College gridiron season heats up with key matchups
Boston and New Haven crowd news note Fordham’s rise with strong backfield Gargan Geary White Coffey changing the balance as Georgetown set to face Fordham while Princeton Dartmouth clash at Polo Grounds draws interest. Yale, Harvard, Navy, and Penn football scenes report on practice, injuries, and coaching changes shaping late October schedules.
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Own
University of North Carolina
E Washington
Georgetown
Fordham
Amergesa Teague
Princeton
Dartmouth
Polo Grounds
Amherst
Fizpatrick
Gargan
Geary
White
Crescent Athletic Club Golf Results Report
Crescent Athletic Club golfers decided three new contests with H L Langry and Peck defeating Dunning in a four up two to play for the Presidents Cup. George Stebbins won the consolation by seven up and five to play over Woodward. Labor Day Cup went to B F Kelley who beat E H Peck in a playoff.
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Crescent Athletic Club
H- L. Langry
H Peck
F. C. Dunning
George T. Stebbins
J. T. Wood Ward
O. M. Om
B. F. Kelley
Favorites Fared Badly at Pimlico Races
Favorites fared badly at Pimlico on a heavy track with four losers. Ben Cole and Jennie Wells were the only winners for the day, Upton and McCahey each rode two winners. Horace E won the Merchants Handicap over Live Wire and Berkeley, with Grania the best in race one.
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Baltimore
Pimlico
Ben Cole
Jennie Wells
Upton
McCahey
Horace E
Bannockburn
Miss Lynch
Live Wire
Berkeley
Grania
McCarthy
Brown Tony
Ott
Hurlock
Student King
Williams
Maxim Gun
Great Jubilee
Elizabeth Sweeny
Brighton Jack
Queen of the Hills
Whip Yo
Neoskaleeta
Goldstein
Lady Isabel
Miss Catesby
Samuel H. Harris
MccCarthy
Ragman
Canning
Delaby
Rossfenton
Court Lady
Dante Noyles
Obdurate
High Range
Tassey
Hanonia
Pearl Point
Judge Ermentrout
Lee
Croydon
Iic- Cabe
Charles G. Gates
Noblesse Oblige
Valcour
Pimlico Entries Today at Kempton and Pimlico Card
Pimlico offers a packed program with six races including Greenspring Valley Steeplechase and multiple selling stakes. Notable entries include Montbert, Belle of the Bay, The Clown, and Tre y of Spades among three year olds and older across six furlongs to one mile and forty yards.
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Metropolitan Jockey Club
Jamaica
Pimlico
Baltimore
Falcade
Cressina
Tileing
Gowan
Question Mark
Burgher
Prosper Newbury
Garland
Chanida
Milford O. Oe
Cary
Faustainie
Sarracinesca
Otago
Newbury
Cowen
Roger de Soverney
Hoffman Merry Gift
Aunt Jule
Opal Ark May River
Merise
Onsen
Guatemotzin
Betty Vincent
Ceeseee the Robin
Faleada Ase
Footnad Apa Ieie
Eine Aia
Norbitt Sossone
Malaca
Raquel
aArdria
Tivoli
Frances Rey
Onan
Bird of Flight
Dandy Dixon
Uncle Jim
Eustac
Kempton
the Clown
Montbert
Edgely
Billie Hibbs
Incognito
Trey of Spades
Nioless
Stargowan
Whip Top
Duke of Roanoke
Black Sheep
Mise Carrigen
el Oro
Nethermost
Woodelde
Pontotoc
Prince of Plison
Grandpa
Country Club of Pimlico
Clements
Botanist
Sucar Pine
Salvolatile
the Wrestler
Superstition
Beby Willie
Glies
Beggermen
Deburgo
Lally
Astor d'Or
Lady Arma
Mazuma
Trey
Epades
New York NJ
Rio Grande
Ivanhoe
Druid
Poquessing
Grace Co
Louise Bell
Babble
Boz
Gunshot
Peccatore
Golden Castle
Teddington
Ed Shuster
Pouren Freed and Rearrested on New Warrant
Russian refugee Pouren was released from custody on old arson murder and burglary charges then rearrested under a new warrant sought by the Russian Consul General in New York. At arraignment Judge Holt heard arguments over whether a state certificate under the treaty was required, with decision reserved.
