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New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
SWEEP FOR NEW YORK
FAST PLAY 1T R4CQUETS
Philadelphia Team Badly Beoten IN
Mtercity Match.

n, winning both OF its home matches in the
intercity racquet contest, the Racquet ana len
mis- Club earned decisive victory at the expense
of the Philadelphia Racquet and TENNIS ci"o
Yesterday The records show that New York mas
won this match out of the eight years 1t
has played.
In Yesterdays return match the local players "ers
the same who won both matches at Phiiadelphia
I.s+ y-eot I, the first one Yesterday Payne Whit
nev and Lawrence Waterbury beat Willing Spen-
Ger A II. Rosengarten four games 'o one
while in the second clash r. r. Fncke. the present
amateur champion, and George G. Clark Jr-' de-
feated r X Cassatt and George BROOKE OF l h''a
delphia. four games to two. Milton 3 barser was
the referee.
AS this the first important match on 'he
New York this season. more thah oroiha'S
interest was centred in the meeting The uhcer-
tain light Handicapped the players. especially III
the first match, which began early In the after
Whitney and Waterbury. both former amateur
champions. played up to their oldtme torns anu
clearly outclassed their opponents. After the Ne"
Workers. had reeled off three straight games tie
visiting pair won their only game by is to H. the
result OF superior team play In the decisive sahe'
which was well contested, Whitney and water
bury Won. - to s The scores of the games toi'o"
FIRST GAME.
whitney and waterbury. "a
Spencer ard Roscngarten. ...-.--.-...-
SECOND GAME
Whitney and Waterbury ......-......- $500 =
Spencer and RoSengarten t''''-' V -
THIRD GAME"
Waterbury ---''-''-
spencer and Rosensarten. ..-.-..-.--''.'..' -
FOURTH GAME.
Whitney and Waterbury lis
Spencer Rosangarten. ---.'' : -
FIFTH GAME
Whitnev Waterbury -.--...--..-. 70 10
aces h., service whitney and Waterbury 30 S.+i'C
ori posenssrten c2 Ry placing. Whitney ana "ale.
~. 20 Snencer and Rosengarten. 10 by opp2nthl
miss whitney and Waterbury. 49, Spencer ana Hosen
10 Ill,
Throughout the second match FinCke played o''''-
,.ntIr in service and placing and all agreed thal
; he displaved form worthy of a champion. lie re-
ceived good support from Clark On the other haho'
Brooke and ,'assatt always formidapic' anu
.,,; s,rol,cs AT times became brilliant. Many
clever kills were credited to Brooke
The PhiIadelphians began auspciously by VIII
ing the first game after FinCke and Clark mao run
tho roints ,Iu to Ii. With the games TO III
favor of New York the opposing side by eNceileht
team, work won the fourth game. thereby sauarlhs
accounts After that Fncke and Clark won the
two necessary games the last being well contested
The scores follows:
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02

Julius Finn chess champion of New York State,
will star in a simultaneous exhibition at the rooms
of the Franklin Chess Club. of Philadelphia, to-
morrow evening The players opposing the expert
will be limited the Rice gambit. Finn playing the
white side in every game
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02

jacques MIeses the German master. played last
night at Dayton. Ohio. where there is four1shins
chess club. Tomorrow he will depart for Memphis
Tenn and then visit ST Louis. Sioux City. Iowa .
Milwaukee, St. Paul. Minneapolis and Chicago,
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
FULL SCORES IN RAIN.
Storm Doesn't Keep Crescent Gun-
ners .l7cay from Traps.

As a result of the had weather ana the poor heht
at tho Parkway Driving Clubs track in Brooklyn
Yesterday the gunners of the Crescent Athiet'c
Club were able make only two full scores IN the
seven matches that shot. of the seven men
that shot for the February cup ttenrv hrTn. u -
Stephenson and T ". Stake each scored . anu
O. c GrinneU. jr fourth man with y
+ r Stephenson high man for the stake
tropilv His score. shooting from scratch. was b.
his brother. g. G. Stephenson being second man
The summaries follow:
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
UITH THE CHESS PLAl EfO
Curtis High School Noe UeH IN
the Lead.

