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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1904
Page
5
The state shoot of the Indiana shooters will be held at the Indianapolis gun club grounds on Wednesday. A great pair of crack shots will be present. Special car service from this city to the grounds has been arranged on the rain field interurban line. The cars will run every half hour. Dinner will be served at the clubhouse for all participants at the shoot.
Notre Dame coach Tom Holland is praised for building a strong track program and bringing out the best in athletes. The article notes his calm leadership, knowledge of the sport, and the respect he earns from players and fellow colleges.
Leslie Burterings retained as starter. Hess Carr and Dickey shown as the best the team has in years. Bar ne showed power against Cleveland, with Voltz dominant and fans noting his form. Newlin, Foulkes and Fisher poised to face Cleveland next Tuesday as the team eyes improvement.
The Cleveland team had practiced four weeks when considering factors behind the Hoo sier win. Magnate Ruschaupta, who played with the Brooklyn Nationals last year, was noted in the recap.
Rumors claim church groups in Jersey City may oppose Sunday baseball while the Browns push past the Cardinals in betting on sluggers. Fitzsimmons set to meet Metcy amid training camp chatter. Barney Oldfeld retires from auto racing removing a top American driver. Officials vow boxing study at Stingen Germany event July 16 to 22. Clark Griffith eyes shifts. Galvary Harris purchased Angle for 1300 dollars. Jenkins misses match with Ws Hackeneshmill as schedules fill to September. McGraw argues crossfire delivery may cripple pitchers in the league. Harrisburg youth Lrackenridge faces Kia Waterlan in a tied Freent game as Mack’s Athletics hammer nine in one inning.
Lafayette Central league beat Indianapolis 4 to 5 in a Monday night game. Anderson edged Muncie 7 to 1 in an exhibition. Fort Wayne, Central League champs, defeated Richmond, Western league champs, 9 to 6. Elwood defeated Kokomo 3 to 2 as Lafayette and Kokomo dispute a past game with Kokomo accused of rough play.
A list of college football captains by position shows 14 of 47 captains are halfbacks, with tackles next, including Michigan halfback W. M. Ueston and Yale tackle J. J. Logan. Other schools span Princeton Princeton, Harvard, Columbia, Penn, Carlisle, Annapolis, Dartmouth, Syracuse, Ohio State, and more, naming players by position and surname.
A list of players by school and position includes Western Reserve, Wesleyan, Lehigh, Lafayette, Dickinson, Holy Cross, Iowa, Rochester, Georgetown, Virginia, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Illinois, Notre Dame, Oregon, Stanford, California, Kentucky, Haskell Indians, Minnesota, NYU, Bowdoin and others. The roster-like fragment assigns tackles, guards, ends, centers, and backs such as J. Lippincott, R. Waters, J. Morrican, Thos Beddow, Nyle Jones, T. Larkin, W. Connell, M. Mahoney, T. Stone, Vanderboom, Harry Allen, Fairweather, Shaughnansey, Templeton, G. Clark, B K Strand, Hogan Yancey, C Guyon, T. Reilly, D. White, and D. C. White.
Indianapolis defeats Cleveland 9 5 as Leslie drives in the deciding run with a seventh inning single. Ortlieb sits behind the plate while Leslie proves a timely hitter amid a weathered contest. Allemang, Volz, and Barney share mound duties as Indianapolis builds a three-run lead in the first inning and holds on. Attendance 435.
Boer farmers in Cape Town send a protest to St Louis World Fair commissioners urging prohibition of a Boer war balloon display on the grounds calling it an outrage. General Botha may travel to St Louis to appeal personally for the ban amid tensions. In Chicago Jack O Keefe defeats Honey Melody in six rounds at the American Athletic Club in a rough bout with clean blows favoring O Keefe.
Quarantined wedding guests in Lacrosbe Wisconsin after the ceremony as the bride's mother contracted smallpox. In Berlin a 34 year old, Mrs Fiste Ahart, shot herself after a day marked by a prominent advocate for women's equal rights.
Two paralytics confined at City Hospital decided on a walk and staged a light race along Indiara avenue near the Race Course. James Schofield and John Heine, the so called Hosses, started together but Heins pulled ahead, then Schofield lagged and later went to bed exhausted. Heins enjoyed the spin while Schofield doubted the ruse being a con.
Edward Grift, accused of stealing a $50,000 package from the Great Head Kansas post office on February 9, fled with the money and later separated from his wife before reaching El Paso, Texas. Postal inspectors traced him to Carthage and then to Joplin, where he was arrested amid reports of a woman involved in the case.
In Oil City Pennsylvania on a Monday afternoon a woman identified as Mrs Luke Gangh, a Holy Roller, allegedly placed her months old baby on a red hot stove and then severed the child’s right hand with a dull paring knife. One source believes the child will die.
Toledo officials visited Indianapolis on Monday to study municipal improvement work. They toured the city and inspected several improved streets to glean ideas for local projects.
Bids have been advertised for some of the repair work needed after recent floods and remaining projects will be advertised within a few days.
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