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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1903
Page
1
An advertisement extols hand tailored suits at the price of machine work. It promises three times as many stylish patterns and lists prices of 15, 18, 20, and 25 dollars. The ad is signed by Reuben S. Patterson.
In a game riddled by errors Mason took the loss as Fort Wayne slipped past Wheeling. O’Connell’s miscue in left spurred Grand Rapids to a late rally while Beecher and DeArmond’s errors hurt Wheeling. Weather and postponed games loom as Fort Wayne, Grand Rapids, South Bend, Marion, Evansville, Dayton, and other matchups are listed for today.
Chicago reports McChesney the west's greatest thoroughbred wins the Harlem national handicap, narrowly beating Gregor K by a length and a half amid a delayed post. Jockey Gray steered the winner, as MeChesney earns the entire purse of 300 dollars in a huge field of nine.
The article reports multiple local baseball updates from Fort Wayne and surrounding cities. Teams like the Shamrocks, Pirates, and Royal Blues are active, with post games, lineups, and home standings noted. It mentions players such as Lang, Lang, and Lee, plus upcoming matches against Terre Haute and Paulding and a postponed game schedule.
Special to the Journals Gazette reports in Terre Haute Indiana on June 6 that BEEGHER mishandled three errors which enabled the Stogies to win. The contest featured miscues by Beehger and costly fielding mistakes that swung the game.
A contested match between Evansville and Grand Rapids was decided in favor of Grand Rapids after a protest. The Journal Gazette notes the ruling shifts the outcome, moving a winning column from Evansville to Grand Rapids and altering the standings.
Detroit Athletic Club claims the Central Amateur Athletic Association championship at its grounds by two points. Results list Milwaukee star Schule with multiple wins and Detroit, Chicago, and Milwaukee athletes earning top marks in track events such as the mile, 440 yard dash, hurdles, sprints, jumps, and throws.
New York reports the annual spring athletic meet of the New York Athletic Club at Travers Island with 47,000 spectators. Yale's E. J. Clapp won hurdles and a juvenile relay record was set by Prove Preparatory School of Philadelphia ahead of Brooklyn High School. Columbia runners led the mile relay as Yale’s F.G. Beck posted a near record in a wide, fast race.
Everett Brown of Brentwood Grove won the two hundred dollar diamond badge and Indiana individual championship at the Indiana Trap Shooters League event in Lafayette. He tied with Al Livenguth and August Flynn in the initial round, then Brown led the shoot to break 94 of 100 targets to claim the top prize. Edward Voris was second with 11 dead, with multiple shooters scoring in the high forties to fifties across the two-day event drawing about 17,000 targets.
In New York on July 6 Captain Brown's Broomstick ridden by Odem carried 125 pounds to an easy victory in the Great American Stakes at Gravesend. The Henbrus-Half fleet was a strong favorite but finished behind. Irish Lad, winner of the Brooklyn handicap, also showed top form with a decisive Broadway Stakes victory. The five furlongs were run in 1:047/5, a track record for the distance.
Dure fug captured the Intercollegiate meet title in Bloomington as Purdue led with 63 points, followed by Notre Dame 287, Wabash, Earlham, DePauw, and others. The meet tied the Western intercollegiate mile record with a 4:25 time. four state records fell and two were equalled despite heavy wind.
Toledo pitcher Willam Carlet, who has been with the Toledo American Association team, has been signed by the Philadelphia National. Elab anil will serve far thirty to alehi. Wall Paper to PLEASE you cheap at TL. O. Full's, 820 Calhoun St.
The Wheel London notes L Meredith wins the city mile cycling championship at Crystal Palace in two hours 58 minutes 45 seconds. C A Otley, holder of the cup, fell and was severely injured during the event.
Storm damage from last night strikes Standard Oil station 92 near Elida, touching off a fire that consumes three tanks, thirty dhona and barrels of oil, with damage estimated around 40000 dollars. Local reports note the blaze at Lima area station and follow up on tomorrow's baseball game.
Cincinnati report of June 6 states Fred Gansel, an insurance man, was fatally stabbed by Elliott Wacker at 409 Race Street Indies tailoring shop during a dispute over a small bill. Wacker claims self defense. Gansel died at the city hospital from a fractured skull.
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