Indiana Illinois Football Classic Amid Weighing Rain
The Indiana-Illinois game at Newby Oval drew near 2:32 p m on a rain soaked field. Referee Parker Boice of Princeton oversaw the contest while Indiana and Illinois prepared for a hard fought, determined clash amid a swampy field and steady onslaughts.
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Newby Oval
Parker Boice
Princeton
Branch
Williams
I. U
Illinois
Ana
Taggart
Indiana
Unds
McGovney
Muhl Teter
Chamberlain Clevenger
Lindgren Hawley
Briggs
Memphis Seeks Jeffries Ruhlin Bout As Shoppers Trade Telegrams
New York report states Jim Jeffries received a telegram from A B Picket of Memphis noting a proposition to match with Ruhlin and that the offer would be accepted. Tom Sharkey posted a $2500 forfeit on Friday with Al Smith to bind the match with Jeffries.
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A. B. Picket
Memphis
Awn Sen
New York
Ruhlin
Wold
Tom Sharkey
al Smith
Jeffries
Httle
Queen’s
United States
Ontario
Gus Ruhlin
George Siler
Lee Duff
University of California
Rush
Whittenberg
Ohio
Tod Sloane to Return Home After Royal Meet
Tod Sloane, the American jockey, expects to be home next week in Kokomo Indiana. He says the Wales prince's public snub was a show of prejudice against American riders and he will ride for British nobles again when requested.
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Kokomo
Ind
Tod Sloane
Tod
Prince of Wales
England
Gans Knocks Out Parker in Four Rounds
Baltimore’s Joe Gans defeated Denver’s Kid Parker, the West lightweight champ, by knockout in round four of a bout billed as a 46 round decision match at the Colorado Athletic Club in Denver on Friday night. The finish sparked excitement over the unexpected early stoppage.
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Denver
Colo
Joe Gans
Baltimore
Kid Parker
West
Olorado Athletic Club
Pright
Temes
Referee Siler Ends Round Amid Controversial Counting
Spectators dispute Parker’s knockdown timing after Referee Siler counted the ten seconds and blew the bell, triggering a commotion as many claim Parker was down for only six seconds.
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Siler
Parker
Jockey Club Probes Scotchman Run and Speculator Gifts
The jockey club stewards extend their investigation of Scotchman’s race and examine a charge that turf speculators gave presents to American jockeys, with some gifts reported as high as 500 pounds.
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London
Jockey Club
Richard Croker
Ko-we-bas surge in Indianapolis bowling league standings
The Ko we bas team won six straight games against the Pastimes on German house alleys boosting chances at first place. Gus Mueller rolled 221 as Crescent Lenox teams struggled with losses and a late surge by Crescent second division lifted their score, while Lenox stayed close. Multiple scores topped 900 in varied divisions, with Crescents at 623 the night’s low.
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Gus Mueller
Crescent-Lenox
Lenox
Crescent
Lenox Fellows
Washington
Marions
Matlock
Crescents
Sessary
Ko-We-Bas
Capital
Anette Ewes
Washingtons
Crescents Eee
Turners
Dee Eeseeens
Eaeee
News
Errraess
Beeen Eee
Ae Do
Kho- We-Bas
Crescents Oeevcreseree
Peeeeeree
Crescents Bea
Root Defeats Ashley In Detroit Bout In One and a Half Rounds
Jack Root of Chicago defeated Joe Ashley of Detroit Friday night in Manistee Michigan. Root floored Ashley three times in the first round and ended the match with a solar plexus blow just 90 seconds into the second round.
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Chicago
Joe Ashley
Detroit
Michigan
Root
Skull Found Believed To Be Pearl Bryan's Remains
In Newport Kentucky on J B Lock farm a skull was discovered by George Girty near the Pearl Bryan murder site. Deputy Sheriff Plummer noted teeth and gold fillings match the missing woman's description. Medical experts deem the skull likely female and consistent with Pearl Bryan.
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Newport
J. B. Lock
Pearl Bryan
George Girty
Plummer
John Darnell
Gillespie
A Bullet Hole and a Revolver in Corys Death Case
The body of J. J. Cory, 50, was found beside the Big Four tracks on Northwestern Ave. A bullet wound and a 38 caliber revolver within reach suggest suicide. Neighbors describe health fears and alleged harassment by an unknown woman. Cory had recent health worries, stayed with George Gilchrist, and had spent Sundays in Lebanon with wife and daughter. Local leads include anonymous letters and two visits by a well dressed woman. A nephew transported the body to Lebanon.
