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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1907
Page
7
Saint Paul defeats Indianapolis 7 to 2 in a free hitting contest. Le Roy pitched 12 singles allowed but kept them scattered. Briggs faltered in the eighth, Ced Renault finished, while Hartzel and Padden provided timely Saints hits.
Pete Zeller, the man who fooled Willie Keeler, fanned Brooklyns star Lumley and Home Run Jordan in a standout game for the Atlanta Southern league club. He also struck out Maloney Carey Lewis Alperman Eason and Whiting. Zeller emerged last April with 19 strikeouts against Montgomery and a six-strikeout sequence. He lives in Beaver Falls Pennsylvania and works in roofing in winter. Clark Griffith may give him a trial with the New York Americans next season.
Indianapolis and St Paul game details show late inning substitutions with Hooke and Chenault batting in the ninth. Pitchers Briggs and Chenault worked the late frames, with multiple hits and errors noted, including stolen bases and sacrifices.
St Louis May 2 Pete OBrien the Naps utility infielder was fined 50 by Manager Lajoie and suspended without pay until fit to play. Lajoie says the measure serves as a warning to the team while Cleveland is short handed and in a losing stretch.
Bozeman Bulger raises the question of who covers second base when a catcher or infielder throws in. The piece explains shifts in defensive baseball from old rules to modern signaling between catcher pitcher and infielders, detailing when the shortstop or second baseman covers based on batter handedness and pitch type.
Special to The Sun reports Wabash College baseball team defeated Indianapolis Athletica 7 to 3 in Crawfordsville Indiana yesterday afternoon. Batteries were John and Lowe for Wabash and Bridge and Bowers for Indianapolis Athletica.
Scores show Detroit edging Chicago while Boston defeats New York and Cleveland tops St. Louis. Batteries contributed by Martin Payne and others for Detroit. Pruitt Shaw Brockett Kleinow for New York. Joss Clarke Jacobson Brelow for St. Louis.
Yale announces 1907 football schedule with two new colleges, Villanova replacing Penn State on Oct 26 and Washington and Jefferson replacing Amherst on Navy. Home games include Wesleyan Syracuse Springfield Holy Cross and Brown Princeton and away games at West Point Cambridge.
St Paul visits Indianapolis and Kansas City plays Toledo while Milwaukee hosts Louisville Minneapolis meets Columbus Boston travels to New York and Chicago visits Cincinnati Brooklyn eyes Philadelphia St Louis clashes with Pittsburgh
In Terre Haute RHE Grand Rapids tailed 6 0 as Miller Moran and Smith breeze batteries. At Canton RHE lost 3 4 with Meryers Holmes Malloy Richardson battlers. Evansville saw Evansville edge South Bend 4 5 3 with Howe Knoll Fisher Johnson batteries. Wheeling hosted SpeneField as RHE Wheeling dropped 6 2 to Nan and Spahr Chambers Kelly.
Chicago plays Detroit while St Louis visits Cleveland New York travels to Boston and Philadelphia hosts Washington in a set of basketball showdowns featuring prominent clubs and rival cities.
Dublin Indiana May 2 The town shows potential for a top independent baseball outfit and a second team. The first team lineup features Stant Elliott Connor Sebring Butler Smith Moore Elliott at first Groves Oler Moore Groves Layman Groves Demree If Mason and Oler in the outfield. The second team will draw extra players and may include C Jones C Groves Ayres H Demree Goldie Miller Hall and F Moore.
Blood poisoning from foaling a colt by Montgomery Chief killed Elia a valuable broodmare owned by Ball Bros in Lexington Kentucky The mare valued at 2000 dollars reflects a costly loss for the estate and breeding operation.
Portland defeated Richmond 3 to 2 in Portland Indiana. Left fielder Betz delivered a two-base hit with bases loaded in the seventh to spark the victory. Batteries Willard and Jessup for Portland and Hunt Gray and Harms for Richmond.
Grand Rapids visits Terre Haute while South Bend travels to Evansville. Dayton plays Canton and Springfield meets Wheeling, spotlighting four matchups in a regional college basketball slate tonight.
