Racing Opens Again in New York State
New York March 6 racing resumes after four months on Metropolitan tracks and at Saratoga. The Jockey Club schedule lists Westchester and Belmont Park May 20 to June 9, Metropolitan Jockey Club June 10 to 25, Queens County June 26 to July 13, Empire Racing Yonkers July 14 to 31, Saratoga August 2 to 31, Westchester Belmont Sept 1 to 14, and Piping Rock Locust Valley June 2 to 5.
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New York
Metropolitan
Saratoga
Jockey Club
Westchester Racing Association
Belmont Park
Queens
Long Island
Metropolitan Jockey Club
Jamaica
Queens County Jockey Club
Aqueduct
Empire Racing Association
Yonkers
Saratoga Association
Pipping Rock Racing Association
Locust Valley
City League All Stars to Meet Barton in Big Final
Tonight at 8:15 p.m. in M C A gym an all star City League and Barton team clash as Barton’s Denton is sidelined by illness and Wilson hurt. Nelson steps in at center and Green starts in Wilson’s spot with Kelley Johnston and Diamond in their usual positions. The lineup, drawn from Y M C A U M S and Medical College stars, is not yet finalized.
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Barton
M.C. A
Denton
Wilson
Nelson
Green
Kelley
Johnston
Diamond
U. M.S. and
Medical College
White Sox Win Again Over Coast Leaguers
Chicago Americans defeated Los Angeles Coast Leaguers 3 to 2 in a tight contest. Reb Russell pitched for the White Sox while Los Angeles chased him early as the Coast Leaguers battled back with hits and fielding errors.
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White Sox
Los Angeles
Cal
Chicago Americans
Los Angeles Coast
Fresh opened plant oysters advertised at Schimpf Restaurant
At Charles Schimpf Restaurant on North Royal Street a sale lists fresh opened plant oysters priced at 25c per dozen for loaf 3-5-7, 15c for 1-2, toasted 5c extra. Raw oysters available at the stand with plant varieties 20c per dozen and 1-2 dozen 10c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Schimpf
North Royal Street
Jitney Operating Cost Analysis From a Second-Hand Car
A 400 dollar seven-passenger jitney with 212 mile route, 3 round trips per hour, 16 hour days, 340 active days, estimates 6 percent interest, depreciation, tires, repairs, garage, insurance, and driver wages. Receipts vary with daily earnings from 6 to 10 dollars. analysis argues second-hand cars wear out fast and four-year use is common.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Notice to Stockholders Mobile Yacht Club election meeting
Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Mobile Yacht Club Incorporated will be held at the club's City Office Room No 8 First National Bank Building Mobile Alabama on Thursday April 8 1915 at 7 o clock EP. CHAS R GARNETT Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Yacht Club, Incorporated
First National Bank
Mobile
Ala
Chas. R. Garnett
Mrs Wallach Wins Florida Women's Tennis Title
Palm Beach March 6 Mrs Bar ger Wallach of Newport Rhode Island captured the Florida women's singles tennis championship from Miss Mary Spyder of Pittsburgh in straight sets. Wallach's accuracy carried her to the title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Beach
Barger Wallach
Newport
R. 1
Florida
Mary Spyder
Pittsburgh
Wallach
Willard Leaves For Los Angeles Indefinitely Postponed Johnson Fight
All kinds of sports from El Paso report Jess Willard traveling to Los Angeles with plans to return in a few days as his postponed bout with Jack Johnson remains in doubt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Texas
Jess Willard
Jack Johnson
Los Angeles
Willard
Intercollegiate and Sports News Docket March 6
On March 6 reports from multiple cities note trades and transfers in baseball. Frankie Fleming defeats Johnny Schiff in Montreal. Yale edges Penn in a close Yale 16 Penn 15 swim meet with record by Volmer of Columbia. Washington State College leads rifle contest. North Georgia edges Penn for first in Class PA. Chicago hosts three cushion billiards opening. $3,000 prize fund. Mariners: Johnson moves umpire duties. yacht race fund to San Francisco. Madison Square Garden hosts intercollegiate championships with top athletes in prime form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Yale
University of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Columbia
Princeton
College of the City of New York
Volmer
Washington
Washington State College
North Georgia Agricultural
Admiralty Warns of North Sea Mine Fields and Pilotage
