Watty Signs 25 for Base Ball Team
Watkins signs 25 players for his base ball squad and smiles at the remaining mystery man who is not yet revealed. The roster includes pitchers Kellum Killen Miller Suthoff Hollis Daub Miran Ging and catchers Heydon Woodruff Laskey Butler Teal. Fox is captain at second base and OBrien is at shortstop with Babb at third through Woodruff in the outfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Kellum
Frank Killen
R. P D. Miller
Jack Suthoff
Henry Hollis
Dan Daub
J. Miran
William Ging
Ed Heydon
Orville Woodruff
Charles M. Laskey
Dick Butler
Harry Teal
Bade Meyers
William Fox
Peter O’brien
Charles’ Babb
Shannon
Kuhns
McCalister
Woodruft
Fox drive at Palmyra township aids hospital fund
Vincennes Ind February 17 crowds from Palmyra township gathered for a fox drive Saturday afternoon to benefit the Clark Gibault Memorial Hospital Fund. Foxes were plentiful making for fruitful sport in crisp clear weather with about 300 of Vincennes finest participating.
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Vincennes
Ind
Palmyra Township
Black Fox Promised Special Prize in Next Roundup
In the round, 11 foxes were rounded up with two captured and six killed. One rare black fox escaped, and organizers announced another roundup for next Saturday with a special prize for the black fox.
Jeffries to Fight Fitzsimmons May Match Looms
Jeffries says he will fulfill theater engagements through March before training for the May bout. Bids for the fight open March 15. Fitzsimmons trains at Bath Beach and will start immediately, with Jeffries touring west to San Francisco and willing to train there if the match is awarded to a California club.
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New York
Jeffries
Fitzsimmons
Bath Beach
San Francisco
California
Blacksmiths Triumph in MT HS-YMCA Relays Meet
In a loud dual meet at MT HS on Saturday night MT HS athletes earned two thirds of 15 points, beating the YMCA squad. Kaylor won standing broad jump 10 feet, shot put 42 feet 1 inch. Wheeler and Shideler led high jump 5 feet 3 inches. Bowers won 15 yard dash and Pickett tied for pole vault. MT HS relay team Woodbridge Wheeler Saylor and Bowers led to victory.
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Kaylor
Masters
Scott
Wheeler
T. Shideler
Denzler
Bowers
Duckwall
Cox
Bauman
Bristol
Sagalowsky
Pickett
Krull
Hamlet
Woodbridge
Saylor
Steep
Local amateur club eyes brighter season with moves and signings
Merid ian manager A H Snider expects improvement as Omaha is excluded and Louisville joins the league network. St. Paul manager Kelley signs Stimmel from Watkins warriors, signaling fresh staffing as ball magnates finally focus on the sport amid lingering press chatter.
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A. H. Snider
Meridian Ball Club
Kelley
St. Paul
Stimmel
Watkins’ Warriors
Watty
Stimmer
Conti
Baseball Note on Jack Pfiester and Indiana League
A paragraph discusses pitcher Jack Pfiester of Columbus Ohio and suggests his name could trouble hitters. It also notes the Western League plans to exclude Indianapolis but has not finalized its circuit.
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Jack Pfiester
Columbus, O
Indianapolis
Trates Struck A Sharp Curve In Muncie Train Collapse
Leo Meyer of Darling chewing gum company was thrown from the Big Four Knickerbocker sleeper at a sharp curve in Muncie Sunday night. He lay unconscious beside the track about a half hour after the train departed and was taken to the Whitney house with severe forehead contusion and deep hand lacerations. Internal injuries feared. Meyer had left Indianapolis for New York and was identified by Muncie Ellis. His wife traveled to Muncie with Dr Jaeger.
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Leo Meyer
Darling Chewing Gum Company
Muncie Demop
Whitney House
Meyer F
Indianapolis
New York
Muncie Ellis
Muncie
Jaeger
Cattle Thief Band Clash Stuns Southwest at Mesa
Meager reports from El Paso describe a desperate clash near Mesa between a Santa Rosa sheriff posse and a mixed band called the Mesa hawks. The skirmish left several dead on both sides, including Hawk Hawkins, the band’s half breed leader, with widespread cattle theft suspected as the motive.
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EL Paso
Tex
Santa Rosa
New Mexico
Mesa
Hawk Hawkins
Deserter D. T. Seals Seized Near Galena
D. T. Seals of Rossville Florida, 63, arrested seven miles north of Galena Kansas for deserting his wife and eloping with Maggie Rakestraw. He allegedly sold his wife’s Illinois farm for 4000 dollars and traveled with Rakestraw and her 4 year old daughter, leaving the wife destitute. He faces a requisition. Also, President McGowan of the street car company announces a new car from Cincinnati will enter service at once.
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Galena, Kas
D. T. Seals
Rossville
Fla
Here
Maggie Rakestraw
Seals
Illinois
Rakestraw
McGowan
The
Street Car Company
Cincinnati
Toilsome Marriage Ends in Denver Divorce Suit
August Cluff, a Chicago man, travels 1000 miles in an open buggy to seek divorce from his wife who allegedly taunted him with curtain lectures at gunpoint. A sympathetic jury in District Judge Mullin's court grants the divorce. Cluff had claimed his wife was worth 20000 and owned a candy store.
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August Cluff
Chicago
Cluff
Mullin
Chuff
Harvester
Shippi
Denver
Two accidents and a financial fraud case unfold in brief
Isaac Sink, aged about 60, living in the Stewart block, Minot Street, fell on ice at Meriam and Washington streets at 3 a.m. A city ambulance took him home. Dr. Devaney attended and he is expected to recover. In London, Thomas Gouldie, Liverpool bank bookkeeper, pleaded guilty to defrauding the bank of about £10,000 amid charges against Dick Burge, F. T Kelley, a man named Stiles, and Laurie Marks. Marks is suspected of self-inflicted death after leaping from a channel steamer.
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Isaac Sink
Stewart Block
Iminotsist
Meriatan
Washington-sts
Nena
Dr. Devaney
London
Thomas P. Gouldie
Liverpool
Dick Burge
F. T Kelley
Stiles
Laurie Marks
Marks
Man Arrested on Policy Indictment Granted Bond
Deputy sheriff arrested Jack Allen on a policy indictment returned by the grand jury. He posted bond and is from Bot Anowa, as listed in his address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Allen
Allen
Bot Anowa
Gorman Urged for Presidency by Norris Letter
Senator-elect Gorman is being endorsed for the presidency by James L. Norris a Democratic national and congressional committee member. Norris circulated a letter praising Gormans leadership qualities and predicting a Democratic victory in 1934 noting his aggressiveness tempered by conservatism and honesty.
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Washington
Gorman
James L. Norris
Democratic National and
Congressional Committees
Norris
White House
Day and Night of Time in Chicago Ending in Shootings
Chicago Feb 17 Harry H Reed 2 was shot in the head and likely fatally wounded by a policeman at 11 pm while a companion in a highway robbery near the Logan monument in Lake Front park. The shooting capped a day and night of hold ups and robberies keeping police busy across the city.
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Chicago
Harry H. Reed
Panion
Lake Front Park
Reed
Eftr
Military Ball Plans Formed by Indianapolis Association
The Military and uniform association of Indianapolis met Sunday at English Zouaves Armory to select committees for a military ball on March 12 in Tomlinson Hall. Maj. Thomas Wysong was named chair of the executive committee.
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Military and Uniform Association of
Indianapolis
English Zouaves’ Armory
Tomlinson Hall
Maj
Thomas Wysong
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