Promoters Back Out of New American Baseball Association
The New American Baseball Association collapses as promoters withdraw and backers fail to subscribe funds. Amid move to form a western league, Chicago faces resistance from National and American magnates while plans shift to cities like Indianapolis Milwaukee Minneapolis Kansas City Cleveland Louisville Buffalo. Local bowling and college football notes mix with regional sports chatter.
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National League
Fom O'Rourke
Philadelphia
Frank Hough
Goston
Tommy McCarty
Michael Scanlon
Washington
Coking
Comiskey
St. Paul
Louis- Ville
Loftus
Grand Rapids
Cleveland
Chicago
American Association
Indianapolis
Ilwaukee
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Cecil
Louisville
Buffalo
Estrangement Clouds Fitzsimmons Manager Link
Fragmentary OCR suggests a rift between boxer Fitzsimmons and manager Martin Julian. Mentions of a championship at Broadway Athletic Club in New York and a defeat by Jack O’Brien in the hands of Dobbs, with reference to a prominent colored fighter.
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Fitzsimmons
Martin Julian
Strikes at Chicago Club Meeting Cloud Baseball Plans
At the annual Chicago club meeting stockholders opposed Capt A C Anson for the board. Capt Hart presented a strong list to back Anson, but he failed. Reports say St Paul and Minneapolis plan to join a new Western league.
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Chicago Club
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Hart
Proales
Anson
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Bob Allen
Marion
Cincinnati
Ewing
Reds
Gibson wins on wheel over roller skates at Cincinnati rink
Harry A. Gibson, the middle distance bicycle champion, scored a victory on wheels at the Musichal rink in Cincinnati on Tuesday. He defeated Reno Runck, a long distance roller skater, after riding a little more than six miles. The race was on a polished floor without banks.
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Harry A. Gibson
Musichal Rink
Cincinnati
Gibson
Reno Runck
Banks
New Seven Story Hotel Planned on Bates Site
A seven story hotel to replace the Bates house will be built by Indianapo lis partners Edward FEF Claypool Dr Franklin W Hays Henry Lawrence and Dayton's Frank M Andrews. The steel fireproof structure will have 200 rooms with baths in half and will feature European and American plans with a basement plunge Turkish baths and a roof garden. Completion is projected for September 1 1901.
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Edward Fef. Claypool
Franklin W. Hays
Henry Lawrence
Indianapolis
Frank M. Andrews
Dayton
Enterprise
Claypool
Christian Endeavor Leader Urges Service Over Socials
The Centtral Christian church union meeting hears Father Endeavor Clark, founder of Christan endeavor societies from Portland Maine, urge more service to God than ice cream and tea socials. He plans to travel to Foo Chow China for an endeavor convention and may visit India and Europe for the international convention in London next July.
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Christan Endeavor Societies
Centtral
Foo Chow
India
Europe
London
Killed William Worley Struck by Train at Monon
William Worley 58 of 2226 Martindale Ave Monon was struck by C I L train No 10 near Nineteenth St about 4 PM Tuesday and died three hours later at City Hospital after multiple injuries. A Panhandle train had earlier demolished a wagon owned by E T Smith and Worley may have reacted in fright. He has no local relations.
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Monon
Nineteenth St
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Worley
Fifteen Shepherds Dead in Mora County Blizzard
Mora county reports from Santa Fe indicate fifteen shepherds were killed by last week’s mountain blizzards. Five bodies have been recovered. rest are missing in the snowbound region.
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Indian prince Advani detained then freed in Vancouver
A. A. Advani known as the Indian prince was suspected to be Aguinaldo and spent an hour in jail in Vancouver after Harry Treat, a New York mining man, identified him on a steamer. They traced him to a downtown hotel, searched him, and released him after confirming his identity.
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B. C
Aguinaldo
A. Advani
Harry Treat
New York
Advani
Treat
U.S
Dudley
Meridian Fire Destroys Rosenbaum Building in Meridian
The most disastrous fire in Meridian Mississippi history struck Tuesday night. The Rosenbaum building lay in ruins and adjacent structures suffered serious damage with losses around 200000 dollars.
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Meridian
Miss
Rosenbaum
Nine Hour Day Proposed by State Brewers
The executive committee of the State brewers association on Tuesday agreed to introduce a nine hour day in every brewery in the state where union rules prevail. They urged the Workers' association to advocate a reduction of the war tax on beer. The note ends with an individual who suffered from dyspepsia after failed medical attempts.
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State Brewers’ Association
Workers’ Association
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