Indianapolis Club Signs Harry Teal as Backstop
Manager Watkins signs Harry Teal of Ligonier Ind a bright catching prospect for Battle Creek Mich last season. Teal regarded as a first class hitter and solid defender joins a roster of twenty four under contract as Watkins plans a strong 12 team club. The article also covers remarks by White Wings about future crowds in multiple cities and notes on baseball rule history and league talks from Buffalo to Indianapolis.
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Watkins
Hickey
Indianapolis
Association
Sutthoff Confirmed as Indi anapolis Pitcher for Next Season
The Indianapolis baseball scene notes that manager Watkins affirmed Jack Sutthoff will join the team next season as a key pitcher. Sutthoff, famed in Indianapolis for past two seasons, moved to Matthews after Indianapolis left the Western Association last year and is expected to be a top arm in the American Association. Watkins also travels to Milwaukee for an American Association directors meeting. illness blocks Charles Ruschaupt from accompanying him.
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Watkins
Indianapolis
Pat Powers
Association of Minor Leagues
Powers
Jack Sutthoff
Sutthoff
Matthews
Milwaukee
The
American Association
Charles Ruschaupt
Club
Rourke
Omaha
Brown
Terre Haute
Theyinzer
Cleveland
New Orleans
Dan Potts
Kent
Toledo
George Dalrymple
Seattle
Wash
Arthur Irwin
University of Pennsylvania
Frank de Haas Robinson
Jones
Felix
Iberg
Grand Rapids
Emerson Dickerson
Kansas City
Tommy Dowd
Tommy
Barney Dreyfuss
Amos Rusie
Freedman
Christy Mathewson
Andy
Heldrick
Dineen
Tke Jennings
Brooklyn
Radcliff
Denver
Detroit
Minneapolis
Jimmy Gardner
Chicago
Harry Quinn
Association
Hanlon
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Reirson
John T. Brush
Brush
Notre Dame Announces six game spring schedule with Chicago team
Notre Dame manager Crumley announced a six game series on the varsity grounds in South Bend with Comiskey's Chicago team starting April 7. The slate includes Wisconsin at Notre Dame April 14 and Indiana at Notre Dame May 1, with additional dates at Purdue Minnesota Beloit and Madison and open attempts for Illinois DePauw Northwestern.
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Indianapolis Journal
South Bend
Ind
Crumley
Notre Dame
Comiskey
Chicago
Wisconsin
Indiana
Purdue
Minnesota
Madison
Beloit
Illinois
de Pauw
Northwestern
Baseball conferences reject amalgamation plans in Chicago
Ban Johnson and A G Spalding ruled out merging leagues for the next season. The American League will stay intact and the four loyal National League clubs Pittsburg Chicago Philadelphia and Brooklyn will run a four club schedule if needed. Both men deem two major league teams from large cities necessary to satisfy the public and maintain rivalry.
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Johnson
Spalding
Messrsohnson and
P. T. Powers
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
Buffalo
N.Y
Dreyfuss
Pittsburg
Hart
New Mexico
Chicago
B. Johnson
A. G. Spalding
Mr. Spalding
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Clash Looms Between Players Association and Minor Leagues
Dale Gear of the Players' Protective Association warns of an imminent clash with the National Association of Minor Leagues. He accuses the minor leagues of aims to bind players and punish departures, pledging letters to members. James Whitfield counters, accusing Gear of misrepresentation and asserting Western League salaries are ample.
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Kansas City
Dale Gear
Players’ Protective Association
Players’ Organization
National Association of Minor Leagues
Gear
Combi
Daly
Powers
James Whitfield
American Association
Players’ Association
Western League
Tebeau-Hickey
Best Y M C A Athletes Stoeffler Sagalowsky Cox Champions
Thomas Cox twenty years old and strongest Y M C A athlete praised for persistent study of athletics. Cox joined the association three years ago and rarely misses nights. This year he excels in heavy weight lifting and can lift eighty five pounds with one arm, holding a gymnasium record.
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Thomas Cox
Association
August Stoeffler
Louis Sagalowsky
Y. M. C. A. Gymnasium
Sagalowsky
Y M C A Athletes Lead In Gymnastics And Racing Rules
The piece profiles Y M C A gymnasts August Stoeffler and Louis Sagalowsky, noting Stoeffler's strength feats and Sagalowsky’s handstand skill. It then outlines proposed changes to National Trotting Association rules, including entries, ringers, telegraphic withdrawals, judges, timers, heats, distances, and amateur racing provisions.
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National Trotting Association
New York
California racing notes and Derby postponement update
Report covers pacing prospects in California with Zulock and Dan Patch, driver changes, and Watercure’s coast record. Kentucky Derby moved to May 3, Oaklands track improvements under way, Mounce watched by stewards, and Rush Park leased for harness racing revival.
