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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1900
Page
8
The Indianapolis Fire Insurance Company presents its home office at 148 East Market Street with John H Holliday as President and John M Spann as Secretary. The tele phone number 133 is listed for inquiries.
An exhibition tale recounts two afternoon games between Indianapolis and Detroit with wild description of Indians versus Tigers, crowds of 2,500, and multiple baserunning and pitching details. It notes Watkins selling tiger pelts and general chaotic battle with back and forth scoring and savagery.
Detroit defeated Indianapolis 12 to 7 in Saturday’s game ending their series. Bays and powers featured miscues and hard throws while Barnes delivered slow curves. Pete McCoy of Cincinnati National died in Springfield Illinois from consumption.
Guriday struck out 13 in a game where Rushville fell 13 to 6 and 9. The Hayes Stars beat Young Marcus 22 to 7 while the Saunders 15 to 7. Ban Johnson notes Chicago must dread Indianapolis as a pennant threat. The Millers and Indians open a four game series Monday after a 3 45 pm call. Summer and Milgan will pitch. Gambling on Pittsburg league grounds grows notorious. The Oriental kids defeated the Cumberlands 14 to 9 on Sunday.
Reidy pitched Minneapolis out of the game. Milwaukee beat Minneapolis 9 to 6 after 13 hits. Chicago defeated Kansas City 6 to 0 in the Windy City. Braggins limited Buffalo to two singles as Buffalo posted 2 runs to Cleveland 1. In the National League Phillips wild pitched in the tenth as Pittsburgh led Cincinnati 6 to 5. New York fielding failed in a 5 to 3 loss to Philadelphia. St Louis beat Chicago 2 to 0. Boston defeated Brooklyn 8 to 0 with strong fielding. In the Interstate League Fort Wayne beat New Castle 4 to 3. second game Fort Wayne prevailed 3 to 2. Mansfield won 4 to 1 against Wheeling as rain halted the second game. Anderson and Marion split a doubleheader. Dayton beat Toledo 9 to 0 then rain halted the second game with Dayton leading 5 to 0.
John Nelson of Chicago breaks the Coliseum track record with 1 34 3 5 ahead of Major Taylor’s 1 37 1 5. R D Little and H H Hackett compete in Niagara on the Lake tennis tournament while night bicycle racing thrives at Terre Haute. Jeffries fights Fitzsimmons dispute looms with 2500 forfeit. date pending. Corbett plans matches with Fitz or Jeffries. Vesper boat club wins seniors eight at Paris. Canadian Archie Mack Eachern defeats J P Jacobson in New York pursuit. International golf foes to clash Sept 1 in Quebec. Ben Jordan sails home.
Russia asks Armour Packing to ship 6 060 000 pounds of beef to China, a colossal undertaking needing 8 000 cattle and many ships. A fake report claimed a collision between a train and Greenwood car. Last week’s car movement fell to 18 131. Broad Ripple line power failure disrupted L. E & W. excursions.
A jumble of international and domestic items dominates the column. Reports include Sousa’s European tour ending, Turkish Armenians, British coal purchases, Yaqui peace efforts, Methodist temple plans in Chicago, Bryan’s return speeches, Guam fortifications, French invasion chatter, Lehigh Valley abolishing train newsboys, and veterans’ meetings. Also noted are disasters, elections, naval movements, and a drowning caused by a nun’s past.
In the American league Buffalo routed Cleveland 7 to 3 with 16 hits and 4 errors while Milwaukee’s edge over Minneapolis was 7 to 3 with 10 hits and 6 errors as rain halted the Chicago Kansas City game. National league Cincinnati beat Pittsburg 1 to 0 with 3 hits and 6 errors. St Louis toppled Chicago 6 to 3 with 14 hits and 11 errors. Interstate league saw Wheeling wallop Toledo 14 to 2 with 20 hits while Fort Wayne lost 4 to 6. Mansfield vs Sesone had 12 hits in a 6 to 5 score.
Hannah Sullivan appeared in police court after a Saturday night episode in the weeds near Vermont and Keystone. Neighbors heard her moans as she searched for her missing teeth and bicycle cops aided the search. She was jailed for drunkenness. the teeth were found later and taken to the station.
Richard Wilson, 60, of 216 Lafayette St., was arrested Sunday by Detectives Lancaster and Gerber on 8 Alabama St for loitering. He escaped en route to the station but was recaptured. A bag with $15 was found on him. He was identified Monday as the man who broke into Tennis Tilley’s home at 302 EB Michigan St and took 415 from a pair of trousers.
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