Yale Captain Burch aims for Harvard game comeback
Yale Captain Burch hopes to return for the Harvard contest closing the season, possibly Princeton, though his arm remains in a sling after a broken collarbone. Weather delays and lineup shifts limit practice as Yale scrimmages, with end positions and backfield changes noted.
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Foreign drivers arrive for Savannah Grand Prize race
Alexander Cagno and Vincenzo Piacenza, aboard the Austro American Line steamship Martha Washington, reached port to pilot Itala cars in the Automobile Club of America Grand Prize race in Savannah on November 26. They cannot speak English and asked about the Vanderbilt Cup, expressing interest in the new Long Island Motor Parkway and plans to visit the circuit before racing. Felice Nazzaro, Louis Wagner, Ralph De Palma and Fiat cars also feature in the field, with the three Fiat cars aboard the steamship Königin Luise today and expected arrivals this week.
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Run to Hounds in Rain at Meadow Brook Hunt
Meadow Brook Hunt Club members braved heavy rain on Long Island to chase seven miles with acting master Harry S Page leading. Despite the downpour, the going stayed fair and riders finished strong behind a fast-moving pack. Mrs. Frederick Swift, Malcolm Stevenson, Beverly Robinson, and Cheever Cowdin were among the finishers. A run after wild foxes with the American foxhounds is planned for tomorrow.
Eastern League Meets Debates AA Rating and Reforms
The Eastern League annual meeting at the Hotel Victoria re-elected President Patrick Powers, doubled his salary to 5000, and extended the season to 1 games. Proposals to seek class AA status, venue changes for postponed games, earlier game starts, dressing rooms, and a salary cap were discussed amid executive sessions and major league interest. Directors Hanlon, Potter, Chapin, and McCafferty were elected.
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Edward Hanlon
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Dispersal sale at McGrathiana Stud disappoints buyers
Lexington Kentucky October 27 The dispersal sale of Colonel Milton Youngs McGrathiana Stud the second largest thoroughbred establishment in the world began today but proved a grievous disappointment The leading stallions offered were Cesarion Sempronius Woolsthorpe and Yorkshire Lad Cesarion a bay horse sixteen years old by Faustus Cleopatra sold to James Staples representing James B Zegrim of Toronto for 4000 Sempronius an English stake winner and sire of Yankee Consul was knocked down to George J Long of Louisville for 525 James Staples bought Yorkshire Lad for slab The sale attracted little demand from buyers and prices remained depressed.
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Army Navy gridiron clash looms as midweek workout shifts
West Point reports cautious Navy practice with trick plays planned against Princeton while Dalton trains to quicken punts. At Army, head coach Nelly reduces scrimmage focusing on new formations after Yale game, with substitute search and a third eleven schedule against Eastman College and others. Philadelphia notes Penn scrimmage keeps most varsity off field as Murphy tightens training ahead of Carnegie Tech game.
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Besom Wins Country Club of Pimlico Stakes Race
Baltimore crowd of about five thousand watches Besom carrying 125 pounds edge Giles in a driving finish. Botanist led a wild betting surge but Besom held on with a late burst, while other Pimlico results include Prince of Pilsen winning Green Spring Valley Steeplechase and Gridiron toppling Live Wire in the second race.
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Columbia to field few indoor track meets this season
Columbia's fall and winter track schedule is cut back to three meets before outdoor season. New coach R J Wefers expects no harm from the long winter layoff. Indoor meet set for February 13 at Madison Square Garden. Cross country championship November 14 and Intercollegiate meet November 21 at Princeton. Second game in Interclass football series on South Field this afternoon between juniors and sophomores. Handicap lawn tennis first round concluded with multiple results and defaults across South Field courts.
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Fox Hills open women's golf tour accepts late entries
Golfing news notes that Fox Hills Golf Club will accept poor entries for a one day open women's tournament to be held tomorrow with late entrants asked to arrive before 16:46 a m. Ferry boats from Battery to Vanderbilt avenue depart after 9 am every twenty minutes to connect with trains. forty four golfers had entered by Tuesday. Metropolitan Golf Association nominates committees Findlay S. Douglas Max H. Behr Harvey Murdock. W Fellowes Morgan was reelected president and Leighton Calkins remains secretary, with possible renaming.
