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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1900
Page
8
The Indianapolis Fire Insurance Company lists John H. Holliday as president and John M. Spann as secretary at the Home Office 148 East Market Street with telephone 133. The notice distinguishes new or old policies.
Detroit and Indianapolis duel in Detroit on August 15 as Barnes dominates with 55 batters faced and no walks. Indiana wins 4 to 9 in 15 innings after Cronin and Barnes duel in a near flawless pitching duel with tight defense.
In Cleveland Buffalo won 3 to 0 with 8 hits and no errors while Cleveland had 3 hits and no errors. Batteries Kerwin and Schreckengost for Buffalo faced Smythe and Cross. In Milwaukee Chicago defeated by 6 runs as Fisher and Sugden and Dowling and Smith worked the batteries. In Minneapolis costly errors gave Kansas City a 10 to 5 win. Gear and McManus faced Bandolin and Fisher.
In Pittsburg a doubleheader ended with Pittsburg 5 8 and 4 1 over New York. Chicago defeated Boston 7 12 and 6 3 with notable errors. St Louis witnessed a fist fight between McGann and Wolverton with punches and a police intervention.
Louis won easily in a sequence of abbreviations with St Louis, Philadelphia and teams listed. The text shows league standings with clubs Dayton Fort Wayne Toledo Wheeling Mansfield Columbus New Castle Marion and a 90 percent figure, but many words are garbled making exact results unclear.
In the Interstate League Columbus defeated Marion 3 to 2 while Wheeling topped New Castle 6 to 2. Wheeling then won 3 to 1 against New Castle, and Toledo beat Fort Wayne 10 to 2.
The Newby Oval program ended with a dramatic ten mile motor cycle and multicycle race. A triplet ridden by Pease Gordon and Watson overtook rival machines, winning easily despite a one and a half minute handicap. Carl Fisher finished second in the motor cycle class amid a large crowd and several protests over race rules.
The Seaside sporting club won the bid for the Fitzsimmons Sharkey match to be held August 21 at Coney Island. The winner receives 73 percent of the $25,000 purse while the loser gets 25 percent. Century athletic club failed in its bid and a subsequent fight with Champion Jeffries is planned for August 31.
Shine Woodfork defeated Bob Fanning in a 15 round heavyweight boxing match in Frankfort Ind on Tuesday night. The 500 spectators watched as Woodfork gained the victory in the tenth round. Preliminaries were reported as good.
A heavy Glen Falls track slowed times in the grand circuit. Gayton captured the 2:09 trot fastest clock, with 2:12%4 noted. Saratoga steeplechase had only Arquebus and Ingomar as entrants, with Ingomar balking and Arquebus racing alone. Detroit saw four fast winners Lex Ennomia Invasion and Hungarian, while St Louis saw four favorites plus a second-choice winner.
Miss Susan Robinson, four, daughter of lawyer George Robinson of Rosebank, swam from South Beach to Hoffman Island and back seven miles. She was accompanied by Seamon Schlessenger and swam the distance without a following boat. She is a school teacher.
Edward B. Martin aged 66 of 2717 College Avenue died Wednesday at 3 30 a m from paralysis after being stricken last Thursday. A prominent contractor since 1865 he built arsenal and brewery structures. He was a Quaker and survived by his widow and two daughters Mrs B C Kelsey of 2718 Ash Street and Mrs Joseph Bannheiser of Chicago. Funeral Friday afternoon.
Judge J A Romans aged 60 of Redfield attempted to hang himself by leaping from a tree in Eldorado Springs Missouri but a limb broke causing a fall. He then cut his throat with a pocket knife and died. Romans was the Republican nominee for county commissioner seeking reelection.
From police court Tuesday John W. Stokes Edith Forrest Stokes and Anna Lyons were sent to the grand jury charged with collecting money for a non existent fresh air fund of the Ladies aid society of Seventh Presbyterian Church. Bond was set at $1,200 each.
Senator Hanna will personally open the party campaign in New Jersey with a stump speech at the state rally in Asbury Park next Tuesday.
Amusements note that Uncle Tom's Cabin will follow Over the Sea at the Park on Thursday. Al W. Martins company is praised for strong drama. Doc Quigley stars with Al G Field's greater minstrels delivering new dancing acts and humor. The Moroccan troupe The fete at Mecca closes the show with acrobatics. Fields minstrels perform at English's on Wednesday night.
The street car company plans four large double truck cars for winter service and considers a winter palace car. Such cars are popular in many cities and are luxuriously furnished with chairs, tables, and space for theater parties to dine and play cards while touring the town at night.
Patriotic Order Sons of America met in Washington and Timoissts for their tenth annual session. New officers named include President H E Griffith Crawfordsville and Secretary S D Symmes Crawfordsville. Over 1000 dollars paid out for sick benefits. Sarah J Bishop sues W T Wilcox and Terre Haute Brewing Co for 2000 over liquor given to her drunk husband who beat her. Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil advertised as a cure all for burns cuts and sprains.
Central Trust Company advertises a full range of services including deposits with interest, loans on favorable terms, real estate sales and exchanges, rent collection, and insurance writing.
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