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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1910
Page
6
Wartime era sports page notes Indiana and Illinois facing Minnesota as the western champ favorite after Minnesota crushed Chicago and Illinois held down Purdue. Northwestern Wisconsin stumble hints Badgers’ woes, Notre Dame slump reshapes eastern powers. Harvard Yale Princeton Penn all noted in broader college grid picture.
Indiana University coach James H. Sheldon led his football squad at Jordan field for finishing touches before the Tilini game. The team beat Butler 33 to 0, and 10,000 spectators are expected in Bloomington next Saturday with special trains from multiple cities. Bloomington’s commercial club will organize reception and decoration committees. No Indiana player is injured. light drills planned all week to avoid injuries.
Champaign Ill Oct 31 Capt Butzer and his Illinois team, coming off the Purdue game in good shape, prepare for a tough week before visiting Bloomington next Saturday. Belting is expected to start, while Hoosier guard Wham recovered from a head injury and is listed to play.
Boston Mass Oct 31 Twenty four riders scheduled to line up at the new arena for the annual six day race at 1 PM Monday. Lonnie Peck will fire the pistol to start. Jimmy Moran, after a spill Saturday night, says he will ride despite splinters and a bruised hide.
Scattered results show Princeton and Dartmouth with losses and wins for Brown over Lafayette, Swarthmore over Lehigh, Indiana over Bullet, North Carolina defeating Oberlin, Navy edging Western Reserve, Harvard shaking West Point, Syracuse blanking Yale, Colgate triumphing over Yale, and several forfeits noted among various colleges including DePauw and Barnes university.
Pittsburg, Pa October 31 The collapse of seats at the Dillon Berger fight injuring at least forty persons puzzled police as many used fictitious names like John Smith or John Jones to avoid stigma. Hospitals refused such aliases, while others left without treatment rather than reveal attendance at the prize fight. Dillon had information on Berger in the contest.
In Richmond on October 31 the boxing show collapsed as Jack Dillon failed to appear and was replaced by Tommy Dillon. Fans showed disappointment as Burns and the Dillons offered little effort. Dillon claimed a Pittsburg engagement with Berger prevented his appearance, and local management said no further boxing events will be attempted.
Battling Nelson the former lightweight champion returns to the ring in San Francisco on Monday night to face Anton Lagrave the local prospect nicknamed the Butcher Boy. Nelson seeks a new step in his comeback as Lagrave aims to prove himself against a man of note in the sport.
Richmond defeated Cambridge City 6 to 5 Sunday to close out the season in Richmond Indiana.
A Chicago dispatch reports twenty-one fatalities linked to baseball in 1910, underscoring that the sport is not child’s play. The list compiled for publication cites incidents nationwide, including a fatal injury from being struck.
Canada faces the United States in the Amateur Athletic Union indoor championship at Madison Square Garden starting tonight with thirty two events. Montreal’s Lukeman and Happenny seek running and pole vault marks, while notable Americans include Shepard Gissing Kiviat McGee Laver McGrath Sheridan Griffin Ewry Schroth and squads from Yale Princeton Dartmouth Pennsylvania and Chicago University.
Jack McKay Butler coach praised his battered eleven for holding Western champions to 33 points and predicted a win over DePauw next Saturday at Greencastle to claim the state secondary title. He noted DePauw's 12 0 win over Indiana and expected key players to return to strengthen the team.
Syracuse University will not send crews to the international regatta at Poughkeepsie and will avoid college regattas next year for financial reasons. The athletic governors voted to eliminate intercollegiate rowing from the list of sports for the present college year, though Coach James A. Ten Bryck’s services will be retained.
Rev. B Sterling Gunn Sr rector of Trinity Episcopal Natchez lauds football as a manly college pastime after his son Sterling Gunn Jr dies from a brain concussion following a scrimmage. The tribute underscores the sport in Vicksburg Mississippi on October 31.
In a fast Sunday game at Alexandria Indiana the Tigers defeated the Anderson Brock team 2 to 0. The win puts Alexandria in line for state championship honors.
Sam Langford arrived in Indianapolis from St Louis to open a week at the Empire theater. He will spar with local boxers Bob Armstrong and George Byers during each performance, with manager Joe Woodman pushing for a Johnson Langford title bout while Billy Mayfield seeks compensation to box the famed fighter. Langford’s arrival drew cheers from his colored supporters.
In Excelsior Springs Missouri on October 31 Mrs Charles Comiskey and Mrs Ban Johnson were jolted by a hotel fire. Both wives were sleeping on the second floor when flames appeared. Mrs Johnson escaped via a window while Mrs Comiskey was rescued after losing consciousness in a hall.
Madison Wisconsin October 31 players Hoeffel left end will miss practice for at least a week due to a dislocated shoulder suffered during the game with the Methodists. Teammate Stocky end sprained ankle and strained right thigh ligament, Branstad fractured two toes on his right foot.
Barry, shortstop of the Philadelphia Americans and world champions, was met by thousands at the Meriden railroad station on October 31. A procession of fraternal and local baseball groups, led by a band, escorted him to his parents' home for a reception under red fire.
Ty Cobb the idol of Southern baseball fans spent two hours as a guest in Charlotte on Sunday afternoon. Mrs Cobb and Baby Cobb accompanied him on the trip from Philadelphia. Detroit manager accompanying the party joined the group during the visit.
New York Oct 31 Harvard leads eastern teams in scoring with 110 points in six games, Princeton 1 for six, while Harvard defeated West Point 6 to 0 and Princeton beat Dartmouth 6 to 0. Yale stands at 86 to 16, Penn 154 to 13 in eight games, with Brown beaten by Harvard 12 to 0.
Yale faces likely defeats in three remaining games with Brown, Princeton, and Harvard. The Oct 31 report notes Yale has offered little hope of victory, after a 19 to 0 loss to Colgate, and will drill nightly in signals and formations ahead of the Brown game next Saturday.
Chicago reports heavyweight champ Jack Johnson quits auto racing after Barneys Oldfield persuades him. He says he will focus on fighting, driving only on straight roads and avoiding curves as Oldfield does. Johnson arrives to face George Little in a $1200 diamond suit case.
Richmond Indiana October 31 Earlham may sever athletic ties with Wittenberg after a rough football clash last Saturday. A Wittenberg player threw a stone injuring Earlham's Hughbanks. Earlham lost 6 to 3. Scrimmage practice begins tonight as they prepare to meet Butler in two weeks seeking revenge for last year's close defeat.
Atlanta motor racing notes Johnny Aitken posted a sensational time in a national car, circling the two mile oval in 1 23, just two seconds slower than the record, signaling a strong performance at the event in Atlanta on October 31.
The Marion club hosts a meeting where the local bowling association approves a Milwaukee style constitution shifting to a membership plan. A mass meeting on Nov 18 will set arrangements for the annual city tournament opening December 20. The new structure includes a president two vice presidents a secretary and treasurer with a directorate from league presidents. Indianapolis eight teams and fourteen leagues total 109 organized teams across city alleys.
Boxing cards listed for Monday through Saturday feature Frankie Burns Tom Houck and Kid White among others in Philadelphia New York and Utica with weathered matchups. Track and field events include A A V indoor championship in New York and Latonia fall meeting continuation along with Maryland and Jamestown meetings. Wrestling and auto racing also appear with Chicago events and a Los Angeles desert road race noted.
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