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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1903
Page
11
Jefferson offered a stubborn fight but succumbed to Richmond in a tight game. The Quakers’ Jine of Quakers dazzled with speed on the floor. Marion defeated Muncie as Western League standings and Monday night scores reported Gietsons and Anderson at five to two.
In Anderson Indiana Richmond defeated Norton's Cripples on the road by a wide margin after a ten game losing stretch. Anderson scored five points led by Captain Wooten while Mallory transfer rumors and Durbin of Elwood were noted. Lineups list Bone Houghton Mercer and Ison, with stops credited to Harris and referee Moran.
Marion outplayed Muncie with stronger defense and steady shooting as Hart, Lewis, and Jean led the attack. The crowd was smallest of the season and Farrell’s absence contributed to the reduced attendance. Goals came from Lewis, Jean, Warner, Higgins, and Hart with Marion winning despite a cautious, foul-free contest.
Indianapolis polo players trained three hours in the Auditorium rink with Ban non debuting a mask and predicting fewer goals. the Commercial Polo League schedule shows Barristers Pettis Kahns Detchs Habicks Tish i mingos as rivals. Sammy Lampeell is slated to return, boosting crowd excitement as the Barristers set to meet Pettis.
A fragmentary interview in the St. Louis Republic notes Jewish players in baseball and other sports. It mentions Lipman Pike and Ed Stein as early figures, identifies Kane as Cohen, and comments on athletic aptitude and limited Jewish participation in the game, reflecting social attitudes of the era.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports Terre Haute defeating Kokomo 6 to 3 in a fast paced league game. Hipson scored in two seconds and Cassman made 59 saves to break the league record, while neither team scored in the first period and Terre Haute led by the end.
Fort Wayne faced Lafayette in a tense match as Sutton the Fort Wayne goalie tested a mask and nearly faltered. Brisk saves by Shuttleworth kept Lafayette at bay while Canavan’s men rallied in the final period to secure the victory.
Poor football showing at Cornell sparks student demand for a new coach Glenn Warner may be persuaded to return to Cornell Warner once taught Carlisle and is seen as the man to improve Cornell’s standing at football.
New York Gregory and Ethics were the winning picks as a crowd-pleasing day of racing unfolded at the New Orleans track. Lee Brown was warned away after last summer’s doping ruling on If-You-Dare, while clear weather aided fast times across races including a strong showing by Misanthrope and New York in the featured events.
Jim Corbett hails Eddie Hanlon as a top featherweight and predicts a tough test for Young Corbett in their December 2 San Francisco bout. Corbett notes Hanlon’s twenty round history with him builds confidence, while calling the match a pure blooded fight that could prove decisive.
Chicago reports nineteen football deaths in 1903 with one boy driven insane by injuries. Thirteen players were severely injured, some disabled for life, and minor accidents number in the hundreds. Casualties concentrated among untrained players. no first class team member killed or permanently disabled. Yale and Harvard players suffered leg fractures. Big Nine players mostly minor injuries. Some towns ban football after petitions from parents.
New York pool champion Lew J. Laubscher meets Rex A. Faulkner in a 125 ball to 100 match at Goldwin J. Smith's billiard hall 904 Massachusetts Avenue tonight. Winner takes a $100 purse and Laubscher will showcase fancy and trick shots after the contest.
At Bennings track Mabel Richardson won the chief handicap for two year olds and up, Gould captured the hurdle event, with Coppelia and Nine Spot the only favorites to win. Races featured fast times and a mix of entries for Tuesday with numerous six furlong to mile distances and a steeplechase.
Will Diddle becomes the first MT H S athlete to join four school teams. He played center field on the 1993 baseball team and helped win the year’s relay against Shortridge in May. Also a key guard on last year’s basketball squad, he plans to return. He joined football practice after parental objections and participated late in the Shortridge game. Diddle leads Riverside Golf Club, winning top qualifying score and open championship at Richmond. He belongs to the Ran Cherro fraternity and is in the January 194 class, brother to Glenn Diddle, a former MT H S star.
Princeton Dartmouth and Harvard provide three players each for the all Eastern eleven with Yale contributing two. Davis and Henry stand out at ends, Gilman and De Witt at guards, Hooper at center, Witham headlining quarterbacks, Mitchell and Henley at halves, Schoellkopf at full back, and notable linemen including Hogan and Knowlton shaping a strong lineup.
The second series in the Druggists League rolls tonight at Marion and Wat Club alleys. Scheduled matches include B. versus Eli Lillys and City Club versus Elephants versus Kelferettes.
