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Newspaper

New York Tribune

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Oct 31, 1908

Page

24

Busy Day on GridIron Tigers Meet Cadets

Yale faces Massachusetts Agricultural College while Princeton Harvard and Cornell tackle Army Brown and Pennsylvania State. Navy meets Carlisle. Princeton heads to New York for West Point clash. Cornell eyes Penn State with standout players returning and injuries shaping lineups.

Princeton Army West Point Yale Massachusetts Agricultural New Haven Harvard Brown Cambridge Navy Carlisle Annapolis Corneil Pennsylvania State Ithaca Pennsylvania Carnegie Technical Pittsburg Dartmesthwe Amherst Hanover Spracese Williams St Syracuse Lafayette Buckwell Easton Colgate Union Schenectady Ursinus Stevens Hoboken Rutgers Hamilton Massachusetts Agricultural College Cornell Tigers Dillon Syracuse Burr Crimson Providence MacCall Sto & Tale Cam Massachusetts “Aggies Carnegie Institute Partmouth Michigan Vanderbilt Wolverines Chicago Minnesota

Captain Burr Injured Before Harvard Brown Game

Captain Burr suffered a serious shoulder injury in Harvard varsity football practice and will miss at least two weeks. McGuire to assume captaincy but is weaker offensively. Kennard at fullback lacks Burr’s punting range. Hoar out of condition, Dunlap to start at center. White Corbett and Kennard show tackling promise as Harvard prep for the Brown clash. Ver Wiebe may take fullback later in the game.

Tribune New Haven Yale Massachusetts Agricultural College Hobbs Andrus Cay Philbin Biglow Aggies Ted Coy Logan Bidéle Goebel Brown Naedele the Tribune Princeton N. J New York West Point University Field Tigers Vail Flood Welch Ijon MecCrehan Bredemans Dowd Cambridge Mass Burr Harvard Crimson McGuire Kennard Hoar Dunlap White Corbett Ver Wiebe

Japanese racing season opens with betting ban in force

Tokio reports the Nippon Racing Club track opened the season with all betting forbidden under new rules. Attendance was large and social, with the Chief of Police and fifty detectives present. US Ambassador Thomas J. O'Brien attended along with other officials. The St Nicholas Skating Rink opening is postponed to Election Day due to weather, and election returns will be shown by wire and stereopticon Tuesday evening.

Tokio Japan Nippon Racing Club Thomas J. O'Brien St. Nicholas

NavyVsIndians clash previews thrilling onside plays and punts

Multiple college football previews describe Navy seeking edge over Carlisle with trick plays and punt returns led by Lange, while Michigan faces Vanderbilt with Yost signaling and Virginia ready for North Carolina in a heat of rivalry. Lineups and weather notes accompany regional reports.

Pontotoc Wins Electric Park Steeplechase at Imlico

Pontotoc ridden by Dupree swept the two mile Electric Park Steeplechase at Imlico winning as the odds on favorite by about forty lengths. Constellation from Kelso Stable took the Severn purse at one mile after a stretch sprint, with Court Lady and Cunning in near positions. Other winners included Ballet Girl in maiden two year olds and King Sol Sally Ivanhoe in additional races.

Imlico William Garth Pontotoc Constellation Kelso Wayside Canning Lucille R Court Lady Cunning Ballet Girl Boz Nethermost King Sol Sally Ivanhoe Goldstein Walsh King Commoner Harold Junior el Oro Grensfalls Babble Gus Helm Ed Shuster Teddington Pescatore Flatfoot Lalir McCabe the Clown McCaber Ontario Queen of the Hills McCarthy Tillinghast Castlewood Ott Mazuma de Burgo Beggarman Oscar T Profit Gowango Bob Calliehan, Jr Electric Park Potontoc Dupree McAfee Amitable Grantland Warrior Oras Boy Hazel Baker

Final Bumping Races at Harvard

Mount Auburn Street won the final interdormitory rowing race at Harvard on a rough river course. Beck and Thayer followed, with Beck briefly pressuring the leaders before settling into a slower stroke. Mount Auburn Street edged Beck by a narrow margin as Thayer bumped Claverty at the finish.

Tripune Cambridge Mass Harvard Mount Auburn Street Beck Thayer Claverty Claverly

Harvard tennis captain Niles wins fourth straight singles title

Cambridge, Oct 3 Harvard captain Niles defeated E P Pearson in straight sets 6 8 6 3 4 to claim the university singles championship in lawn tennis. This marks his fourth consecutive title in as many years.

Cambridge Mass N. W. Niles Harvard E. P. Pearson Niles

Pimlico Entries for Today Race Card Summary

Pimlico races list entries by horse and weight for six races. Notable fields include Live Wire and Wyckoff in seven furlongs, two-year-olds in six furlongs with Pimante and Statesman, several contenders in the one and one sixteenth mile third race, and the Autumn Steeplechase with Economy and Sir Woosters among others. The Carrollton Cup features New Year II and Melbourne Nominee, while the Eutaw House Handicap includes Dutles and Live Wire in a one mile seventy yards test.

