Hoosiers Seek Infielders as Krug Retained Amid Quiet Nego
Indianapolis seeks a new second baseman to replace Krug and may add an outfielder as negotiations continue with three or four major league infielders on the bench. Manager Watkins notes strong demand from clubs to hold surplus players, while Wattie hopes to land a new man before the western trip.
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Michigan
Krug
Armstrong
Heinie
Joe O'Brien
Milwaukee
Wattie
Queen City Handicap Probable Starters and Odds
Probable starters for the Queen City Handicap include Phil Finch 114 with D Austin at 10-1 and The Minks 112 with Nicol at 1. Peter Sterling 111 with D Boland 10-1, Pasadena 106 with Lee, 41 odds, True Wing 106 with T Taylor 8-1, Old Honesty 105 at 30-1, Tileing 106 at 4-1 with Garner, King of Troy 103 Mortality, Wing Ting 103 J Butler, Beau Broommel 102 Pickens 10-1, Dainty Dame 102 20-1, Redgauntlet 101 Griffith 50-1, Mike Sutton 101 V Powers 12-1, Lexoline 98 J Butler, Plantland 94 Gangel, Prince Ahmed 92 Ott 10-1. Doubtful starters Wells entry.
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Phil Finch
D. Austin
the Minks
Nicol
Peter Sterling
D. Boland
Pasadena
Lee
T. Taylor
Ceeeneeere
Redgauntlet
Grifith
Mike Sutton
V. Powers
Lexoline
J. Butler
Plantland
Gangel
Prince Ahmed
Fordyce Beats Crowell In Ohio Golf Meet
George L. Fordyce of Youngstown defeated O. H. Crowell state champion in the morning round of the Ohio golf tournament. Crowell led by three after nine holes, but Fordyce rallied with steady play to take the match.
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Youngstown
Ohio
O. H. Crowell
George L. Fordyce
Crowell
Fordyce
Blues add veteran infielder Beckley to boost title chase
The Kansas City Blues acquire Old Gladiator Jacob Beckley from the St. Louis Nationals. Left handed first baseman and former Pirates star, Beckley is expected to hit well over .300 and displace Lindsay at first, after a 20 year career across major leagues.
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Kansas City
Jacob Beckley
St. Louis Nationals
Beckley
American Association
Lindsay
Blues
Pittsburg Pirates
Tenneys
Donahues
New York Giants
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Queen City Handicap at Latonia Greater West Stakes
The Queen City Handicap worth 10000 dollars will be decided this afternoon at Latonia. It is described as the biggest handicap stake in the west and rival to the Burns Handicap in San Francisco. This is the second running of the event, first held last year at 12500 dollars, with up to 16 horses carded to race on a possibly heavy track.
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Cincinnati
Latonia
San Francisco
Washington Park
Lay Cornerstone of Auto Factory in New Castle
Vice President Fairbanks to address corner stone laying at Maxwell-Briscoe's new 65 acre plant in New Castle Indiana. The facility will employ about 2500 workers for Maxwell cars with a testing track and multiple steel brick buildings. Indianapolis parties join the large parade and ceremonies marking the historic automotive industry move.
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Ind
United States
Maxwell- Briscoe
Maxwell
Fairbanks
E. H. Bundy
Mark E. Forkner
C.S. Hornley
Promiises
Central West
Carl Fisher
Indianapolis
Maxwell Cars
Order of American Mechanics
Knights of Pythias
Pirates shake up lineup prompts wave of trades
Special to The Sun Cincinnati June 22. Pittsburg club changes culminate in a broad shake up by Barney Dreyfuss and Fred Clarke. Mike Lynch receives unconditional release, Homer Hildebrand sold to Minneapolis, Otis Clymer released to Washington. Waivers reportedly sought on another pitcher and an infielder.
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Dreyfuss
GAMES IN Y M I LEAGUE SCHEDULED SUNDAY
Sunday games feature Capital versus McCabe at Garfield Riverside hosts District versus Indianapolis No 1 Wayne battles Weber No 2. Wayne leads narrowly with Capital close behind Weber ranked third. All games start at 3 15 with 9 0 forfeit if teams are not ready.
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McCabe
Garfield
District
Indianapolis
Riverside
Wayne
Weber
Weber Council
Jockey Pendergast Sustains Severe Leg Injury
Jockey J Pendergast, once a promising rider in Canada, was injured in the third race at New Orleans when his horse Orderly fell from bleeding. He was thrown into the fence and doctors say amputation of the left leg will be necessary.
