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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1903
Page
6
In a Hoosier boarding house men invent a gambling pastime called knockering. Men praise a passing woman, and if any woman agrees the man loses a quarter. if a counter remark from a woman wins, the man pays. The game grows costly as women often outlast the praise.
Indiana pitcher Williams dominated, holding Toledos to two hits as Hoosiers beat Mud Hens 2 to 0. Allemany started for the Mud Hens but struggled, while Muncle’s Sunday game contributed to the shutout.
Indianapolis blanked Toledo 2 0 while St Paul defeated Milwaukee 1 0 Milwaukee beat St Paul 5 8 Kansas City and Minneapolis had no result Louisville-Columbus had no game Indiana State reinforcements South Bend 2 Evansville 0 Ort Wayne 9 Terre Haute 6 Fort Wayne 3 Terre Haute 2 Indiana Rapids 2 Wheeling 1 Dayton 4
Cincinnati faces Brooklyn and St Louis plays Philadelphia in the Central League. Evansville visits South Bend, Marion travels to Dayton, Terre Haute meets Fort Wayne, and Wheeling travels to Grand Rapids.
Indianapolis athletic association prom ises fast boxing on July 4 at the Empire theater. Young Mowatt and Pete Boyle headline a 30 round bout with a six round semi wind up featuring Kid Henderson of Indianapolis and George Quinn of Chicago. Boyle demonstrates strong ability from prior Indianapolis appearances.
East Diamond notes St Paul not playing Monday and Indianapolis needing a Columbus win to tie for second in percentage. Marean signed by Manager Watkins to replace O'Briens at shortstop after moving from Louisville to Toledo. O'Brien unlikely to play again this season. Two games vs Columbus postponed earlier. Kellum to start the first game.
In Commercial league Sun Gay and the Kellers beat the Kahns 7 to 1 while the Wassons edged the Y M 1s 12 to 1. Harmon and Halls beat the Sentinels 33 to 3. Wassons and Kahns tied for first place. Drugegists' league saw Laily defeat Tom Keenes 20 to 3. Mooney-Muellers topped Plates 10 to 9. Indianapolis Duesseldorfers lost to Eilwood 5 to 3. Greenfield beat Richmond 6 to 2 at Spring Lake Park before 2000. Seymour Reda downed K F M club 5 to 2. Harmon & Hall Reserves beat Melrose 6 to 4. The reserves seek amateur local feeder games. Stevenson building baseball team suffered a Saturday defeat.
In Indianapolis a local horseshoes event drew teams including the Hoyts and Pendleton with a 18 to 13 score. Referee Jim Pierce oversaw a three hour match while the Lucky Horseshoes beat the Westerns 4 to 3. The event highlighted uniforms and competitive play by 13 year old and adult teams.
Indianapolis swept Toledo in weekend twin bill, 6 to 2 and 3 to 2. McPartlin started the opener for the Hoosiers while German pitched for Toledo. Newlin starred in relief in the second game, walking three in a bases loaded jam before closing out the inning. Reisling pitched well for Toledo despite the loss.
Robert Rawls defeated Thomas S. Garber to win the Riverside course spring championship. Rawls set a record with 8 strokes, three better than the previous mark, and his Saturday play was the tournament’s highlight. He earned the F. W. Lennon cup as winner, while W. 3. Wynn took the handicap men’s match at the Country club links, and his daughter Miss Gladys Wynn won the women’s tournament.
Maurice Vignaux the French billiard expert secured a verdict from a Paris court declaring him the world's champion. The tied field at the tournament included George Slosson George Sutton and Cure with Slosson failing to win a single match.
Horsemen largely agree the wagon outperforms the sulky for speed and balance. Weigh distribution on four wheels reduces vibration and aids driver distance. wagon-hitched horses may handle turns with less strain and risk. Notable times by Lou Dillon and Luekle are cited to support wagon superiority. sulkies may disappear from major meets this season.
Lou Dillon, a chestnut trotter foaled in California and trained by Ed Geers, set a mile in 2 6/4 on the Cleveland track and a one minute half mile. Geers predicts great things for the five year old mare this summer, noting her record pace and surprising lineage as the sport eyes a historic rise.
The grand average shows Vignaux beating Sutton by a small margin and seizing the championship through a written promise. The manager denies the honor, prompting a court case in which Vignaux prevailed. The sporting world rejects the claim as Schaeffer, the American champion, did not enter.
Ron Daugherty his wife two children and Miss Jessie Truax leaped 15 feet from a Pennsylvania trestle to the rocky ground to escape a southbound Chicago express returning from an inspection of the Indianapolis and Columbus interurban tracks. Mrs Daugherty suffered severe jarring and possible internal injuries.
June 2 report notes a sharp drop in Panama hat sales in New York, with dealers predicting a slow rebound. Some say the Panama fad ended while others claim top quality Panamas priced from 3 1 2 to 150 dollars remain sought after. The market shifts largely to England as imitation hats erode value, and wearers switch to stiff straw on ordinary days.
The Lane Central trade and labor council invites the Central labor union to join in a big Labor Day parade. White and Negro unions have not marched together in Go years. There are 19 Negro labor unions representing 11000 men in New Orleans.
June 3 report from Hot Springs Ark states Jim Dougherty, condemned for murder, killed fellow prisoner Roger Williams then hanged himself in his cell as a mob of over SW spectators gathered outside. Dougherty used flattened shoelace tips to cut both sides of his throat. Williams was prepared for burial in Louisville.
An attempt by incendiaries to burn the Dispatch office in Evansville Indiana a weekly paper prompted neighborhood concern in Winslow Pike County A barn owned by J H McConnell was burned at the same time as the attack on the newspaper office
Columbus Ind June 29 Brown County resident William Harden, living near Nashville, says whitecaps struck again. Harden reports being awakened early Sunday by masked men who dragged him outside and beat him with revolver butts. He was accused of idleness despite his hard work.
Decatur Indiana June fire gutted Kern Heeler Co large department store. Loss listed at 100000 on building 3000 on stock with insurance to cover. Fire reported Sunday morning. origin under investigation. local officials connected to damages and response.
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