BY playing off one more of the penolhs aoJouihe'
games in the championship competition OF the "redt
ar New York Interscholastic Chess League the
team of the Curtis High School. OF Staten lsiahh
i,nproved it's chances of carrying off che1 hohorS
and gaining possession of the Rice trophy. now held
b,- the Rrookiyn BOYS High School OSWALD u
Reich manager of the Curtis team, playing at the
second board picked ingenious win out OF his
,,oci,ion with w Fove, of the Commercial lt1gf>
school The game was played a finish at the
rooms of the BROOKLYN Chess Club yesterday after
noon and the total score of Curtis High Schooi
was increased TO % points against i lost
G F. Silnonson was also hand to play off the
game ne had in hand with II. Wolff brother of
the Columbia University captain, but his opponent
failed to appear. The team of the Brooklyn Boys
High school is d very close second in the race
In the annual championship tournament for chess
lvn. Herbert NJ Barrett. title holder Frederick
Rose and @. s. O'Flyr. both ex-cha mpions; f. II.
Randall and James f. Hurley, have entered. Play
will begin next week.
March 13 and IA and April and are the dates
which have been offered by the City of London
Chess Club to the Brooklyn Chess Club for the
next International cable chess match between
America and Great Britain. II is likely that the
dates first mentioned will he chosen by the Ameri-
can committee for in that case the services OF F. j.
Marshall now in England. will be available. Other
wise he will be busily engaged in the interna tional
tournament which will be III progress by April In
Vienna
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
on THE GOLF LINKS.
Dates for Westcrn Cham pionshp
TOurnamc Nezcs.

Chicago Feb 1.--he directors, of the Western
Golf Association met to-day and fixed the dates
for the 1903 championships. The Western amateur
event will be played the links of the Rock
Island Arsenal Golf Club Rock Island. ILL., on
July 13 to IS. The open championship will take
is and 10.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02


Ray Ewry will be depended upon to win the
standing broad and the standing high jumps. as
in the past He is without peer in these
events The standing broad jump taken off
the intercollegiate programme in 1850 and the
standing high jump the following year. Neither
is in favor among the college athletes. and
Ewry's understudy will probably come from an
athletic club.
Moffett. OF Pennsylvania. may prove the
worlds champion in the high jump. He is by
far the best in this country at present. His rec
ord is feet ga inches. made at the intercolle-
giates last summer. Con Leahy. of ireland, won
the event AT jamestown with "A jump of s feet l
inch. Marshall. of Yale Patterson of Michigan:
Risley. Of Colgate. and the Rossmans of Cor
nell. few of those who have cleared six
feet. The East has Yet to Dan Kelly do any
thing startling i'm the sprints bur il has seen
him jump. and his ability in that line alone is
enough TO win for him place the American
olympic team. His leap of e3 feet II inches at
jamestown last summer was the best of the
year was % feet 1 inch. OConnor. of ireland
holds the worlds record of - feet la inches
made at Dublin in 1901. But Americas chances
look fine in this event. with O'ConneII Of the
New York Athletic Club: Greene. of pennsvI-
vania. and host of others who can do nearly
% feet.
TWO GREAT POLE VAUI.TERS
Captain w r. Dray. of Yale holds the world.
record of IL feet ~ inches for the pole vauI, f,
height. while Martin Sheridan has mark ,f
IS feet in the pole Jump Between them thev
New-York tribune., 1908-02-02

Apprentice allowance
New-York tribune., 1908-07-05
FALLS; SEVEN HURT.
Machine Climbs Bridge Girder and
Turns Turtle.

