Gans and Britt Ready for Gong Charcoal Fight in San Francisco
San Francisco September 9 Joe Gans world lightweight champion and Jimmy Britt California champion await a 20 round bout at Recreation Baseball park under the Occidental Athletic club. Gans favored 10 to 7. Britt backed by admirers hoping for a coast upset. Both near 133 pounds, expected to draw San Francisco's largest prize fight crowd.
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Joe Gans
Jimmy Britt
California
Recreation Baseball Park
Britt
Gans
Week of Sports Action Across Cities and States
Indianapolis visits Columbus and Toledo for American Association season finishes. Boxing events feature Britt Gans, Purcell Roberts, Hyland Murphy, Aftell Walsh, Sharkey Lucca, Johnson Burk, Morgan Farmer, Williams Ash. Jockey club meetings in Coney Island Lexington Blue Bonnets Norfolk Syracuse and Indiana fair grounds. State tennis at Butler College. Weekly Indianapolis Gun Club shoot Saturday.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Jack Johnson
Sailor Burk
Peoria
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Kid Farmer
Dayton
Christy Williams
Kid Ash
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Sheepshead Bay
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Norfolk
Jamestown
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Reserves Edge A B C 8 to 1 in Sunday Win
The Indianapolis Reserves defeated the A B C team by eight to one on Sunday, dominating the game with strong offense and solid defense throughout. The Reserves jumped to an early lead and maintained it to secure the decisive victory.
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Indianapolis
Shamrock II and Columbia Yacht Race Thrill in 1901 Cup
In the 1901 America's Cup contest on October 4, Shamrock II led Columbia by two seconds at the finish in New York waters after a 14 mile run downwind and a 15 mile dash back. Charlie Barr, aboard Columbia, used clever tactics and wind choice to overtake and win by 43 seconds time allowance, preserving Yankee supremacy.
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Jersey
Promoter J J Gleason Promotes Fight in San Francisco
At the Occidental Athletic Club Recreation Ball Park a boxing card features 133 pound contenders Gans and Britt. Ring action scheduled for 2 o clock Indianapolis time with referee Jack Welch and betting at 10 to 7 in Gans favor.
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Esssee
B. Selig
Spider Kelly
George Harting
Harry Leap
Will Keefe
Tiv Kreling
FORM RAGE EVENTS AT STATE FAIR TRACK
Racing at the state fair opens Monday afternoon with entries on grounds ready for action. The four race card on opening day features the Western Horseman Stake for 38 year old pacers along with the 2:16 pace 2:30 trot and 2:12 trot. strong purses attract capable horses each day of the meet.
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Western Horseman
Scrappy Mick Leads Umpires And Silence Rules
Scrappy Mick leads umpires as Silk O Laughlin is praised as perhaps the best in both leagues. Silk rules with an iron hand and declares there are no close decisions. Perry Werden disputes the claim, noting some calls are close. Players adopt the strong stance, and the American League shows less senseless arguing with umpiring.
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Silk
Perry Werden
O’laughlin
SPORTLETTES AND REGIONAL BASEBALL NEWS SUMMARY
The season ends with Charleston leading the South Atlantic pennant race, followed by Jacksonville and Macon amid shifts from last year. Promoters in Goldfield report strong receipts for the Peter Jackson Mustain fight, while Matt Barry dies from gas poisoning. In the Texas league Austin wins the pennant with Dallas second and Houston third, and Grand Rapids eyeed by Jack Hendricks after Springfield’s pennant season. Major Taylor ends a storied cycling run in Worcester, beating rivals across Europe before retiring.
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Jacksonville
Macon
Augusta
Savannah
Columbia
Austin
Dallas
Houston
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Galveston
Waco
Temple
Tennis Play Opens State Championship at Irvington
The first annual state tournament opens Monday on the Butler college courts in Irvington under the Irvington club. The schedule includes singles doubles and mixed doubles with top state players and many out-of-state stars entered. Fred Appell is viewed as the favorite for the men's championship.
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Irvington
Fred’ Appell
Yachts Gather in Norfolk for Major Cup Races
Hy United Press reports Norfolk is filling with prominent racing crafts for the President's and King's cups plus Lipton and Exposition trophies starting Wednesday. Entries include Dorothy of Baltimore Manhasset Massachusetts Bay Yacht Club and Rhody of Providence, R I Yacht Club. The President's cup entry list is not closed.
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Dorothy
Baltimore
Manhassett
Massachusetts Bay
On His Long Walk at Norwood Inn
Dan O Leary the famed pedestrian began a grueling endurance test at the Norwood Inn. He will walk one mile each hour for 1,000 consecutive hours totaling 1,000 miles to prove fatigue and sleep cannot halt his pace.
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Cincinnati, CO
Norwood Inn
Dan O'Leary
Speeders at Syracuse grand circuit fair week
Special to The Suo reports Syracuse hosts the sixty seventh annual fair next week under state fair commission. The Empire State pace for 2:14 trotters carries $10,060 in prize money and races start Tuesday.
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N.Y
Grand Circuit
State Fair Commission
Pitcher Robbed in Locker Room Diamonds Stolen
Special to The Sun Dallas Sept 9 A San Antonio pitcher Cabh. had diamonds worth 990 dollars stolen from his pocketbook after a intruder entered his locker at the ebhouse on the San Antonio grounds.
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Sun
Dallas
Texas
Cabh
San Antonio
Schaffer and Sutton Set for Is 2 Billiard Championship
New York September 2 Jake Schaffer and George Suton join the Is 2 hark line billiard title chase in what promises a hard contest. The stake's challenge is countable to the champion and the test will occur in November.
