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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1900
Page
8
The Indians close the season with a win as Chicago faces the Hoosiers. Fast horses lead the list at the fair, while Indiana sits third in the standings.
Bummel starred with precision on the mound while the Hoosiers flawless fielding backed their win. Hartsel, Geier, and Seybold contributed timely hits as Indianapolis built a 4 0 lead in the first inning and added four more in the fourth. Chicago managed one run on a double and three-bagger, but Watkins’ men claimed a warm place in fans’ hearts for defeating Comiskey’s men. Earned runs Chicago 1, Indianapolis 4. Two-base hits Wood Fisher. Three-base hits McFarland Sugden. Struck out by Thomas 1, by Fisher 5, by Stimmel 2. Bases on balls off Stimmel L. Wild pitches Thomas and Summer. Time 1:15. Umpire McDonald.
Detroit leads 7 to 12 with i 3 and 9 to 2, while Minneapolis trails 6 to 4 in the first game. In the second, Detroit 9 to 2 at home with 9 for Minneapo and 9 for Be. Kansas City dominates Buffalo 9 to 16 with four extra points. Cleveland edges Milwaukee 3 to 5 with 4 for E and H.
In a string of brief game notes Pittsburg pulled ahead at the key moments with a 16 runs to 2 edge over New York and a late rally near finish. Cincinnati and Philadelphia traded runs while St. Louis and Brooklyn posted lopsided scores. Chicago faltered as Boston dominated late in the frame.
A fragmented account discusses Watkins' gain, Summer rising as a star, and the Marion's wish for a Sunday game. It suggests Indianapolis city base ball league as feasible, noting small towns have such leagues, and cites Chicago American League weakness and team strength as paradoxical factors. The piece references Paul Hines in baseball history.
The article praises a baseball club's unassisted triple play and overall fielding strength while noting infrequent heavy batting. It remarks on timely hitting needed to match the year in either league and highlights continual shifts of players and frequent injuries affecting the lineup.
At the state fair Coastman won again in the 2:09 pace with a walkaway finish on a fast track. Sterling R. Holt’s Lizzie S. chased but could not catch, forcing Coastman to lower his record from 1893 by a quarter second. The day featured fast times in trotting and pacing divisions, with a 2:08 record for Coastman and a 2:08% effort noted among entries including Crito and Hy Jrastin in the 2:30 class.
George BE Smith of New York announces he will sell all his horses and buy no more. Transylvania stake at Lexington, Kentucky promises a top race with a dozen entries. In November Axtell to be sold at Madison Square Garden. Eleven years ago the famed stallion sold at Terre Haute for 105000 after a 2 12 record, then went lame and never raced again.
The Indianapolis ten pin league chose President Charles P. Balz Vice President Robert Caird Treasurer Chas O Connor and Secretary M C Knox. Teams include Blue Labels Columbia Meridian National and Lenox. Marvin Hart stopped Kid Hubert in six rounds in St Louis Tuesday night. Rumor says Jim Corbett went to London to control the National Sporting Club and stage American bouts.
Sunday bicycle racing debuts at Newby Oval with events led by promoter Jack Prince. A 3 mile Gordon versus Pease qualifying race leads to a McDuffy versus Gibson main, followed by a 5 mile amateur championship featuring Leander Chicago Webber Milwaukee and Coral Indianaapolis, then a 15 mile feature and a final 1 1/2 mile motor race. A brass band and safety checks frame the program amid cautious optimism.
Chicago September 19 John G Woolley prohibition candidate for president plans a handshaking tour aboard a prohibition special He predicts at least 25 000 votes in Ohio and notes gains from southern Democrats as states like Indiana Illinois and New York could decide the outcome He cites fears of Supreme Court action on disfranchising laws and suggests strong southern support if race issues ease.
New York September 19 Richard Croker dismissed Webster Davis as a Bryan rally potential speaker. Davis once McKinley’s 1896 backer turned Bryan advocate resigned as assistant secretary of the interior over his anti McKinley stance. Croker said We want him and would have him hammer at the English and praise the Boers.
Patrolman Millard Laporte protests a misstatement that his Woodside district is overrun by tramps and unseen by police. He notes the claimed territory lies between State avenue and the Big Four railroad, not in Woodside.
Tammany club plans a great hurrah for Bryan in New York while Roosevelt spoke to a large audience in Butte Montana on Tuesday. Henderson opened campaigns in Waverly Iowa as Democrats held talks with Chairman Jones and ex Senator Hill from New York on the same Tuesday.
Cincinnati report confirms Capt Selma Erickson of the Salvation Army died in the barracks fire. The tragedy leaves eight dead. four injured children are expected to recover.
Old soldiers held their annual fair week gatherings in Indianapolis on Tuesday with several regimental reunions. The Sixteenth Indiana Infantry met at Central Avenue M E Church and elected officers led by Gen T J Lucas president and Capt Timothy Doherty vice president. The Eighteenth Indiana Cavalry veterans met in circuit court room with about 50 attending and officers including B B Sherman as president and George H Shreve as vice president. The Sixth Indiana met in federal court room with all dining at English's, electing E H Tripp president and John B Anderson treasurer. About 60 members of the 123d Indiana Volunteers visited state house room 12. session ran through Wednesday.
W A S S O N S offers new fall tailor made suits and ladies waists at special Thursday prices. Ladies rainy day skirts in Oxford greys and blues priced at 4.50 value, now 2.98. 1000 waists in taffeta silk with new colors and black, valued 10.00, on Thursday for 5.00. Also fine all wool flannel waists with tuck fronts and backs at THUPSday special.
A bulletin describes a gathering of telegraphers in St Paul Minnesota. The report notes pending insanity claims against Mrs Isabel Carte of Union City Kentucky for poisoning her husband and mentions a police case in St Louis where officer Roemer is to be tried for assault and battery. It also covers shipwrecks and other local incidents including a Kiowa and Comanche reservation order, a collision in Cardi gan Bay with twenty drowned, a weather-related flood warning by W S Hallenquist of Joplin Missouri, and the Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows officers elected in Richmond Virginia.
Wisconsin senator Joseph V. Quarles voiced uncertainty on his ballot after meeting Bedford Republicans. Thomas Deming of Terre Haute, head of First National Bank, returned from the West and rejected claims he would vote for Bryan. The piece notes Republican foreign policy disapproval.
Judge John H. Baker returns from a Minnesota fishing trip. Only 44 of 7 teacher license applicants were approved by the State Board in August. Power plant promoters delay building, pleased with prospects. Treasury adds Scharn & Rubush to post office design race after Oscar Bohlen declines. Indianapolis coal dealers expect no anthracite price rise despite a Chicago jump of seven dollars per ton. strike likely to affect local markets Oct 1. Indianapolis dental club organized at Commercial Club rooms with officers M H Wells, H D Weller, S H Creighton. Good Templars grand lodge elected officers in Griffiths hall with J B Stanley, Minnie Thorne, T A Henderson, B A Harding, J R Henry, Henriette Apple, E Jensen.
Trains depart Union Station at 10:30 11:50 11:30 a m 12 00 noon 1 00 1 39 and 2 00 p m Wednesday and Thursday Sept 19 20. Fare is 15 cents rand trip.
Round trip from Indianapolis to Terre Haute for races costs 2.25 dollars. Travel dates are September 24 through 29 with seven daily trains. Departures from Indianapolis on Thursday and Friday at 7 30 a m and 12 15 noon include fair grounds stops. Special return trains leave Terre Haute Thursday and Friday at 7 30 p m stopping at all stations en route to Indianapolis.
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