Seven persons were seriously injured in auto
mobile accident late Friday night the Boule-
ward bridge across the Central Railroad of New
Jersey tracks near West sth street, Bayonne.
They are Frank r. Brown, who conducts a garage
at No. II East 34th street; his wife Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Fricke of No. 56 Park avenue, Hoboken;
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Albert and their daughter.
Miss Lillian Albert, of No 5s5 Garden street, Ho-
boken.
The car climbed up the centre girder about ten
feet and, turning turtle crashed to the floor OF
the bridge. Mr.. and Mrs. Brown were pinned be-
meath the car. and the others were hurled in dif-
ferent directions Their cries brought several per-
sons, and soon half dozen physicians were on
the scene All were hurried in ambulances ana
patrol wagons 10 the City Hospital
1t was found that both of Mrs. Browns arms
were broken, her face was gashed and her body
bruised. Mr.. Browns face and legs were cut ana
his right eye was gashed. Mrs. Fricke suffered d
broken knee cap, and Mrs. Albert and MISS Albert
were cut. Mr.. Fricke and Mr.. Albert were nut
seriously hurt. The automobile was wrecked.
Mr.. Brown said the Boulevard lights were out,
and this police verified. No lights are burned
the bridge, and the spot is considered a DAN
gerous by autoists.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-05

HEARN. in 14th street west of Fifth avenue
will begin tomorrow an extensive sale or Whl'e
goods and wash dress fabrics at special mldsuhl-
rner prices feature at this store during ue
week will be series Of morning sales IN ali ue-
partments
BLOOMINGDALES'. at 5sth street and ThiTd
avenue. announce the annual July mill and fac
tory sale of drygoods. Princess dresses tafeta
pongee coats English Repp suits and many sea-
sonable designs in outing dresses are among the
items of Interest. Embrcideries and wash laces at
great reductions also advertised
BONWIT, TELLER & co. in West 23d street,
show attractive bargains in lingerie waists prin-
cess dresses smart summer jumper frocks and
mandarin suits Automobile coats and other gar
ments suitable for outdoor summer are also
TO be had there in great variety.
THE O'NEHL-ADAMs COMPANY. Sixth ave-
nue. 10th to 22d street. VIII begin tomorrow It's
early summer clearance sale of womens and
misses dresses suits and coats and also the an
nuai July sale Of furniture Summer dress silks
and other bic dress materials. attractive
designs and at reduced figures. viii be shown.
MAcY'S Broadway Sixth avenue, will offer
.rary advantages il their various departments cur
New-York tribune., 1908-07-05
MooRs AND INDIANS FIGHT OVER GIRL
Coney Island High Pressure Hose Called
Into Use to Separate Belligerents.

The romance of a Moor and an Indian girl near
" resulted in the death of Shaib, one Of the Mo
roccan brigands with Hassan Ben Ali at Dream
land, Coney Island, when for an hour yesterday
Moors and Indians fought until employees parted
them by using the high pressure hose
Trouble has been brewing ever since Shaio and
Sunrise the daughter of Black Hawk who is chief
of the Sioux Indian camp. became acquainted, and
through interpreters, carried on conversations Al
though the Moor and the Indian girl often leII
Dreamland together, they were unable to converse
without the aid of an interpreter. though they
used signs to convey affectionate thoughts
Shaib and Sunrise were conversins through the
medium of Carlos and Hassan Ben ALI yesterday
when Black Hawk and his followers appeared. The
Indian leaped the Moor, and. both sides soon
had reinforcenents the battle became general
After the fire hose had been used Black Hawk
carried Sunrise to camp.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-05
West 125th ST., 9TH & 8th Aves.
DIVES OFF HIGH BRIDGE
Hundreds See Nan End Life By
Plunge Into Speeduay.

In view of more than three hundred persons
an unidentified jumped from High Bridge
to the Speedway below at O'Clock yesterday
afternoon. Nearly every bone in his body was
broken and death followed instantly Nothing
was found in the mans possession which could
help identify him. The body was taken to the
Harlem Morgue.
The man attracted attention by talking to
himself. Suddenly, when was near him,
he climbed up the railing and with a wild
scream plunged forward. In the fall Of about
115 feet the mans body turned over several
times. falling in the road just in the rear of a
runabout, driven by man. The police believe
that the man was homeless and out of employ
ment He about tfirty-eight years old, D
feet I inches tall and weighed about 80 pounds.
He had dark hair, blue eyes and was clean
shaven and wore a black coat, vest and trous-
ers blue outing shirt, black socks and a straw
hat.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-05
OFFERINGS AT THE STORES
FOB FURTHER INFORMATION CONSULT THE AD
REFRESHMENTS IN TO-DAYS TRIBUNE

