Bookmakers Gain Big Harvest As Racing Year Ends
The long racing season closes with bookmakers posting vast profits amid low win rates for favorites. Major bettors like Ryan and the Drake-Gates group bolster activity while public play shrinks, with an estimated ten million dollars in winnings from April to September and hundreds of bookmakers sharing the haul.
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To-Morrow
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Zoria
Bennings
Washington, D. C
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Ingleside
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Saratoga
Sheepshead Bay
Fair Grounds
New York
Hennings
Mediterranean
Holy Land
John J. Ryan
Freddie Gebhard
Jesse Lewisohn
J. Grant Lyman
L. Gideon
John Sanford
A. Featherstone
Sheepshead Tiny
Ahumada
Carter
Expensive Luxury Behind Pittsburgs Thrice-Champion Ball Club
Starney Dreyfus, head of the thrice winning Pittsburg National League club, says baseball is an expensive luxury not a money maker. He estimates the team’s annual expense at 125000 and notes half a million admissions would be needed to break even, urging a sale if a better investment arises.
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Pittabuez
Starney Dreyfus
Pittsburg
East
Tate
Dreyfus
Geome
Corbett
Fitzsimmons
Sharkey
Rubiin
Allanroe
Jeffries
John TL. Sullivan
Jim Corbett
New
Orleans
Vitin
Yale
Giants
Hick
Goss
Chadwick
Glass
Rafferty
T. &. Shevlin
W. V. Stillman
G. B
H. G. Meteagu
Mr. Farmer
Bloomer
J. G. George
Jackson
Bernard Cartwright
Turrier
X. E. Owsley
A. Wi Allen
Preston
W. ZB. Soper
J. Leavenworth
J. Hoyt
Carl Marshall
Harvard
Kernan
Putnam
Graydon
Carl
Andy Marshall
Bowditch
Albany
Shea
Sugden
Knowlton
Mills
Hanley
Hoston Latin School
Harley
Schdelkopf
Cornell
Harrrison
Meier
Lindsay
Leatherbee
F. W. G Foster
Griff
Cooney
Exeter Eleven
Harry LeMoyne
Stone
le Moyne
Barnard
Carrick
Phillies acquire Druce release from Toronto league
Manager Mack of the Philadelphia American League Club buys the release of Pitcher Druce from the Toronto Eastern League Club. The price is an Indian and Druce will not join the Philadelphia club until next season.
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Mert
Fitz
Mack
Philadelphia
Druce
Toronto
Price Ia
Jeffries face a race to curb Sam McVey challenge
The article asks if champion James J. Jeffries will bar colored fighters as promoter talk grows for a McVey meeting. It cites Ian Said to Tea and Deave Ed Martin praising McVey, while discussing potential rivals and the public craving a heavyweight title clash with a black challenger.
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Ethopian Merapper
Ian
Deave
Ed” Martin
Jim Jeffries
Tripe
Sam McVey
Jeffries
Denver
Martin
BeVey
Mdn
Trim
McVey
Oxnard Sam
Queensberry
James J. Jeffries
Big Jim
Jim
Sten
Schedules of Bift Elevens
Schedules of the top Eastern universities and major colleges open with Yale Princeton Harvard clashes. Yale plays Harvard at Soldiers Field Cambridge November 21 for 190% title, with Yale at New Haven November 14 against Harvard and other marches involving Princeton Cornell Pennsylvania and Columbia across October and November. No Annapolis West Point game this year.
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Yale
Princeton
New Haven
Harvard
Soldiers' Field
Cambridge
Hig
Tifth
Swathmore
Bowdoin
Vermont
Maine
Georgetown
Cornell
Rochester
Ithaca
Pennsylvania
Lehigh
Philadelphia
Columbia
Hamilton
New York
Wesleyan
Kew Haven
Bates
Gettysburg
Niagara
Haverford
Williams
Springfeld
Amherst
Colgate
Penn State
Swarthmore
Holy Cross
lHiaven
Polo Ground
Brown
Camebridge
Dartmouth
Union
Carlisle
Fordham
Syracuse
Marvard
Lafayette
Yalé
Varyard
Cornett
Annapolis
West Point
William Cranston
George B. Chadwick
Arthur R. T. Hillebrand
Carl Willams
Raymond Marley
W. J. Warner
Charles Gould
Albany
Yost
Michigan
Stagg
Chicago
Chalmers
Iowa
Woodruff
Illinois
O'Dea
Wisconsin
de Witt
Rafferty
Hunt
Metzgar
Farnsworth
White
Wilder
Hovey
Matthews
Marshall
de Witt Tigerta Reliance
J. R. Fisher
W. C. Duell
F. H. Duden
Dbd
EL Brown
St. &. Smith
Ht. & Stangland
J. Tom Hnson
FH. A. Fisher
Smith
Ray Morley
R. S&s. Smith
Warner
Jack Warner
Ithacans
AL Brewster
F. M. Sears
Sears
Pennsylvanus
Spencer
Mercerburg
Johnson
Cleveland University
Coffin
Ward
Vorhis
Newman
McAllister
Ithaca High School
Maughlin
Mellowes
Auburn
Laughlin
Adam
Hewettson
Riverside
Cal
Tiewettson
Toronto
University of Pennsylvania
Beach Haven
N. J
Torrey
Philler
Budden
Wiggles Questions Miss Filpfapper’s Reaction
Wiggles asks about Miss Filpfapper’s response to a proposal. Miggies notes she remained silent, avoided eye contact, and did not speak. Wiggles hopes she did not break her gaze or eyes in the moment.
