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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1901
Page
8
San Francisco reports the boxer Jeffries begins an easing training plan after a heavy schedule. He will run eight miles after breakfast and box for three to four hours in the afternoon, aiming for calmer, more calculating rounds as stars fade.
Fragmentary OCR shows a dated discussion of nationality and status, referencing an American and an ex-Englishman. The text hints at naturalization papers and a fixed political status, but the surrounding context is missing, leaving the exact claim unclear.
Notre Dame promises a strong push as M. T. H. 8S sails to Louisville on Saturday. Shortridge schedules a game with Logansport for the end of the week. Franklin travels to Indianapolis on Wednesday for a return match.
In a season turning game, DePauw crushed Wabash scoring 32 points while their opponent remained scoreless. The team heads toward Bloomington on Thanksgiving Day with hopes of securing the championship.
In Lexington on Monday, Judah of the U of I led a rugged game where a Kentucky colonel delivered a hard hit. The period ended with the U I line pushed thrice, score 17 to 0, and final tally stood 29 to 0 in favor of the Hoosiers across the Ohio.
George Siler of Chicago predicts a new champion boosting Ruhlin stock. Sharkey will be ringside with his biz mit.
Five thousand dollars to two thousand were wagered at the Casino on the Jeffries Ruhlin fight to be held in San Francisco next Friday. The short end was taken by Al Faber of Galion Ohio and the long end covered by a local syndicate led by Matt Hinkel the wrestling referee.
A right hand uppercut by McGovern set Dan Dougherty behind, with Harry Forbes backing him at 115 pounds. The 20 round match between Young Peter Jackson and Jimmy Handler in Tren ton N J was stopped after the second round with police halting the final rounds. Eddie Gardner defeated Jesse Shipp in Cincinnati while McLeod plans Graeco Roman training to pursue top wrestlers. Tom Jenkins dominated a recent catch as catch can bout.
Little Jack Homer won the second Lakeside race in 1 00 35 for five furlongs on a slow track. Amazon set a Bennings track mark winning the fourth race and $700 purse for seven furlongs in 1 28 1 5. Dan R sold for 5000 cash to a New York merchant, two years after being bought for 60. Latonia saw favorites and long shots prevail. Cavanaugh’s 24 hour hike set a world record at 23 hours five minutes. Frisco reports a $10000 value dead dog named Freedom.
Vincennes Mecca for sporting men from all over the country gathers to witness the Bicknell field trials where 33 entries compete for the Derby stake to be finished Wednesday. Dwyer May Fight Again. South Bend Ind Nov 12 Eddie Dwyer the Yocak 115 pounder former amateur champion of Chicago bantams.
London market dull with downward tendency but sentiment among insiders remains bullish. Western speculators active, a Chicago house borrowing time money signals hope for a lasting bull run, Union Pacific preferred jump shocks the street, copper and sugar gains driven by Boston buyers, St Paul and Canadian Pacific earnings rise, and American stocks hold steady in London.
President Roosevelt unveiled his light two seated wagon for the first time with coachman and footman in new liveries. Cockades of dark burrs and red white blue rosettes adorn tall hats. The monogram T K R appears on the wagon panels. The use of national colors on cockades is a new practice in official livery.
Railway stocks and bank shares listed with bid and ask figures. Bonds include Indianapolis street railway issues, gas company, Union traction, Broad Ripple traction, and New Telephone series notes. Bond prices show percentages with several issues around mid single digits to low teens.
Fire incidents tied to gas cause extensive damage in several towns. Wm. Rawley’s two barns at Brazil suffered heavy loss, Joseph Fields’ Elwood residence lost contents, and Samuel Shoemaker’s Geneva barn with livestock and machinery was destroyed. Star mill and elevator at North Vernon sustained major damage with substantial losses and insurance coverage noted.
A warrant is issued in Scottsburg Indiana for Rev. Albert Richey on a charge of stealing a cow from farmer Moore. The cow’s hide was found in Taflinger’s butcher shop, the butcher alleging Richey sold it.
Indiana court notes list eighteen divorce cases for the current Pike County circuit term. The item also records arrests for four men from Aurora fined 38.40 each for Sunday hunting and notes a Roachdale buggy company assignment with liabilities 3600 and assets 1200. It mentions Melton Thompson of Elwood, 52, charged by his wife and two daughters ages 12 and 14 with alleged criminal intimacy.
Mrs. Mary Bott, 65, collapsed at St. Marys Catholic Church during her husband s funeral services and died as she reached the carriage. Heart disease was the cause. The report lists other names including Andona J. Nichols 48 Muncie Mrs Dorothy Kraus of Portland and several others.
In Terre Haute Indiana on November 12 Louis Lumley 17 and Charles Wilson 34 quarrelled during a football game. Lumley allegedly shot Wilson in the mouth. Both are miners at a coal plant.
The dispute questions whether the Bank of Commerce of Indianapolis may convert to an old line insurance company. A writ of error was granted by the Indiana Supreme Court after it held against the change, sending the case to the United States Supreme Court.
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