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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1901
Page
8
In Grand Rapids on May 20 Heydon Fox Bey and Kelly led the Indians to victory despite a nasty drizzle. Street warmed the attack while Alloway troubled the locals. Attendance reached 2,500 as fans braved cold rain to witness the game and the Indians pulled ahead late.
Baseball and baseball like notes recount Grand Rapids versus Indianapolis score by innings with stolen bases and multiple players credited for hits including Hart Kelly Heydon Hogriever Fox and Bey. Marion beats Columbus in ten innings 6 12 1 with McMackin Shaw Harris Williams Zinram noted. Toledo loses to Louisville behind Kissinger Graffius Bailey Zalusky in a shutout.
Sutthoff struggled and Guese relieved him as both teams traded heavy stick work. Fort Wayne topped Dayton 7 to 2 as Daniels limited Dayton to four hits. Fort Wayne had seven runs on seven hits with one error, Dayton two runs on four hits.
Marion defeats Columbus 7 to 1 in eight innings while Louisville beats Toledo 2 to 1. Joss and Weyhing shine for Louisville and Toledo respectively. Attendance reported for Grand Rapids 2 500 Marion 1 000 Toledo 2 500 Chicago 8 600 Detroit 3 000 with no National League games Sunday.
Anderson Indiana May 20 Gov Durbin prohibits any further prize fights or boxing contests in Anderson. The action follows a request from the local YMCA of Anderson where the governor serves as a member. Anderson has long been a center for the sporting element.
Boston yacht Independence is launched and Thomas W. Lawson issues a statement calling the New York yacht club rules unfair. He notes July 2 3 4 spins with Columbia Constitution and Independence but says only New York members may race in the cup event unless the rule changes. If not, he will cancel July dates and seek post championship matches with American and English boats.
Thomas Way will direct New by Oval this season as the first race on Decoration Day Evening will decide if races run biweekly through the summer. If attendance warrants, an American bicycle company racing camp will be established here.
The report notes a Saturday Philadelphia game described as a dandy with scores Philadelphia RH E 2 Chicago R 0 H 5 E 3, while other games were postponed due to rain and no games were played on Sunday. Standings show Cincinnati New York Pittsburg Boston Philadelphia Brooklyn St Louis Chicago with varied point values.
A compact ledger lists Chicago Milwaukee Philadelphia Washington Cleveland Detroit with runs hits and errors for each game. Final tallies show varied offensive output and fielding results across the row of matchups.
Highlights from a weekend slate show Culver and Wabash both scoring in a string of games with Kentucky at university and Earlham among the scorers. Purdue edges Chicago while Butler falls to Rose Polytechnic in Terre Haute. Princeton tops Georgetown and Harvard beats Pennsylvania as West Point edges Annapolis. Cornell defeats Michigan as S H 8 and a note on rain stopping play in round three. Attendance at Brighton Beach remains strong despite weather with the Indianapolis Reserves victorious.
At Washington park on Saturday the M. T. H. 38 B H 5 ball game will be played with each school pledging victory. In New Haven Tommy Corcoran of Cincinnati is seriously ill with typhoid fever and may miss the rest of the season.
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