ing the week. A feature will be the sale of men 5
shirts and of women's silk dresses. Other items
of interest will the sales of bathing suits misses
tub" dresses waists in great variety OF material
and colorngs and silk petticoats-
ABRAHAM & STRAUS, in Fulton street Brook
Iyn, announce the July clearance sale OF custom
tailoring. and will make feature OF TINS mems De
partment beginning tomorrow They also VIII
offer bargains in dress materials and women s
hosiery.
ARNOLD. CONSTABLE & co, Broadway and
18th street. will offer during the week unmade
pique robes and light weight summer silks IN
foulards pongees and other materials Lingerie
waists suits. coats and skirts are also advertised
STERN BROTHERS in West 28d street have
made a special purchase of womens wnlte ana
colored waists which they will offer during the
week Bathing suits. Irish. Scotch and German
linens at great reductions ane sale OF women
shoes are other notable shopping advantages at
this store.
LORD & TAYLOR, at their stores at Broadway
and 10Th street and Fifth avenue and 18th street
will offer a complete line OF footwear for women
children and men, and many special offerings IN
hosiery
New-York tribune., 1908-07-05
STAND FALLS; 25 HURT
,,nrTDENT At BALL GAME.
n7,ochers Collapse sUith 1900 Per-
CONS at Ne1c Bedford.

...-5 Mass July Alive persons
z,,-srely injured and a score others SUI
~eie ..,,o- hurts by the collapse of oleacher
's'e ~auy England Baseball League ground
a. =" he game between the New Bedford ana
oul.-S T,.,,o- teams this afternoon Fifteen hun
fS- r.sebau enthusiasts who were on the
.e- were thrown into struggling heap
Oe@~- che structure gave way. Those taken TO
-. bcspital were as follows;
,,rrrr. Thomas Fair Haven: both shoulders
wrenched eeI t'iyfI Service agent, New Bedford:
sRoA ,ren back severely wrenched. contusions ABOUT
BODY P95 aq1es : south Dartmouth; Frustrated By
beat apsnk ara Fair Haven; injuries TO back
T1zMS5x !. H. New Bedrord' legs "renoheo anu sus
tsine5 nervous shoch-
,o,,5av crowd Of 4So0 persons. of whom
90 r-sre in the bIeachers back of first base.
- - cheering the players in the first inning and
Gags, when the forward part Of the
',-a.,e-s began TO sag. The settling gradually
- more and more noticeable, until it
- ss if the whole bleacher was swaying.
e.sdenlv the tirnbers in the centre of the
-.-,-.,,,re cracked, and with a crash the stand
gave way
- fastened 10 the scene of the accident, and
- ,olice quickly formed a Gordon about that
-. Of the grounds The ball players were
s-,ong the first to rush to the assistance Of the
-.,icstricken crowd Men, women and children
sourbt their way out from the fallen timbers.
and many we're trampled on
F4nallv. however. order was restored and the
,n,sicians attended 10 the injuries Of the vic
-,ns Ambulances took the most seriously in
,,,ed 10 the hospital About an hour had
..nsed before the game was completed.
patrick Connolly, treasurer of the ball club,
ssid tonight: The bleachers and grandstand
mere all inspected by Inspector of Buildings
I. Gibbs not long ago. He told me that they
were all safe"
IN his excitement and anxiety TO save his
child when he felt the boards giving way, George
renming. Of Fail River, picked Up his three
vesr-old son and tossed him over the heads of
the persons in front Of him. man who had
lust Ieaped TO the ground from the bieachers
caught the child, who uninjured- The
father had his face cut and side wrenched, and
vas taken TO his home in a carriage.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-05
S. L. P. AGAINST HEARST.
State Convention Declares Movement Has
Alienated Socialists

