Hoosiers Fall in opener then win second game in Milwaukee
Indiana came up short 5 to 4 in the first game of a doubleheader at Milwaukee before defeating the Brewers 8 to 1 in the nightcap. Altrock pitched well for Indiana but costly errors hampered the effort as Williams appeared to have the edge. Kihm played while Grim rested due to illness. Only 300 fans attended the twin bill.
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Hoosiers
Milwaukee
Altrock
Williams
Bom
Kihm
Jack Grim
Baseball Standings Summary From The American League
The document lists American League clubs with win loss records and percentages. Teams include Philadelphia St Louis Pittsburg Brooklyn Boston Cincinnati Chicago Cleveland Washington Detroit Baltimore and New York with varying games played and winning percentages.
Baseball Scores From Wednesday Powerhouse Standings
American Association results show Detroit edged by St Louis 3 to 1 and 6 to 5, Cleveland over Chicago 12 to 0 and 9 to 6, Philadelphia past Baltimore 5 to 4 and 9 to 1, Boston beating Washington 7 to 5 and 5 to 3. National League games include Brooklyn 5 Cincinnati 0, St Louis 6 Boston 4, St Louis 2 Boston 2, Pittsburgh 5 Philadelphia 1, New York 6 Chicago 0, Chicago 4 New York 3. Three League action features Decatur 7 Terre Haute 4, Evansville 5 Bloomington 3, Rockford 4 Rock Island 3, Davenport 18 Cedar Rapids 3.
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Decatur
Terre Haute
Evansville
Bloomington
Rockford
Rock Island
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Jockey Herbert Jones Hurt by Bullet Fragment in Eye
Doncaster report states Herbert Jones, King Edward’s jockey, sustained a severe eye injury after a bullet fragment struck him at a rifle range on Thursday. Louisville note reports A L Cook named official announcer for the Corbett McGovern bout by the Southern Athletic Club manager.
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Herbert Jones
Louisville
Gray
Southern Athletic Club
A. L. Cook
All the Sports Roundup of Rapid City
More than 17 000 welcomed the Philadelphia team home Wednesday. Young Mowatt and Benny Yanger meet in Chicago Monday night with Yanger winning the last match. Toledo must build a new club for next season. The agegregation has practically been wiped off the earth. Secretary Downing proclaims a record entry for the State Fair races. Christopher Fitzgerald is dying at his Brooklyn home. Hoosiers struggle to hold first place. Tom Sharkey retires from boxing for good. Ralph Bloomer returns to Yale after suspension. Sam Harris arrives Thursday for the fight. Lush’s long throw highlights St Louis vs Boston. Fred Paper bikeman suffers a head injury after tire blowout. Haruff Indians finish season next Sunday with Ideals, undefeated.
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Young Mowatt
Benny Yanger
Chicago
Yanger
Toledo
Association
Downing
Christopher Fitzgerald
Brooklyn
Ralph Bloomer
Yale
Corbett
McGovern
Sam Harris
Boston
Lush
Fred Paper
Haruff Indians
Love and Murder Haunt Chicago on Two Tragic Nights
Two intimate killings in Chicago unfold as lovers’ conflicts end in death. Mrs Frederika Schmidt 71 and her husband Albert 73 die as Mrs Schmidt turns on room gas to die with her spouse. In a separate case Emily Hogenson's suitor Roland O Shea shoots her and then wounds himself before dying.
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Chicago
Frederika Schmidt
Albert Schmidt
Emily Hogenson
Roland O’shea
Wilson Declines Democratic Congressional Nomination
Secretary Wilson of the United Mine Workers, during a Blossburg visit, declined the Democratic nomination for Pennsylvania district 15. He said he could not, at present, undertake the canvass and did not discuss the matter further after returning east on Tuesday.
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Wilson
United Mine Workers
Blossburg
Congress
Pennsylvania
Conry Finishes Last Ditch Drainage in County
Dublin Indiana September 11 Jared Conry a civil war veteran over 36 and long known as Henry County’s ditch digger completed a final project draining a 35 rod long swamp five to seven and a half feet deep He vows to quit work he and his wife celebrated a fiftieth anniversary and locals recall turtles and frogs crying as his work progressed the swamp now drained ends a decades long labor by Conry who declared he will not contract for another ditch yet this memory notes his retirement from the trade
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Dublin
Ind
Jared Conry
Henry County
Henry
Conry
Conroy
Strips of alternating warm and cold water near Young's Pier
In Atlantic City on September 11 a strange water phenomenon was observed one block from Young's Pier. Narrow belts eight to ten feet wide show clearly defined hot and cold strips that do not mix, with bathers clustering along the warmer sections especially at high tide.
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Young's Pier
American cruiser Iowa Runs Aground Near Cape Massa
The American cruiser Iowa ran aground near Cape Massa while returning to Friars Island after target practice. The minister of marine ordered a war vessel to go to the scene for assistance.
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Iowa
Cape Massa
Senhorn
Friars Island
Marine
New York Man and Woman Found Dead in Williamsburg Rooms
Edward Bigall a manufacturing tailor and Martha Bachman a young girl living with him in Williamsburg were found dead in their rooms on Wednesday night with bullet holes in their heads. Indications suggest they planned to die together Bigall possibly fired the shots and deserted his wife Anatw children for the outcome.
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New York
Edward Bigall
Martha Bachman
Williamsburg
Bigall
Insane Pelham Town Clerk After Lost Labor Day Baseball Game
Charles Kneen the Pelham town clerk became despondent after his team lost a Labor Day baseball game 26 to 1 to United Gas Improvement Company players. He disappeared, sparking a large search that found him later on a Coney Island hotel veranda in a dejected mood.
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Charles Kneen
Pelham
N. Y
Westchester Lighting Company
Mount Vernon
United Gas Improvement Company
Kneen
Westchester County
Hudson
Sound
Coney Island
Poor Lobster Fisher Moves Shanty Beside Millionaire’s Home
In Hull Mass Andrew F Pope, a poor lobster fisher, moved his shanty across the street from Miss Floretta Vining after eviction notices failed. The dispute over land ownership and moving rights has polarized the town and heads back to court.
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Hull
Mass
Andrew F. Pope
Pope
Floretta Vining
Miss Vining
Tragic trolley crash in Bayonne claims life
In Bayonne on September 11 a trolley collision crushes Miss Mary Taylor 20 of Jersey City, killing her as she clung to a bumper. Abraham Ruskin is mortally wounded and many passengers suffer serious injuries after a Bayonne line car loses control and hits a car in the terminal shed. The motorman is arrested.
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N. J
Bayonne
Mary Taylor
Abraham Ruskin
York St
Miss Tyler
Juskin
Runaway Boy Becomes Klondike Millionaire Returns to Trenton
James Risdon left home in 1887 seeking work as a runaway boy. He drifted through cities, prospected and punched cattle, then struck fortune in Dawson City Alaska. Now back in Trenton with three mines and two general stores in Weir and Rampart City, his career spans multiple continents.
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N. J
Klondike
James Risdon
Risdon
Philadelphia
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Louisiana
Texas
Mexico
British Columbia
Aaska
Dawson City
Weir
Rampart City
Risd
Banker and Dorothy Weaver Wed in Station Baggage Room
Wellington Kansas reports B A Rose a Fort Worth banker and Dorothy Weaver also of Fort Worth eloped while traveling and stopping at the Rock Island station. They married in the baggage room on Tuesday.
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Kan
B. A. Rose
Fort Worth
Tex
Dorothy, Weaver
Rock Island
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