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Jan Janoff Pouren
Roosevelt
United States
William Henkel
Pouren
Coudert Brothers
Holt
United States District Court
Herbert Parsons
Russia
Frederic Coudert
Supreme Court
Supreme Court Sets January 4 for Commodities Clause Arguments
Washington October 26 The United States Supreme Court fixed January 4 as the date to hear the argument in the commodities clause cases and ordered consolidation of twelve cases into one for argument.
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Sapr
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Grand Prize Entries Rise as Cars Enter Savannah Race
Five more light cars entered for the November 26 grand prize race by the Automobile Club of America in Savannah. Buick and Oldsmobile entries, plus an Itala from Piacenza, join the field while Renault and De Dietrich outfits prepare for departure. Entries close November 21 as the Grand Central Palace hosts the ninth international show and dealers prepare for New Year’s Week.
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Automobile Club of America
Savannah
Buick
Oldsmobile
F. L. Smith
Olds Motor Works
John T. Cutting
William Follburto
Itala
Piacenza
Henri Fournier
Alexander Cagno
Hautvast
Rigal
Clement-Bayard
Duray
de Dietrich
Havre
Szisz
la Touraine
Renault
Majestic
H. T. Clinton
National Retail Automobile Dealers’ Association
Grand Central Palace
New York
C. F. Jensen
Joliet, Il
Columbia to field two soccer elevens this season
Columbia announces schedules for both varsity and second teams for eight fall games. Intercollegiate cup play follows in March and April with matches against Pennsylvania Haverford Yale on South Field and Harvard Cornell at Cambridge Ithaca. Chess duel with Cornell planned Christmas break. Yale dual in New York in December.
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Columbia
W. D. Murphy
Pennsylvania
Haverford
Yales
South Field
Harvard
Cornell
Cambridge
Ithaca
Boys Club
Critchley Field Club
Staten Island Field Club
Brooklyn
Crescent Athletic Club
Bay Ridge
Livingston
Staten Island
Boys’ Club
Bronx Oval
Montclair
N. J
Staten Island Free Club
de Witt Clinton High School
Manual Training High School
Washington Park
Montclair Athletic Club
Cornell Chess Club
New York
Yale
Princeton
Ithacans
Brown
YACHTING PROGRESS PROMISES ROARING 1909 SEASON
Yachting news notes a record number of yachts under construction in October signaling a prosperous 1909 season. William S. Douglas is building a 140 foot steam yacht at Morris Heights with a Seabury triple expansion engine for 16 knot speed. Commodore George W. Butts launches the 95 foot Gertrude IV from City Island with two standard 13 knot engines. A 50 foot power boat for Simon F. Rothschild at Bay Shore, Long Island, with two 20 horsepower motors, and a motor cruising yacht for Merrill B. Mills at Stamford works are also in progress, designed by Henry J. Gielow and Whittelsey & Whitaker respectively.
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William S. Douglas
New York Yacht Club
Morris Heights
Gas Engine and Power Company
Seabury & Co
Seabury
Douglas
Machigonne
Commodore George W. Butts
B. F. Wood
City Island
Henry J. Gielow
Gertrude IV
Commodore
Willard F. Downs
Bay Shore
Long Island
Simon F. Rothschild
Brooklyn
Florida
Merrill B. Mills
Detroit
Whittelsey & Whitaker
Stamford Motor Company
Buffalo
Wife Asks Clemency for Magness
Mrs. Magness daughter of the late Senator Gorman asks clemency for her husband, jailed in Philadelphia as a navy deserter. Assistant Secretary Newberry said such letters are common and will be handled in the usual manner, without public release.
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Washington
Newberry
Magness
Senator Gorman
Maryland
Philadelphia
Navy
Kennellys Return to New York Home
Mr and Mrs Bryan L Kennelly close their Rye New York summer residence and move back to their New York City house at No West 7th Street after leaving the summer retreat.
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Bryan L. Kennelly
Rye
N. Y
New York
West Mth Street
Insanity Plea in Hains Case Faces Trial Date Clash
In Queens Supreme Court Flushing Justice Garretson overruled McIntyres demurrer to indictments charging Captain Peter C Hains Jr and Thornton J Hains with the slaying of William E Annis on August 15 Both defendants were remanded and Thornton Hains trial date set for January with the case to be opened in November term Justice Aspinall to oversee the November term as requested by the district attorney The defense claims Captain Hains insanity at the time of the shooting and seeks to use him as a witness while alienists warn the condition may be temporary and require only a few months practical time to regain competency The proceedings included testimony about letters allegedly sent after the confession and a letter from Mrs Hains to her husband regarding a leisure trip with Billy Annis.
