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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1908
Page
3
Post victory dinners fuel the team and writers with extemporaneous talks and epigrams. Manager Wilbraham hosts a pretty dinner at the English hotel for the Indianapolis players. Monday night the Colts club will host writers and players at the Columbia club.
The Indianapolis team will disband after the benefit game at Washington Park with proceeds shared among players. Fans are promised a special afternoon featuring nonstandard attractions, as hustling for ticket sales aims to boost attendance. The baseball lineup claims to be tough propping a serious contest rather than a joke event.
Ohio state season finale in Lancaster saw Walter Justus anonymous no hit game against Marion with ten strikeouts. It marked his fourth no hit of the season amid coin shower from fans. Collins pitched the second game while Mercer allowed one hit. Five hundred Marion supporters and two hundred Straitsville fans attended to watch Collins.
Columbus won both games in Toledo ending the season on a high note with strong hitting and crowd heat. Toledo was outslugged in the nightcap, while Columbus capitalized on timely hits and solid defense.
Indianapolis readers will view a photo recreation of the Nelson Gans vs Battling Nelson prize fight staged in Colma late last week. The images claim to capture the bout in full, showcasing Gans’s downfall and the Dane’s dominance, with showings at Tomlinson Hall on Thursday Friday and Saturday both matinee and evening.
The A B C s and Louisville Giants split the twin bill at Northwestern Park yesterday. The visitors won the opener 9 to 8 and the A B C s answered with a 2 to 1 victory in the nightcap.
The Park theater opens a new melodrama by Theodore Kremer in a four act, 11 scene production from A. H. Woods. Set in New York City Battery Park, it follows James Pierce a police diver and his wife Kate amid thefts deceit and a planned meeting with Gould. Pierce locates the stolen pocketbook and foils the abduction plot as Mabel is cleared and Kate and Gould face consequences.
The Pierce family befriends two good-natured Hebrew men praised for kindness as Mahet returns home. James Pierce reviews a pocketbook clue and alerts the district attorney. Mabel's daring escapades against foes drive this melodrama’s core action.
Majestic and Forepaugh Stock company open the second week of the season with Lady Windermere's Fan. The production promises refined atmosphere with lavish settings and period dress, aimed at high English society and noted performers under Frohman management.
Empire Theater promotes originality cleanliness and novel ideas as the week’s attraction. Roger Imhui the star and creator of Casex appears with doubled staff in a larger theatrical team. The program adds two burlesques Casey’s Alley and Magdalena Bay plus a strong lineup of novelty acts and a 20 girl chorus.
The New Gayety presents Black-Eyed Susan as its feature talking picture for the first three days of the week. A sea tale of love and danger, the story centers on a hero who outwits smugglers and wins a bride worth having.
The program showcases Gertrude Hassler Fugate, a popular contralto, in illustrated songs and a new song dedicated to her by local composers Mrs. W. W. Carter and Miss Julia Neiberball titled Cupid Has His Eyes on You. She will sing a sacred illustrated song on Thursday and Open with Come Back My Sailor Boy in the early part of the week.
Notice from CLINT H. TRUESDELL seeks an Indianapolis license to sell intoxicating liquor in quantities under five gallons for on premises consumption at a Capitol avenue location in ward 6 Center township Marion county with a pool table also noted. The action seeks approval at the October term of the Marion county board of commissioners.
The pavilion presents a motion picture of Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight accompanied by an evocationist reciting lines. Sleight's Concert Orchestra will perform varied programs all week and concessions offer additional attractions for a lively final week.
Chicago theaters witnessed an instant success as Louis Mann stars in The New Generation at the Grand Opera House on the 6th inst. The packed audience, representing wealth and culture, was moved by the actor's assured performance and the play’s strong appeal.
The play The New Generation drew a long standing ovation with Mr Mann recalled 49 times across three acts. The Chicago audience demanded more as he thanked the manager praised the author and complimented the quick response. The production will run with special Wednesday matinees and Saturday matinees and will move to New York City after the Chicago engagement.
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