
Yale Princeton Intercollegiate Championship Baseball Game
Yale and Princeton meet today at the Polo Grounds with 4 PM start. Seats available through Spaldings Wanamaker's Baseball Office and both university clubs.
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Spaldings
Wanamaker's
Baseball Office
Yale
Princeton
Yaqui Negotiations Broken Off in Mexico Talks
A large body of Yaqui Indians assembled at Hermosillo, Mexico, refused to surrender their arms, ending negotiations for a peaceful settlement with the Mexican government at least temporarily. Censorship prevents details from Mexico.
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Nogales
Ariz
Hermosillo
Mexico
Floods Move South as Levee Fails at St Louis Front
Mississippi River rises past danger line in St Louis as the riverfront is flooded and buildings reach water bases. Kan sas City and Omaha report rising crests while Topeka waters recede. Taylortown levee breaks flood farming lands near Shreveport and Louisiana Senate authorizes relief funds. Denver endures hail and heavy rain with sidewalks buried in hail.
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Louisiana
East St. Louis
Kansas City
Grand Avenue
Union Station
North Topeka
Missouri
Omaha
Iowa
New Orleans
Taylortown
Shreveport
Douglas Island
Rockefeller Estate Damaged by Central Adirondacks Storm
In a severe night storm over the Central Adirondack region damage was done to William Rockefeller’s private estate. Lightning struck in several places in Rockefellers Preserve. Numbers of large trees were badly injured and some destroyed.
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Tribune
Lake Placid
Adirondack
William Rockefeller
Blame for Fire Deaths At Pearl Street Tenement
Inquest into the deaths of three people in a four story Pearl street tenement fire was closed by Coroner Acritelli and a twelve member jury. The verdict censured the owner and caretaker and the Tenement House Department, urging action by the District Attorney. The jury cited hay and straw stored in the cellar in violation of the tenement act and noted prior notices to the owner through Tim othy J. Murray, son in law of owner Margaret Kennedy, who acted in charge of the estate. Assistant Corporation Counsel John P. O'Brien testified the department faces about fifty thousand violations with insufficient funds to address them.
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Pearl Street
Acritelli
John P. O'Brien
Tenement House Department
No. 40
Timothy J. Murray
T. J. Murray
Margaret Kennedy
Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge in a Virginia orchard
A Washington visitor in Virginia observes a grand apple tree while in charge of a friend's ten year old daughter. The girl explains that the father says this is a good year for apples and that only the apple trees are fruitful. The anecdote ends with a pun about apples.
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Washington
Virginia
Washingtonian
Harper
Two SIDES TO IT
Wise Yes once worked in newspapers but now studies for the ministry. He says he chose not to be a newspaper man to save his soul. De Riter notes the city editor’s different statement that he could not be a reporter to save his soul.
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de Riter
Philadelphia Press
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