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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1901
Page
8
An old catalog style listing details side combs of various kinds for clearance. Includes fine silk mercerized ladies and misses vests in pink lavender and cream, silk mercerized sun umbrellas with Dresden handles, a 2 ounce Kirk's Castile soap cake priced per cake.
The Western association wraps up its season in Indianapolis with poor attendance and talks of player sales. Expect Cincinnati to acquire many better players while Marion likely disbands and six clubs finish the season. Alloway opened for the Hoosiers as Grand Rapids piled on early, Guese pitched well for Indianapolis, and Bailey faced heavy hits in a 10 to 4 loss to Grand Rapids.
E. H. Tripp of the Limited gun club, a member of the American team that defeated the English, is en route home from New York with his wife.
Partial OCR shows multiple team names and league markers, including Boston Philadelphia Milwaukee Chicago Cleveland Detroit Washington and New York. The fragment hints at league standings or box score stats with numbers and codes, lacking complete context or dates.
Decatur R9 H1 E3 vs Terre Haute RZ ALBA Bloomington R0 H12 E6. Evansville R9 H7 E6 plays Cedar Rapids Rock Island R5 H12 E2. Rockford R7 H6 E1 vs Davenport R206 E4. League baseball scores and matchups listed with runs, hits, and errors.
The Easterns under 19 years seek games with city and non city teams. Address A Doebber E South St South Bend Crawfordsville 3. The Indianapolis Matthews game proposed for Anderson Friday has been called off. Bey is improving. Summer and Sutthoff will pitch Thursday afternoon.
Major Taylor was fined 100 dollars for failure to appear on the grand circuit, cited as ill by his camp. The racing notes mention Shamrock II defeating and Shamrock I losing, with Columbia beating the Independence in foggy conditions as the Constitution was withdrawn. Jockeys Watson and Dade sustained injuries at Newport, and the foreign book has been abandoned there. Wabash and Muncie express interest in an Indianapolis ball club, though sustaining such an expensive franchise seems unlikely.
Fans riff on plays and players with nicknames and inside jokes during Wednesday’s contest. Commentators reference Lally’s catch, Spofford’s pocket pass, and kinship jokes about Donnelly and Boggie while noting a banner about a smoke nuisance and remarks on free passes and admissionites.
Six Fort Sheridan soldiers stationed on Moraine hotel grounds two miles from Chicago pool their nightly concerts near sleeping guests prompting the hotel manager to appeal to the commanding officer.
Chicago saw a 102 degree high with gusty winds and 110 on some streets. Temperatures fell at night as lake winds cooled by about 20 degrees. Records were broken across cities including St. Louis 103 and Keokuk 105, with Omaha 102 and Springfield Illinois 104.
A Wednesday afternoon fire started by boys burned three barns at 1510 1512 and 1514 Sheldon Street, owned by Mrs. Tillingham of 1512 Sheldon Street, causing about 500 dollars in damage. A separate blaze at 1618 North Capitol Avenue damaged a barn owned by W. W. Ratcliffe around 11 40 p m. Grass fires reported nearby threatened the Indianapolis Abattoir Company plant. A fire at the McGarry Street dumps drew the department at 6 p m Wednesday.
Mrs. Eliza Pettit of Spencer Indiana was struck on the sidewalk Wednesday evening by two bicycle riders who were described as colored and she sustained severe bruising to her hips and legs.
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