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Special
New Orleans
J. Pendergast
Canada
Orderly
Coun try Club Golf Team Trips to Cincinnati Match
The Coun try club golf team left Saturday for Cincinnati to play the Cincinnati Country Club on its links. A strong contest is anticipated as Cincinnati fields a formidable combination. Morris Townley of the Cincinnati club praised the Indianapolis team’s chances. A return match is planned later at home. Notre Dame announces Jas Barry of Brown will again coach the football team.
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Cincinnati
Morris Townley
Indianapolis
Notre Dame
Jas. Barry
Brown
Lexington driver to ride Sweet Marie in Indianapolis attempt
Will Drive Runner John Splan of Lexington Kentucky wires trainer W J Andrews at Poughkeepsie New York to drive the runner on July 4 in Indianapolis where Andrews will seek to break the world record with Sweet Marie The mare has recent workout times 2 08 for a mile 1 01 for a half and 30 for a quarter and will be brought to Indianapolis next week for track acclimation Railroads and interurbans anticipate large crowds for the all day sport carnival at the fair grounds.
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Lexington
W. J. Andrews
Sweet Marie
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Indianapolis
Andrews
Splan
Boxers 10 Spend Summer in Camp North of Riverside Park
Freddie Cole and Young Sharkey plan a summer camp on White River north of Riverside Park for light training including running boxing fishing and river plunges. They may move east in fall seeking bigger purses and more frequent fights, with Indianapolis box shows uncertain.
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Young Sharkey
White River
Sharkey
Indianapolis
Indiana
Philadelphia
Gotch to Tour Europe in Quest for Hackenschmidt
Frank Gotch plans a September start for about a year in England Scotland France and Germany. He aims to arrange a bout with Geo Hackenschmidt, the Russian Lion, during his continental trip.
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Frank Gotch
America
Europe
England
Scotland
France
Germany
Gotch
Geo Hackenschmidt
Fortunes Spent Yearly in College Athletics
Educators lament that college life centers too much on sports. Football costs in major universities reach 30 000 to 40 000 yearly. rowing 10 000. baseball about 8 000. track 3 000. Harvard to California schools collectively spend tens of millions, with 10 000 000 yearly a plausible aggregate.
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United States
College Men of America
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Pennsylvania
Cornell
Columbia
Wisconsin
Chicago
Michigan
Minnesota
Ilnois
Syracuse
Georgetown
Amherst
Williams
Dartmouth
Brown
Virginia
Stanford
California
Nominations Grow for Four Early Closing Harness Races
Secretary Downing reports rising nominations for four state fair meet events at Indianapolis. The 2:15 trot 2000 purse, 2:30 trot 2000, 2:11 pace 2000, and 2:25 pace 2000 drew late entries after a renewed deadline. Trainers and owners praise warm weather as speeds improve with many stars expected from the grand circuit and the west. The first matinee races are set for Saturday with three events, though horses are not yet in top form. Officials include Starter W Schuler and timers George V Marott James Neal Henry Lawrence Sterling Holt and Fred C Kline.
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Downing
State Board of Agriculture
Indianapolis
Fair Grounds
W. Schuler
George V. Marott
St. James W. Neal
Henry Lawrence
Sterling R. Holt
Fred C. Kline
Saturday Games in Three Leagues Reported
American Association action lists Indianapolis at Toledo Columbus at Louisville Milwaukee at Minneapolis St Paul at Kansas City. National League matchups include St Louis at Chicago Boston at New York Cincinnati at Pittsboro Philadelphia at Brooklyn. American League features Chicago at Detroit New York at Boston St Louis at Cleveland Washington at Philadelphia Central League games: Terre Haute at Springfield Evanaville at Dayton Canton at Grand Rapids Wheeling at South Bend.
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Columdbub
Toledo
Non
Minneapolis
Kananas City
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Louisville
Seeweeaees
St Paul
Pet
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New York
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Pittsburg
Veneers
Boston
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Peeebes
Canton
Seeee
Oon
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Ween
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Kansas City
National League
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Cincinnati
Pittsboro
Brooklyn
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
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Terre Haute
Springfield
Evanaville
Dayton
Grand Rapids
South Bend
Batteries and Names Appear in City Listings
A readable fragment lists locations in Louisville and Minneapolis with company names and pairs such as Durham Kenna Hughes Upp Blue and Freeman Shannon Wilson Roth. The text mentions batteries and numbered codes interspersed with city names and firms.