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Garretson
Queens County Supreme Court
Flushing
John F. McIntyre
Peter C. Hains, Jr
Thornton J. Hains
William E. Annis
Darrin
Thornton Hains
Justice Aspinall
McIntyre
Captain Hains
Mr. McIntyre
Thornton
Mr. Shay
Hains Brothers
Annis
Saloonkeeper invokes excise law in Manhattan court
Jefferson Market court yesterday heard saloonkeeper Charles Brady testify that Frank McCrackan sold him beer at 12 20 AM at 214 and 216 Ninth Avenue. Brady’s friend Arthur Kretzler corroborated. Magistrate Butts adjourned until Wednesday after Brady’s disorderly conduct remark. Brady’s bartender and another saloonkeeper were also adjourned. Brady alleged President John Rogers’s Liquor Dealers Association influenced arrests and bragged he would not pay protection.
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Jefferson Market Court
Charles Brady
Ninth Avenue
Frank McCrackan
John Rogers
The
Liquor Dealers Association
Eighth Avenue
Brady
Arthur J. Kretzler
Butts
Frederick Goerlitzer
Philip McGinn
West 26Th Street
Liquor Dealers’ Association
Rogers
President Roosevelt Clears Governor Post in Puerto Rico Row
A letter from President Roosevelt to the Methodist Preachers’ Association in New York was read at the No. 150 Fifth avenue conference. It dismissed anonymous charges against Governor Post of Porto Rico after a Senate inquiry found the claims baseless. Dr. J Wesley Johnston denounced the revival as a political conspiracy tied to events fifteen months prior.
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Roosevelt
Methodist Preachers’ Association
Governor Post
Porto Rico
Fifth Avenue
J. Wesley Johnston
Old John Street Methodist Church
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Adirondack Rain May End Forest Fires T: Adirondack Rain May End Forest Fires
Albany reports rain falling in the Adirondacks today, seen as easing fire danger though a long steady storm is needed to remove risks. Commissioner Osborne notes damage this year may exceed 1903 and cites railroad-caused fires, urging stronger railroad measures while praising current railroad efforts to halt spread.
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Albany
Adirondacks
State Forest, Fish and Game Commission
Thomas M. Osborne
Public Service Commission
Osborne
Budget exhibit moved to Pittsburg for convention
The joint convention of the American Civic Association and the National Municipal League will be held in Pittsburg from November 14 to 24 and will cover moving expenses for the city budget exhibit now at No 165 Broadway. Today's meeting features library day with talks by officials from the New York Brooklyn and Queens public library systems. The exhibit remains open until October 1.
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American Civic Association
National Municipal League
Pittsburg
Broadway
Public Library System
New York
Brooklyn
Queens
Insane patient hangs self at St Vincent's Retreat
Coroner Philip S. Van Patten of White Plains investigated the death of Mrs. Mary C. Gray a wealthy Larchmont resident at St Vincent's Retreat Harrison-on-the-Sound. The insane patient with melancholia hanged herself with a sheet tied to a bedpost while a nurse was away.
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Philip S. van Patten
White Plains
Mary C. Gray
Larchmont
St Vincent's Retreat
Harrison-on-the- Sound
Auto Bargains Offer Wide Car Discounts
Auto Bargains Picea supplies cars at half of original cost. Largest dealers in the world advertise hand cars at reduced prices. Located at 1599-1001 Broadway and 210-17 West 3rd Street, new and used autos offered.
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Picea
Auto CO
Lost in mountains near Green River Hot Springs
A party led by Dr J B Leber searches Cascade Mountains for Frederick W Kloeber who is missing on a hunting trip with Julius Kumle. Bloodhounds from Spokane expected. Kumle's body found earlier suggests they separated. Family members in Washington and Seattle are informed.
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Green River Hot Springs
Wash
J. Bleber
Frederick W. Kloeber
Julius Kumle
Spokane
Hot Springs
Washington
Cascade Mountains
Mr. Kloeber
Mr. Kumle
Green River
Edith Kloeber
Charles E. Kloeeber, Jr
Associated Press
New York
Hawleys Seek $34 000 From Sister in Parole Suit
Alan R Hawley president of the Aero Club testifies before Justice Erlanger in a suit with his brother William to recover 34000 from their sister Jennie Hawley Levee now married to Charles Levee. He claims potential 75000 debt and details household expenses and accounting demands. Letters from Mrs Levee announcing her marriage were read.