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New York
Jake Schaffer
George Suton
Girl Falls From Window in Evansville Home
Special to The Evansville paper reports Helen Bruning a four year old girl fell from the second story of her Evansville home and suffered a fractured skull. Doctors fear she may die.
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Evansville
Ind
Helen
Agnea Bruning
No beer for lunch strike to end this week
Evansville Ind Sept 9 the 26 moters who went on strike last week because beer at lunch hour was cut off will return to work Tuesday on advice from National President Valentine of Cincinnati who is in town.
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Valentine
Cincinnati
Child crushed to death by farmer's wagon
Special to The Saw reports in Booneville Indiana on September 9 that Myrtle Woodbridge, 5 years old, daughter of Jay Woodbridge of Stanley, was crushed when a farmer's wagon started while she played on a hind wheel.
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Stanley
Struck by Rock injures 10 year old boy in street incident
Willard Smith, ten years old, of 31010 Newton Street, was struck on the head by a rock while playing near Rural and Washington streets. He was knocked unconscious. Bicycle Officers Hall and Simon searched for the rock thrower but could not locate them.
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Newton St
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Hall and
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Jamestown Exposition Booming With New Attractions
Jamestown Exposition grows with new and unique attractions. Affordable excursion tickets and through sleeping cars run daily via Pennsylvania Lines from Chicago St Louis and Indianapolis through Columbus to Norfolk. Seek particulars from any Pennsylvania Lines agent.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Columbus
Norfolk
Pennsylvania Lines
Wagner challenges all American leaguers for five thousand
The article reports Honus Wagner offering a $5,000 side bet to any American League rival, including Lajoie, for an all around championship after AL play ends. Clarke backs Wagner with $35,000 and outlines proposed events such as running, distance throwing, bunting, and fielding tests to decide the winner.
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Cincinnati
Honus Wagner
Lajoie
Clarke
Wagner
Honus
Larry
Cleveland man Spaeth faces $2 million fortune claim
In Cleveland Ohio Billy Spaeth discusses a pending $2,000,000 estate, recounting his life in the city and his railroading career with the Big Four. He recalls an uncle in Springfield Illinois, a distillery, and a family link to Johann David Spaeth. He expects the inheritance to be shared with relatives and planned celebrations.
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Cleveland
Billy
Spaeth
Springfield
Johann Spaeth
Prussia
Spaeths
Johann David Spaeth
Eastate
Wiliam H. Spaeth
Lipe Plays 750 Consecutive Baseball Games
Perry Lipe, third baseman and manager of Macon in the South Atlantic league, completed five seasons totaling 750 games without missing a single inning. He has never been benched by an umpire, nor sidelined by an accident, a feat praised as a rare value to the sport and noted for potential advancement to higher leagues.
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Macon, Ga
Perry
Sipe
Bill Smith
Atlanta
Rockefeller
Lipe
Monday's Games In Major Leagues Report
American Association action features Indianapolis at Columbus Toledo at Louisville Milwaukee at St Paul Kansas City at Minneapolis National League games Boston at New York Brooklyn at Philadelphia American League matchups New York at Washington Cleveland at St Louis Philadelphia at Boston Central League pair Grand Rapids at Canton South Bend at Wheeling Terre Haute at Springfield Evansville at Dayton
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Saturday Scores Across Leagues Show Narrow Chicago Matches
Baseball results report multiple games with end conditions due to darkness and rain. Louisville edged Indianapolis 1 0 at seventh, plus Cincinnati St. Louis Chicago Pittsburg and others with varied scores. American League notes Detroit beat Cleveland 4 3 and Washington split with Boston in two games.
Sunday Baseball Scores From Midwestern Leagues
Results include Louisville 9 Indianapolis 2. St Paul 9 Milwaukee 7 and 10 6. Columbus 16 Toledo 8 and 4 1. Kansas City 2 Minneapolis 1 and 2 5. Pittsburg 3 Chicago 2 and Chicago 3 Pittsburg 0. Cincinnati 6 St Louis 6 and 2 1. St Louis 3 Cleveland 1 and 12 innings 3 2. Detroit 6 Chicago 3 in 11. Springfield 9 Terre Haute 3. Canton 1 Grand Rapids 0 and 8 1. Evansville 5 Dayton 4 and Dayton 5 Evansville 4. Wheeling 8 South Bend 4 and South Bend 6 Wheeling 3.
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Baldwin to Meet Scroggs for World 136 Pound Title
United Press says Matty Baldwin, holder of the world 136 pound championship, arrived in New York to fight Harry Scroggs of Baltimore Friday night at the Paddock club. Baldwin predicts a knockout victory in a brisk middleweight bout.
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Baldwin
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Senators Begin Series With Colonels in Louisville
Indianapolis dropped two games to the Columbus Colonels in Louisville as Chenault struggled and Newlin took over. The Hoosiers, already in a pennant scramble, face a four game set in Columbus then three at Toledo, with Columbus and Toledo leading the race and Indiana aiming to rebound after a lopsided 9 1 loss.
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Applications for License Notice for Marion County 1907
Frank Robbins gives notice to Seventh ward Center township voters that he will apply at the October term of the Marion county Board of Commissioners for a license to sell intoxicating liquor in quantities under five gallons with on premises consumption. The business location is No 333 North Pine Street Indianapolis on lot 308 Noble sub outlet 55 with a pool table license contemplated.
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Board of Commissioners
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