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J. J Cory
Big Four
Alfree Manufacturing Company
Northwestern Ave
Lafayette Skeen
Road
George E. Gilchrist
Station St
Brightwood
Cory
Indianapolis
Lebanon
Melville
A. J. Galr
McCordeville, Ind
Phoebe's Goose Solves a Zoo Mystery
The first known goose acting as a sleuth, Phoebe the Zoo goose, disrupted a stage entrance while a clowning act toured. Sergeant Hagerman and police located two runaway dogs on stage and the third at a stagehand’s home. Director-general Bostock planned to visit Milwaukee to discuss reopening another Zoo.
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Pinkerton
Phoebe
Goose
Ida
Hagerman
Bostock
Milwaukee
Narrow Escape From Death At Masonic Temple Roof
A. F. McKenzie slept in a gutter 325 feet above the street and fell from the gable. He used a lath and paper to signal for help as tenants spotted the sign and police rescued him. He was frostbitten. Edith McIntyre narrowly escaped between two trains on a New Jersey track when she lay between rails as express and passenger trains passed.
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Chicago
A. F. McKenzie
Masonic Temple
Long Branch
N. J
Edith McIntyre
Two Trains Collide in Polk Killing Three
An extra freight and a Lake Shore passenger train collided head on in Polk Pennsylvania Friday night. Victims include Thomas Sutton John Kane and Engineer Pitzer with several others injured.
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Polk
Lake Shore Railroad
Thomas Sutton
John Kane
Pitzer
Train Collision Kills Engineer and Fireman Near Carlisle
In a rear end crash between a passenger and freight train near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Engineer Shover and Fireman Chas W Hi were killed. An Indian football team aboard the train was unharmed.
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Carlisle
Cumberland
Dillsburg
Shover
Chas. W. Hi
Hysterical Girl Converts at Roberts Park Church Rally
A hysterical girl in the Roberts Park Church gallery was led to the mourners bench during Evangelist Harrison's Friday sermon and declared she had been saved after sobbing. Nine conversions were recorded at the event.
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Roberts’ Park Church
Evangelist Harrison
Congressmen Pluralities Listed With Distinct Totals
A table of congressional pluralities per district shows winners and vote counts such as Hemenway 202, Miers 2621, enor 4609, Griffith 1608, Holliday 1688, Veinon 2883, Over street 4009, Cromer 769, Landis 1514, Crumpacker 6492, Steele 5459, Robinson 628, Brick 2216. Also an ad notes Hood's Sarsaparilla benefits and Hood's Pills. Ticket prices include Cincinnati return $3.30 and Vis Cal. & Dal. Ry. Nov. 21.
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Hemenway
Miers
Enor
Griffith
Holliday
Veinon
Overstreet
Cromer
Landis
Crumpacker
Steele
Robinson
Brick
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John H. Holliday
John M.spann
Market St
East
Washington Stref.'y
Jim Jeffries
Gans
Whips
Indianapolis Bowling League
Joe Ashleye
Jack Root
Manistee, Mich
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Bryan
Baby Ida
Wasson
H. P. Wasson & CO
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Geisex
Minnie Seligman
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Dewey
The
German Ladies’ Aid Society
Aladdin
Cc. VW
Meneeik
N. Penn, St
Physicians and Surgeons
J. A. Sutcliffe
M. Omice
E. Market
M. Tolowecine
People's Credit Clothing CO
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R.F. Stone
Ohio Street
All Good Grocers
Tom Taylor
Maclyn Arbuckle
Y'S
Opera House
Joseph Brooks
Marsac
Molly Elliott Geawell
Wm. Young
Wm. J. Furgeson
E.S. Ables
Horace Lewis
Henry Bergman
Claude Brooke
Margaret Fuller
Samuel Mileee
Kate Lester
Laura Clement
Annabelle Whitford
Paris
Englise’s
I Taurenay
Arthur Dunn
Great Behman
Dave
Baily
Splendid Leats
Pennsylvania
Prof. Melville
Alansing
N. Peninsylvanian St
Indianapolis, Ind
Crompacker
Hood
Cincinnati
Vis C
Mit
Frank C. Bostock
Animal King
Tietime Moretti
Her Jaguars
C.aneshaensel & CO
Cook Remedy Co
Club
Wilson National Surgical Institute
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