Tho Socialist Labor party held two conventions
in this city yesterday-national and state-but
,,ir,a -ions were not made at either. At to-day 5
session of the state convention Robert Nauhope'
the Socialist writer, will probably be named LOT
Governor. -
The national nominations will be made to-
morrow.
At the national convention several hours were
consumed in discussing minority report OF the
committee on party press. submitted by MI
o.Neiu of Rhode Island, denouncng the way IN
-bic, the partv press was conducted and recon-
r,e,dnZ that Daniel De Leon, the present edltor
md founder of the Socialist Labor party, be dis
charged and replaced by new man.
he Leon defended himself, and the minority re-
= ---as re3ec+ed only O'NeiI voting in its favor.
A majority report Of the committee Nauicatiiis
De Leon and declaring that the party press hao
made a good showing, considering the business ue-
pression was then carried
u uae decided that members Of the SOCIALIST
Labor marty who had TO join the American r feoera-
,ion Of Labor unions in order TO OBTAIN WORK a'
their trades were not necessarily disqualhed tor
,,,e-nershir in the party and it also decided
+ba+ while the Socialist Labor party disapproVed
of the principles of the American tederation Oh
Tabor unions il would stand by members OF these
unions who were on strike for bona noe
grievance. . -o-.
was Robert Hunter. who was mentioned last week
as a possible candidate, but VINO yesterday Ue-
cIared for Mr.. Wauhope-
The renort of the state committee Will be SUD-
,itted to-day It will that the Hearst move
unent when il started attracted great many uis-
a+iesad r,ersons who were ripe for socialism
Two wears later, ii viii say. these dlssaushed per
cons had their eyes opened 10 the Hearst move
mont when the Independence League fused with
Tammany Hail. and they are now joining the So
New-York tribune., 1908-07-05
SHIPPING NEWS.
Port of New York, Saturday, July 4, 1908.


Delaware French PhiIade9ha a. to the Clyde
La Touraine tFT), Tourrette havre June Zt
cabin and mails and mdse Ar
Steamer T aWaian swsetser Puerto Mexico June
Philadelphia July 3. TO the American Hawaiian IS
steamer Calabra (Brl, Coverly, Leghorn June Is
Naples Il and Palermo 9 to 5 Henderson @ sERshe n with
Steamer Motke Ger, Dempwolf. Genoa June q and
saPlss seaPsr. and an 2 @ds sa' Ess5 OF at
Steamer Maderense (8r; Pontet Para June a. to the
steamer jefferson, Dole, Newport News and Norfolk
70 feft fne o1oTantine nIq Hg'siIito an g.40 D M
teaner New YORK Roberts Southampton and Cher
or seerage passengers. mails and rdse Arrived at
Steamer safiia. Mason Brunswick the Brunswick
SIS Co. with mdse Left Quarantine at o;os n m, "a
Buenos Ayres june To- santos rs. Bahia p and Bar
bados 20 to s Bgss & J9Eenfi % T wI,h a
Steamer Yale Grove Boston TO The Metropolitan IS 90
ysP g.a6 passengers rs. ana muse 97'- 4'-'
Steamer I.ueania cBr war; I!yerg99i June e and and
500 steerage passengers mdse Arrived at the
steamer Monterey Smith Vera Cruz June 25. Pro
greso % and Havana 20 to the New noFN % ana una
rived the Bar at 12:4o a m .a-.. ,,.,.csbo 1Bn.
a2 Curacao and Porto Cahelo Is to Boqlton; Bliss
Daile with mdss Arrived at .he a5 az @ 1 10 the G
Mallory SIS Co with passengers and mdse Left guar
antne at 6S7 a m
SAILED
Steamers Minneapolis t3r). London; Pretoria GGer1,
Hamburg via Plymouth and cherbourg Frutera tNorl
Belize Puerto Barrios etc: ST Leonards tbri antwerp.
Ell Cid. Galveston Columbia tBrl ttiaseoW VIA ioVilIe
Ftr,ria fI3r, Liverpool Queenstown; Finland, Ant
wep Dover; 81 Paul southanptpG oa gnon,h ana ana
Cherhourg Koengin Luise teierl Naples t'ehoa etc.
Arapahae Charleston and IacksohNiie Irih- Joachll
Isarg. PbiIadeIpha san Juan: Concho. Key West and
Galveston: Chesapeake. Baltimore; san Juan Fonce
elries ,srl shanghai etc city Of Memphis saYan-
nah. Hamilton Norfolk and Newport News
New-York tribune., 1908-07-05
EAST RIVER TUBES OPEN.
p. r. r. Tunnels ReEeUed of dir
Pressure 4mid Celebration.

