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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1899
Page
8
The article hints at an incident involving a foreman and a bat with cryptic remarks about the score telling the story. It notes a generally upbeat tone about being on the uphill in nice shape, and lists other sports themes without detail.
In Evansville the home crowd woke as Foreman charged the coaching lines and spat toward the batter. Cross faltered as Indianapolis hitters surged, Kellum excelled on the mound, and Gillen notched a base hit. Attendance reached 600 as old club nerves flared and the game swung.
Fragmentary racing or baseball score snippet shows teams Amole Householder McAuley Dig gins and St Paul Milwaukee lines with battery names Egan Pardee Wilson Hutchinson Fisher Dixon Fricken McGill Spies Vollendorf McDonald Reidy Speer. No coherent outcome or event readable.
Indianapolis shows good form in the first week of games with batters McFarland Hoghever Motz Kahoe Flynn Allen and Scott projecting strong play. Fielding has improved lately and continued batting strength could lead to victories. A table of batting and fielding averages with sacrifices and steals follows. Allen is Indicted. Tom Allen, ex champion, is charged with killing Thomas Conroy in a saloon. May go to Denver for Fitzsimmons Jeffries bout talks after Coney Island license issue.
Brady and Julian prepare to offer a large purse as the team leaves for Detroit after Wednesday's game. Pitchers Scott Newton Foreman and Kellum travel. games set for Detroit and Buffalo. Columbus opens at home Thursday against Buffalo. standings improve while Detroit expected to lose. Sheridan's close calls for Indianapolis noted as a few easily counted. Western league schedule issued by FE H Bingham. Interstate league results with Mansfield and others. college games including Yale Lafayette Illinois Chicago Harvard Bowdoin Princeton Virginia. U S league opens Saturday. St Louis Globe Democrat cites average attendance around 7,000.
SCRANTON PA May 4 George M M VanHorn hanged for the murder of boarding house keeper Mrs Josephine Wescott. He had lived with her two years then quarrelled and was told to quit. After a past theft he was arrested, released, and on Aug 28 1896 crept into her cellar and cut her throat with a razor saying he was fooling to show how easily he could kill.
George Coldazier a painter, lost his place at the Ginuthuces wacon factory following a spree. Wednesday night he took morphine for consolation. Dr Look of the City dispensary administered treatment.
In Butler Chapel Wednesday night the debate between the University of Indianapolis and Notre Dame concluded with a Notre Dame victory. The panel found that disarming, for the present, is not feasible and the war hosts favored Notre Dame in the decision.
Epworth league union at Madison Avenue church elected W. N. Northcott Mapleton president Thomas M. Smiley Roberts Park T. B. Fulmer Woodside and Stella Carson Wretcher Place as vice presidents Anna E. Potts Blackford secretary Arthur Randall Hall Place treasurer Mrs J L F Steeg Edwin Ray junior league superintendent Madison Avenue local chapter names H Limpus president J A Scott Mrs O G Spillman Mae Moore vice presidents Allie Munk secretary Wm J Baylor treasurer Albert McCullom librarian
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