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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1900
Page
8
Indiana and Illinois battle through a drenched field with six inch deep water as both teams slip and slide. The lone scoreless tie leaves players praising the crowd and field, with plans for annual rematches in Indianapolis.
A Thanksgiving Day matchup features a class team versus the alumni of their school in a friendly contest. Details on location and start time are not provided in the fragment.
Half the New York ball players who invaded Cuba returned upset by pay and miscommunications derailing planned games. Mississippi Valley Athletic Club forms a Memphis boxing group aiming for a major river city prize. Yacht defense contract for Lipton’s Shamrock II awarded to the Herreshoffs. Six fastest women race the six day event in New York led by Gast and Lindsay. Chauncey Fisher signs with Muncie polo. Ryan backs Fitzsimmons against Jeffries. Milton Henry rises to earning millions after Western stable years. Madison Square Garden hosts a grand horse show as Joseph Bailey moves horses to New York for sale. American Pairs League ends at midnight as five-year deal lapses. Topsy Hartsel to play for Chicago next season. Hart’s visit to John Brush noted. William C Whitney buys Daly stables to boost English turf plans.
Tommy Hogan returns from abroad to meet Terry McGovern while Joe Walcott seeks a bout with Jim Corbett. Billy Smith and Billy Edwards fight in Louisville on Monday night. The Bowers Berenah scrap in Dayton draws big crowds. Mike Donovan faces Mysterious Billy Smith in a 20 round mill at Wheeling on November 22.
Governor Thomas of Colorado addressed clergy and civic groups at First Baptist Church in Denver about Preston Porter Jr. A hostile chorus greeted him but no protest emerged against the lynching. He defended efforts to save the condemned man while condemning the savage method used. Resolutions denounced savagery and urged public condemnation of the act.
In Simon Colly, on Nov 19, a mob burned Preston Porter chained to an iron stake as a warning to Black people. Community women reportedly voted for the burning. Legal action is expected against the mob. Mr. and Mrs. Frost, the victim’s guardians, express satisfaction with the outcome.
Paris reports Count De Cornulier shot his wife as she left M Leroux's office. The couple, prominent socially, had separated four years prior and shared three children. Leroux acted as her attorney. The count claimed no intent to kill but to create a scandal and surrendered to authorities.
May Lynch Four in Austin area as Governor Sayres orders county authorities to protect prisoners. Four victims, all white, may face mob violence. Dr Mary Burleson killed in San Saba County by T J Reeves. Sheriff Scott’s friends in Chambers County may lynch three men under arrest.
Lincoln Neb November 19 W J Bryan says he has ceased giving interviews to newspapers promiscuously He is now writing for pay This policy he intends to continue until some question of interest to the nation renders his opinion necessary or advisable.
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