In San Francisco on November 30 bookmakers faced heavy losses as Beau Ormonde, a 6-to-5 favorite, failed to win the mile race. Mechanus edged to victory in the mile and one sixteenth. Houston won in debut, defeating Arabo in the fifth. Weather clear and track good with several favorites failing to deliver.
Professor John Atkinson of England criticizes American football training for overemphasis on one line of development. He notes injuries from overly violent prep school play and says English practice balances muscle development to avoid tendon injuries. He praises American athletes but warns such focus may push toward professionalism.
Michigan's football outlook brightens as trainer Keene Fitzpatrick and coach Fielding H. Yost announce they will stay through at least one more season. Most of the 1904 squad is eligible to return, with Captain Redden barred by the four year rule. veterans Heston Mad dock Gregory and Graver have remaining eligibility and will pursue postgraduate study after graduation in the law department.
The Highland Golf Club secured grounds south of Riverside Park and was incorporated yesterday under Indiana law. A meeting at Hotel English adopted by laws, and the city lease for five years begins Jan 1. Plans for a clubhouse are forthcoming.
Zora Clevenger, captain of the Indiana University team, announced in Muncie that he would accept an offer to coach the Hoosiers next fall. The move signals a graduate coach plan at Indiana and the belief that the team will attain a higher rank in the Big Nine next year.
In Macon Georgia on November 30 under cold driving wind Dan Patch the world’s greatest pacer broke two records. Driving a high wheel sulky he clocked a mile in 2 4 1 4 seconds to beat Directum’s 2 06 record and then two miles in 4 17 to surpass Nervola’s mark by two seconds. M F McHenry drove the horse and conditions were cited as possibly the fastest ever.
Illustrated Sporting News recounts a Cairo golf tale where a crow lifts a ball mid flight, drops it on the green, and a player holes out in two. The crowd and caddie react in astonishment as the match drama unfolds amid vivid anecdotes of unlikely ball rescues and historical cricket lore.
Carl McGaughey is hired to coach Shortridge basketball led by captain Ryland Pratt. He played for the Kansas City American Association club and will be barred from amateur basketball this winter. The squad may skip out-of-town games, following football team conduct breaches. Practice resumes tomorrow with McGaughey directing, as first and second teams scrimmage and lineup details are noted.
Captain Louis Bohnstadt says the M T H S basketball squad is shaping up for its season opener at Crawfordsville Business College in a week. The first and second teams played at the YMCA gym, the squad showed strong teamwork early, Rominger led the first team with twenty five field goals, Diddle missed due to a lame shoulder, and the squad will be trimmed to twelve this week with football players joining practice on Thursday.
Detroit fighter Bob Fitzsimmons recalls a 1899 Jeffries bout at Coney Island, vividly describing a brutal knockout and a phantom sheet-like vision that haunted him during the fight and lingered after. He likens the sensation to being struck by a cross between a broken tooth and a failed joke, concluding he would not relive that match for all the purses.
The San Francisco Bulletin reports Corbett dismisses Native Son referee accusations in boxing. He notes he never lost a decision in Frisco, contrasts with Denver, and urges not to credit such excuses, saying the real cause lies elsewhere.
The Star and Phoenix clubs both won their third straight games to keep pace for first in the South Side League. Phoenix beat the Royals by a comfortable margin, while Stars defeated Stone Palace five. Meridians took a series from Passive Turners, and Active Turners swept two of three from Germanias as no 200 scores were posted.
In last night’s Shortridge League action at Pastime Alleys the Whist Club defeated the Strikers by comfortable margins to stay atop the standings. Buser led the Whist Club with 19 in his opening game, while the Seniors posted the day’s high team score of 756 against Crescent Hill.
In New York Madison Square Garden the Old Glory horse sale features Peter the Great, a 2.07% stallion, sold to Peter Duryea of Lexington for $5,000. Other horses, including Oralmis Bro and Green Silk, also change hands. bidding continues tomorrow.
J O Keene describes Russian horse racing under imperial oversight. Moscow Warsaw and St Petersburg host turf tracks with three racing days weekly led by an imperial commission. Russian training emphasizes walking and slow gallops, making American-trained horses and riders hard to beat. no bookmakers exist, betting is state controlled by the French system.
In Paris today further argument occurred in Tod Sloan's $40,000 damages suit against the French Jockey Club. Sloan claims he was warned off the turf linked to Rose oe Mats winning a Chantilly event in May. A decision is expected about the middle of next week.
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