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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1907
Page
7
The article notes no immediate boxing schedule as promoters and talent take vacations. Rain risk and warm weather deter outdoor shows at Washington Park, with a August or September hoped timeframe. Matty Baldwin reportedly separates from Johnny Mack, affecting potential fights. Local boxers have no big purses, and clubs anticipate a quiet summer.
Los Angeles reports fans demand real title fights after months of preliminaries Manager McCarey pursues top matchups A ten thousand dollar purse proposed for George Mein gi and Joe Gans Abe Attell could meet Jim Driscoll or Eddie Weeks Jon Thomas offers to fight Kid Ketchem Sullivan twins seek bouts Squires delays match with Jim Flynn for six months
Special to The Sun James Jeffries retired heavyweight champion is defendant in a $24,400 damage suit filed in superior court by Morris Berkowitz. Berkowitz alleges he held a ten year lease on the saloon front and Jeffries moved the saloon a few doors away, depriving Berkowitz of saloon customers for his cigar stand.
ST. PAUL Minn July 18 Big Charley Carr king bee of the American association hitters manager of the Hoosiers and best first baseman in the OBrien league is considering retiring again and it is said has told President Watkins to be on the lookout for his successor. Carrs two year contract expires at the close of the present season and according to statements by Hoosier teammates Carr will pass up baseball for good. Carr says he will stay in baseball while it is more profitable than remaining in Cleveland to run his sporting goods business. Mrs Carr would like him to settle down and tend to his mercantile affairs. Bill Bradley of the Naps and Carr operate a Cleveland sporting goods house serving a large trade.
The schedule lists American Association matchups in a Thursday slate with Indianapolis at St Paul Columbus at Minneapolis Toledo at Milwaukee Louisville at Kansas City and Chicago at Beston Pittsburg at New York Cincinnati at Philadelphia St Louis at Brooklyn in two games Also American League contests feature New York at Chicago Boston at St Louis Washington at Detroit and Philadelphia at Cleveland Central League games include Grand Rapids at Canton South Bend at Wheeling Dayton at Terre Haute and Springfield at Evaneville
Fragmentary OCR lists multiple battery pairs and crews at cities like Evansville Canton South Bend Wheeling Grand Rapids Dayton Terre Haute Springfield and Terre Haute with names such as Battersea Warner Moran Friel Spahr Meyers Holmes Dunn Ying ling Munson Chenault Douthett Cross and Valenti. It appears as a sequence of relay or match entries with partial scores and placements, lacking cohesive narrative.
Anderson County club golfers beat Logansport on the local links with a 21 to 5 score. Nassaucore advertisement and a Cincinnati manufacturing notice appear within the brief clipping. Ten words free three days in The Sun offer for room for rent and help wanted notices accompany the sample text.
Detroit July 18 Kid Elberfeld of the New York Americans discusses baseballs spit ball. He says the pitch is overused and vows a system to hit or neutralize it by year end. He cites pitchers like Wash Liebhardt Orth, Owell and Dygert as top spitball artists and predicts fall will show more who rely solely on it. He notes the trend remains favorable to pitchers overall.
The item lists battery pairs in multiple cities including Minneapolis Columbus Kansas City Louisville Milwaukee with partners Freeman Edmundson Graham Robertaille Blue Swann Sullivan Durham Hughes Schneiberg Roth Gillen Abbott and others. It appears as a structured tally of associated battery teams across locations.
A fragmented record lists battery pairs and teams across cities including Boston Philadelphia and New York. It mentions matchups such as Brooklyn versus St Louis and New York versus Pittsburgh, with scattered numbers and player surnames like Moran Lush Marshall Bergen Coakley Dooin and Ritchie.
Cleveland and Chicago sections list battery pairings for teams including Liebhardt Clarkson Bemis Waddell Powers in Philadelphia and Revels Altrock McFarland Hoge Thomas plus Chesbro Kitson Kleinow and White Sullivan plus Detroit St. Louis notes with Beaton and Criger and other batterymen. The fragmentary records mention New York and Washington lineups with several player names and pairings in a mid century sports card style.
