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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1908
Page
23
Harvard and Navy preparations unfold with coaching insights and roster tweaks. Harvard backs Cutter White Corbett show in backfield while Captain Northcroft improves place kicking. Navy evaluates ends Richardson, King and punt specialist Stalton as drills stress signal work and new plays ahead of key matchups.
Paris reports the international committee of the Association of Recognized Automobile Clubs approved season 19% weight and bore limits for racing cars. Cars must weigh at least 8% kilograms with a cylinder bore of at least 130 millimetres.
Foxhall P. Keene tested his 120 horsepower Mercedes on the Vanderbilt Cup course before Saturdays race. Emile Stricker and mechanic Murray survived a crash, with Murray in Nassau County Hospital in semi conscious condition. Jimi Florida posted the fastest lap in a Locomobile, 2 minutes 10 seconds for 23.45 miles as others logged longer runs and times on the course.
Yale selects Edward Harris Coy to lead the football eleven as captain on the field during games while Captain Burch is sidelined by a bruised shoulder and nerve damage. Burch remains captain in title and directs development if able to play later in the season.
Empire City Racing Association starts its fall meeting at the Yonkers track with a 2 o clock first post in shorter day light. The Clark Memorial Stakes offers 2000 added and features six furlongs. Contenders include Gowan King Cobalt Arasee Spooner and The Squire in a race to beat her form.
Heavy northwest wind churned the Hudson River delaying Columbia crews practice. Coach James Rice canceled rowing for about forty freshman candidates at the Gould boathouse because water connections to the mainland were未 completed and the water was too cold for swimming.
John T. Brush, president of the New York National League club, plans a $14,000 fund for the Giants players from last game receipts and benefits. The gesture aims to reward the team for its championship fight while announcing the cancellation of a planned Giants Tigers series due to injuries and fatigue.
Central Park players William H. Brown Jr and Russell Brown won doubles over John A. Brookes and W.5 Akberg in straight sets 6 4 7 5. Samuel Weis and Horace A. Yost lost to Jesse Fisher and H. A. Wilson in three sets 7 3 4 4 8 6. Singles unfinished. Hamilton Grange Lawn Tennis Club re elected Edward W Libaire as president and kept vice president A M Lovibond secretary Ernest Miller treasurer Paul E Mead. Albert B Ovitt joined board replacing J H Abbiel. Other governors listed.
In Hempstead Long Island October 19 a dozen Meadow Brook Hunt Club members chased foxes behind Ralph N Ellis new American foxhounds at Bevel Hollow. The dry ground threatened a poor day but the scent was found and a lively chase ended with the fox holed. Participants included R N Ellis Douglas Campbell Philip Stevenson Mrs Thomas Hastings the Misses Canfield J A Rewlins Henry Godfrey and the huntsman.
The Eastern League of Professional Baseball Clubs will hold its annual meeting at the Hotel Victoria in this city on Tuesday October 27, opening at 12 noon. The eighth annual meeting of the National Association will convene in Chicago on Tuesday November 10 at the Auditorium Annex.
The Denver based Colorado Fuel and Iron Company announced after its Oct 19 meeting that no favors were given to Gould roads and that management would be kept away from railroad politics. J. F. Welborn was reelected president and L. M. Bowers was elected vice president and treasurer. Directors named include F. T. Gates Edwin Hawley J. H. McClement S. J. Murphy George J. Gould E. H. Harriman Willard P. Ward E. T. Jefferey H. E. Cooper J. A. Winter and D. C. Beaman all from New York Mexico.
Goshen New York October grand jury completed its term and returned indictments but did not indict Ferdinand Pinney Earle once accused of assaulting his wife. Earle had been jailed two days in August and released on $1 000 bail. The Earles are living together again at Monroe.
St John New Brunswick October 19 Nomination day across Canada saw both Laurier Liberals and Borden Conservatives placing candidates in most constituencies. Despite Liberal control of Parliament the party faces slumping funds after provincial losses and a tight vote predicted next Monday.
Harriet Curtis led the field with a record score in the eighteen hole qualifying round of the women's national golf championship at Chevy Chase. Georgiana Bishop and M. W. Phelps followed close with 86s, Mary Adams and Fannie Osgood with 87 and 88, while Mary McCain, at fourteen, qualified with 101.
Mrs. Hains loses alimony and custody bid in Captain Hains absolute divorce action. Court publicizes her statements alleging coercion and assault with her husband and his relatives advancing claims of mental incapacity. Justice Carr notes Captain Hains lacks means for support while Mrs. Hains resides with her parents in Massachusetts.
Public hearing on Alderman Marx’s anti noise bill drew support from Health Commissioner Darlington who urged stricter rules. He cited New York Hospital bells as a problem and said a few arrests would help. Maxwell linked sleep disturbance of children to noisy streets and urged asphalt paving near schools.
Berlin Mills workers continue normal operations after defying an overnight strike order from International Brotherhood of Paper Makers leader J T Carey. Ground wood mill of International Paper Company started today and pulp mill is set to begin tomorrow. In Calais Maine, after two and a half days on strike, paper makers returned to work at St Croix Paper Company mills in Woodland.
The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld Elijah Skaggs 21 year penitentiary term for assaulting Irene Taylor in a Fort Smith park. The self styled prophet and Mrs Taylor testified their relation was spiritual and aimed at proving his divinity by rising from the dead.
A spree ends in tragedy as James White shoots at Margaret Lisk in East Liverpool before taking his own life. San Diego hunters uncover two skeletal remains with a revolver nearby on Point Loma. Chanler’s sanity case in Charlottesville resumes to November 30. The Monongah No 6 mine fires, displacing 400 workers after a prior disaster. Sanford Treese, a railroad contractor, found shot in Johnstown. Debs speaks to a large crowd in Wheeling. The Greensburg will of General Coulter probate yields $2,000,000 to the widow. Southern Pacific plans a $1 million pre cooling plant program. Bucket shop indictments in Cincinnati are dropped. Dayton police chief Whittaker faces 12 charges and censure.
Edward McDonald was found dead from a revolver shot in his parents' three story home at 115 Greenpoint Avenue Williemsburg. Nellie Waldron a last dress at 221 Madison Avenue Flushing fled to the river and attempted suicide after a quarrel. Police say she claimed self defense then admitted shooting McDonald but later said he killed himself.
Washington reports the War Department has ruled officers at Fort William McKinley in the Philippines may not always receive the full number of rooms allowed by rank. Commutation of quarters is not guaranteed when adequate shelter is unavailable, a ruling to be applied at all army posts. Also listed are Army and Navy orders and ship movements with dates in October.
Kermit Roosevelt, previously seen as a Harvard freshman football player, enters the two mile run at the Harvard fall athletic meet. If his Groton form repeats, he should contend for a top finish as the President's son continues cross country training to prepare.
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