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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1902
Page
8
Irvington passengers rode five streetcar relays to reach the city in an hour and a half after a Greenfield interurban car jumped the track near Washington street and Central avenue. After delays and fare collection, cars returned to Central avenue and the loop repeated with changing crews.
A lively scene unfolds at Trons poolroom on Illinois Street where wagers from 60 cents to hundreds of dollars pour in on horses from Ingleside and New Orleans. Mike Toomey runs the betting while Harry King relays wire updates, as a good natured crowd watches favorites win and losses mount amid tips, cigars, and casual chatter on the races and politics.
Polo Muncie will headline Tomlinson hall Tuesday night after a season of mixed results. Anderson beat Indianapolis 10 to 1 in a game Hinson missed, giving the Gas Belt team a decisive win. Muncie and Elwood played a tough Monday night contest at Muncie, Elwood winning 3 to .5.
Louis Bansback, elected captain of the Stanford football squad, is praised as one of the finest quarterbacks. He came from Denver where he starred in high school and earned recognition from Coach Yost after joining the university. He showed early talent at quarterback on the freshman team and quickly proved himself.
Muncie polo fans claim Ed die Higgins is the fastest rush in the United States and back up the boast with local enthusiasm. The piece highlights Higgins as their premier rider in the polo scene.
In Terre Haute Indiana on December 16 1916 Matthew Alexander the alleged murderer Thomas Burke arrived from Indianapolis guarded by eighteen police and four deputy sheriffs. The crowd had threatened lynching when he was earlier moved from Indianapolis on September 7 to avoid mob violence.
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