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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1905
Page
9
Foremost expert in jiu jitsu Prof Ono arrives to teach at West Point. The Sun reports his claimed strength and swift disarmament abilities, noting his journey and prowess against strong men as he travels through Ha.
A garbled OCR listing shows battery pairings for multiple teams across cities including Milwaukee Toledo Minneapolis and Dayton. It names players such as Kilray Evans McKay Beville Martin Minahan Campbell Dunkle Scott Benriver Mor an Stovall Marshall Sutler Clemens Kelly Myers Reed Shannon Wheelock Hawking Bias Miller Chapman Jones Bergen Caldwell Doolin Wills Wilhelm Needham Bowerman Hess Buelow Smith McFarland among others. The fragmentary item cites the National League and various city matches with lineages of batter and pitcher pairings.
Baseball briefs list American Association matchups Columbus at Indianapolis Louisville at Toledo Kansas City at St Paul Milwaukee at Minneapolis National League games St Louis at New York Cincinnati at Brooklyn Pittsburgh at Philadelphia American League New York at Boston Chicago at Cleveland Philadelphia at Washington Central League Grand Rapids at Wheeling South Bend at Dayton Fort Wayne at Evansville Springfield at Terre Haute 2
Boxer Mike Schreck a hard hitting Cincinnati middleweight meets Bob Fitzsimmons in a bout described as a wallop heavy clash. Promoter Fite notes Schreck accepts the match over other top contenders as some fear the cars in the arena.
Indianapolis notes a crushing 4 to Columbus as Hoosiers slump to last in a Monday game. Poor hitting and fielding woes plague the Hoosiers while Columbus appears in control from start to finish, with Steve Goodwin and pitcher Well among the failing signals.
Abe Atte trains in Detroit for a May 10 bout with Harry Forbes. Vinson, a Providence gardener, posted a batting average of MT in recent weeks. Zant of the St Louis outfield is struggling to hit. The National Training Association targets James Butler S07 and warns about past management. Birds lack team cohesion due to a strange team makeup.
A fragmented early 20th century sports column offers Rube Waddell pitching tips, praising the spit ball while cautioning on arm strain and control. It quotes Ollie Pickering’s bold baserunning and recounts a San Francisco game where Pickering’s run at the plate drew the crowd’s cheers and an umpire’s remark.
Boston May 3 report on the Washington club in the American League race. Jake Stahl and Malachi Kiltridge anchor a young Nationals squad with strong team spirit and steady defense, defying stars and predicting upheaval in the standings amid a reforming league.
Cleveland third baseman Mike Muldoon failed to capitalize when a bases full two-base hit would win the game. A spectator sent champagne after his near-miss double, but Muldoon slipped on the hotel stairs, breaking the bottle and ruining the moment. He quipped that the lone two-base hit of the season was wasted.
Barley Oldfield, a track monarch, and Fletcher will meet on May 20 in an eagerly awaited race. Fletcher, a dark horse in the circuit, has drawn strong attention as a potential challenger to Oldfield, the sport’s leading general racer.
Charles B. Macdonald proposes creating an 18 hole replica golf course on Long Island funded by 10 rich subscribers at 9,000 each and many more at 10, forming a club with layouts copied from famed courses in America Scotland and England. The plan aims to attract ownership through land purchase and substantial expenditures, inviting Chicago and New York financiers to participate.
In Superior court No. 11, Judge awarded Ing. John T. Staley $1.20 in damages for a plaintiff suit against Tucker-Dorsey Manufacturing Co. arising from injuries while operating a machine. The accident tore several fingers of the plaintiff.
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