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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1905
Page
7
A lengthy sports notes piece surveys baseball cards and personalities shaping fan appeal. It highlights historic figures like Wagner, Keeler, Lajoie, Anse, Ward, Ewing, Brouthers, and Delehanty as defining “cards” of the era, while touching on Prince Henry and Prince Henry of Prussia’s sailing interests and royal support for yachting.
Yale selects four athletic leaders for the 1908 year. Thomas Leonard Shevlin will lead football as captain and begin training for Yale crew with Richard Wary Morse Jr. directing training. O'Brien to oversee baseball, Jonathan Marin Mates to scout track material. Tom Rheevin linked to football captaincy with a noted coaching past. Yale also signs Billy Lush to a three year contract, while Cater and Milne aim to boost track and football through the year.
The column surveys recent baseball results with pitchers like Bob Ewing and Cosy Dolan, notes on Joe Gano and Jimmy Britt, and mentions changes to Vanderbilt and territorial racing plans. It also covers a Latonia meeting setup before Louisville, the Vanderbilt race adjustments, and a Cleveland trotting scene with Akron and Huntington incidents, plus broader sport gossip about owners, jockeys, and trainers.
Turbulent game in Washington where the Hoosiers hammered Sessions, drawing jeers and boos from fans as their offense clicked. Goode and Goode’s pitching limited the opposition, while Goode signed with the New York Americans and the page notes strong hitting from Kelles’s group and Conroy’s versatile play across positions.
A disjointed report recalls Barney Dreyfus and a Detroit manager Dick Goole. Tensions rise after a game when Goole reportedly failed to perform, amid rumors of indiscipline and prior issues with the club.
An OCR fragment from American Association coverage shows scattered team and player names with garbled city, venue, and schedule details. The legible bits hint at matchups or rosters involving Louievade, Shaw, Ford, Marebedl, Kane, Hathrire, Wart, Brown, Rory, Sraner, Toledo, and Hickey, but the text remains fragmentary and inconclusive.
A cluttered sports column lists random Tuesday games across multiple leagues and cities. It highlights Gus Ruhl in top condition for a forthcoming bout with Jim McCormick in San Francisco, noting Ruhl will weigh about 0 pounds and may later face Marvin Hart. McCormick is also seen training.
Central league plans to add a city to reach an 18 club polo circuit. The conference of polo magnates met at the Imperial hotel to decide the expansion, with a September meeting scheduled to elect officers and likely adopt a schedule.
The clippings list batter partnerships and lineups for games in New York Cincinnati Philadelphia Boston Pittsburg Washington Chicago and others. It notes batteries like Reinbach and Kling at Batteries-Reinbach, Narper and Schiei at T1094, Gideon and Ceiger for Boston, Wolfe Townsend Kittrings and Heydon, and many more across cities including Wheeling Evansville Terre Haute and Dayton, with scorelines or game references embedded in fragmented form. The report reads as a hurried roster card from a multi city schedule with player pairings and teams.
A garbled, fragmentary report discusses a 15 year old and Yale, mentioning Ralph Ree the show putter and various names. It hints at university selection and public trains to Otis town but remains unclear and inconclusive about any concrete outcome.
Chicago dated report details the kickoff of a national golf championship qualifying round with 48 players, including J H Suck Dew of Ol City and CL Brown of Birmingham. Scores and pairings are listed, Olympian team chip event results noted, and W C Fownes Jr. led with 189 in the opening bases.
The local racing association threatens legal action amid a contract dispute involving John Epton and opposition from Gay Hauly to pool selling at the track. W. R. Blair says Spian has no taxes for action against the association as the weeks of opposition unfold.
Wilkesbarre Pa August 1 John Beighe a hard hitting center fenaer of the Wilkesbarre club had been reserved by Wilkesbarre for 20n and is willing to play with a big league team. William Hinchman who jumped the team is with Wiltlampsort of the Ty-Btate league. Gelgis Iswaleo a clever pitcher won every game he pitched for Wilkesbarre this season. The deal was made for Cincinnati by former Cateber.
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