Marquard Sought by Major Leagues Amid Offers
Indianapolis pitcher Mordecai Marquard tops major league wish lists as clubs from Cincinnati Boston and Detroit show interest after his sixth win and fourth shutout. Manager Carr rebuffs bids saying Marquard will not join the majors this year while Essick and Hoosiers facing Saint Paul.
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Coulter
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McKune
Davidson
Léahy
Williams
Dunleavy
Rewan
Today’s Games Across Leagues and Cities
Indianapolis visits St Paul while Toledo travels to Milwaukee in American Association action. Columbus eyes Kansas City and Louisville visits Minneapolis. In National League play Chicago heads to Pittsburg Cincinnati meets St Louis Brooklyn visits Philadelphia Boston travels to New York. American League features Cleveland at Chicago New York at Boston and Philadelphia at Washington. Central League shows Terre Haute at South Bend Zanesville at Grand Rapids Evansville at Fort Wayne Wheeling at Dayton. May Wine at Schuller’s Wine House in town.
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Toledo
Columbus
Evebane
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Milwaukee
Kansas City
Pet
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Eeeadite'e Il
Pittsburg
Artreces Setees
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New Ne
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Ceesarevee
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Minneapolis
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Foxen
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Dahlen
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Fort ‘Wayre
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South Bend
Terre Haute
Fortune smiles on Hoosiers as Carr lauds luck in rise
The article credits the Indianapolis Hoosiers 1908 season to favorable luck, highlighting Marquard the pitcher from Cleveland with Central League experience and Bush the standout shortstop. It questions why others like Druhot and Davidson struggled, while Carr praises fitting acquisitions and rapid improvements under Reconstruction.
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American Association
Carr
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Cleveland
Mathewson
Giants
Bush
Davidson
Carl Druhot
Druhot
Tri-State
Cincinnati
Jack Haydon
Morgan to fight Langdon Smith in Columbus bout
Jack Morgan leaves for Columbus in top form to face Langdon Smith, a local negro fighter. Morgan vows to stop Smith with speed and power, aiming to spoil another Columbus idol after a previous victory over Russell Van Horn. Smith weighs about 150 pounds, with a solid left hand and long reach, and the outcome could send Smith east if Morgan wins.
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Langdon Smith
Morgan
Columbus
Russell van Horn
Ministers’ Association
Indianapolis
van Horn
Smith
Jack
O'Neil
Hayden makes big league comeback with Indianapolis
The article reviews Hayden's return from Eastern league setbacks to the Indianapolis team. It notes recovering knees, peak speed from his Pennsylvania college days, and his all around field and batting prowess. It highlights his baserunning instinct and sharp slides as key factors in his renewed success.
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Boston Americans
Rochester
Haydon
Indianapolis
Carr
Soft umpiring in Central league noted by Ollie Chill
Ollie Chill from South Bend criticizes umpiring in the Central league and remarks Zanesville struggles with first class baseball. Columbus rallied to beat the Blues 6 4 after an eleventh inning rally. Kansas City and Louisville results described, plus multiple NL and AL notes, including rain delays and strong pitching performances.
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South Bend
Zanesville
Columbus
Blues
Kansas City
Louisville
Minneapolis
Oberlin
Harley
Ketchell Ees Sullivan Work Says Its A Cinch
San Francisco May 6 Ketchell watched Jack Sullivan box Squires and Kaufman. Ketchell told manager O Connor he would “do to that bald headed Boston man” if he gets a chance. Sullivan studied Ketchell's earlier bouts and expressed dissatisfaction with Mike Sullivan's performance. Ketchell named his seconds as McDonough Cullen Willis Swanson and O Connor. Sullivan will have Mike Sullivan Leroy Burns and Gans as assistants.
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Goldfield
Barney Cullen
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Tom O'Connor
Harvard Boys Ask Faculty to Cave Athletics
Special to The Indianapolis Sun from Cambridge Mass May 6 Harvard undergraduates petition signed by 1603 students protests any radical interference with intercollegiate sport urging the faculty to withdraw from reducing contests to a minimum. The move would abolish intercollegiate contests after the football season and spring recess affecting hockey basketball and spring baseball practices.
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Indianapolis Sun
Cambridge
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Harvard
Cardinals May Swap Two For Lobert
St Louis manager McCloskey seeks Hans Lobert of Cincinnati and may trade Joe Delehanty and Bugs Raymond to strengthen pitching. If Cincinnati agrees, reduction in batting strength is not the aim. The deal could close within a day or two.
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Cardinals
Hans Lobert
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St. Louis
Joe Delehanty
Bugs Raymond
Dutchman
Memsic Wins Narrowly in Catchweight Bout in Los Angeles
May 6 report from Los Angeles says George Memsic of Chicago defeated Clarence English of Los Angeles in a ten round bout at the Pacific Athletic Club. Memsic won clearly with only one round even, English gallery put up a game effort, but ended with two battered eyes and Memsic unmarked.
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George Memsic
Chicago
Clarence English
Pacific Athletic Club
English
Memsic
Highland Glue Will Have Weekly Golf Program
The Highland club opens its season with a weekly golf series starting Saturday May 23 and continuing every Saturday until October 381. The first event is a men's handicap 18 hole medal play.
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Mean baseball trick by Anson’s White Stockings
Hugh S. Fullerton recounts a notorious 19th century blunder on a Chicago Giants game. Jacks Milligan Amos Rusie and Connor, all heavy players, were tricked into a baserunning mishap that led to a chaotic sequence ending with Rosie scoring and Milligan injured as the crowd argued over the play.
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Outsider Wins Kentucky Derby via Narrow Margin
Fine Fashion, an outsider owned by Latonia horseman Stone Street, triumphed in the Kentucky Classic with jockey Nose Pickens aboard. Sir Cleges finished second as a new betting method proved successful, though overall Derby betting lagged behind former practices.
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Latonia Horseman
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Pickens
Derby Fates: Stone Street Wins Kentucky Derby
Stone Street wins the thirty fourth Kentucky Derby at Latonia with Mose Pickens aboard. Sir Clegus second by a neck, Dunvegan third by a eyelash over Synchcronized. Mutuels paid 123.60 on a five dollar ticket. Track sloppy, eight starters. Hamilton bred Stone Street, Longstreet Stomie Nellie, ridden by Jockey Mose Pickens.
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Indianapolis Sun
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Yesterday's Scores Across The League Fielded
Baseball results list several games with city matchups and outcomes. Notable scores include Indianapolis 5 over St Paul 0, Louisville 2 over Minneapolis 1, Columbus 6 over Kansas City 4 in one inning, New York 4 Philadelphia 0, Boston 7 Brooklyn 1, and Evansville 9 over Fort Wayne 4. Several games were affected by rain or wet grounds.
Thorp's Selections Jamaica Track Card
First race Jane Swift Sandal Ten ancy by courtesy. Second race Occidental Opal This tle Belle. Third race Zal Monfort Royal Lady. Fourth race Castlewood Obert Aur lada. Fifth race Alila Dashaway George Co. Hall. Sixth race Montauk Grace Came ron Peter Quince. Denison Barber Shop First class manicured.
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Appointment of Indiana estate administrator
Notice states that George V. Hammond has qualified as administrator of the estate of John Whitely, a Marion County Indiana resident, who is deceased. The estate is apparently solvent.
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Indiana
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