McCoy to Meet Stewart in Six Round Championship Bout
Special to the Indianapolis Sun reports a New York fight night where Kid McCoy and Jim Stewart clash in a six round bout. Stewart holds a 40 pound weight edge but McCoy relies on experience and skill to offset the weight disadvantage. McCoy weighs 168 pounds post workout and claims his wind is strong for a tough bout as his blistered feet recover.
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McCoy
al Club
Jim Stewart
Brooklyn
Kid McCoy
Stewart
Jimmy Deforest
Marquard Predicted To Spark Giants In 1969
Cincinnati observer Orville Woodruff predicts Rube Marquard, newly acquired from Indianapolis, will be the season’s sensation. The big pitcher supposedly hides his delivery, unsettles batters, and could resemble Kilro of Baltimore once coached by McGraw.
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Rube’ Marquard
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Indianapolis
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Kilro
Baltimore
New York
McGraw
Navy Prepares for Game with Harvard
Annapolis Md October 16 The midshipmen expect little trouble with Lehigh Saturday or Maryland Wednesday but anticipate a great game against Harvard the following Saturday proving a key matchup for the academy.
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Lehigh
University of Maryland
Harvard
Allen Winter Sells for Fifty Thousand Dollars to Keicham
The trotter Allen Winter, son of Winter and Miss One, won the West Stake at the Kentucky Trailing Harse Breeders Association course yesterday. M H Reardon of Indianapolis announced sale to George H Ketcham of Toledo for $50,000, with payment after the race. The horse will stay with Len McDonald's stable until shipment abroad is arranged. The sale marks the highest price for a trotter in five years, and Allen Winter's current records include a mile and a quarter in 2:43 and a mile in 2:08, with five straight-heat victories across five races.
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William Simpson
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N. Y
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Cornell Halfback McCallie to Return Next Week
Special to the Indianapolis Star warns that Cornell varsity football, in a closed scrimmage against scrubs, scored once and showed improved handling. McCallie, last year's standout halfback, is slated to rejoin the team next week after Coach Earle's return.
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Earle
McCallie
Washington Players Face Commission Action After Barnstorming Tour
The National Commission will meet in Chicago to act on Washington Americans who played exhibition games after season end era including games with Logan Squares. Minneapolis players face separate National association review. White Sox not punished. Ty Cobb aims for base circling records in post series meet with Cubs and Tigers plan a field day.
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Notre Dame preps for Ann Arbor trip with 25 players
Notre Dame football team departs for Ann Arbor with 25 men under Place and Lantry. A Branston bonfire marked the send off as speeches were heard from Place Lantry McWeeney and Captain Miller. Lineup sketch includes Burdick Edwards Paine Miller Dolan or Kelley Dimmick Wood Hamilton Dwyer Ruel Vaughan.
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Vaughan
Wattie thanks fans for assistance during season
President Watkins of the Indianapolis team returns fans’ congratulations and thanks for loyal support during the past summer. He promises greater efforts next season and notes expenditures on players, acknowledging the club’s role in keeping Indianapolis in the calcium light and earning the title of champions in 1909.
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Watkins
Indianapolis Baseball Team
Indianapolis
AL Watkins
Baseball Gossip Highlights 1908 1909 Season Hints
A roundup of baseball rumor and analysis notes from 1908. Mentions Merkle, McGraw, Herrmann experimenting with night baseball, Connie Mack scouting Margin, and court of public opinion shaping future Supreme Court picks by team loyalties. Covers Umpires Owens and Walsh, Warhop, attendance records, no-hits, one-hits, and fortune affecting standings.
Denison Barber Shop Offers Hair Cutting Services
D Rohan at 1011 North Arsenal advertises new stair grilles columns fixtures and latest styles for hair cutting and whisker trimming. Denison Barber Shop promotes modern manly grooming with a phone contact 2297 for appointments.
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Denison
High Scores Across Leagues Highlight Night Play
In the People’s Furniture Dealers league Sims led with 202 in his first game, Dnly of the Sommers followed with 201 as the Sommers pulled ahead by two games. The Reliance posted a 913 team score in Marion league play, while Berner of the Directoires rang up 296 in his third game.
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Penny Debars Great End From Varsity Team
Philadelphia Oct 16 On the eve of the first hard game of the year with Brown the University of Pennsylvania football team lost Simon F Pauxus the crack left end Debarred for playing summer baseball under an assumed name He admitted the charge and said he could not have done otherwise if he wished to get an education He promised to develop into one of the best ends Pennsylvanias ever had
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Brown
University of Pennsylvania
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Pauxus
Pennsylvania
Army Scores Twice Against the Scrubs at West Point
West Point dispatch reports the Army cadets scoring two touchdowns in a ten minute scrimmage against the scrubs yesterday afternoon. The cadets, confident after the showing, anticipate scoring on Yale this Saturday.
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Famous Rage Will Soon Be Turf History
New York Oct. 16 Brighton Beach racetrack will be razed to create building lots. Laborers began removing the track and filling the marshy infield as the site is surveyed to be divided into streets, soon to be known as the Brighton estate.
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Memphis Drafts Players Queisser In First Wave
Memphis Tennessee October 16 The Memphis Southern league team has drafted Pitcher Wagner from Kewanee and Pitcher Richer from Wichita and Pitcher Queisser from Joplin Missouri and Outfielder Cote from Kalamazoo Michigan in the recent player draft.
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Kewanee
Richer
Wichita
Queisser
Joplin
Outfelder Cote
Kalamazoo
Mich
Yale Player Hurt in Practice Ahead of Army Clash
Oct 16 Yale halfback Bobby Burch suffered a severe bump and lay unconscious briefly but planned to play at West Point Saturday. Teammates Cooney and Hobbs were unable to practice and will miss the Army game as Yale faces the Mule.
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Cooney
Hobbs
Harvard Odes. Well with Forward Pass
Cambridge Mass October 16 The 4 minute scrimmage on Soldiers field yesterday pitted varsity players against subs in a spirited contest. The teams were evenly matched though the varsity failed to score despite notable forward passing and gains.
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Mass
Soldiers’ Field
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