A Fourth of July celebration took place under
the East River yesterday afternoon. when the
compressed air in tubes c and D of the tunnel
system being built by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company was shut off, making it possible to walk
the entire distance from Long Island City to and
through Manhattan to the railroad company s
terminal station under ordinary atmospheric press
ure.
Three hundred workmen employed In the tuoes
and the officials who participated in this unoer-
river celebration, including Allen Moir, engineer
in charge of the work, took part in the celebration
Mr.. Mason. resident engineer for the Pennsyi-
vania Railroad, having charge of the Manhattan
end Of the work. and Mr. Woodard resident engi-
neer for the railroad in charge of the Long Island
City end of the work; Patrick Ryan, chief as
sistant superintendent, and Superintendent Z. n.
Van Dusen also present. When the ar
pressure was abandoned news of the event was
telegrap phed and cabled around the world to engl-
neers employed by the Pearson company the con-
tractors in other parts of the globe, while the
main Offices of the Pennsylvania Railroad were
also Informed that another stride in the compile
ton of its costly undertakings had been success
fully accomplished.
Both tubes were reported to be absolutely water
tight There was neither crack nor seam IN the
immense iron ring twenty-three feet in diameter,
which forms the unconcreted wall of the big TUBES
Before the end of another two weeks the COM
pressed air also will be taken from tubes and B.
According to engineers, the largest compresseu
air plant ever assembled in the worlds history Oh
tunnel building mining was brought together
for the building of these four tubes "lthh IIe
next few months il is understood that the coIh-
messed air will be taken from the North River
tubes thus making it possible TO walk from Long
Island City TO New Jersey underground in ordinary
a+nospheric pressure 1t is understood that the
four East River tubes Will be turned over to the
railroad for track laying by the first of the year.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-05
WIFE WON
Husband Finally Convinced.

Some men are wise enough 10 try new foods
ana beverages and then generous enough to give
others The benefit Of their experience.
A very Conservative Ills man, however, let
ms good wife dnd out for herself what blessing
Postum is 10 those who are distressed in many
Ways. by drinking coffee The wife writes:
40 slave in chains. il seemed 10 me, was
more helpless than l. coffee captive Yet
lnere We're iunurnerable warnings-w king from
q troubled sleep with a feeling Of suffocation,
et umes dizzy and out OF breath, attacks Of
palpitat0n Of the heart that frightened me.
Common sense reason. and my better judg-
!nent told me that coffee drinking the
trouble. Al last nay nervous system was so dis
coffee
he knew he was right and he knew / knew
u TOO. I capitulated. Prior 10 this our family
nec tied Postum but disliked ii. because, as We
-earned later il not made right.
determined this time 10 give Postum a fair
tFlal' prepared il according 10 directions on
le pkg-that is. boiled il 10 minutes after
,He-hg Commenced. obtaining a dark brown
t-eal9 with rich snappy favour similar 10 cof-
When cream and sugar were added, ii was
AoJ Only good but delicious.
noting ITS beneficial effects in me the rest
- tle family adopted it-aH except my hus-
tneAa' who would not admit that coffee hurt
III several weeks elapsed during which
:, oIlS POSTUM two three times a day when,
49, - my surprise my husband said: 1 have de-
81 -el 81 - drink Postum. Your Improvement is
~ ~ epparent-you have such fine c0lor-that
pltpose To give credit where credit is due And
We are coffee-slaves no longer"
,,--Nelne given by Postum Co Battle Creek.
.-SL head The Road to Wellvflle" in pkgs
-neres Reason"
, ver reSo the above letter? new ore ap-
t. rom time 10 time. They are genuine,
sno fnii OF human interest