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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1901
Page
8
Prince Alert paced a half mile in :59% to set a gelding half mile record and then added a new gelding mile mark of 2:00% as Memphis meet closed Saturday afternoon.
Albert Champion set a world motor bike record in New York at 1 12 Sunday Time. Southern trotting circuit appears assured with Terre Haute Lexington Cincinnati Nashville Memphis and New Orleans in play. Lajoie hit two homers and a three bagger as his team fell 18 to 8 in New Orleans. Kid McCoy plans a boxing school in London and predicts O Briens finish in 15 rounds. Sheridan high beat Lebanon 18 to 0. Frank Long plans a game with Notre Dame as state champions.
In a sleepy contest the University of Iowa topped Franklin 22 to 0 while Shortridge and Newby tallied modest wins. Mooney School beat M T H S 6 to 5. Penn beat Chicago 1 to 0. Michigan crushed Buffalo 28 to 0. Illinois and Northwestern split late, Minnesota beat Iowa 16 to 0, Syracuse routed Amherst 28 to 7, Bucknell over Lehigh 16 to 0, Brown and Holy Cross tied 6 all.
The report lists multiple 19th or early 20th century college football scores including Yale vs Columbia and Princeton vs Lafayette with remarks about Yale disputing Columbia players being bona fide students. It notes wins by Washington University and DePauw among others and ends with a biting line about Yale’s critique of Columbia’s roster.
The New Orleans & Carrollton railroad strike ended Sunday afternoon with conditions for motormen reinstatement tied to criminal court outcomes. The company faced about $7,500 in lost fares during the 36 hour walkout and M. Mercier, a Carrollton druggist, was killed as the first car left the barn.
A rear end collision at Huron Street and Virginia Avenue Sunday night injured three men on the rear platform. Fireman Thomas Doyle sustained a sprained back and Jesse H Mount had a heel injury. J T Collins was internally injured and taken to the City Dispensary. Dr Devaney says injuries are not serious. Other passengers were badly jarred as leaves on the track prevented a timely stop.
COLOR LINE CHICKASHA I T Oct 28 The committee appointed by Bishop Ixay of the Methodist conference in the two territories has reported accepting Oklahoma Citys offer of 24 acres and $1 000 for an endowed school with an amendment excluding any person of negro descent. The conference adopted the report.
Harry Smith, son of a noted Golconda lumber buyer, vanished two months ago after leaving home with money. A skeleton found seven miles below Memphis with a pocketbook reading notify W. T. Smith at Golconda confirms the identity. Police suspect murder and robbery. the father traveled to Memphis.
Jasper Lake, near Russiaville in Howard County, found a girl baby about 15 months old by the roadside while police pursued a kidnapping theory. The infant wore expensive clothing and had not been seen in the neighborhood before. Officers continue the investigation.
Miss Alice G. Ellis a 41 year old governess in the Wilcox household was found dead on the rear veranda. A chloroform soaked sponge lay under a black silk bag indicating premeditated self murder. She had grown attached to Reginald Wilcox the boy removed from her care after a trust company took charge.
The new Moravian church at College avenue and Twenty fifth street was dedicated Sunday as Rabbi Wechsler urged funds. He slipped from the platform while appealing for money but quickly recovered and raised an extra hundred dollars. The church, organized by Rev. William H. Vogler who arrived in 1896, outgrew the earlier chapel and inspired the new building.
Chicago reports five football deaths and 63 injuries this season. Victims include Charles Beuskmann 19 paralyzed after trampling Edwin Lengenecker 21 Philadelphia died from spinal injuries Sir Hugo Champion Michigan died after Oct 1 game Robert McWard Illinois teacher died of heart failure during a pupil game and David Work 20 Philadelphia electrocuted in Fairmount Park while attempting to remove a ball from a lamp globe. A boy Merril Avis 16 was killed by a train in Terre Haute Indiana.
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