This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1905
Page
7
The article recalls boxing legends with Jim Corbett, Fitzsimmons, Jeffries, and Peter Jackson, noting nerves, pre fight rituals, and coolness. It contrasts fighters nerves and training, mentions Alaska boxing, and hints at a proposed Mitchell Ivans bout in icebound regions.
A fragmented OCR list shows battery partnerships and placements across several cities including New York Philadelphia Washington Boston and St Louis with multiple surname pairs such as Mullin Drill Chesbro Kiemnow Rhodes Buelow Waddell Schreck Wolfe Heydon Grade Busden Owen Sullivan Dineen Cricer. The garbled text hints at a directory of firms or agents tied to local operations and possibly equipment or service listings.
In Terre Haute Grand Rapids beat Terre Haute 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 8 6 4 Batteries Aloway Andrews Smith Fleet Curtis In Daston Daxter 2 9 0 8 0 0 0 Ded Od Port Wayns 0 2 1 0 6 0 3 2 0 At Wheeling First game RAE Wheeling Springfield Batteries Kennedy Schriver Land bloom Bummere Shannon Umpire Lavelle At Wheeling Second game RHE 20F7 RIMS covenage or KL Batteries Doyla Schriver Dickey Chepmen At Evansville RHE Evansville South Bend Batteries Freeman Keily Williams Tieman
American Association schedule lists Loutaville at Indianapolis in two games, Minneapolis at Kansas City, Toledo at Columbus, St. Ta ut at Milwaukee, and National League matchups Boston at New York Chicago at St. Louis Cincinnati at Pittsburg Brooklyn at Philadelphia in two games. American League features New York at Boston Chicago at Natak St Louis at Cleveland Philadelphia at Washington South Bend at Terre Haute Springfield at Dayton Ft Wayne at Wheeling Grand Rapids at Evansville. Milwaukee hosts an unlabeled Milwaukee game as part of a doubleheader with unclear results and box scores show Dougherty Bovilie and Sta gle Noonan batteries in one district while Columbus page shows Berger Ryan Kellum Clarke for a separate game.
William Clifford arrested for assault on Annie Hancock 6, confesses to carrying the child into a room and keeping her for 16 minutes. Public sentiment runs high and jail is guarded to prevent trouble after the disclosure.
Jon McGinnity's gain in the National League last season and Judi Chesbro’s move to the American League highlight a season of shifting star power. Napoleons star Addin Joan of the Napoleons shows promise this year as Joss, fresh from a training trip, proclaims the game of his life. He has pitched 10 wins in 19 games this season, leading a string of victories that places him above other American League pitchers. In Philadelphia, a pitchers’ duel saw Joss edge Rube Waddell despite nine safeties given up, with an error by Jackson costing a shutout. Joss’s whirlwinds, pinpoint control, and fielding position have made him nearly invincible as his manager Job inspires loyalty and belief in continued dominance.
Indiana Hoosiers were shut out by the Louisville Colonels in a rugged game. Brecher starred for the visitors with four hits and a standout one-handed catch. Curtis started for Indianapolis and faced tough support as Louisville tallied four runs in the first, plus two more later, while Hoosiers managed only four hits off four pitchers.
Derby day events set for Monday with Corrigan's Drexel Shining Star Beldave Bricklayer and Klingman leading the Derby field Liverskin not starting in the Derby starter W Gerhardy arrives Sunday to oversee the running The track to be prepared judges grandstand setup to require little time and conditions expected to favor fast racing Fifty seven horses entered the Independence Day handicap plus a slate of related races at Country Club Inaugural for 4 year olds and other purses Also note neighbors seek injunction on chickens trespassing on A De Armond's farm near Springfield with Gov Derien asked to intervene.
The Millers appear to be improving and favored to win the pennant as Bartow rallies the team behind Wattie Watkins. Hoosiers were outplayed at bat and in the field with Cromley and Curtis among notable performers as McGill’s era fades and Curtis struggles in his debut. Racing meet at Indianapolis Fairgrounds looms with 60 entries and the Derby set for Monday drawing society attention.
Gov Folk ordered a general raid on gamblers at the Delmar race track on Saturday after concluding county officials were not stamping out gambling. If deputies fail, the governor may send a militia company to the scene. Telegrams from Jefferson City say Adj. Gen. De Armond has a company ready.
Robertson the new first baseman from Fordham arrives and watches the team as Cromley and Reidy prepare to start for the Hoosters while Scott and Ferguson pitch for the visitors. Reidy to play Saturday. Robertson seen as a standout college athlete who may start.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.