Japanese Baseball Tour Targets Indianapolis Prospects
The Kelo University baseball team from Tokio plans summer games in Indianapolis and with Indiana college clubs before possible disbandment. Japanese players seek dates with major and strong minor league clubs, with Coach Charles McCarthy contacting Hughey Jennings of the Tigers. Ollie Chill's perseverance from umpire to American Association hopeful is noted alongside a Bonsai of mixed teams and Wisconsin ties.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Collegians
Charles McCarthy
Hughey Jennings
Tigers
States
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Ollie Chill
Olly Ollie
Ollie
Brighton Beach
King Phillip the prize cock in fight at Bushman farm
King Phillip a $1,000 Rhode Island Red prize cock owned by Chas L Bushman was badly injured in a fight at the Bushman poultry farm Fortieth and Meridian streets. The contest ended with both birds colliding through a wire screen and the victor may not be shown at the Tomlisson hall chicken show, disappointing many fanciers. If wounds heal the bird may be displayed later this week. Bushman’s Rhode Island Reds draw attention at the show.
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Rhode Island
Chas. L. Bushman
Tomlisson Hall
Cincinnati
Chicago
Kaness City
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Meridian Streets
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Chill Makes Good In American Association Rise
Chill earned a sixth and final spot in the American Association after years as top umpire in the Central. O'Brien blocked his A A chances until Chill finally secured a league appointment, with Sullivan left out despite being the prior season’s best umpire. Chill plans exhibition games in Indianapolis this season while Kuepper moves to Nashville for Duggan, and other trades shape the staff.
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American Association
Chill
A. A
O’brien
Central
O'Brien
Sullivan
Indianapolis
Kuepper
Nashville
Johnny Duggan
Whiteland
Ind
Oscar Graham
Young Reynolds
Duggan
Franklin College
Duggan Brothers
Duggane
Brighton Beach
Southern Umpire Staffing for 1916 Southern League
Memphis February 8 report states President Kavanaugh has completed the Southern league umpire staff for 1916. The group includes E. J. Conahan along with Pfenninger Carpenter Fitzsimmons Moran and Rudderham.
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Conahan
American Association
Kavanaugh
Southern League
Pfenninger
Carpenter
Fitzsimmons
Moran
Rudderham
Coffreth Signs Baldwin for Frisco February Fight
Frisco matchmaker Jim Coffreth has signed Matty Baldwin for a forthcoming bout in February alongside his plan to book Feb 8 clashes with Owen Moran and Harlem Tommy Murphy. Coffreth aims to lock in additional February activity in the city.
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San Francisco
Jim Cofffreth
Owen “Moran
Harlem
Tommy" Murphy
Coffreth
Matty Baldwin
Referee Decisions In Ten Round Bout. Ashe Defeats Morgan
In Cincinnati at the Olympic Athletic Club Kid Ashe earned the decision over Jack Morgan of Indianapolis after ten fierce rounds. The match had no knockdowns and was marked by clinching and in-arms exchanges. The eighth round was the cleanest, with Ashe leading more than Morgan. The crowd felt a draw would have been fair. Preliminary saw Kid Duffy KO Kid Taylor in six. Nearly 1,000 fans attended and Jap Roberts issued a challenge to Kid Taylor afterward.
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Ashe
Jack Morgan
Indianapolis
Olympic Athletic Club
Ash
Kid
Morgan
Kid Duffy
Kid Taylor
Taylor
Jap Roberts
Duffy
Nothing Miraculous Cure Recalled in Train Wreck Quip
A reader quotes a Chicago Tribune line about a man claiming rheumatism cured instantly after an accidental train wreck mix up. He jokes his right leg became a cork leg, underscoring a humorous memory.
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Chicago Tribune
Deer on its nerves in hotel locale
A Punch style quip notes deer sightings near a hotel as visitors ask about wildlife. Gillie recalls a deer present but adds that men were shooting at it, suggesting the animal fled the area.
