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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1902
Page
24
Yale and Harvard rowing teams sharpen for the New London race as crews finalize seating. Yale's heavier shell contrasts with Harvard's lighter frame, with weight and experience shaping the outcome. The situation hinges on Yale’s power against Harvard’s proven stroke and pacing.
Yale and Harvard crews train with top form and rival styles as Harvard pushes harder on the recovery and grip with a faster catch. Yale aims for efficiency by midweek while coaches Higginson and Cameron push for peak strength ahead of Thursday’s anticipated four mile race.
The Morris County invitational tournament captains attention with a busy week of golf events. The chief golfing feature for the week will be the community invitation and related matches highlighting local players and clubs.
About six thousand spectators witnessed bicycle races at the Vuailsburg track near Newark. M. L. Hurley won the half mile amateur with a sprint finish over Billington in 0:57.5, tying the amateur record from last year. A two mile amateur consolation saw a big crash with many wheels damaged and E S Collett badly injured. Kramer won the one mile professional as Fenn and Kimble teams competed. Summary lists several events and top finishers including Hurley, Billington, Kramer, Fenn, and Collett.
The Century Road Club Association held a century ride on the Long Island course with 180 starters and 160 finishers. William Gillet of West Troy, aged 60, completed his fifteenth century this year. Five women bikers started, two finished. A quadricycle crash at Valley Stream injured Mrs. Fred Shiebe.
A Century Road Club of America event drew lively crowds as the fifty mile race on Long Island ran from Springfield to Belmore and finishing at Valley Stream. Fred B. Gebhardt, handicapped twenty five minutes, won by a length ahead of Charles Lundberg with Mock taking the time prize in a close contest on the course.
Chicago defeats Pittsburgh 3 to 2 in a nineteen inning marathon marked by sharp defense and timely hits. Kling scores the deciding run on a clean single by Lowe after a sequence of outings and errors. Attendance reached 10,000 as Clarke Conroy and Slagle steal bases in a taut extra-innings clash.
E. C. Converse, a New York steel merchant who bought A. Baudouine's steam yacht Viola, has renamed the vessel the Doll. Bauldouine previously owned the yacht and Mr Converse plans to charter the Buccaneer.
Montreal and Jersey City battled to a tied score in the Eastern League game on June 22, with Jersey City edging ahead to secure a win as the final innings closed.
The German Derby at Hamburg on June 22 was won by Macdonald, the bay colt owned by A. Abeille.
In a St. Louis Detroit clash Chicago shines with strong guard play as entries from Garvin Sullivan Cronin and Bresnahan pace the batteries. Baltimore shows a methodical approach with scattered scoring.
Eastern Derby failings at Chicago spotlight the need for acclimation to Western tracks and climates. Heno spent two weeks local, while Pentecost and Arsenal had only about two days, explaining their poor finishes and challenging future Eastern attempts.
Mr Converse and family occupy his Belle Haven summer home on the Sound with the yacht stowed there. Baudouine has chartered the Buccaneer, formerly W. R. Heerst, and will bring the Viola to Larchmont by July 1. Baudouine declines to reveal the sale price, says the Viola was a good boat and he received a fair price.
The steam yacht Golden Eagle chartered by William Saloman of the New York Yacht Club has been lowered from Downing & Lawrence drydock in South Brooklyn after cleaning and painting. The Heligoland Cup starters include Cicely, Vol Au Vert, and Leander on a Dover to Heligoland course. Twelve American yachts notified Kiel harbormaster of regatta week plans starting June 24. Speedy II refitted at Tebo's wharf in Brooklyn.
Justice Morgan J. O'Brien also serves as Shinnecock Bay Yacht Club commodore and offers the Queen of the Bay Cup as a special prize for the association race on August 2 open to all amateur helmsmen from south shore clubs. Prizes for first and second in classes with at least three entries. Start at 2 p.m. Entries to Vice Commodore Charles De Hart Brower.
Colonel Francis Leland's steam yacht Safa El Bahr, 221 feet, cruising in British waters and the Mediterranean for months, arrived yesterday from Europe under Captain McIntyre. The yacht has been chartered to Charles M. Schwab for the season and will be fitted out and put in commission at once.
Rain drenched Speedway deterred many road riders as mud lingered after Saturday’s downpour. Lydell Whitehead’s Saratoga Belle led trotters with 2:21, beating Hu Reilly’s Wilkes and A R Myers’s Peter H. Ella Madison, a new fast trotter, posted 2:14 in her Brush. Nathan Straus and E E Smathers set up a showdown between Queen Wilkes and Alves for this afternoon at 4.
The piece reviews performances at Sheepshead Bay including Heno and Otis, Goldsmith's disappointing 2000 Tidal Stakes finish, and Major Daingerfield’s win with Goldsmith’s influenza history. It also highlights J B Haggin's Juvenalis, plans for the Lawrence Realization, and previews the Great Trial Stakes with entrants like Mizzen and Pentecost among others.
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