The British Admiralty publishes a warning that mine fields are laid in the North Sea and mariners should take a London pilot between Great Yarmouth and the English channel. Pilotage is compulsory in the Firth of Forth Moray Firth and the Flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
British Admiralty
Gazette
North Sea
Great Yarmouth
English Channel
Admiralty
Firth of Forth
Moray Firth
National League rules spark internal plotting and evasion
From New York March 6 a report alleges NL managers and owners plan to sidestep the twenty-one man roster limit by selling players to minor league clubs with secret understandings. It cites Giants spring training breaching league dates and foresees further evasion through interclub trades and recalls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monty
New York
Wil Alt
Tener
League
Dick Kinsella
Giants
Marlin Springs
Texas
McGraw
Smith
Brown
Jones
Wilson
Catcher Smith
Tom Lynch
Harry Pulliam
Governor Tener
Lynch
Pulliam
British Report Taking Trenches On Western Front
London reports from Sir John French headquarters give a semi weekly update dated March 4. It notes unchanged overall front conditions with satisfactory artillery exchanges and daily minor enterprises initiated by British forces. It records capture of an advanced German trench south of the Ypres canal on March 1 2 and its later evacuation under German shellfire, plus an infantry counterattack that inflicted heavy casualties. An enemy trench was evacuated on March 2 after our artillery, and a German party was dispersed March 23 by a British raid. One of our aeroplanes was attacked twice by German aircraft behind their line and forced to descend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
John French
Ypres
Undervaluation Frauds Hit Half Million, Abrams Arrested
Federal authorities report undervaluation frauds totaling about 500000 uncovered by agents on the Canadian border. Joseph S. Abrams was arrested here after being indicted at Windsor Vermont for undervaluing Indian baskets and other novelties imported from Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph S. Abrams
Windsor
Canada
Pine-Tar Honey and Tonic Promote Health
An advertisement touts Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar Honey as an antiseptic throat remedy from pine forests. It claims to clear throat and head mucous and offers a bottle for 25 cents with additional Tectric Bitters as a spring tonic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bell
Brookfeds expected to outdraw Dodgers in season
George S. Ward vice president of the Brooklyn Federal League club predicts his team will attract more fans than Charley Ebbetts Dodgers this season. He notes weak early crowds last year at Washington Park but says interest grew and several games at Ebbetts Field drew sizable turnouts.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
George S. Ward
Brooklyn Federal League
Charley Ebbetts
Dodgers
Brookfeds
Washington Park
Ebbettts
Maritime Notices Of Vessels Bound For Mobile And Other Ports
A list of ships with origins, destinations, and dates including Bark Ganges from West Hartlepool to Gulf States Shipping Co on January 28 and 12 more vessels like S. H. Carl from Elsinore and S. Dictator from Belize. Also reports arrivals and steamers at Galveston and Port Arthur with dates and lines. Obstructions to navigation and signals by patrol boats noted with positions and vessel sizes.
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Vanse
Nor
Samuelson
Glasgow
Scotland
Bark Ganges
Gjeraldson
West Hartlepool
England
Gulf States Shipping Company
Bennestret
Tennessen
Mandal
European Lumber & Transit Company
S. S. H. Carl
Dan
Peterson
Elsinore
Sweden
van Heynigen Brokerage Company
S. Dronning Olga
Hansen, Colon
P. R
Seeberg Steamship Company
Alexander Lawrence
Pedersen
Norway
Howth Head
Moore
Cardiff
Ireland
Corozal
Baker
San Juan
P.R
Porto Rico
D. H. Rivers
Simmons
Nestorian
Liverpool
Albanian
Popham
S. Freda
Staveland
Port-au-Prince
Haiti
Seeberg Line
S. S. Alm
Lund
Windward Islands
Galveston
Aetnas
New Oreans Falmouth
Pacific
Rotterdam
Genoa
Stanley
Kirkwall
Anna
Christiania
Manchester
Telesfora
Oporto
Porto
Port Arthur
Oran
Sun
Spezia
Veille
Beatrice
New Orleans
United States Hydrographic Office
Habana
Jensen
Morting Industry
Quantico
Hart
Maritime arrivals and departures across ports
Several steamers and schooners arrive or depart from Ardossan Kirkwall Naples Palermo Aalborg and other ports. Vessels include Raisheim Cheyenne Sicana Yzerhandel Co W Mills Bratland Domingo de Larrinaga Ka Irypso Antonios J Dracoulis and Excellence Pleske with routes from Galveston Sabine New Orleans Mobile Liverpool Manchester Pensacola and Christiania.
