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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1902
Page
8
Yale and Princeton prepare for a major football clash next Saturday as Yale refines kick blocking and signaling while Princeton struggles in a practice scrimmage. De Witt leads Yale’s kicking game and fans expect a strong defense, with bets on Princeton’s defeat by two touchdowns.
News notes hint at a midweek contest at De Pauw with Indiana State normal and intense interest in Lafayette over a forthcoming clash with Indiana. Training by the methodists aims to hold Notre Dame’s score down and improve Purdue stock relative to Abat of the State university, amid campus intrigue.
The Shortridge squad travels to Franklin for a Saturday clash with the college team. Many high school students oppose sending the team due to prior mistreatment of the Training school squad, though the faculty promises proper conduct. The coach remains hopeful, viewing last Saturday's loss to Brown as a spur for the remaining three games.
Latonia hosted a standout race as Firing Line captured the mile handicap. Earl Shaftsbury is elected commodore of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club and praises Shamrock III as a more representative craft. John T. Brush elected president of the National League baseball club to succeed Andrew Freedman, at the New York meeting. Jockey T. O'Brien suspended at Lakeside track. Knickerbocker defeats the Girls Classical School 10 to 2 in a yard game at Knickerbocker Hall with Miss Taggart and Miss Potts leading the Classical School and Miss Gates and Miss Wilson for Knickerbocker. The club may face Shortridge next. Indianapolis polo season opens November 25 with six top players expected. practice to begin once halls are secured.
The melodrama Notre Dame with Bertha Galland stars at English's on Wednesday after a crowded New York run. The Grand Opera house hosted a benefit for actor Frank Fisher with Mrs Fisher, while The Road to Ruin closes at the Park on Wednesday and runs Thursday and the rest of the week. The Empire offers a satirical burlesque The Sultan of Sulu with lively music and dialogue.
Chicago reports a settlement between switchmen and 17 railroad companies granting the first substantial wage increase in a decade. The scale, effective November 15, affects over 50,000 workers nationwide, with immediate impact on about 10,000 in and around Chicago. Wages per hour include day foremen 31 cents, night foremen 33, day helpers 28, night helpers 30. Newark notable: Miss Madeline G Wallace, blind and deaf, takes final vows as a Dominican nun in an enclosed community after a ceremony attended by family and priests. She was born in New York and became proficient in painting and braille reading, authoring poems.
Supreme Y M S president Kierce visited the city on Tuesday and was entertained by Y M S councils at St. Josephs hall. Knights of Honor will host a Thanksgiving dinner for widows and orphans at 2018 Meridian Street. The Scottish Rite Convention, 37th semiannual reunion, will be held next week at the Scottish Rite Temple on S Pennsylvania Ave with a banquet on Wednesday at 5 p.m.
In Chicago on November 12, detectives uncovered metal bars hidden in a trunk linking Walter T. Grafton to counterfeiting. His wife cried as he admitted to the scheme, saying he hoped to own a home after losing a Dayton livery business. A newsboy's sharp inquiry triggered the case.
Roswell Beardsley of North Lansing longtime postmaster and national bank director dies at 93. He served as postmaster for 74 years after arriving in North Lansing at age 19. He was a director of Tompkins County National Bank at Ithaca.
Mrs William 8 Allen hosts a reception on November 15 Miss Margaret Cook departs in December for Vienna to study music Mr and Mrs Oliver P Ensley plan a visit to relatives in Ohio next week Mr and Mrs Solomon C Dickey host a family dinner Tuesday The first dinner dance of the season is at the University club Wednesday The annual charity ball by the German ladies aid society is at the German house Wednesday Mrs Catherine S Zener hosted a Tuesday reception for her son’s bride at College age home decorations feature white chrysanthemums red carnations and pink begonias with ferns
Gov Burbin demands condensed reports from all state boards covering goings since January 1 1901. The request provoked tearing of hate and mild profanity from staff when the official document was opened at various offices Tuesday morning. The reports are for legislators.
Professor Elmer B. Bryan formerly of Bloomington Indiana is appointed superintendent of schools in the Philippine Islands by Governor Taft. He has directed Manila schools for some time. Bryan was born near Kokomo and studied at Columbia and Yale for two years. He previously held chairs in sociology and economics at Butler College and Indiana University.
In Chicago on Tuesday, 20 to 40 pupils at Hayes school walked out in protest after the principal refused to reinstate two boys suspended for not taking part in music exercises. The strikers picketed the school but did not gain more students.
Sister Angel, 55, of the convent of the Holy Cross in New Orleans, died Wednesday at City Hospital Louisville of heart trouble. Born a slave, she was part of the Negro Catholics sisterhood.
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