High School Gridiron Thunders Endure Cold In Lopsided Win
The Columbus High School team fell 45 to nothing to S. H. S. amid a bleak wind and dull play. Louisville Male High School and Indianapolis M. T. H. S. opened with a scoreless first half before the Hoosiers won 23 to 0. Butler upset Rose Polytechnic as punting and end plays carried the day despite a weak line.
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College football scores and notable upsets in a chaotic recap
A long list of scattered results shows Minnesota 23 Illinois 6 and Iowa 28 Michigan 5 with Western crown implications. Yale beat Carlisle 5 0 and West Point beat Hamilton 11 0. Pennsylvania topped Lafayette 12 3 while Columbia defeated Buffalo 17 0 and Annapolis routed Pennsylvania State 44 0. Wisconsin crushed Notre Dame 52 0. Northwestern edged Chicago 5 0. Harvard over Brown 11 6. Princeton beat Yale 17 0. Multiple other scores, injuries, and a note of a game ending abruptly with James Williams likely dying from injuries.
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Local Football Rovers Face Key Showdowns Next Weeks
Next Saturday Los Angeles and Illinois meet at Newby oval in a pivotal gridiron clash. A week later the H, 8, and ML T.H. 8 teams collide in the annual game at the same venue. The Micas defeated the training school team in the latest action.
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Bowling league leaders show high averages across
In Indianapolis bowling circles 68 men exceed 150 average. Bryson of Marion leads with 177. Independent league sees Partlow Lawtons at 176 2 3 with 25 above 150. Graff Germania tops South-Side at 157 1 3 with 21 over 150. Bryson's 177 stands as town best.
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Turbulent Sports Roundup From Chicago to Europe
Plucky Terry McGovern faces the toughest test of his life at Tattersall's Chicago in Kid Broad. Jim Jeffries seeks Bob Fitzsimmons in Carson City. Bob declines and may fight Gus Ruhlin. Royal Canadian Yacht Club challenges Chicago for the Canadian Cup in a race. Barney Furey vs Jack Robinson set for Anderson Monday. Six day bike racers flood Madison Square. Wizard Shaefer in New York preparing for European tour. American trap shooters eye Europe with a 14 man team next spring. Turkey shoot at S Meridian Park November 22 and 25 with 25 cent 3 shot tickets. over 55 points wins. Johnny McGraw cited overseason games and earnings. Kid McCoy hissed off stage in Dublin. Watkins returns from Michigan to face league verdict and park upgrades. Indianapolis fallout noted. Latonia wreck ends in Pirate Bell breaking neck, jockey Michaels injured.
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Bob Fitzsimons
Carson City
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Gus Ruhlin
Royal Canadian Yacht Club
Chicago Club
Barney Furey
Jack Robinson
Anderson
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New York
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Europe
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Sporting News
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St. Lewis
Kid McCoy
Dublin
Ireland
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Michigan
Indianapolis
Johnson
Philadelphia
Latonia
Pirate Bell
Death of Capt. George W. Jenks Widely Known River Pilot
Capt. George W. Jenks, 68, of 336 N. Illinois St., died Sunday morning from Bright's disease. A Beverly Virginia native, he sailed the Mississippi for decades, befriending Mark Twain and Joseph Pulitzer, served in the marine and transport service during the Civil War, and later held roles in Indianapolis and St. Louis. Survived by a widow and three sons L. B. Jenks of Chicago and C. B. Jenks and R. M. Jenks of St. Louis, he was a Mason and Knights of Honor member.
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Corbett challenges Jeffries for rematch in Chicago
James J. Corbett arrives in Chicago with his troupe and taunts Jeffries to dare fight next month. He dismisses claims that the McCoy bout was faked and says he wants credit for giving Jeffries a good punch for 23 rounds at Coney Island. Corbett smiles over a rumored feud with Considine, blaming troublemakers for the dispute.
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Czar Seeks Son Through French Clergy Nine Day Novena
Paris reports the czar of Russia has asked French clergy to conduct a nine day novena in St Leonard's church. The devotion centers on a celebrated lock believed to bless married couples with a male heir if touched and followed by nevena. Count Alexieff relayed the request as master of ceremonies for the Russian court.
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St. Leonard’s Church
Most Denounces McKinley in Chicago Anarchist Rally
Johann Most of New York led a Chicago Central Music Hall gathering Sunday night commemorating the Haymarket hangings. He denounced Trinvis and President McKinley, linking Bismarck Salisbury and McKinley to murder while the 1,200 in attendance applauded loudly at cries of Hoch and Brave.
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Man Shot While Attempting Shoe Theft in St. Louis
Michael Murphy, 23, homeless, was shot and killed by shoe merchant William Weinberg in St. Louis as he tried to steal a pair of shoes. He had a troubled past including a Kentucky penitentiary term and a prior request for money in a letter calling himself the “black sheep.” His body likely to be sent to Indianapolis for burial at his brother’s request.
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Indianapolis
Pittsburg
Kentucky
Lillian Russell Drives Auto Down Rooftop Incline
New York November 12 Lillian Russell famed queen of comic opera and burlesque earned a new nickname queen of the automobile by driving an auto down a rooftop incline at Madison Square Garden built by John Brisben Walker. The 200 foot long track with sharp turns and a 45 degree slope posed real death risk if the machine failed to stop.
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Senator Procter predicts regular army of about sixty three thousand
Senator Procter of the military committee says Congress will provide a regular army near 63 000. Other items note Abbie Quro eloping with a Chinese laundryman, a deadly Paris railway collision with eight killed and 15 injured, a Missouri Pacific wreck injuring seven minstrel performers, Amos Dice shooting his wife and then himself, and a Smolny Institute poisoning in Russia with two deaths. Additional notes cover a Manila Bay gun salute by Stokeley Morgan, a Chicago fire causing $10 000 loss, a Texas colony purchasing land in Oklahoma Territory, record New Orleans cotton exports, and fires on Walker Street in New York.
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Five Die in Gifford Hotel Fire at Poplar Bluff
A three story frame hotel in Poplar Bluff Missouri burned burying the structure. Five are known dead and two seriously injured. Dozen or more injured. Eight or ten more bodies believed to be in ruins.
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Gifford Hotel
French Transport Caravane Sinks After Collision
Victoria B C November 12 The French transport Caravane sank in the inland sea of Japan following a collision. Details are sparse as radar and rescue operations proceed and authorities assess the scene for survivors and damage.
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