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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1907
Page
7
Local baseball fans discuss next season as manager Watkins possibly returns to the bench and Charley Carr’s future with the Hoosiers hangs on the reserve clause. Carr’s status, pay, and retirement plans spark debate amid recent team injuries and strong pitching from Himes and others.
The Board of Governors of the Gentlemen's Driving Club released the entries for three Cup races in Lexington Ky at the upcoming fair. August 12 features Row Lot Lena D Brigham Jay W Camelia Prince of Press Bedalia Princess B while August 14 lists Richard R Dr Phelps Queen Sign Golden Gate Earl Patch all 2 20 trotters and pacers. The August 16 race includes Mary L Annie B May Sherbet and Ben Potts with George M Webb of Chestnut Hill Penn driving Ben Potts.
Local fans are told there are only 12 more games at Washington park this season before the American Association season ends. The Hoosiers face a Western swing with Milwaukee, Kansas City, St Paul, and Columbus visits, then conclude with series against eastern clubs. Players head to winter quarters as magnates plan the off season.
Chenault pitched masterfully for the Hoosiers against the Saints, scattering eleven hits and allowing only one run over nine innings. LeRoy the Indian suffered his second loss in the series as Chenault earned his second win of the week and season with Hoosier support aiding late runs.
The feature notes multiple games and players from major leagues. Highlights include Chenault’s speed, Himes’s error, Lindsay as the day’s top hitter, and Stovall and Delahanty tied to the Reading club. Louisvilles Woodruff wins. Senators beat Brewers 3 to 2. Pirates beat Mets 5 to 2. and Cubs lose 3 to 1 to Phillies.
Cleveland report details 1920s era players planning winter homes and futures. Krug heads to San Francisco and vows never to return east. Cook seeks civil engineering work. Summers to Ladoga, Slagle and Kellum travel for health and rest. Himes to Illinois. Williams stays in St. Louis. Wirtten Watkins farms in Michigan. Jones handles club affairs.
Wee Willie Keeler of the New York Americans says smoking aids his eye for batting and that he never stops during baseball season. He cautions that inhaling smoke is dangerous and insists his view is personal not a general rule.
Barney Oldfield says he will quit racing after the current season to enter the auto business. The piece notes boxing and baseball chatter with names like Frank Sparks and Eddie Tancel, mentions Joe Kelley and Packy McFarland, and reports San Francisco as a top boxing city with Burns, Squires, Nelson, and Britt drawing big gates.
American Association slate features Minneapolis at Indianapolis in two games, plus Kansas City at Columbus, Milwaukee at Toledo, St. Paul at Louisville, Philadelphia at Chicago, New York at Pittsburg, Brooklyn at Cincinnati, and Boston at St. Louis. American League shows Chicago at Boston and St. Louis at New York with Cleveland at Washington and Detroit at Philadelphia. Central League eyes Grand Rapids at South Bend, Evansville at Terre Haute, Dayton at Springfield, and Wheeling at Canton.
The burgh's notes show $1,000 purses for trot and pace events with horses like Lilian R Charley Belden Coonel Patrick Tommy H and Grand Elder. Entries include Miss Jones Miss Adbell Village Boy Red Jacket Lotta Margaret O Thornfield Marecheal Henry S Jr Tokio Irene's Flower and others with times cited 2:09% 2:07 2:08 and related results.
Brighton Beach hosts a Sunday double header featuring the Flora Bringhurst Unions with Downey a standout southpaw. Reserves plan to counter with Quiesser Laginour or Lash as pitcher.
Chaniler Egan of Exmoor and Herbert F. Jones of Wheaton play 36 holes for the Western amateur golf championship in Wheaton. Egan beat Paul Hunter and W I Howland in the morning. Jones defeated John D. Cady and then the defending champion D B Sawyer 1 up in the afternoon.
Special to The Sun. Marrell Cain, a young St Louis boxer, is under arrest charged with causing his father George Cain’s death after a quarrel in which the elder man was struck with a baseball bat on August 1. Cain had supported his father and was regarded as a well behaved lad, with the elder Cain well known in the city.
Delos Drake of Findlay Ohio, star in Mansfield’s O P League, has 102 hits 26 putouts and 50 runs breaking all club records. He will be tested with a larger league team later this season. Have you tried Helen Byron a high grade smoke for 100 by Leahy & Co Cincinnati Obie.
Saratoga N Y Aug 10 Jockey Jack Martin under contract to Frank J Farrell has been suspended by the New York American baseball magnate for cruel treatment of the filly Aimee C in the Spinaway Brakes on Wednesday.
William K. Vanderbilt Jr donated the cup and will delay events until spectator protection is secured. The Vanderbilt Race Commission failed this year due to lack of state military protection, with New Jersey riders blamed on two prominent automobilists. The plan foresees completion of the Lene Island Parkway and an 85 mile drive route, with details to be announced by the Parkways authority.
Reverend Dwyer of St. Arch Church in Cleveland lies in critical condition at St. Hospital after falling into a boiling tub of hot water while preparing a bath. Doctors fear the loss of his right leg if he survives.
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