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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1901
Page
6
An advertisement for WM. H. Armstrong & Co surgical instrument makers listing bedside tables surgical dressing stands instrument cabinets operating tables air beds pillow cases chair cushions hospital rings hot water bottles and hot air cabinets. Located at 24 and D8 Meridian street Indianapolis Ind.
Local sports report shows the Marions dominating the Nationals with six straight wins. Carter led the team with multiple scores above 20, Matlock topped with 233, while Washington's Turner unit fell to fifth place after five losses. Lee scored 237 in game one, Buddenbaum added 221, Ko-We-Ba won five from Crescents, Capital City took four from North Sides, and S. B. C. and Crescents split.
The Shortridge Bowling League bowls at Pastime alleys beginning at 9 with the Hoot Mons versus the Delectables and the Mayers facing the Trentons. Listed players include Randall Delectables Patton Hoot Mons Vonnegut Trentons Griffith Delectables Wagner Posey Delectables Ketcham Mayers Kearney Trenton Brown Trentons Jones Mayers Pritchard Trento War Hoot Mons Nicoll Mayers Schramm Trentons Dunn Trent Trentons Mayer Hoot Mons Adams Mayers Benson Hoot Mons Edwards Delectables Ferguson Hoot Mons Allen M Hoot Mons.
Intense basketball is expected as Butler M T H S Shortridge and Y M C A square off to start the league season at the Y M C A. Rosters include Butler Huggin Murray Lowaly Mehring Bari, Shortridge Holdsen La Follette Herzsch Masters Barbee, Y M C A Rice Fleming Gavin Hester, M T H S Maxwell Earl Miner Kaylor Joe Minor John Kittle. Athletic Association of MT HS elected E H McKenna McComb as football manager for 142 season.
Spectal reports bowling gains in northern Indiana with two new leagues forming. The Inter urban Bowling Association includes Goshen star clubs and Turnverein Auditorium Brunswick of South Bend, while South Bend clubs Standards Crescents Eclipse and Stars are in a second league backed by the Commercial Athletic Club. The pennant winner in this circuit will join the Northern Indiana League with Goshen Elkhart Mishawaka and South Bend clubs competing. Commercial Athletic Club has held the title for three consecutive years.
Lexington report notes L V Hark ness accepts challenge from Ross and Dickerson of Madison Ind for a trot with Gavata or another four year old next season. Walnut Hall to represent Hark ness with a 2500 forfeiture posted and a possible 10000 side prize. Also horse racing odds from New Orleans Crescent City and Oakland listings.
New York December 13 Albert G Spalding declares he will not withdraw his candidacy for National League president and demands an immediate vote before adjournment He blasts Andrew Freedman and threatens to force a ruling in the meeting room while circulating Robison letters backing his bid and urging Spalding’s election.
In New York a meeting split as the Brush Freedman faction left. A. G. Spalding was elected president on the 26th ballot after the walkout while remaining members claimed a quorum issue and proceeded to vote. N. E. Young chaired briefly before Col. J. L. Rogers took over.
Nine of the original sixteen teams remain in the Madison Square Garden six day event as the leaders trail the record set by Miller and Waller. Swede Julius suffers a collarbone fracture after a collision while McLaren risks exhaustion amid a series of falls and sprints.
Al Weinig of Buffalo won a decision over John Willie of Chicago after twenty hard rounds in Hot Springs Arkansas under New Vapor City Athletic Club auspices. The bout drew a small crowd and was the first permitted there in years. Nearby, Jack O’Brien defeated Yank Kenny in Liverpool after Kenny defied the referee and was awarded the purse of £450 to O’Brien. In Grand Rapids, Kid Goulette meets Joe Leonard in a 129 pound ten round bout. Charleston sees a bid by Almie Murray for the McGovern Sullivan fight with 70 percent of gross receipts and a guaranteed go between Young Corbett and Lenny with Jim Dougherty managing Lenny.
Scranton meeting of the American Federation of Labor ends three sessions with the defeat of a proposal to increase vice presidents from six to eight. The convention also raises per capita taxes for unions to fund defense, debates militia neutrality, and adjourns after approving several resolutions and deferring others.
The telegram disruption across the United Kingdom is described as unequaled since 1881 with the north cut off from the south and courts closed in snowbound towns. A large Austrian steamer Nerita ran aground off Warren Point while Paris reports heavy storms and snow in multiple regions. Italy’s premier Signor Zanarchili outlines a plan in the Chamber of Deputies.
In a Cincinnati saloon tonight John Batsch shot and instantly killed Edward Smith. Both men are described as colored. Police were summoned and the incident is under investigation.
This brief item suggests Jell-O as a quick no bake dessert option. It promotes the product as ready in two minutes and mentions groceries and flavors like strawberry in a period tone. The note resembles an old advertisement or household tip column.
The premier outlined efforts showing improved health and prosperity in Naples and southern provinces, aiming for commercial treaties with Germany and Austria, and studying a tariff as a defense against foreign tariffs. Government seeks favorable Russia and Brazil agreements to support Italian farmers.
In Vienna a Socialist member Ellenbogen condemned anti Semites in the Reichsrat as deceitful, sparking a bitter exchange of insults and scuffles. The disturbance ended when a quote from Goethe was loudly read, ending the tumult.
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