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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1907
Page
7
Indianapolis wins 4 to 3 over Columbus in eleven innings at Washington Park. Williams drives the decisive run after Clymer is ejected, with Himes tripling earlier and Briggs battling Townsend in a pitching duel.
In Terre Haute RHE Terre Haute and Wheeling Grd Rapids, batting lines show 0 000% 4090 055 with Batteries Ehafer Freese Hale Richardson and Easley Spahr Harris Moran. Canton South Bend game lists 06 011 20 0 64 5 3 Batteries Schmicx Carrol Text der Moore Johnson. Evansville Evansville page shows 119010 610 %4 6 2 with Batteries Jaeger Dunn Brietenstein Clark.
Special to The Son reports airship races under the Aero club of Chicago will be held within two weeks at the grounds at Sixty-fourth street and 8th Park avenue. Club officers say plans are supported by promises of financial aid from several sources.
WRANKFORT, Ky May 2 Bucket shops and poolrooms were declared common nuisances by the court of appeals and may be fined and abated as such. The decisions mark a crackdown on illegal betting and gambling establishments in Kentucky.
Safeguard, a two year old from Wes Stout's string at the fair grounds, will train this summer but not race yet. Owned by Elmer Long, the colt was bought at Blair Baker yard sales and has shown a half mile in 1:14 after a month and a half of training. Bred at Grasslands, his sire Greystone has produced noted offspring. dam Zellota is related to Prince Arthur. Experts expect 2:25 or faster next season if he progresses.
Schedule lists matchups across leagues including Louisville at Indianapolis Toledo at Columbus Minneapolis at Milwaukee Kansas City at St Paul Chicago at New York Pittsburg at Philadelphia Cincinnati at Brooklyn St Louis at Boston Washington at Cleveland Philadelphia at Detroit South Bend at Canton Grand Rapids at Wheeling Dayton at Terre Haute Springfield at Evansville.
In Detroit and Cleveland lines, batteries paired Willets Killian Payne Harris Moran and Joss Bemis Falkenberg Heydon face off under varied scores. Chicago hosts Altrock McFarland Winter Shaw as Boston battles. St Louis sees New York and Orth Thomas Howell Stevens in a tense matchup.
Giants lose 3 2 as Cubs claim victory in ninth inning errors by Rogan Grenahan. crowd of 20 000 jeers and assaults umpire Emilie Bresnahan after the game. Christy Mathewson pitched well but was undone by late miscues.
Lincoln Neb May 22 A 19 year old from Broken Bow John P Dalton emerges as a wunderkind in all around athletics. He wins seven of twelve events in a recent meet and posts marks such as 10.15 seconds for 100 yards and 4 50 for a mile. Dalton has little formal training but already stars in soccer and college football.
New York May 22 The Cubs and Giants are tied for first with two games left in the series. McGinnity to start for the Giants in game two while Chance backs Lig Jeff. Cubs aim to win both remaining games after beating Mathewson. Crowd unrest follows Polo Grounds dispute over policemen. Cy Seymour held by Brown in late innings.
The Hoosiers end their slide with two straight wins as the four day series against the Colonels begins at Washington Park. Williams drives in a key run, Coulter belts a sharp hit, and Hopke drives in a run as Columbus and Louisville players contribute in a tense, close game.
Armstrong a re called utility infielder from Canton now with the Hoosiers. He earned a reputation as the league’s champion tough local hitter and flawless fielder with remarkable stops and throws. Despite hard hitting he struggles to place balls in safe territory due to defensive outfielders awaiting his drives. He’s praised as a promising young talent needing encouragement and fighting spirit. Previously he starred with Lebanon Independent league and spent eight weeks with Mullion in the Witty league before joining Lebanon.
The report places Armstrong at Mattoon in the Kitty league, with no Peoria assignment. He spent six to eight weeks at Mattoon last summer and his first year on the books was the previous season. Fohl led the visitors in batting, Williams made a notable right handed stop, and Kern ruled a runner safe on a close play. Three clubber plays occurred, the visitors claiming two and the Hoosiers one.
A Philadelphia May 22 report previews Johnny Summers of England and Tommy Murphy in a fierce featherweight clash at the National A C. Summers makes his U S debut while both fighters boast peak form and notable recent wins. The piece frames the bout as a vivid showdown between two celebrated little fellows with keen public interest.
The report lists multiple game lineups with teams such as New York Chicago Philadelphia Brooklyn and Boston facing Pittsburg Cincinnati St Louis. It names batteries including Mathewson Bresnahan Liefield Phelps Hitt Meier Pastorius Rucker Butler Linda nan Brown Shields Hoelsketter Marshall and others with scattered score figures.
Milwaukee Kansas City and St Paul Toledo are listed with battery pairs Dougherty and Roth Swann and Sullivan Farris Sugden Manske and Graham Gillen Land Putt man and Peits. The fragmented entries reference battery pairings across multiple locations with city markers and numeric codes.
Billy Papke of Spring Valley Illinois and Tony Caponi of Milwaukee fought a fast paced ten round draw at Davenport Athletic Club. The bout featured relentless slugging with Papke landing early pieces while Caponi surged back strong at the finish, keeping the match even to end.
The President a famed trotting stallion with a 2.07 record died suddenly in Lacrosse Wisconsin on May 22. Owned by Wilson and Obertain the horse valued at $15 000.
John Splan received a cablegram from Max Woss in Wien indicating Grattan Bells won a stake at Wien. The horse had been sent to Austria last winter and posted a 2:10 mark in the United States. This marks his second major victory.
The Sun explains a second lesson for boys teaching fair play in Indian wrestling. It describes securing a first position with inside legs raised in unison and counting to three, to prepare for the "tits of war" and as a good exercise, with details to follow in tomorrow's article.
Columbus shows a stronger start this season and eyeing a three time win, with Clymer leading the drive. Kansas City impressed against the Hoosiers, but Columbus appears the team to beat the Blues in the American association race.
Manager Clymer praises a growing pitching corps with regular work and strong performances. He highlights youngsters Gever Upp and veterans Wicker Townsend Well and Robertaille as an improving group, better than rival Jimmy Burke’s rotation.
Rochester May 22 Harry Greenfield has finished training for his title bout with Willie Fitzgerald in Philadelphia next Monday night. Pat Gavin received a telegram from Jim Coffroth of the Colma A C San Francisco offering Greenfield a match with Jimmy Britt if he wins the Fitzgerald fight.
Frank Allen, star pitcher for Southwestern University, broke the college innings record in a game against Bowling Green, Ky. league team by pitching 54 consecutive innings without allowing a run. The previous college mark was 52 innings.
The Noblesville baseball club, recently organized, seeks to arrange games with Indianapolis teams including the Indianapolis White Sox Cubs Northwesterns or Gun club. Contact C. H. Smith at 278 S Eleventh St Noblesville Indiana for scheduling.
Salt Lake City May 2 Dick Hyland of San Francisco knocked out Billy Finucane of Chicago in the second round of a slugging match. The bout was described as one of the fastest ever seen in the city.
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