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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1909
Page
6
The Champs start a 29 game road trip Thursday at Milwaukee with dates through August 31 at Columbus and a September home run at Washington Park. The team has slumped since Chadburne left, with hopes fading for a comeback this season.
Toledo and St. Paul split a double header with Toledo taking the second game 6 to 1 after St. Paul won the opener 4 to 1. Murray paced the visitors with two triples and a double in four at bats while Owen allowed five hits.
A dubious offer claims a prescription for nervous debility and impotency can restore power and vigor at home. It promises to mail a copy in a plain sealed envelope to any man who writes, billing the remedy as the fastest acting restorative without need for medicine or doctors.
Dick Wilson drives Lady Maude to two heats in 2.03% and 2.03% to set a new world mark for a two heat pace in the Wolverine Handicap at Detroit. The meet also features a 2:07 trot contest won by Lady Jones, Hamburg Belle’s 2:02% trotting display, and penalties levied for racing infractions as horses head to Kalamazoo for the Grand Circuit start.
In Fort Wayne Indiana on July 31 farmer Louis Kintz found West Stout's racing mare Mattie Alferton at his farm. The sheriff hunted for the $4,000 horse after it wandered seven miles from her stall, eluding capture while neighbors alerted authorities. The mare was returned to the Kintz farm and observed with other horses as the case drew attention.
Sheriff's sale ordered from a Marion County Indiana Superior Court decree. On August 21, 1902 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., at the courthouse door, the rents and profits for up to seven years of lots 38 and 39 in Woodruff's subdivision will be offered to satisfy the decree with interest and costs. If insufficient, the fee simple of the property may be sold. Jacob Woessner, Sheriff. Carson Thompson, Attorneys.
Mr Dunlap of Kansas City Country Club recounts a golf hole where a 550 yard drive disappeared into a frog’s pocket. A caddie suggested tickling the frog to make it jump the ball onto the green, yielding a win for Dunlap and his partner.
Pottstown's Merkel Electric Light team gears up for Indianapolis with Stanley T. Kelloggs leading the Flying Merkel double cylinder. The rider aims to break world records from one to five miles as Flying MerKers enter endurance events, with Erie riders among seven in one team. Hotel Denison to serve as official AMA hotel. a large stone cellar will house hundreds of motorcycles.
Charles Evans Jr of Exmoor and Albert Seckel of Riverside won semi finals at Homewood Country Club to reach the Western amateur golf championship final. Evans beat Paul Hunter of Middletown 8 up 7 to play while Seckel defeated Kenneth Edwards of Middletown 5 up 4 to play. The pair are noted as the youngest to reach the final for the title in the West with Evans barely past his first birthday and Seckel just completing his freshman year at Princeton.
Memphis report notes Frank Allen from Presbyterian College struck out 18 and pitched a hitless runless game for Greenwood's independent league team. He allowed one runner to reach first after a passed ball and nabbed the baserunner. Allen had been spotted by Detroit and sent to Little Rock then to Mobile in a prior sale context.
In New York at the Fairmont A. C. Phil McGovern and Charlie Goldman, both local bantams, fought a fast ten-round bout with honors nearly even throughout last night.
Local laundry advertises family washings with rough dry by the pound and all flat pieces ironed. Prompt service encouraged with phone contact at 1671.
In American Association action Kansas City visits Indianapolis St Paul goes to Columbus Minneapolis taking on Louisville Milwaukee travels to Toronto National League pairups Brooklyn at Cincinnati Philadelphia at Chicago New York at Pittsburg Boston at St Louis American League Cleveland faces Philadelphia Chicago plays Washington Detroit meets New York St Louis hosts Boston Ketchel to fight Sam Longford in a ten round bout at the Fairmont Athletic Club during the first week of September in New York.
The Deniston Hotel advertises American plan dining with Sunday dinners as a specialty. Bliss Native Herbs is noted at 8 W. Washington Street as a related listing.
The Minneapolis Millers crushed the Indianapolis team 11 to 2. A six-run third inning doomed the Champs as Ralph Glaze and Bob Kuepper faltered. O’Neill, Cravath, Collins and Block led the onslaught with multiple hits and a late double by Olmstead sealed the win.
In a recent Albany versus Syracuse game a highly unusual double play involved every Albany player except the right fielder. A first and third situation with one out led to a reversed balk move and a chain of throws across the field, ending with the center fielder recording the final putout after 18 total throws and assists to all but the right fielder.
Philadelphia boxer Jack OBrien defeated Jim Flynn of Pueblo in a six round bout at the Auditorium Denver last night in a testy card. Comments from the crowd and manager Carr hint at future games and a wary outlook for upcoming series against Kansas City Blues with lingering memories of past battles.
Grand Trunk Railway lists summer round trip fares from Chicago to Montreal and many Canada, New England, and Jersey coast destinations. Tickets are valid thirty days with liberal stopover options and include St. Lawrence River and Rapids at higher fares. Timetables and literature available by mail from W. S. Cookson, A. G. P. A., Chicago.
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