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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1904
Page
6
A historical list of well known fly patterns with color names and materials for trout and bass. Includes Montreat-Crimson, Queen of Water, Black Tail, Red Spinner, Coachman, Seth Green, and Brown Hackle variants. Also describes leader construction using snowg or snow.
Wet grounds forced a Milwaukee game cancellation as Indiana Hoosiers learned in Chicago. Brewers left Milwaukee at 4 p.m. Sunday and faced heavy rain in Indianapolis, risking an afternoon matchup. Weather will decide schedule as Brewers plan a three day stay and aim to improve their hitting and infield defense.
Jamaica opens its nine day spring meeting with the Excelsior handicap the feature race worth 890 miles with 25 entries. Favorites Bultons and Garsman lead betting while Charles Elwood and Rosetint are among the next runners in a field headed by Worth over 8.90.
The list of likely starters includes Maj Daingerfield Rostand Dixie Laine Lord Badge Himself Ostrich Red Knight Florham Queen Bardelot and Sam Craig with two other races on the card also carrying entries.
In Columbus the fifth inning rain halted play as the crowd surged onto the field. Manager Watkins filed a protest claiming home supporters disrupted the game. President Grillo rejected the protest and ordered the inning tied to determine Minneapolis’s share.
Little Johnny Fisher of the Met of the fair gox wins his first fast company game. Hogriever and Weston receive credit for the win with a key two-run double in the eighth inning. Shen Herdon hits a triple scoring Hogriever. Three runs score in that inning. Hoosiers only scored that inning. Fisher shows nerve and strikes out the final batsmen in the ninth.
Buddies Ryan and Memsic to back Sieloff in a planned decision bout at the Auditorium Monday night. Sieloff, nicknamed the Cyclone Dutchman, trains in Indianapolis and boasts top form in the welterweight scene. Preliminary bouts expected to be lively as fighters showcase talent in the lead up to the main event.
Spicy sports notes recount player comebacks and missteps as various leagues open. Highlights include Barmey Oldfeld reinstated by the A A A, Earl Moore praised as premier pitcher, Teeth gaining Cincinnati fans, and Enger Kesauhan back in the headlines. Amid chatter of trades and managerial moves, Waddell’s strike out record and opening day crowds in Cleveland and New York frame a season beginning.
Long Island opening season for trout April 1 brings abundant stocks across numerous waters. Read details list from Mistequogue River to Moriches Bay with distances from New York City, noting public access, pond and stream fishing, hatchery stockings, and five to six pound trout reported in several waters.
In St Paul and Minneapolis area scores, Toledo and Louisville trailed 11 to 22 in a results column. Kansas City posted 4 as Indianapolis and Milwaukee battled on wet grounds. Chicago and Cleveland were listed with 5 and 4, while Detroit also showed 4 in this compact standings roundup.
The schedule lists American Association games including Milwaukee at Indianapolis Kansas City at Louisville Minneapolis at Columbus and St Paul at Toledo. National League fixtures feature St Louis at Pittsburgh Cincinnati at Chicago Brooklyn at New York Philadelphia at Boston. American League matchups show Chicago at Cleveland St Louis at Detroit New York at Washington and Boston at Philadelphia.
Michigan's track squad, boosted by new star Malph Rose and weight events ace Ray, heads to an April meet in Philadelphia aiming to extend a rising streak. Key figures Cayt Ket-Saw, Duffy, Hahn, and Stone figure prominently as the Wolverines seek dominant showings against Yale and Cornell challengers.
Milwaukee couple Gertrude Porthous and Bucktoy of Detroit wed at Belleville after a brief romance aboard a cabin car train. They met, spoke, and became engaged and married within the same day, recording a rapid courtship between sunrise and sunset.
The paper by Ivan Dubats reviews conspirators who attacked Caesar after his murder order. It notes three wounds, one fatal, with the first from a stab to the left chest and the others to the head and face as Brutus and others pressed the assault.
The Times steamer waterway recall highlights Russian press methods. The government spends more on censors than schools. In 190 the ten censors extended to suspend panels for periods, 26 banned advertising, and 239 editors faced threats of a Siberian holiday for championing certain public questions.
Paul Stevanson was arrested after he refused to pay for a dinner at J Higgins' restaurant Atevendan. He ate a meal then fled, prompting Higgins to have him arrested. Magistrate Islesple sentenced Stevanson to three months in the house of correction.
A long, accusatory narrative recounts Prince Prosper Arenberg's criminal youth, murder of a colonial policeman in German East Africa, subsequent trials, and controversial clemency. It depicts a lineage dating to the tenth century and critiques European justice as applied to a prince versus commoners.
In Btafford Kas on April 2 a factory for steam type plows is described. The plow frame attaches to a traction engine and is operated by a steam cylinder. A 1 foot wide swath flips soil and 2 to 3 acres can be plowed in a day. The company reports enough orders to keep workers busy six months.
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