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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1907
Page
11
A packed sports week features the Suburban Handicap rerun at Sheepshead Bay and the USGA Open at Philadelphia, with yacht trials and college rowing regattas in Poughkeepsie and New London. Yale, Harvard, Cornell, and Brown contend in baseball, and the Giants, Highlanders, and White Sox battle in the majors while new college leagues and track racing revival plans unfold.
Ten sonderklasse boats compete in a three race trial starting from Marblehead Mass to select three for the Kiel Emperor William cup bid in August. Owner names include Maximilian and R. Agassiz, F. Lewis Clark, and William H. Joyce. Five new and five old boats vie, with measurer issues resolved. five Kiel races offer Kaiserliche Yacht Club prizes and potential Emperor presentation. winners may later sail to San Sebastian to face Spanish yachts.
Captain Haubold, head of the NYAC games committee, adds a four mile handicap relay to the Travers Island spring meet on June 29 at 2 20. The program includes two other relays and multiple handicap events such as sprints, middle distance, hurdles, jumps, throws, and a Scratch obstacle race. Entries close June 20 with secretary Charles L. Burnham, Central Park South.
Trotting, running and steeplechase events take place each Saturday at 2 p m at the Huntington Long Island fair grounds with Ada Mussion overseeing the grounds trespass rules.
The Suburban Handicap at Sheepshead Bay on Thursday is ahead in anticipation as a premier spring race with a $20,000 purse. Star contenders include Electioneer Montgomery and Superman, with weights set to favor Electioneer, amid jockey concerns and strong owner stakes. In other news, Empire City Trotting Club voices a race-license battle as State Racing Commission powers face appellate review.
Advices from abroad report Orville and Orcutt Wright plan several airships and negotiations with the German government, signaling a test program with the German army. France talks failed over price. expected earnings cited between 10000 and 15000 dollars per machine. The brothers retain all rights and recently bought light Antoinette motors of 24 and 40 horsepower in Paris.
Edmond de Rothschild's Sans Souci II won the Grand Prix de Paris in ideal conditions. A large crowd attended at the Paris course with royalty and high society figures present among the spectators.
George Low, Will Anderson, and Stewart Gardner played a nine hole practice round at Bankster Golf Club ahead of the national open at Philadelphia Cricket Club. Results from Essex County show Reynolds and Sanford in the Barclay cup duel, with several matches decided by margins of up to three holes. The Hudson River Golf Association holds its sixth annual July tournament at Poughkeepsie with prizes and cups for multiple categories, while the Connecticut League of Golf Clubs unveils its ninth annual championship at Hartford Golf Club June 10 to 13.
National League games today New York at Cincinnati Brooklyn at St Louis Boston at Chicago Philadelphia at Pittsburg Results of yesterday Brooklyn 11 Chicago 1 Boston 2 St Louis 0 Cincinnati 2 Philadelphia 0 National League standings show teams and runs with a Chicago recap noting Brooklyn defeat of Chicago 11 to 1 in a finale as George Bell pitched for Brooklyn and Bill Taylor for Chicago allowed six hits with Cubs held scoreless until late.
Cincinnati defeats Philadelphia 2 to 0 as Ewing and Schlet pace the action with strong hitting. Batteries falter for Philadelphia while Doom and FPittinger work the mound. Umpire Klem presides as the game progresses.
In St Louis a game between Boston and St Louis drew Boston Dorner and Brown against St Louis Karger and Marshall. Umpire Rigler officiated.
No American League games were played yesterday. The Yankees will face the Chicago White Sox at American League Park today to close the series. A large crowd is expected after the Yankees big win over Chicago on Saturday.
Albany game ended 9 A. J. and G. to 1 at Albany Albany. Utica defeated Troy 2 to 0. Scranton 8, Binghamton 8 in a tied clash. Wilkes Barre 9 to Syracuse 0 with Syracuse forfeiting by non appearance.
Pottsville defeated Allentown 5 to 4 in a close Atlantic League game played today. Gravesend entries noted for the day.
In a telegraphed field note from Poughkeepsie, sailors of the Naval Academy relay a sturdy, well built eight with a 176 pound average and a history of distance rowing. They fear Hudson River conditions may test their speed, while Columbia, Cornell, and Pennsylvania crews show rising form. Forecasts note weathers and training shifts, with Navy favored but not assured.
New London June 14 Yale and Harvard oarsmen, quartered on the Thames, are nearing final training for the June 27 dual races. Both crews show strong form with slight recovery issues. expert opinion credits stamina and power as deciding factors in the last quarter mile. The Harvard squad, mostly veterans, has trained unevenly but is reported in fine shape, with practice focused on molding eight into a unit under Coach Wray. Dr. Thomas Manahan arrived from Cambridge as medical examiner.
Yachting news notes special races for Classes Q and S by the Atlantic Yacht Club on Wednesday in the Lower Bay and Graves End Bay. On Thursday the New York Yacht Club regatta will be sailed on Long Island Sound starting from Glen Cove, with expectations for the event.
The sloop yacht Rammaliah, sold by J T Maynard of Utica, transfers to two members of the New Rochelle Yacht Club who sail Sting Bet at New Rochelle.
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