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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1908
Page
14
From camps of Notre Dame and Indiana University the uninitiated might suppose Coach Place would send down convalescents and ambulances to support a wounded squad. Both teams will be fit and ready for action despite tales of injury.
Special to the Indianapolis Sun. Chicago reports baseball fans seek resolution to the Chance Murphy controversy. President Murphy says Chance is under contract to play for the Cubs for the next three years, will honor the agreement, and deserves higher pay after winning a pennant and a world championship.
Coach Sheldon leads Indiana with freshmen heading to Indianapolis for the clash as Notre Dame scrubs score a touchdown in practice. Indiana reports injuries to Berndt Johnson Paddock Hatfield and Trumple, while Hackman aims to push onto the sidelines. About 300 Notre Dame players expected as parade and curtain raiser precede a 2 30 kickoff.
The first Japanese school for educating actresses opens in Tokyo under Sada Yokka. About 20 entrants are admitted for a two year course while more than twice that number met the requirements but could not be accepted due to insufficient height, deemed necessary for leading European dramatic roles.
A poetic meditation on judgment and mercy by William Dean Howells. The speaker pictures souls adrift, confessing sin born of hate, lust, and pride, as they plead for divine mercy. The scene shifts to a mute judge, with a higher sovereign presence revealing pity.
A begging note claims a widow’s son supports his father and infant brothers, prompting the secretary to remark the circumstances seem exaggerated. The item appears amid light columns noting a boy named Tommy bidding farewell to his school and recalling recess fun.
Donovan of the Central Unions topped the night with a 223 high individual score in Commercial league games. Kirkwood of the Kingans followed with 222 as leaders won three straights each. The Marretts forfeited three games to the Water company. Central Unions had the evening’s top team score, 962, while Water Co. second at 878.
Chicago Nov. 4. J Peck Sharpe, who once managed the Ottumwa club eighteen years ago, signed on to manage the Des Moines team for 1909. The Cantillons own the club.
A polite pedler visits a bald businessman and pitches a patent electric hairbrush. The man jokes about his baldness and that of his wife, child, and dog. The pedler then tries to pivot to showing flypaper, ending the encounter with a light, humorous punch.
Excerpt from Normal Echoes surveying student humor on examination parody. It notes critiques of William Blake as precocious yet dogmatic, remarks on time’s works as Satyrs, and humorous portraits including Cromwell and the lapsed man. A brief joke about a physician misdiagnosing clergyman’s sore throat ends the piece.
Great record made by Mathewson as the game’s most wonderful pitcher. In eight years in fast company he has won 209 of 312 decisions, a striking .669 percentage. The feature notes Leever’s ten year service and lists top pitchers discussed during their big league careers.
A Washington Herald excerpt notes a junior partner describing a wager placed on an election. A dollar bet against a doughnut is offered over the outcome, illustrating light politics era mischief and social betting in newspaper lore.
In Memphis a week of shows ends as John L Sullivan and Jake Kilrain back Tommy Burns to win over Jack Johnson. Sullivan doubts Johnson is ready for heavyweight top rank and says Burns will prevail before a decision, expecting Johnson to fall before the limit. Kilrain agrees with Sullivan on Johnson's fate.
Walter Goerke of the National Athletic Club Brooklyn won the five mile championship at Morris park under the Federation of Motor cyclists. Fred H Huyck of Chicago was second and A G Chapple of the New York Motor cycle club third. Time 5 minutes 22 25. Huyck held the previous year. Goerke also won the ten mile championship with Kellogg of Springfield and Chapple third. Time 10 minutes 42 5. The one mile National championship went to Huyck with Goerke second and Kellogg third in 1 minute 10 3 5.
A poetic reflection on missing a loved one as May lingers, contrasting seasonal blossoming with the speaker’s longing. The speaker notes that until she returns, May holds no real meaning, while memories of spring endure as a quiet, aching vigil in a leafy lane and a silent house.
New York November 4 The football consensus from coaches and critics ranks Yale first Carlisle second Pennsylvania third Navy fourth Harvard fifth Cornell sixth Princeton seventh Army eighth Syracuse ninth Lafayette tenth Dartmouth eleventh Brown twelfth. For latest styles hair cutting and whisker trimming Denison Barber Shop Veaicuing.
Chicago Nov 4 Umpire Hank O Day is mentioned as a likely future manager of either the Reds or Cardinals next season. He denied prior reports during the just completed season and admitted he would manage but declined to name the club. Several Cubs players expect him to head the Reds or Cardinals while Clark Griffith is sought by the Cardinals for Cincinnati.
Cincinnati November 4 George W Armstrong Jr of Milford Ohio Blue Grass league shortstop and former Richmond team player died yesterday at Good Samaritan hospital from lockjaw after accidentally shooting himself while hunting. He had shown promise with the Blue Grass league and became popular with fans.
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