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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1908
Page
27
Yale and Princeton squads battled in heavy rain and mud as they cleared for the approaching clash. Hobbs and Andrus saw limited action. McCrohan starred for Princeton with two touchdowns while Harvard prepared at Cambridge amid steady scrimmages.
A new first class athletic field is planned near Van Cortlandt Park station to host intercollegiate meets and national championships. The Dash estate will develop the tract bounded by 238th and 242nd streets Broadway and Putnam Avenue West with grandstands and easy subway access.
Navy football team defeated George Washington University 17 to 9 on a soggy field. Thrall Crafts and Byrd broke long runs while Navy used power plays. both teams made late pushes with substitutions. Referee Neilson of Nebraska officiated. touchdowns credited to Jones Richardson Elmer with Northcroft converting two points.
Pietro Durando, Italian Olympic marathon winner, signs exhibitions contract with Harry Pollock and P T Powers to tour the United States. Durando aims to meet Irish American John J Hayes again after Hayes beat him when Durando was disqualified. Durando will sail to the United States in a week.
Late entries for the Fox Hills Golf Club one day open include Miss Katharine C. Harley of Fall River Country Club who won the national championship at Washington last Saturday, Mrs H St John Smith of Portland Golf Club and Miss F A Potts of Lakewood Country Club who also competed in the national championship. Harley and Mrs Charles T Stout of Richmond County Country Club, a former national champion, are paired as planned.
In heavy rain at the Wilmington Country Club final rounds of the annual women's golf tournament were played. Miss Harriett Curtis of Essex County Club defeated Miss Fanny Osgood of Country Club Brookline Massachusetts 1 up to win the Wilmington cup.
The Cutler Schell football eleven defeated Hamilton Institute 17 to 6 at Van Cortlandt Park on a rain soaked eridiron. Cutler scored all three touchdowns in the first half with Flint converting two of three kicks as substitutes played in the second half without scoring.
The report notes Underwood’s full recovery and return to play in the first half, with Stearns taking over in the second period. Early in the game the defense loosened allowing Mayes to gain but holes were closed and the second team stalled. Bacher Brown and Taylor started as backs with Greble Dean and Walmsley in the lineup, then swapped to the second unit.
Major Turpin of the Military Athletic League announced a plan to limit games to its members and ban open events and armory use by Amateur Athletic Union clubs. Major Dixon of the national body denounced the move, saying it undermines the sport and would trigger protective steps. He noted a prior agreement to help the sport and welcomed closed events for individual clubs but opposed closing all armories and entire meet sets to AU members.
At Pimlico Baltimore October 23 McCahey rode Bedouin and Sunfire to wins but erred with Whip Top in the one mile Gentlemen's Driving Park purse. Pocomoke nosed ahead by a short head in a heavy track, while Homelander and My Grace also ran strong. Bedouin won the selling race by five lengths over Minot.
The Pimlico entry list details six furlong maiden races at Croydon and Kempton with runners such as Judee Ermentrout Occ topus and Octopus. It also lists Mount Washington Steeplechases No 1 and No 2 with Meddlesome Boy George Leiper Lizzie Fiat and Rufus. Two year old races include Summer Night Statesman and Conaught Ranger. The seventh race features Whip Top Queen of the Hills Nimbus and Gridiron among others.
The Cambridgeshire Stakes for three year olds and up was won by an outsider, the Duke of Devonshire's Marcovil, at to 1. Land League, owned by Captain R. Homfray, placed second and Succour, owned by Captain Kinkaid Smith, third. Twenty three horses started the race with Lord Derby's Cocksure II, ridden by Danny Maher, finishing outside the prize.
Former American Automobile Club president and public safety advocate Scarritt spoke at the YMCA Automobile School urging motorists to master their cars, drive with caution, and respect the rights of others on shared highways. He warned that ignorance is a crime and emphasized constant alertness to prevent accidents. The piece also notes several auto events and entries in upcoming races and shows including Chadwick’s six cylinder entry and plans for long non stop runs by Chalmers-Detroit dealers.
The Hendrick Hudson of the Albany Day Line will carry football fans from Desbrosses Street at 9 40 to West Point for the Army Princeton game. It arrives at West 424th Street at 10 15 and West 1vth Street at 19 35 am. Return trips start immediately after the game.
In Cambridge on October 28 the doubles final at Harvard was won by N. W. Niles and E. T. Dana who defeated G. Gardiner and A. Dabney in a spirited match. The score stood 6 3, 1 8, 6 6 0. Singles final scheduled for tomorrow.
Yale baseball advisers debate skipping the Southern trip at Easter. Faculty oppose the move, but with two weeks of Easter vacation this year a longer southern training stay may be beneficial. Yale weighs training at Annapolis or possibly in Georgia with a big league club.
The Polo Grounds will feature an east west gridiron for the Dartmouth Princeton game under James Foster. The expanded grand stand and numbered bleachers offer clear views from all angles with a new elevated press stand on the north. Strict sideline rules from New Haven and Princeton will be enforced and the turf is in prime condition.
The Public Service Commission in the 2d District orders the Schenectady Railway Co to cut its interurban fare from 10 to 5 cents on the Albany to Moreline Avenue line and to establish a new local stopping place at Moreline Avenue station in Colo nie Town.
Mrs. J. L. Petrie of New York, staying at a city hotel, was robbed on a Larkin street car last night. A hand satchel containing eleven diamond rings, $80 in cash, a diamond bracelet, and other jewelry worth a total of 1700 dollars was taken from under her arm while she carried parcels.
The President orders a pay raise for Brooklyn Navy Yard civilian workers and aims to extend increases to other yards if feasible. Increases will target clerical and mechanical staff, with some workers seeing up to 20 more per period, averaging about 19 percent where funds permit. Movements of officers and ships are also noted with assignments and arrivals across several ports.
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