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Pimlico Entries Today First Race Six Furlongs Two-Year-Olds
Pimlico lists selling entries across eight races with horses and weights for today. Notable names include Great Jubilee 106 Black Mose 106 Quantion 1% Eschau 1% Maxim Gun WG Pinipante Kta Dan de Noyles 102 Kambie 102 Araita 102 Brown Tony 116 in the first race.
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Elizabeth Bweeney
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Opening Day Crowd Dims At Jamaica Races Amid Rain
Racegoers flocked to the Jamaica track for the fall meeting opener of the Metropolitan Jockey Club as a heavy shower and a slick track kept attendance down. Notter won one of four mounts atop Waponoca while several favorites faltered, Fountainblue edged Cressina in a tight finish, and Strike Out disappointed yet showed speed before fading to a distant win. District Attorney Darrin attended but reported no actions on law observance.
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New Chess League Formed By NYU Rutgers Stevens
A new intercollegiate chess league was organized yesterday at University Heights with Rutgers Stevens and New York University as members. Franklin F. Russell of NYU was elected president and W O Leary of Rutgers secretary and treasurer. Schedule includes Stevens vs New York in New York on December 2 and Rutgers vs Stevens in Hoboken among other matches.
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No War With the A A U Says Military Athletic League
Major W A Turpin secretary of the Military Athletic League stated there is no danger of severing relations with the Amateur Athletic Union despite rumors. He said the league plans to close games to nonmembers under its oversight and noted the YMCA and Intercollegiate Association already run closed contests.
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Hawley Cook On Stand In Family Suit
Alan R. Hawley resumed the witness stand at a hearing for the suit brought by him and his brother William Hawley against their sister Mrs. Jennie M. Levee, now married to Charles Levee. Witnesses described notes, household funds, and alleged access to papers as the case moved forward.
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Ship Furnessia Repares After mid Atlantic Gale
The Iron steamer Furnessia of the Anchor Line arrived from Glasgow after a 13 hour mid Atlantic gale that damaged her single screw machinery. Engineers worked under hurricane force to repair while passengers endured pounding seas and a lifeboat loss. Passenger Charles Steel of Perth described the impact. stewardess injured and another passenger trapped before relief arrived at dawn.
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Explosions on Panama Canal Kill Twelve Men
Information from Isthmian Canal offices reports two dynamite blasts on October 15. At Culebra Cut near Empire five men died and eight were injured. At Mendi seven were killed ten injured and one missing.
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Steamship Fire Forces Passengers from Luckenbach to Philadelphia
A cable report says the steamship Luckenbach, traveling from New York to Puerto Rico, caught fire off Cape Hatteras. Captain transferred all thirty passengers to the trailing steamer Philadelphia, which arrived alongside to assist. Both ships continued toward San Juan with Philadelphia leading and Luckenbach expected to regain time. Passengers named include Mrs William F Willoughby, Mrs E Frechett, George Goetz, R Valdez, and Dr Jane Harris.
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Five Soldiers Thought Lost Off Coronado Islands
A boat from Fort Rosecrans searched for four Coast Artillery members from the 28th and a San Francisco mechanic named Hughes who sailed Sunday morning for a fishing cruise toward Coronado Islands and were not seen since. They carried only a day of supplies. The missing are Corporal Reynolda and Privates Blanchard Wykoff Crosby.
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Proposals for DC sewer projects announced by Commissioners
Sealed proposals will be received by the District of Columbia Commissioners until 12 o'clock noon on November 14 for constructing service sewers in Conduit Road. Forms, specifications, and information available from Chief Clerk, Engineer Department, Room District Building. Also notices from October 24, 1909 invite sealed proposals by December 14 for Section D of the East Side Intercepting Sewer Boundary to Brookland with details from Chief Clerk, Room 427, District Building.
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