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Alan R. Hawley
The
Aero Club
Justice Erlanger
William Hawley
Jennie Hawley Levee
Charles Levee
Alan Hawley
Stock Exchange
More License Bureau Indictments Involve Two Officers
Sergeant Bird and Patrolman Reid indicted for bribery and perjury tied to the License Bureau. Bird allegedly demanded $50 from Dorothy Mason of a moving picture show at 114 East 149th Street and threatened to revoke her license. Reid denied knowledge of Alfred Weiss and advising Lawrence Bologna to buy from Weiss. Bail remains $2,500 with continued bonds as they face Judge Foster in General Sessions.
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Peter J. Bird
Patrick J. Reid
Foster
Bird
Dorothy Mason
East 149Th Street
Reid
Commissioner of Accounts
Mitchel
Alfred Weiss
Lawrence Bologna
Weiss
U. S. Rubber Plans Long Term Note Issue
United States Rubber Company to issue a long term note plan within days to retire its 1908 $8,000,000 5 percent funding notes due 1909 and $4,300,000 5 percent debentures of the Boston Rubber Shoe Company due 1910. The plan aims to discharge minor obligations and boost working capital with annual interest just below the combined interest on the retired issues.
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United States Rubber Company
Boston Rubber Shoe Company
Canal Board Scandal Threatens Albany Politics
A Democratic controlled canal board in Albany faces a dispute over purchasing land on the Oswego barge canal east bank. State Engineer Frederick Skene backs a $500,000 claim by Ontario Knitting Co. while others deem the land unnecessary. Attorney General Jackson's opinions swing, with politics alleged to influence decisions as Skene delays revised plans.
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Tribune
Albany
State Canal Board
F. C. Stevens
State Department of Public Works
Frederick Skene
Skene
Jackson
Ontario Knitting Company
Oswego
Charles N. Bulger
Knitting Company
Fingey
Conners
Stevens
Canal Board
Not Guilty of Gambling at Brooklyn Racetrack
Magistrate Geismar in Adams street court Brooklyn dismissed complaints against Orlando Jones and eight others arrested for book making at Gravesend track. He ruled that taking bets is not a crime without the paraphernalia of bookmaking and a fixed betting stand, rejecting the charge under penal code section 51.
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Geismar
Adams Street
Brooklyn
Orlando Jones
John B. Stanchfieldd
Gravesend
Elder
Elders
Gelsmar
Will forgery claimed in Burbank estate suit
In U. S. Circuit Court, Dr. Albert H. Hamilton testified that Ambrose Burbank's will signature is a forgery. Caleb H. Burbank, executor, is linked to the estate. Plaintiffs David Burbank Newcomb and Mary Ellen Newcomb seek $100,000 in bonds assigned by Ambrose to their mother.
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Caleb H. Burbank
Ambrose B. Burbank
Albert H. Hamilton
Auburn
N. Y
Ambrose Burbank
Caleb Burbank
David Burbank Newcomb
Mary Ellen Newcomb
Ward
United States Circuit Court
Eugene D. Hawkins
August Harthorn
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the Tribune
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Philbin
Logan
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Kilpatrick
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Bingham
Tony Haines
Burke
Cooney
Mersereau
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Syracuse
Tad” Jones
George Chadwick
Frank Hinkey
Mass
Cutler
Ernest Graves
West Point
Graves
Houghton
Annepolis
McMasters
Indians
Frank Slingluff
Crimson
Lange
Dalton
Ceptain Burr
Slingluff
Ray Paige
Moffatt
Wal Flood
Marshall Mills
G. McCord
Tech
Carl Flanders
Tay
Philoon
Wood
Unterwoods
Colgate
Rein
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Ceptain Hollenback
Manier
Crescent Athletic Club Golp
Coal Roads
Oldsmobile Company
Lansing
Mich
General Cutting
L. M. Bradley
American Motor Car Manufacturers’ Association
Charles E. Duryea
Knox Automobile Company
Grandstand
Knox
Sports AT
Yachting News and Notes
B. L. Kennelly
City
Brother—Demurrer
Billy
Boston
Claudia
Manhattan
Shay
F. W. Kloeber
A. R. Hawley
License Bureau
Sergeant Bird
U. S. Rubber
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Pierce
Eee
Pierce Arrow
George N. Pierce Company
New Jersey
Harrolds Motor Car CO
Ellis Motor Car Company
West 54Th Street
Washington St
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Madison Square Garden
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