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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1901
Page
8
Report covers a driving club race with Dr Berauer and John ver leading from start to finish amid a lively grandstand. Results note multiple classes with Wilson and Chief among top finishers and a Pan-American exposition caption promoting outdoor recreation and Buffalo tourism via maps, routes, and stadium program details.
Eddie Heydon may join the St. Louis National League club as a catcher. Logansport Elks defeated Lafayette Elks 20 to 16. Free baseball at Washington Park Saturday afternoon expected to draw well. Parhandl League ball touted as good. Windsor driving club races in Detroit closed Friday. A E Schaeffer University of Pennsylvania swimmer to race in Europe. Kid Broad of Cleveland defeated Billy Gardner in Bridgeport, Connecticut after 15 rounds. Davenport Friday Little Boy paced 2:07 with last half in 1:01 but was distanced. Moran won the event or heat in about 40 minutes.
The cracks finished the six days Moran 416 miles 1040 yards Stinson 11 miles 452 yards Champion 100 miles 45 yards Nelson 393 miles 1655 yards. Kid Asch and Young Walcott scheduled for two rounds in Muncie August 1.
The Aquatic club schedules a regatta with races at 3 30 starting. Indians and pale faces compete again this year in 100 yard canoe and swimming events. Carl Fisher acts as starter. Events include single canoe 100 yards double canoe aquatic club championship swimming 100 yards and various open and championship divisions.
Sharkey will wrestle Fitzsimmons for a $1000 bet. Gus Ruhlin plans a Western swing to corner Jeffries. Kid Carter to meet Jack Root in Frisco on August 29. Terry McGovern to wrestle George Bothner. Sharkey Atlas bout in Bridgeport fell through after disputes. Tom Mitchell from Australia seeks welterweight bouts.
Fragmented club results show wins losses and percentages for teams like Matthews Grand Rapids Wheeling and Dayton with scattered city and venue data. The text also lists several cities and match codes, intermingled with era style abbreviations and misprinted figures.
A mob of about 2000 men and boys gathered outside a Kansas City jail on Friday night seeking vengeance for the assault of Miss Grace Davis. They beat Black men in the Negro quarter after knocking down her escort Vernie Newton, who lies critically injured. The mob dispersed around 2 am.
The old Greenwood hotel owned by D A Whitenack sold to G W Shryok for 3500 to convert into a modern hotel. A 50 foot lot on Central Ave south of Twelfth St sold by T A Morris to R D Sanders for 500. A 40 foot Central Ave lot sold by R D Sanders to Margaret I Bolyn for 5500. J W Scrimsher sold 2319 Bellefontaine St residence to W Scull for 2500. A 100 foot lot on N Meridian St near Forty second St sold for 3000.
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