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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1907
Page
16
A local player warns that small scrappy players excel in this style as trickery grows in city YMCA and club basketball. Reports detail belt grabs, elbow moves, and toe steps to dissuade tall opponents, noting such tactics boost underhanded advantage and crowd reactions.
The passage catalogs rough tactics to gain advantage in play, detailing pushes, shoves, arm moves, and feints used to disrupt opponents and draw fouls. It describes blocking, distracting opponents, and confusing referees with deliberate contact and misdirection to sway outcomes.
Joe Tracey, famed racing driver, began a New Year test run from New York Motor Club to Philadelphia in a 26 30 horsepower Dragon car using denatured alcohol as fuel. Accompanied by mechanic Alfred Poole, the trip aims to compare fuel costs with gasoline after the tax removal on denatured alcohol.
St Louis player Hueston defeated Jerome Keogh of the host city in a final game 195 to 192. Across three nights Hueston led 600 to 507 overall in the pool championship.
Dec 31 New Orleans racing thrills with Sir Mincemeat unseating rider Walker, then rallying to win the second race after a near fall. Jockey Smith suffers a broken collarbone and a crushed rib while others are shaken. Dromlo surprises by wrecking odds to win the fifth race for Garner, Harmakis and Mountain involved in a late substitution. Abe Meyer takes sixth. Specter reports for The Washington Post.
In San Francisco on December 21 the track at Oakland was muddy and runtimes slowed. Beechwood won the fourth race at a mile and a sixteenth with Cloche d Or second and Fury third as Nonie Lucille dominated the Futurity course earlier. multiple races featured heavy odds and notable finishes from Hose Cherry Grace St Clair F Nugent and Boloman among others.
Los Angeles dispatch notes McDaniel rode three winners at Ascot as the track was sloppy and cloudy. The first race was moved to the mile and a half flat forfeit, with Catador winning easily. other races featured Zethus, Colonel Bronston, Varieties, and Virginia Lorraine among winners and contenders.
Rumors swirl at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans about night races under electric light during March Grap. Burlew and ONeil lead the powerful stable, with $1646 in stakes. Corrigan and McCafferty follow in earnings as Larner tallies 37 wins. Two year old flat races start tomorrow despite criticism from horemen, with yearlings turning two on New Year’s Day and eligible for all events for their age. Eastern riders are racing on coast tracks as nominations rise from Uneas.
The article surveys winter racing plans and age rules, noting many two year olds becoming eligible this week. It highlights top horses and expected top weights for early stakes, plus forthcoming nominations and weight assignments. A golf tournament in Pinehurst concludes with Lippy defeating Fleming. New Year wishes from local businesses close the item.
New York sport writers expect Gans to outbox Herman in Tonopah for the light weight crown with many predicting a once Gans gets going the fight ends by the tenth to fifteenth round. Herman confident plans to push a hard battle and fight to a decision. Tickets under 5,000 sold. arena cost 4,000. purse 20,000 with heavy losses projected. Jeffries likely to attend as promoter eyeing future bouts.
Tonopah Nev Dec 31 Rival lightweights prepare for their final workout before the championship scrap as a heavy snow storm rages in Tonopah. Weather indications point to severe conditions impacting the bout between Jo Gana and arnt.
Early action shows Gans running five miles and Herman four as fans prepare for tomorrow's Tonopah bout. No special trains, but extra service from Goldfield to handle crowds. Attendees include miners and Southern Nevada residents, with many women among spectators. Weather dampened seat availability while Gans holds 10 to 4 odds in betting.
Tonopah hosts boxing with Gans vs Herman as the lead attraction while hockey, skating, basketball, swimming, football, and golf fill New Year's Day across the country. Key matchups include Yale vs Detroit M C A in basketball, Norfolk hockey, and multiple regional contests from Chicago to Montclair.
Bob Ganley of the Pittsburg Pirates has been acquired by Joe Cantillon for the Washington Nationals and will report in the spring for a regular spot. Cantillon also arranged waivers on pitcher Hillevrand with Wannington, and the Nationals plan to build around Ganley as a fast, left handed outfielder and base runner. Ganley batted .254 last season, with health and opportunity cited as factors in the move. Cantillon predicts a bright future for the Des Moines recruit with Washington.
Jon Choynski is named boxing instructor for the new Illinois Athletic Club in Chicago after a year of consideration. A Reno match proposal involves Frankie Neil and Abe Attell for a $10,000 purse, while Tommy Burns tours the U.S. in a boxing act with sparring partner George Memale. Amateur boxing support is urged by Amateur Athletic Union president James B. Sullivan, warning clubs against overpaying boxers to stay amateur. Naval Academy fencing dates announced for the season with bouts nationwide and a New York City tournament. St Louis tests gas quality for international balloon races planned next October, with an experimental ascent possible tomorrow.
A personal New Year message thanks patrons and friends for their support and expressions of friendship during the past year. It extends wishes for prosperity and continued good will in the coming years, signed by George D. Hornings Ninth End D Northwest.
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