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W. L. Snow
Zulock
McKinney
California
Jack Curry
New York
Dan Patch
Ed Geers
Thomas Lawson
Geers
Myron McHenry
Watercure
Oakland
George Arnold
New Orleans
Spencer
Ingleside
Board of Supervisors
Mounce
Frisco
John Hussey
Rush Park
Independence
Notre Dame Track Plans and Football Scheduling Uncertain
The report notes Notre Dame expects to field a track card this year with Willie Way in charge of the track team. It also mentions a Dyer medal contest and a competitor who has reached 1,008 points while recovering from a thigh tendon strain. Michigan and Chicago have tentative baseball schedules left pending football trouble resolution.
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Michigan
Chicago
Notre Dame
Willie Way
Woman Motorist to Climb Incline at Auto Show
Promoters of the automobile and cycle show plan a steep incline test in the Cyclorama during February. A young woman driver will attempt the ascent, a feat Julia Marlowe performed in New York two years ago. Descent is expected to be harder, and erection of the incline is to be completed within two weeks for testing and adjustments.
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Julia Marlowe
Madison Square Garden
New York
Young Corbett
Joe Bernstein
Sig Hart
Louisville
Hart
Peter Jackson
Joe Walcott
Musical Slipper Tops Eleven Two Year Olds At New Orleans
In the third race eleven two year olds debuted on the turf with Merry Sister and Offset the favorites. Musical Slipper led from start to finish, drawing away while Dagmar in the Live Oak steeplechase suffered a fall and retirement after a blood vessel rupture. Coley set a new track record as Mayherr won a race and Harshberger’s suspension was extended. Winners listed: Orla Major Mansir Musical Slipper Coley Mynherr The Hoyden.
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New Orleans
Fitzgerald
Morris-Walden
Merry Sister
Offset
Musical Slipper
Dagmar
Bartley
Coley
Mayherr
Ernest Harshberger
Orla
Major Mansir
Mynherr
the Hoyden
Oakland Stakes Feature Delivers Tight finishes
In Oakland on January 18, McLaughlin selling stakes saw Scotch Plaid lead wire to wire to win $1.0 for the winner with Constellation second. Woodland handicap concluded with The Pride nosing Homestead as Princess Titania and Thaddeus also ran strong. Mirana bled and was pulled up. other results listed include Jacqueminot Afghan Thaddeus Scotch Plaid The Pride Vesuvian with various odds.
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San Francisco
Oakland
McLaughlin
Scotch Plaid
Constellation
Horton
Pride
Homestead
Princess Titania
Col Cochran weighing 1300 pounds and other racing notes
Colonel Cochran 2 104 weighs 1300 pounds. Mattie Patterson 2 94 has a fine filly by Patton 2.4% and will be bred to Cres cens 22024. The black weanling colt by Boodle 2 124 dam Much Better 2 07 named Marconi. J W Schorr Memphis turfman offers Blake colored rider 7000 for coming season. Carl Kahler showing wont form at New Orleans. Thus far he started in three.
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Colonel Cochran
Mattie Patterson
Patton
Crescens
Boodle
Marconi
J. W. Schorr
Memphis
Blake
Carl Kahler
New Orleans
Colored Champion Frank Childs Beats Walter Johnson in Chicago
Frank Childs of Chicago, the colored heavyweight champion, won a ten-round decision over Walter Johnson at the Chicago Athletic Association. Johnson led early, but Childs pressed, while crowd hissed and cried fake after rounds four. Preliminaries saw Young Sharkey vs Charley Mason in Chicago.
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Chicago
Frank Childs
Walter Johnson
Chicago Athletic Association
Fred Russell
Denver
Childs
Russell
Johnson
Young Sharkey
Hot Springs
Charley Mason
Chired
Teams in Good Trim for Indianapolis Bowlers in Buffalo
The Marion Club Buffalo team and City Club representatives head to Buffalo for national bowling contests. Carter leads LBL averages as Brown and Lee also place high. Teams travel at 4:35 a.m. with preparation done after weeks of practice and several match games.
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Marion Club
Buffalo
Marion
R. H. Lryson
M.C. Knox
T. J. Carter
Jen W. Brown
Albert Leap
L. M. Qqui
Charles J. Gardner
Lee Graff
Cliff Alien
Marshall T. Levey
Louis Buddenbaum
Jesse Pritchett
Carter
Brown
The
Martens
Lee
Kirchoff
Graff
Allen
Glelow
Bowlers Arriving at Buffalo for National Congress
The advance guard of the American Bowling Congress arrives in Buffalo for the tournament opening. President Thompson and Secretary Kary lead, with Al Krug of Omaha among early arrivals. Indianapolis delegates, led by the mayor, expect to secure the 198 national tournament as the total membership nears 42 000 bowlers.
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N. Y
American Bowling Congress
Thompson
Kary
al Krug
Omaha
Indianapolis
Lin
Klyn
New York
Secerabeieies
Ice Camacree
Congress
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