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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1901
Page
18
Manual Training High School won the third interscholastic field day with 82 points at Newby Oval. Shortridge High School placed second as four visiting schools competed. Vernon Bowers of M. T. H. S. led with three silver medals and the top point total.
In a Veedersburg hosted event students from M T H S Covington and I H S competed across track and field disciplines. Anton Vonnegut led a 120 yard hurdle win while Arista Dehaven set pole vault high and Thad Shideler followed, with Claire Peck among others achieving top placements in the hammer and other events.
The Senoree de Fortunas a fraternity of the M. T. H. honored Vernon Bowers and Edward Gaston president and vice president with a dinner at the Denison Hotel. About twelve members attended as the event became an informal dinner following Bowers victory in yesterday's athletic contest winning the all round gold medal and three silver medals.
Yesterday's MT H victory featured the girls presenting the track team with a ten pound box of tn. The gesture honored the athletes after a long period of abstinence from sweets during their training season and was welcomed by the team.
Charles Mayer & Co. shows one of the largest sets of sterling silver challenge trophies in Indianapolis this week. The display includes over 10 pieces from small half pint cups to eight pint loving cups, three and two handle designs, mugs, and ebony mounts. Priced from 19 to 250 dollars, with golf tennis baseball basketball yacht racing and bowling trophies.
Notre Dame University captured the Western Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association title at Ravenswood Field with 72 points, Drake second, Grinnell third. Egermann set a shot put record at feet 51 inches, exceeding the former Notre Dame mark. Notre Dame won over half of sixteen events, while South Dakota, Lawrence, Oberlin, Lake Forest, and Carleton did not start.
Michigan led the inaugural Intercollegiate Conference Athletic Association meet at Marshall Field, scoring 38 points to Wisconsin 28 and Chicago 17. Beloit’s Merrill set an intercollegiate quarter mile mark of 41.45 seconds, while Chicago’s K G Maloney tied the 154.5 second hurdles record. Michigan won the mile relay as Wisconsin and Minnesota followed.
Michigan led with 28 points in a tight team score across eight colleges, as Wisconsin and Chicago trailed. Individual events featured record times in sprints and hurdles, with Michigan and Wisconsin dominating on the track and Beloit, Chicago, and Minnesota placing in field events. In tennis, Indiana won the singles title and the state doubles crown for DePauw, as Earl Ellis and Rucker shone for their teams.
Gustav Hopper of Cleveland won the Wheel Club sweepstakes handicap ten mile road race with a three minute handicap. Charles Maraoette, also of Cleveland, finished second. Edward Somers, a scratch man, won the time prize with a 31 minute time and also won the amateur mile open in 2 minutes 25 and 5 fifths seconds.
A large holiday crowd saw Commando son of Domino win the Carlton stakes at Gravesend in 1:39 2-5 on a fast, nearly dead track. Blues runner-up, Merridian favorite, Hanover Queen won the Hudson stakes, and several Dixiana yearlings sold high at paddock auction. At Hawthorne, Endurance by Right captured the Lassies stakes while Hernando impressed by winning the Turf Congress handicap and eyeing the American Derby.
In today's fairgrounds fixture the Club Members handicap worth 2 dollars secured a victory for Mottentot over Van Haare beke and Chap paqua. O Neill rode the winner in front, with Ben Frost and Helen Print among the early runners. Show money went to Pink Coat. Other winners included Wax Taper and Colonial Dame in the listed placements.
Cincinnati report notes June 1 at Newport where jockey Aker rode three winners including Jim Gore II at 15 to 1. Winners recited: Fred Krupp at 4 to 1, Jim Gore II at 5 to 1, Slasher at 15 to 1, Foundling at 7 to 2, Brother Fred at ft to 1.
In San Francisco on June 1 four favorites dominated the program at Oakland. Winners in order were First Shot Quibo Estado Wardman Montallade and Racetto.
In Lexington on May 1 the twenty-ninth annual Kentucky Horse Breeders Association meeting closed entries for the events. Nomination turnout was the highest yet. Stakes include Transylvania with 96000 dollars, McDowell in Tennessee at 33000, Walnut Hill, Blue Grass, Johnson, West, Kentucky, Lexington and Wilson each at 2000 dollars.
Western Association baseball at Washington Park highlights a 6 to 5 Louisville victory over Indianapolis. Jacobs delivered a pivotal sixth inning homer, while Wilmot was ejected for arguing with umpire McLaughlin. The ninth inning featured two Indianapolis runs before Louisville sealed the win.
Fort Wayne battled Marion in a tense game as Yerkes held the hosts to six hits and hit a home run to win. Final score shows Fort Wayne 6 000 006 1 14 Marion 9 0 0 1 6 2 as Ehret and Lattimer worked the batteries with Mullane umpiring and a sparse attendance noted.
Coggswell pitched a no hitter bid for Columbus but the locals fail to score until the ninth on a walk and an errant throw by Godenaar. Attendance 752. Dayton wins 3 to 1 with Coffman Zinram Coggswell and Blue in the battery.
In Grand Rapids on June 1 the locals won a wild Western Association game by scoring seven runs in the sixth to overcome Toledo. Final score 18 to 13 with Streit, Herbert and Fox behind the plate for Grand Rapids and McIntyre and Clarke for Toledo.
National League game in Pittsburg ends in a heated row after two walks and three errors in the first inning. Umpire Cunningham is hustled to a Cincinnati omnibus amid crowd unrest. one spectator strikes him before relief reaches. Attendance 5,500. Score Pittsburg 3 Cincinnati 4. Batteries Tannehill Zimmer Newton Bergen.
