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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1902
Page
8
Watty Watkins believes Indiana will topple Toledo as IU and Washington Park hosts a three forty five p m start. The Hoosiers aim to rise in the standings while the Mud Hens and rivals in Louisville contend for position. Kellum and Heydon will handle pitching duties as Indiana enters the series in strong form.
A clipped OCR fragment shows an American Association header with won and lost lines, plus odd numeric tokens 1.616 and 610. The readable content is incomplete, offering no clear event, date, or participant details to identify a specific game or outcome.
The fragment shows National League and American League club listings with wins losses and percentages for several teams. Some legible entries include Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Boston, St. Louis, Detroit, Baltimore, Washington, Cleveland, and others, though many letters are garbled.
American Association games show Toledo topping Louisville 8 to 5 in runs and batteries McNeal and Kleinow. National League progress includes Cincinnati 9 hits 2 runs losing to Philadelphia 7 hits 3 runs, Boston 5 Chicago 3. American League notes Cleveland 7 runs 3 hits beating Philadelphia 9 nothing. Other matchups list Detroit 7 Baltimore 7, St. Louis 6 Washington 13, and Chicago 11 Boston 9 with various battery pairings. Three League results show Terre Haute Evansville 5, Rockford Davenport 4, Davenport 0. Rock Island 2 Cedar Rapids 3, Decatur 10 Bloomington ?
Friday features Ball Talk ladies day with Princeton beating Harvard 7 to 0. Games set for Capital City park Saturday and Sunday. Vories seek Sunday afternoon match. Evansville and Terre Haute captains ejected Wednesday amid police action. Haruff Indians vs Young Marion for 17-year-old title Sunday. Kor games organized via manager Brennan at 65 Stevens Street. Philadelphia court orders Lajoie and Bernhardt to appear over contempt restraining order. New York Giants designate George Smith as manager while Fogel remains with the club as a travel evaluator.
Sportlets Anderson driving club'season will open Friday. Jack Cullen Indianapolis and Kid Page Boston will fight in Terre Haute June 30. 58. S. Brown Pittsburg millionaire bought the old Ashland Wilkes stock farm near Lexington for 35305 cash. Tennis tournaments of the Shortridge association lack enthusiasm. Dr Jobes hospital superintendent entertains friends at tennis. W A Holt promoter of Traces for Indianapolis returns from Chicago optimistic about a big meet and derby prospects July b.
E H Tripp of Indianapolis captured the state championship with a score of 82 of 100 at the Wednesday shooting tournament in Muncie Indiana Dunbar of Peru finished a close second with 91. In San Francisco Mrs Fitzsimmons acts as pacemaker for her husband on a ten mile daily run keeping him steady and cheerful.
Prominent Indianapolis citizens gathered at the Commercial Club Wednesday night for a smoker honoring visiting directors of the National Technical Institute. The group pledged help to establish the institute in Indianapolis with no dissenting voices reported.
York, June 12. City electrician Warren Fastnacht, while attaching a new spring to the bell in the tower of the fire engine house, received a heavy electric current through his body as the alarm rang. He held the live circuit until the final stroke and collapsed but recovered with only minor burns to hands and arms.
A health board notes 72 smallpox cases spread across several counties with one death confirmed. Authorities urge vaccination and monitor for new cases as outbreak data are compiled.
A June health bulletin shows only three confirmed cases across the 18 river counties, indicating a sharp drop in new infections and suggesting containment success for the period. Local officials urge vigilance and continued testing where symptoms arise.
Officers of the Indiana children’s home society were elected at Denison on Wednesday night. The lineup includes First vice president Philip Wilkin son, Second vice president Mrs H H Lancaster, Third vice president J W Parkhurst, Fourth vice president Mrs B E Morss, Secretary and treasurer Augustus Jennings, Superintendent Rev F M Elliott, and President John L Griffiths who resigned but will serve until his successor is chosen. During the year the society placed and replaced 128 children, and handled through the West field home, with 3 now in its charge.
Julius Fleischmann, mayor of Cincinnati, defeats the widow and children of his uncle Maximilian in a New Jersey suit over a disputed yeast business property. The case, involving about 975000, ends when the defense withdraws opposition, citing costs exceeding the amount at stake.
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