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Ardossan
Raisheim
Galveston
Barrow
Cheyenne
Sabine
Gibraltar
Sicana
New Orleans
Genoa
Yzerhandel
Mobile
Havana
Co. W. Mills
Kirkwall
Bratland
Liverpool
Domingo de Larrinaga
Manchester
Naples
Ka Irypso
Palermo
Antonios J. Dracoulis
Ragner
Pensacola
Aalborg
Excellence Pleske
Christiania
No Liner for England in Next Eleven Days
Shipping men note a thirty year first a week without a sailing for England due to strikes at Liverpool and admiralty steamship pressings. The report cites carrier shortages and port actions as the cause of the lull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Liverpool
Admiralty
Wreckage sighted and ice reports issued to mariners
A radio report notes debris from a vessel about 30 feet long at latitude 41 41 and longitude 61 41. Another message records an iceberg and three growlers at latitude 44 41 and longitude 48. Local notice states Galveston North Channel Buoy 4 relighted after extinguishment.
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Brillant
New York
Roberts
Montreal
New York Herald
Texas
Galveston
Galveston North Channel
B. B. Dorry
Eighth
Vessels in Port and Destinations at Coastal Docks
A listing of vessels in port with destinations and dock locations. Names include Oscar G., Clara C. Scott, Fannie Prescott, Maud B. Krum, Henry Crosby, Clara A. Phinney, and others. Docks referenced are Gulf Dry Docks, Ollinger Bruce Dry Docks, Turner Terminal, and Municipal Docks. Ports span Nestoriga Br shorelines, Liverpool, Barcelona, River Plate, and West Indies with repairs underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar G
C. Jos
P. Cooper
Ollinger- Bruce Dry
Mary E. H. G. Dow
James W. Paul Jr
Clara C. Scott
van Lear Black
Fannie Prescott
Gulf Dry Docks
Maud B. Krum
Turner
D. J. Sawyer
Clara A. Phinney
Henry Crosby
Clara E. Look
Ollinger-Bruce D Goldfield
BARK
Turner Terminal
River Plate
Ollinger
Bruce Dry Docks
South America
Ollinger- Ae Dry Docks
Arise Dry Docks
West Indies
Porto Rico
Also Mentioned on This Page
New York State
Ian
San Francisco
Hellmann
Bodie
Seals
Chico
Fanning
Schmidt
Walsh
Cicotte
Kuhn
Baldwin
Pinehurst
Philadelphia
R. M. Lord
Chicago
Corwin Huston
Detroit
Lord
Huston
ST. Petersburg
Fla
Moran
Philadelphia Nationals
Wiffith
Washington Americans
Moravio Stigle
Phillies
National Baseball Commission
Big Hagerman
Cleveland Americans
Tinker
Hagerman
Cleveland
Er. E. Gates
Federals
Federal League
Nicholas Cullop
Newark
Frankie Fleming
Johnny Schiff
California
Charles Morin
John Hahman
Minneapolis
Alfred de Oro
Jess Lean
Harry Johnson
Honolulu
Madison Square Garden
Ward
Gfo
S.ward
Maritime Matters and River News
Ollinger-Bruce I
Municipal Docks
Schoon
Puerto Cortez
Hon
Belize
B. H
Eng
Huelva
Spain
Progreso
Mexico
Gulfport
Miss
Barcelona
Mindo-tat
Ceca
Henry
Hatholnen
Giuseppe Vicara
Ital
Santas
Lial
Daisy Reed
J. E. Rabel
St. Paul
Golden Rod
Murray Hill Club
Imac
JOS. A. Magnus & CO
Cincinnati, Ohio
Poe
Be. O
Mou
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