Dactrus Trois Temporm Golden Legend Beauclere Teereeee Kenite Battieaxs Saracinesca Rockstone St Joseph Faust Ve Mombassa Wise Mason Effendi Cressina Royal Onyx Waponoca Notasuiga Halifax Earl G Eee L'Amour Battersby Florence Stee Raguel Lady FitzHerbert Sanfire Live Wire Besom Nimbus Juggler Wyckoff Westover Pimpante High Hat Quantico Statesman Connaught Ranger Brown Tony Obdurate Racquet Michael Beck Beek Seling Lajly Gravesar Blacksheep Amberita Miss Catesby Whip Top Pimlico Sir Woosters Thistledale Woodside Palm Maliciea Waterwa Paprika Sardy Creeker Algie Rye Boy Jim McGill Fancy Bird Melbourne Botanist Fimnap Star Emblem Bergoo Dutles Minot Berkely Grictron

Timely Auto Topics A Three Year Tour Begins

Mr and Mrs H A Hover of Hover Wash arrive in the city en route from Albany in a Maxwell. They plan a record long amateur tour totaling about seventy five thousand miles, crossing seven mountain ranges and deserts as they travel toward Algeria Egypt and Europe over three years.

H. A. Hover Hover Wash Albany Pacific Coast California Washington Oregon Idaho Wyoming Colorado Nebraska Iowa Illinois Indiana Ohio New York Niagara Falls Canada United States Algiers Algeria Tunis Egypt Sahara Desert Biskra Italy Europe Siberia Turkey Palestine Jerusalem India China Japan Philippines Australia New Zealand Hawaii San Francisco

Freshmen, Seniors Tie In Cold Interclass Grid Battle

In a hard fought South Field clash the Columbia freshmen and seniors battled to a 0 to 0 tie after two 15 minute periods. The freshmen used the forward pass for gains while the seniors could not push through the line. Both sides threatened early but failed to score.

Columbia South Field Hayes Knapp Zink

Tennessee Negro Is Lynched at Kingston Jail

A mob of about thirty masked men attacked the Roane County Jail at Kingston early today and killed George Cook who was held for the murder of John King, a ferryman at Southwest Point. Cook drew a razor to defend himself, four bullets killed him, and deputies search for the mob members as Governor Patterson may offer a reward.

Kingston, Tenn Roane County George Cook John King Southwest Point Ook Cook Patterson

Justice criticizes attorneys for new appeal points

Presiding Justice Patterson of the Appellate Division condemns attorneys who raise points not in original briefs as a reprehensible practice. He says such replies disadvantage respondents and permits no recommence, urging applications to remove so called reply briefs from files and from court consideration.

Patterson Justice Patterson

Poison gas from Tampico oil field kills over fifty

A Mexico City dispatch reports that poisonous gases from a large hole caused by a recent fire in the Tampico oil fields have claimed more than fifty lives. After an earlier death toll, another party entered the field and about thirty men died, including several soldiers, prompting eminent scientists to be dispatched to the scene.

New Orleans Mexico City Tampico Tife

Prospective buyer thief arrested in multiple New York robberies

James Somers of 15 East 106th street was arrested after robbing Mrs. Amelia G. Adams at 185 Elm street New Rochelle while feigning a house purchase. He admitted further robberies of Mrs. Frederick Idelstein and Mrs. Louise Hudson as part of similar schemes. A note dropped in Adams's home led to his arrest. arraigned at the Tombs and remanded to Police Headquarters for twenty four hours.

James Somers East 106Th Street Amelia G. Adams Elm Street New Rochelle J. Somers England Frederick Idelstein Kingsbridge Louise Hudson East 22 Street

Chanler Attacks Transit Plans Delays Subway Route

Democratic Governor candidate Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler accuses Public Service commissions of stalling rapid transit in New York while himself blocking consent for the Broadway Lexington avenue route. He cites no new lines and asserts delays persist despite a Nassau Electric line new to Brooklyn at $75,000 per mile, criticizing the commissions and linking allied law firms to ongoing injunctions.

Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler Public Service Commissions Commission New York Lexington Avenue Clermont Avenue Brooklin Mr. Chanler Bronx Public Service Commission Gerard and Jerome Avenue Chanler Astor Family River and Gerard Avenues Astor Supreme Court Hays & Hershfield Fleischmann Realty Company Fourth Avenue Subway Brooklyn Broadway Nassau Electric Railroad Company Livingston Street

Clerk Reinstated for Queens Borough President

Thomas J. McGraw, clerk to Laurence Gresser, the Queens Borough President, was restored by a peremptory writ of mandamus from Justice Bischoff. The ruling directs payment of his salary from the date of removal on June 15 for political reasons and reinstates him to his former post.

Thomas J. McGraw Laurence Gresser Queens Borough Justice Bischoff

Aeronauts at War Clash Over Aero Club Leaders

Two rival tickets vie for directors of the Aero Club of America in a bitter contest. The Aeronautic Society claims the club is inactive and has formed a competing slate to appoint the president and officers. Opponents insist the Aeronautic Society is not recognized by the club and defend current leadership.

Aeronautic Sel Fo Aero Club of America Albert C. Triaco Lee S Burridge Wilbur R. Kimball Stanley Y. Beach Scientific American Samuel L. Braine R. B. Whitman Aero Club Aeronautic Society East 29Th Street Morris Park The Alan R. Hawley J. C. MeoCey A. Holland Forbes Samuel H. Valentine Alan B. Hawley Charles J. Edwards Augustus Post Charles M. Manly George F. Chamberlain Automobile Club of America Charles Jerome Edward Long Island Automobile Club Wiliam J. Hammer Louis R. Adams William F. Whitehouse Banker

Two schooners in 13000 mile race reach Hampton Roads

The coal laden Dirigo from Baltimore and Acme from Newport News passed through Hampton Roads today en route to a 13000 mile ocean race to San Francisco. They started under favorable wind at twenty four miles per hour.

Norfolk Dirigo Baltimore Acme Newport News Hampton Roads San Francisco

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