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Columbias
J. Durham
Kenna and Hughes
Upp and
Blue
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Freeman and Shannon
Wilson and Roth
Batters and Teams Listed Across Cities in RHE Notes
The document lists matchups between cities such as Chicago St Louis New York Boston and Philadelphia with RHE affiliations. It names battery pairs like Brown and Kling Lush and Marshall and Donovan and Smith Wad dell and Bender and Schreck and others and cites score-like numbers.
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St. Louis
Brown and
Kling
Lush and
Marshall
Crosby defeats Gilbert for professional title in 18-yard contest
In Chicago on June 22 W K R Crosby of Decatur Ill defeated Fred Gilbert of Spirit Lake Ia in the professional championship after a field of 65 shots from 18 yards. Crosby scored 192 Gilbert 190 while Hugh M Clark of Urbana Ill won the national amateur title with 188.
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Chicago
W. KR. Crosby
Decatur
Ill
Fred Gilbert
Spirit Lake
Crosby
Gilbert
Hugh M. Clark
Urbana
Writing Styles in Classic Novels Noted
Observations compare Charlotte Bronte and Thackeray as their prose shows distinct handwriting traits. Bronte’s script appears delicate like cambric with faint tracing while Thackeray’s neatness stands out for its precision and gentleness in tone.
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Charlotte Bronte
Thackeray
Dutch and Irish clash in Sunday morning double header
The Y M I and German House teams meet at Capital City Park Sunday. Geisel and Billy Shea lead the first game with Geisel aligned to the Dutch side. In the second game Jimmy Shea faces Douglass as the German and Irish clubs compete for pennant influence.
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Capital City Park
Geisel
Billy Shea
Jimmy Shea
Douglass
Have You Tried 4 Helen Byron Smoking Ad
An old cigarette promotion touts 4 Helen Byron high grade smoke for 10c from Leahy and Co. urging trial in a compact ad style.
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Helen Byron
Leahy
Batteries Teams Named Across Regional Games
In South Bend and Grand Rapids, batteries pairing Kenner with Cross and Maddox with Spahr led RHE and Canton respectively. Dayton saw Hale and Munson paired with Pollard Pearson and Knoll, while Evanaville teamed Texter with Dickson Fuller for the matchups.
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South Bend
Wheeling
Kenner and Cross
Maddox and Spahr
Grand Rapids
Rapids
Canton
Dickson and Fuller
Meyers and Texter
Dayton
Hale
Munson
Pollard
Pearson and Knoll
Marion Owls to Play Doubleheader at Brighton Beach
The strong Marion Owls will visit Brighton Beach Sunday afternoon for two games against the Reserves. The Owls are among the gas belt's top teams while the Reserves have been energized recently by code material and a growing youth contingent.
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Brighton Beach
Marion Owls
Owls
Gas Belt
Scouts Inspect Work of Hopke in Toledo Game
George Huff and Fred Lake scouted Hoosiers third baseman Hopke and Paddy Livingston in Toledo as Indiana lost 9 to 1 to the Mud Hens. Pitcher Summers and outfielder Lattimore were also eyed for major league inclusion amid a bruising Toledo attack. Armbruster starred with bat and glove, turning a key double play.
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Boston Americans
Fred Lake
Boston Nationals
Toledo
Hoosiers
Mud Hens
Hooke
Paddy Livingston
Paddy
Davey
Lake
Livingston
Boston
Young Lattimore
Grover Land
Indianapolis
Slagle
Innnings
Armbruster
Barbeau
Carr
Ross Wins U S Open Golf Championship at Philadelphia
Alex Ross of Brae Burn Golf Club captured the thirteenth annual United States Golf Association open at Philadelphia Cricket Club with a 302. Gilbert Nichols of Woodland Golf Club finished second and Alex Campbell of Philadelphia Country Club placed third. Ross receives a gold medal and prize money.
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Philadelphia
Alex Ross
Brae Burn Golf Club
United States
United States Golf Association
Philadelphia Cricket Club
Gilbert Nichols
Woodland Golf Club
Alex Campbell
Philadelphia Country Club
Ross
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