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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1899
Page
8
In a tense midweek game Indiana pelted the mound for a late rally as both sides battled nerves. Siller’s three runs ignited a comeback and Hart, Fish steadied in relief while the crowd watched with hopeful tension until the decisive inning. The dramatic scene ended with Indiana seizing the win and the wreath of victory.
Indianapolis dropped a 4 to 1 road game to Minneapolis. Key players included Nance Carey and Preston for Indianapolis and Hart, Scott, Heyden and Abbatticchio for Minneapolis. Attendance reached about 2,000 as Hart pitched and both teams executed multiple innings with bases on balls and several defensive plays.
The Detroit and St Paul batteries listed include Cronin Shaw Patterson Spies for R H E Detroit and McGill Sullivan Patten Gonding for Kansas City. Other entries show Buffalo Milwaukee with Baker Diggins Hastings Speer and related score fragments for a compact ledger of game lineups.
Allen predicts a trio of wins while tiring balloting, as Scott blanks the first inning and Werden steals, leaving a haunting image for the catcher. Detroit remains alive after beating St Paul on Wednesday, with relief anticipated if Thursday’s game goes well and Scott again on the mound Friday. Manchester sweeps five from Fortland in New England play. Wilcox endures cane support after blood poisoning scare. Crawford and Barrett sign Cincinnati contracts.
McCoy will meet McCormack who recently defeated him in one round again before the Lenox athletic club on September 27. McGovern and Palmer are in great shape for their fight Monday night. This is a high profile international feature attracting attention beyond heavy weight circles. Duncan Ross, the all round champion athlete of the world, jailed in Chillicothe Ohio Wednesday for drunkenness.
A three heat race featuring Star Pointer Joe Patchen and John R Gentry took place in New York on Wednesday. Bets of 100 to 36 favored Star Pointer though Patchen won heat two and three with times around 2 04, suggesting Patchen dominated the final run. Pointer reportedly retires from racing thereafter.
Rain delayed the Shelby county races opening in Shelbyville as Tom Sharkey vows four weeks of hard work to be ready for his fight with Jeffries. Kid Miller from Alexandria and Kid Smith of Minneapolis are set for a 20‑round slugging bout for 250 dollars, scheduled next week near Alexandria.
Rezin Ferguson aged 91 died Wednesday afternoon at his daughter Eleanor Coffay's home in Indianapolis after a bout of bowel inflammation seven weeks prior. He lived in Maryland earlier to escape slavery and became Indianapolis first tailor after moving there in 1858. He joined the Methodist church and remained a long time member. A short service will be held at Corfay residence Thursday at 5 pm, after which the body goes to Piqua for burial with three of his children already laid to rest. He leaves his wife and five children in Indiana New York and Brooklyn.
In Philadelphia on September 7 a rift divided the National association of naval veterans as Spanish war participants were denied membership. Rear-admiral Osborn led the faction supporting admission while Farra gut and Newark delegates walked out to form a new group called United States veteran navy.
Winnebago Indians elected Thomas Reddy, an Irishman, as their new chief succeeding the late Black Hawk. Reddy, raised in an Indian village, plans to move his wife and four children to a Nebraska or Wisconsin reservation and take the name White Buffalo. The tribe numbers about 1,500. Indianapolis Red Cross Adds Auxiliary to National Effort. Red Cross Auxiliary No 1 in Indianapolis organized, with officers Mrs. C W Fairbanks president and Phineas G Jordan treasurer.
A. N. & W. passenger train derailed near Narrows Virginia on Wednesday as two coaches slid 30 feet down an embankment. About 40 people were injured mostly lightly, with Captain A B Luck of Radford Va killed. A child of Dr Martin of Hivefields WV is in danger. The crash was caused by spreading rails.
Melite Pierre, a 115 year old Black man, died Wednesday in New Orleans. Born a slave in Richmond, Virginia, he lived through the antebellum era and witnessed dramatic social change.
The White Star steamer Oceanic the largest in the world began her maiden voyage to New York from Liverpool on Wednesday afternoon. She carries 280 saloon and 26 second cabin passengers with a crew of 416. Arrival in New York is expected at 7 am on September 13. During her trial trip she attained 23 knots.
In Hillstille Virginia a man long plagued by diarrhoea felt hopeless after wasted time and money. After reading testimonials he tried Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and soon recovered fully. He now feels as well as ever and urges fellow sufferers to seek the remedy. Sold by all druggists.
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