Ella Yates, 18, was critically injured when a dynamite cap exploded while she tried to string caps as a necklace. The blast tore off one hand and badly lacerated the other, possibly causing fatal injuries, according to United Press dispatch from Sarmi Illinois dated July 18.
Philadelphia July 18 Bob Fitzsimmons aged 45 fought Jack Johnson 29 in a six round bout arranged for Elks. Fitzsimmons with a crippled right arm failed to land his counters and was stopped in the second round by a light right jaw blow. Referee Keenan refused to sit in ring. crowd showed quiet concern rather than boos as the old champ fell and did not rise.
Tommy Burns, the world heavyweight champion, writes about his wife, her influence on his career, and their life at home. He recalls meeting her when she was a schoolteacher, notes her roles as adviser and manager, and shares plans for hobbies, poultry breeding, and a future in California. He speaks of happiness, partnership, and shared aims as he tours and trains.
New York reports Edward Brown known as Tony failed to place a $25,000 wager at Brighton Beach on a winning “good thing” tied to Ned Hanlon and Cincinnati Reds, prompting owner concerns over management. Pinkerton guards escorted Brown from the track while Collins pledged to cover debts, aiming to calm bookmakers and players alike.
The Glenville track sends ten Grand Circuit entries to Detroit as prep begins for next week’s season. Horses include Blacklock 2:04, Allie Tay 2:04, Miss Adbell 2:14, Adele Margrave 2:24, Reproachess, Lillian R. 2:08, The Pacolet 2:14, Alice Pointer 1:59, Shaughran 2:05, and Tommy H. 2:12. Trainers George Starr, Mike McDevitt, and others coordinate the shipments from Glenville and Libertyville with multiple stables entering.
The Commercial league board dismissed umpires Clancy Lyons and Carroll and will appoint new ones by President Shea. A protest by the Germans over Clancy’s decision Sunday was refused. The Germans and Y M I teams quit the field and forfeited. The league faces a clash Sunday as Y M I and K F M, both Irish teams, meet.
In Marshall Michigan on July 18 a guardian was appointed for James Horton formerly of Chicago after his wife and children perished in the Iroquois theater fire. The tragedy left him mentally unbalanced and brooding over the deaths.
Frederick H. Eliott of the American Automobile Association said after talks with officials that a Vanderbilt Cup race will be held this season somewhere. The New Jersey senate plans to act late this week on a bill to permit the race in the state. Even if permission is refused, the race will be held, he stated.
Addie Joss recalls facing Cy Young on Bunker Hill day in Boston. He notes Ollie Pickering’s first homer off Young and Bill Armour’s run that won the game, plus a 1 0 loss later. Joss admires Young’s greatness and shares a humorous exchange about aiming pitches.
Charles A Rhodes known as Dusty Rhodes. baseball pitcher loaned by the St. Louis Nationals to the Tri State team at Trenton New Jersey, married Mise Doll Susan Toner of Caney Kansas last night. The bride arrived early and Rhodes escorted her to the Third Presbyterian church manse and pledged lifelong guardianship.
The piece lists events from golf at Van Cortlandt Park on Aug 1 and 2, balloon races in St. Louis postponed to Oct 21, and various sports tidbits. It mentions Yale funding college sport, a divorce rumor involving Connie Mack and Rube Waddell, Eckersall, and proposed boxing match plans among Dan McGann, Larry Lajoie, and Tommy Byrne versus Mike Schreck. It also notes President Murphy and a light quip about spice to the epic box.
St Paul and Indianapolis opened the series in St Paul with a hard fought game. Indianapolis led in the eighth as St Paul misplayed a routine fly by Himes allowing two insurance runs. Carr’s homer and Dunleavy’s shot had the crowd energized, but costly plays by Himes sealed a Hoosier win in a tense cellar battle. Battered pitching from Kellum and Indy’s Leroy kept the score close early.
Louis Bell, famed New York broker and turf figure who wed the divorced wife of John E. Madden, is reported dying in Egypt. Judge Albert Berry of Campbell county confirms the condition by private cablegram. Madden pays the present Mrs. Bell alimony of 2350 dollars monthly.
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