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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1902
Page
10
Indianapolis merchants report a robust holiday trade as December kicks off. Shoppers are late to start but now show sustained demand with jewelry and copper finishes in demand. Department stores note unusually active first week of December and forecasters predict record city sales, with watch jobs for men expanding.
The Young Corbett and Terry McGovern boxing match is set to take place in Detroit with a purse of 6244 per cent of gross receipts, winner to receive 75 percent and the loser 25. Michigan law limits it to ten rounds. Both fighters have posted 5000 dollars each with C. E. Lamberson of the Cincinnati Enquirer as confirmation, while the club has posted a similar amount. Date likely January 25, but not fixed.
In Laporte Indiana Judge J W Crumpacker is steadily sinking with death believed near. He lies in a stupor most of the time as the end approaches.
Two Indianapolis boxers known as Jack Hyhn and Jack Cullen plan a charity bout for an Effingham church carnival week before Christmas. They seek 40 percent of receipts for the church, will supply their own ticket sellers, and will train with a humorous, cleaned up exhibition style rather than a standard match.
John Montgomery Ward, admired figure in baseball, is discussed as a potential National League president but has declined the honor. Once a leading Gotham pitcher in 1883, he moved to left field after his arm failed. Ward studied law at Columbia and built a strong New York practice while remaining a renowned figure in the national game cherished by fans.
The first Commercial league game opens at Tomlinson hall with Kahn tailoring facing Shortridge high. Indianapolis hosts the strong Philadelphia style team in Friday action, likely the season’s toughest while optimism grows that Indianapolis will clinch the Western league pennant.
Boosters increase promotional push by posting notices in bowling alleys nationwide. Posters feature a cut of Tomlinson Hall alleys and claim a meeting will run from February 2 to March 1. The materials describe continuous alleys and reference New York.
Oldest baseball man in business, Nick Young, retires as secretary of the National League. A tale says he evades reporters by tending a corn patch at his country home near Washington, mixing in blue overalls and a slouch hat while weeds fight for his maize. Harry Willette, once a top Ohio amateur, is now a nervous wreck awaiting treatment in a Indianapolis sanitarium.
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