The report lists battery pairings with cities Columbus Minneapolis Toledo Kansas City Louisville and agents Gillen Abbott Swann Sullivan Kennedy Kenna Peitz Curtis Roth and Towne Buckner in a structured ledger style. The entries include numeric codes and partner names across multiple regional postings.
Fred Woodruff, an outfielder who led the Cotton States league in hitting last year for Cincinnati, arrived in Springfield on Wednesday to join the Babes. He was secured from the Minneapolis team which drafted him.
In Ithaca New York on a May date, Pennsylvania State College defeated Cornell 3 to 1 after a 17 inning contest. Cornell committed five errors in the seventeenth inning as Penn State pulled ahead with a 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 scoreline. Deshon and Harting. R. Vorhis and I. Vorhis pitched for Penn State and Cornell respectively.
Ex pugilist John L Sullivan spoke in New York about marriage noting many wed without true match and that divorce invites court scrutiny. He says he remains on the water wagon and has no woman in mind after 33 years without living with one, stressing he will not marry soon.
Joe Gregg again offers ten high but forfeits his bout claiming 133 pounds is required. No match next time is demanded by Willie Fitzgerald amid growing unpopularity of Gregg’s tactics.
Willie Fitzgerald declares he will fight Joe Gregg at 133 pounds insisting on a knockout within ten rounds or no purse. He calls for clean breaks and a wrestling match next time to satisfy paying crowds.
Willie Fitzgerald offers to bet Indian Joe Gregg he will knock him out under new terms, arguing the public prefers long distance boxing over infighting. Gregg’s hugging and clinching draws criticism from Auditorium patrons as the club ponders a Gregg bout with Jimmy Gardner in Philadelphia.
At a Snortridge High School meeting of basketball men held Wednesday noon, Cullen Thomas was elected captain of the next basketball team. Hancock was nominated but withdrew after a 4 to 4 age dispute, leaving Thomas in the captaincy.
The column reviews 1908 season prospects with players like Welday Yale Tad Jones and Homer Broyles. It notes injuries, betting odds, and early stats for Wagner Lumley Stone and Lajoie. References to Ban Johnson, Ed Walsh, and Bresnahan appear amid trends in cyclings and Sox pitching and hitting.
In Pittsburgh the RHE Pittsburg beat St Louis 3 to 0 with Liefield and Phelps vs McGlynn and Noonan. In New York the RHE Boston lost to New York 4 to 0 as Dorner and Brown faced McGinnity and Bresnahan.
In a game against Indianapolis the Hoosiers managed just two runs on 12 hits. Paddy Livingston led local bats with four singles driving in two runs. Chenault debuted with speed and a strikeout, while Coulter collected three hits.
A brief 10 cent cigar promotion for Helen Byron is advertised with C. W. Krell listed as the distributor. The item highlights a bargain price and the distributor's name for purchase.
Park View Sanatorium advertises cancer skin uterine and rectal disease treatment by Dr L T Leach operating in New York and California. The notice highlights specialized therapy and medical expertise for multiple conditions.
The Marions five-man bowling team set a world record with a three game total of 2 983 at Washington alleys, surpassing Lake Views Chicago. Leading scores included 953 in game one and 971 in game three, with Heller of Capital Nationals posting 212 average. The item also mentions Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil and a price of 15 cents.
Princeton defeated Holy Cross 4 0 while Princeton pitchers allowed 7 hits and Holy Cross 3 errors. Yale beat Andover 6 4 at New Haven and West Point tied Lafayette 3 3 with West Point earning 6 hits to Lafayette 4. Providence shut out Maine 10 0 and Dartmouth topped Bowdoin 5 4 in Hanover New Hampshire.
The Hoosiers plan a lengthy western swing beginning in Breweryville then Kansas City and St Paul, with a return east stretch after facing the Brewers. The trip tests Manager C as he aims to win half his games amid strong opposition from Blues Apostles and Brewers.
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