Athletiics Sin Indian Signs October Bout Pact
The Century Athletic Club of Los Angeles signs to match Gus Muhlin with Robert Fitz. The affair is planned for the latter part of October with both promoters projecting a competitive challenge.
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Athletiics Sin Indian
Century Athletic Club
Los Angeles
Gus Muhlin
Robert Fitzaimmeans
Cyclists Fast Yiders Sall and Lawson Sail for Australia
Fast Yiders Sall Iver Lawson and Floyd MacFarland sail for Australia to compete in winter races. They enter the Melbourne Handicap for a $5,000 purse and will train during voyage. Lawson makes a second landfall, with plans to race in Berlin and Paris on return before the season opener.
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Iver Lawson
Floyd MacFarland
Australia
Melbourne
Lawson
Land of the Kangaroo
Wil
Berlin
Paris
Local politicians seek office amid shifting campaigns
Local politicians appear to court votes as they pivot toward new offices. The scene shows candidates campaigning with fresh messaging and renewed energy, aiming to capitalize on public interest and momentum.
Football prospects and new rules spark college teams
Colleges across the nation prepare for a big football season with faster play under new rules. Harvard Yale Princeton Penn State Army and Navy announce top coaches captains and expected stars while drills begin and swarthmore and Columbia games loom.
Coughlin Set to Box Fitzsimmons in Philadelphia Clash
Con Coughlin, the Irish giant, faces old rival Bob Fitzsimmons in a six round bout next Wednesday night in Philadelphia. Reports say Coughlin’s boxing knowledge is limited and a knockout could end his quick rise, while Fitzsimmons trains hard and seeks a defining victory to rekindle his fame.
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Fitizsimmona
Philadelphia
Con Coughlin
Con
Fitzsimmons
Coughlin
Fitz
Bob
Bob Spenciy
Jeffries
Yale professor predicted two minute trotter in early twentieth century
Prof. William Brewer of Yale's Sheffield Scientific School recounts long-range forecasts from 25 years ago that a two minute trotter would emerge in the early twentieth century. He cites data from 1800s horses, racing bans, and breeding trends, noting Top Gallant and a growing roster of fast trotting horses, with brewing emphasis on breeding over training.
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Wiliam Hi, Brewer
Yale University
Brewer
Sheffield Scientific School
Lou Dillon
Shefoeld Scientifc
Iingland
New
Inmgland
Connecticut
New York
Yankey
New Yeaven
Atoney
Frank Forester
Jockey Club
Col. Bond
Maryland
Major Jones
Long Island
Doston Blue
Grewer
Top Gallant
Horsta
Pas Brewer
Mohammed
Brew
New England
Maud S Dethroned by Rival Queen of the Turf
The famed Maud S bred at Woolhim Farm Kentucky foaled March 1 1874 and raced in the 1880s under Vanderbilt and Burr. Her career included multiple record heats at Chicago Philadelphia Rochester and Cleveland with speeds down to 2:03 for a mile. Lou Dillon later eclipsed her mark on a regulation track ending Maud S reign.
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Lou Ditton
Maud S
Woolhim Farm
Kentucky
Harold
Ales Kee
Pitot, Jr. , Co
Chester Park
Cincinnati
William HL Vanderbilt
New York
Carl 5. Burr
Comac
W. W. Barr
Chicago
Trinket
Buffalo
Rochester
Ahs
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Maud
William H. Vanderbilt
Fleetwood Park
Aldine
Edward Sedick Bwiziler
Cleveland
Wen
Lou Dillon
Corbett Eyes Fitzsimmons Fight After Return to New York
James J Corbett, back in New York after a year away, vows to resume boxing in top form and aims to fight Bob Fitzsimmons as his next bout He singles out Fitzsimmons as the only man he wants to face citing the Carson City loss and rejecting Jeffries.
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Corbett
James J. Corbett
New York
Agele
Bob Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons
Carson City
Eli
Jeffries
Jeff
Eight Not Set for November Bout Between Jordan and Corbett
A delayed match up in San Francisco is postponed to November after a letter from England states Jordan cannot sail until then. He cannot meet Corbett in January and needs six weeks to train. Corbett plans activity with Tim Callahan and a six round bout with Martin Canole.
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Young Corbett
San Francisco
Engllaama
Young Corbett Wall
Atee
Corbett
Martin Canole
Canole
Tim Callahan
Philadelphia
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