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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1908
Page
10
Dartmouth and other football squads prepare for a slate of games at the Polo Grounds today. Rivalries heat up as teams seek early season wins and showcase lineups on the big field.
Princeton meets Dartmouth at the Polo Grounds this afternoon in the final tune up before the Yale showdown next Saturday. Coach Roper reshuffles the line with MacFadyen at center and Read out, signaling confidence questions amid a season of three scoreless ties.
In a hard fought South Field match Columbia juniors beat the freshmen 12 to 1t as the two sides stayed tied for the university championship with the seniors. Key plays included Phelan’s early touchdown and Orr’s 45 yard return for a score. the game remained close with late efforts before the seniors-juniors clash to decide the title next Wednesday.
Yale reports Kilpatrick and Naedele with water on the knee after practice raising worry for the Harvard clash while Lynn shifts to Naedele’s spot and Coy remains as punt threat. Princeton shifts line up late as MacFadyen moves to centre and Bard and Pfeiffer boost the attack for Dartmouth. Harvard uses light drills as Carlisle Indians loom with Kennard and Cutler set to kick. Penn prepares for Lafayette with injury concerns. Cornell holds light practice ahead of Amherst with minor lineup changes and kicking drills.
Belmont Park could pivot from horse racing to automobile racing under a new plan. Proponents argue the one and a half mile track suits speed events and between meetings could host motor races to offset losses from the post‑law era.
At Pimlico Statesman beat Trance by a length in the last sixteenth, setting a new track record for six furlongs. Jockey T. L. Evans rode Wayside to win the Hunters’ Steeplechase. Amiable fell, Master Tommy Wright unhurt, later Bilberry won the Patapsco Hunt Purse with Ironsides runner-up.
In Atlantic City the County Club hosted a moonlit match play round with golf by lantern light. Sarg ent vs Peet and Smith vs Davis failed to complete due to darkness. Tournament results and unfinished matches were to be decided by the committee the next day.
NYU headed to Troy with Olcott to face Rensselaer Polytechnic after a recent tough Wesleyan game. West Point drills slow as Captain Philoon rests while Sukes returns to bolster the backfield. Annapolis prepares for Villanova with Cobb at left end and Dalton punting well after secret practice.
Football match at the Polo Grounds scheduled for Saturday November 7 at 2 30 PM. Beata at Spaicing s and hotels.
No racing will take place at City Park or the Fair Grounds as Colonel Samuel F. Heaslip cancels the December 5 meeting. He cites poor business policy given strong reform sentiment against the plan for a registered betting system.
The Automobile Club of America announced two conditional entries for the Savanna Grand Prize on November 26, a third Renault named by Paul Lacroix and a high horsepower Buick racer. Foreign drivers Szisz Hemery Hauriot and Erle arrived, with Patschke replaced by Lem Zengie in the Acme car. George Robertson, winner of the Vanderbilt Cup, will race Locomobile in a celebratory Bridgeport event.
Cutler School football team defeated Dwight School at Columbia Oval Williamsbridge yesterday by a large margin. Cutler dominated most of the game with trick plays that puzzled Dwight. Captain Orr starred with three touchdowns while Crosthwaite added a fourth.
The Pimlico program lists seven races with two year olds in the first event to be run five furlongs selling. Notables include Hutu Top Hananta Taboo and Ballet Girl in race one. George G Hall Margaret Consistent due Youthful in race two. Jockey Club purse for three year olds and up at one and a half miles with Harivert Wilton Lackaye Queen of the Hills and Judge Ermentrout among entrants. Other races feature Hazel Sir Wooster Bessie Kiser Noblese Oblige five mile Amateur Cup and a wide field including Endym ion El Oro Glens Falls and Spanish Prince.
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