Selbach sparked New York to victory as he doubled in the fourth to tie the game and, in the eighth, hit a two bagger that allowed Van Haltren to score the go ahead run. Matthewson opposed Nichols in a rare pitching duel while Buelow debuted at third for the New Yorks. Battery: Matthewson Bowerman A Smith for New York. Nichols Kittridge for Boston.
Taylor was hammered by Chicago and St Louis with Sudhoff holding the locals at sea except for a two run swing on a gift double and triple. Attendance figures show Chicago’s rough day as Sudhoff and Ryan paired in a pitchers duel with Taylor.
In Milwaukee on June 1 Gear pitched a superb game allowing two hits and shutting out Milwaukee. Garvin matched him, but Gilbert’s fielding stood out as a key feature. Washington scored nine, then added two late runs to win by a margin. Batteries Garvin and Leahy for Milwaukee, Gear and Clarke for Washington.
Detroit scores two early singles and a double steal by Casey and Barrett for their lone run as McGinnity allows two hits in eight innings. Baltimore wins with a seventh inning rally sparked by Keister two-bagger and two singles. Batteries Miller McAlister McGinnity Robinson.
At Evansville Indiana in the Three I League meet RHE Evansville and Bloomington finish with scores of 2 and 1 respectively. Rockford and Rock Island compete in Davenport and Cedar Rapids events with batteries coordinated by Fosher Owens Malone Metz and others under Umpire Cox.
At Little Rock Arkansas the RHE Little Rock team is listed with players Po and Lynch Hill and Fisher. In Memphis RHE Marnne and in New Orleans RHE New Oil's with Selma, Mulkey and Abbott Sechrist Bailey and Alexander noted among batteries.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Bloomington Indiana University defeated Danville Center College 10 to 0. Indiana pitcher French kept a clean sheet while center’s Lawrence and MacDonald pitched well for Kentucky but received poor support. Batteries Indiana French and Simon Center College Lawrence MacDonald Chathan.
In Matthews Indiana on June 1 both Matthews and the Fort Wayne Shamrocks played well but Matthews came out better as Fort Wayne was shut out. The two clubs meet again tomorrow in Matthews with Noonmaker and Williams, Hicks and Teemen listed among players.
In Lexington on June 1 the Kentucky State College and Georgetown College game ended with a violent assault on the umpire Joseph Smith of Georgetown who had to be escorted from the field by police after a 10 to 10 tie. Several people were hurt though none seriously.
Richmond Ind June 1 Miami University defeated Earlham College at Oxford by a score of 6 to 2. The game featured solid pitching and timely hits from the Miami lineup as Earlham struggled to respond.
Grand Rapids, June 1. Ellis released nearly all players to join other clubs after arranging with the Baltimore club to play Sunday in Detroit, but McGraw could not make trains and went to Cleveland. Myers of the Western Association promised many players to Marion tomorrow night as he prepared to run the team for ten days until a new franchise is found. Dundon will stay, likely joining Cleveland, with several others also considered for the American League. The Indianapolis trip to Columbus for four games begins today as Watkins designates Friday as ladies day, amid umpire controversy over McLaughlin’s officiating.
In a two hour trial the flagship Constitution, with Captain Rhodes and Nat Herreshoff aboard, beat to windward and hoisted sails amid a north northeast wind of eight to ten miles per hour. The test confirmed backstay shortening aid and noted nine knot speed toward Hog Island, then Sandy Point Light, before returning to harbor.
The Indianapolis Aquatic Club began its third summer season with a houseboast dance and reception last night aboard its boat moored north of the park landing. Hosts H T Hearsey Dr Maurice Raschig P A Hinds and P A Havelick led committees as guests danced late, boat lights ablaze, with plans to acquire a shell and schedule Saturday regattas on Riverside course.
The champion Chicago bowling team led by Fried Worden will face Indianapolis bowlers at City Club alleys next Thursday afternoon and night. Afternoon games feature Marions with Bryson Leap Brown Quill Knox against Chicago, while night contests pair Chicago with a team of Bryson Graff Pritchett Jay for a top combined score, plus games matching Worden Bryson Graff in the evening.
Twenty five bicycle racers have entered for the formal opening of Newby Oval track on Thursday night. More riders from Chicago Cleveland and other circuits are expected this week as entries pour in. An A B C team may join and Harry Gibson and Leander plan to train in Indianapolis before the races. Willis Coval and other top amateurs have entered. Motor cycle men Walter Ribble Prefer and James Davis begin track work, while a trick rider will perform. The decoration day read race trouble involves Chandler and Robertson with witnesses said to prove Chandler’s course through Broad Ripple and Allisonville.
A large crowd at the Country Club watched the women’s finals in medal play over eighteen holes. Mrs. E. H. Buford won with a gross 125 and handicap six for the Nebeker Cup men’s finals, postponed due to scheduling. The course yesterday was in excellent condition.
In St Louis on June 1 Guy Burnside of Knoxville won the Republic cup at the Shooting Park in the eighteenth round of a miss-and-out match with Hubby of Waco Texas Riehl of Alton Ill and Chase and Collins of St Louis. Henry Grieseneck of St Louis won the Lemp medal for the second straight time. Alex Mermod of St Louis stayed with him for sixty five. Jake Gay of Kentucky and Dave Elliott of Kansas City participated. A B Daniels of Denver made the meet record with a total of taps out of spoats.
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