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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1908
Page
1
The article details a doubleheader where the Fort Wayne champs defeated Wheeling in both games. Key performers include Kelley and McDermott for the locals, with strong hitting and solid fielding securing the wins. Multiple players from Wheeling and Fort Wayne are noted for notable at bats, defensive plays, and late rallies.
BASEBALL 10-DAY. Charles Wilner Hill aged thirteen years ten months and one day died at his parents home near South Milford Ind at 2 o'clock this morning from dropsy after having smallpox. His body grew wasting and hardening despite medical aid. Funeral at 2 o'clock Thursday from the residence with interment in South Milford cemetery.
Southeast quarter notes indicate a close contest with South Bend 5 Evansville 4. Umpire timing and start details are unclear. Reconstructed play highlights include walks, strikeouts, wild pitches, two-base hits, home runs, sacrifices, double plays, stolen bases, passed balls, and a late left on base count. Attendance not specified.
A garbled early 20th century style piece questions if men are keener than women and references labor, effort, and societal roles. It hints at gendered efficiency and historical tasks, mentioning workers, arithmetic, and generic social effort through a skeptical lens.
Bluffton supporters report money raised to save the Bluffton baseball team. Wes Maggard urges enlistment as manager and captain. Boosters list Hobbs Edmounds and L. C. Justin steering efforts with players from Detroit and Decatur set to join. Ditching staff includes Boyd Prough Hun, with Maggart Woberts and Kistler among outfield candidates.
Baseball scores from multiple National League games include Chicago beating St. Louis 2 to 1 in ten innings, Pittsburgh defeating Cincinnati 5 to 3, New York edging Boston in a doubleheader, Philadelphia overcoming Brooklyn, and Chicago defeating Cleveland in a later matchup. Umpires listed: Rudderham, Johnstone, Kigler, Owens, and O'Day.
Kansas City and Indianapolis split a doubleheader with Kansas City taking the first game. Marquard yielded eleven strikeouts but walked nine and was hit at critical moments. Shasta struggled in the second game as Indianapolis held the lead entering late innings. Umpires were Kerin, Lindsay and Exslik.
Detroit loses 7 to 1 after a rough opening inning with five singles and outfield errors. Waddell earns the win for St Louis as Detroit fails to hit. Umpires Connelly and Bluist. Later in Philadelphia New York and Philadelphia game halted after ninth inning due to darkness, tying 9 to 9. Manning and Kleir were the battery for Philadelphia.
A 10 day double header features Wheeling against Fort Wayne on Thursday. First game starts at 2 p.m. Both games require one admission fee for entry.
Amid scattered club notices Burr Street Stars challenge steam, Textile team faces Royals Sunday morning on Koltuing diamond. Boy Hun and Corner Rod Gun Club seek next Buncey game at Corner Rod grounds. Blues vs Columbia City looms with Vollmer pitching and Henleir catching. K M White Sox plan Rome clash next Sunday at Comer Red and Gun clay. Kurt Wayne Elks lineup includes Schield Nickerson Meyer Kiel Westenhfeld Weberruss Kemp Witte Voight as they meet Maw Haven Hagins in a fast ball clash.
In Warsaw Indiana this afternoon Plymouth defeated the Waren Elks nine by 4 to 3 in a closely played contest. Plymouth broke the shutout with a timely eighth inning rally as Haymond Williams Chester Zimmerman and Chan Butler drove in runs. Final score 4-3. A rematch is set for Thursday afternoon July 9 in Warsaw.
Two big doubleheaders are scheduled for Friday and Sunday to clear postponed games. The Champs, behind on the calendar, will host Wheel and Zanesville in six games to finish the string. Hendricks’ squad appears superior, while Wheelingites fight hard. Pitcher Bean from the University of Michigan may join the lineup to bolster the Brogles run of bad form.
Angola Ind June 24 The Steuben county clerk’s office issues a marriage license authorizing Paul Ernest Walter of South Bend to wed Ethel Zoma Rathkun of Fremont in Indiana in a formal certificate notice.
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