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Gillie
Brush eyes hippodrome at Polo Grounds for Giants 1910
John T. Brush favors putting on a hippodrome show at New Yorks Polo Grounds as part of a growing open air entertainment circuit. Cincinnati has leased its grounds for summer nights and Pittsburgh plans similar events, with Dreyfuss drawing large crowds last year. Brush, recovered from illness, leads Giants with Secretary Gray, foreseeing a busy 1910 season.
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John T. Brush
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Polo Grounds
Cincinnati
Ittsburg
New York National League Club
Giants
Barney Dreyfuss
Brush
Gray
Indianapolis
St. James Building
Right Hand Uppercut Johnsons Best Punch
A historical boxing passage extols John Johnsons right hand uppercut as his most deadly weapon noting his right arm is stronger than the left. It recounts bouts with Jeffries Langford Flynn Burns and Fitzsimmons illustrating the force and knockout impact of the right uppercut.
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Johnson
George Mills
Jim Scanlon
Jim Corbett
Dr. Sargent
Harvard
Sam Langford
Boston
Sam
Jim Flynn
Pueblo
Frisco
Dreamland
Jim
Tommy Burns
Australia
Bob Fitzsimmons
Philadelphia
Fitz
Aristocracy of Chickens Pigeons Cats and Dogs Show
The Tomlinson Hall poultry show hosts 1600 birds under the Fanciers Association of Indiana with Bushman’s Rhode Island Reds and King Phillip the $1000 prize cock. Canines and felines also feature, with 170 canine headliners and cats such as Angoras Persians and Maltese. The event opens at 10 this morning and runs through the week with extensive judging and exhibitions from local and out of state breeders.
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New York
Chicago
C. L. Bushman
Indianapolis
Fanciers’ Association of
Indiana
Bushman
United States
Tomlinson Hell
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Association
Oklahoma
Rhode Island
King Phillip
Kling Seeks $15000 Release To Play With Cubs
Kansas City dispatch reports John G Kling demands an absolute release from President Murphy at season’s end to join the Chicago Cubs for nothing, valuing a release at 15000 dollars. Kling, joined by Donlin and Jones as holdouts, doubts reinstatement and contemplates a trade if reinstated while awaiting mail replies from Gary Herrmann.
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Chicago Cubs
John G. Kling
Mike Donlin
Fielder Jones
Kling
Gary Herrmann
The
National
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Greek wrestler Cutlanos to seek Chicago bouts after losses
George Cutlanos, a Greek lightweight, announces he will head to Chicago to continue wrestling after several financially losses in Indianapolis. He carries a bandaged arm from a Friday match with Lourriou in Tomlinson Hall and says the sport here is dominated by stronger opponents and collusion, leaving him nearly broke. He plans to rely on support from friends to reach Chicago and hopes Greek fans will follow.
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Wrestling Trust
George Cutlanos
Indianapolis
Chicago
Cutlanos
Lourriou
Tomlinson Hall
County Official Moves to Halt Salt Lake Prize Fight
Salt Lake City faces a potential shutdown of a prize fight after county attorney Jos. P. Lyon announced he would stop the event under section 4308 of Utah law. He said a complaint would be filed if needed, disputing claims the state’s statute mirrors California’s. Rickard and Jack Gleason met in town, but the talks ended without result and another conference was planned.
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Utah
Lyon
California
Spry
Rickard
Jack Gleason
San Francisco
Bowling League Results Highlight Local Wins
The Central Avenues beat the Broadways in a series in the Bible Class Bowling league. Evangelicals captured the Memorials by two games, while the Presbyterians lost to the Roberta Parks. Oyster Freak at 113 N. Alebamest advertises the best money can buy.
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Central Avenues
Roberta Parks
John L Sullivan Marries Catherine Harkins in Boston
The former heavyweight champion John L Sullivan married Catherine Harkins of Roxbury yesterday afternoon at the Parker House in Boston. They sailed today aboard the Cunard liner Ivernia for Europe, with details of the ceremony and plans not fully disclosed, while Sullivan reports a nest egg guarded by his sister.
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John L
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Sullivan
John IL
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John II
London
Ivernia
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