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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1903
Page
5
In a tight American Association game Indianapolis beat Kansas City 2 to 1 in ten innings. Gibson walked in the winning run after bases were loaded. Ford and O'Brien were among the quarterbacks. Kansas City had tied the game earlier, but defensive miscues and timely hits by Indianapolis sealed the victory.
Louisville outhit and outplayed Milwaukee for an easy win. Dungan made a running one hand catch. Milwau tallied in a rough series with hits from Childs Dunleavy Hempill and others. Eagan struck out thrice for Milwaukee while McGill issued four walks. Attendance 400.
In Marion on June 5 South Bend defeated Marion 5 to 2 after careless play in the seventh inning. Evansville Fort Wayne and Terre Haute won earlier in Central League play with Fort Wayne 10 to 5 over Grand Rapids and Evansville 6 to 5 over Dayton. Batteries Easton Herbert for Marion and Ream Tieman for South Bend.
Errors numerous as Grand Rapids and Wheeling contest halt on rain. Grand Rapids 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 5 4 5. Fort Wayne 2 0 0 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 3. Terre Haute beats Wheeling 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 8 3 5. Evansville tops Dayton as Mullen and Fox drive Evansville runs. final scores and battery details listed.
Report notes New York secured another victory in Chicago yesterday while Indianapolis faces Cincinnati Navies at Capital City Park tomorrow afternoon. Williams to pitch for Indianapolis. Durham may start for Kansas City. Tamsett sidelined with malaria. Woodruff at third base..pitching staff includes Ford Kellum Williams McPartlin Newlin. Ford praised yet struggles with base on balls. K F M Y M L game at Washington Park July 18 for Holy Angels Church. Gibson pitched superbly but suffered a loss as two force plays aided the winning run.
Hugh McPadden trains six hours daily for next Tuesday’s clash with Eddie Santry at the Empire Theater. He walks from the Grand Hotel, runs in the afternoon, then two hours in the gym. Santry reports two pounds under 128 and ready at weight. Brune and Henderson also train hard for the six round semi.
Washington pitcher Townsend loses as St Louis scores four singles in the decisive frame. Powell matches Townsend in a short nod for the win. Three base hit by Robinson and errors aid the visitors, as St Louis takes game two of the series 3 to 1.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports Purdue will close a poor season tomorrow at Stuart Field against Notre Dame. Purdue shows improved team work after a week of practice with McKee Cohen Cook and Leslie forming a stronger infield and Zimm erman Gaetze Ritter in the outfield. Cy Jones Ide Penick may pitch. Itt behind the plate teaches quick throw to second to curb steals. Team lineup listed.
Madison Indiana Business College defeated Carrollton High School 13 to 0. Notre Dame University beat Ohio State University 2 to 1 in Columbus. Virginia?
Pittsburg defeats Boston 9 to 0, New York beats Chicago 5 to 2, with Pittsburg extending a national record by a fourth consecutive shutout. Attendance 2,040. Line scores show Beaumont, Clarke, Wagner among key hitters as Pittsburg dominates. Boston at Pittsburg, New York at Chicago, Brooklyn at St. Louis, Philadelphia at Cincinnati.
The report describes Palace Horse Car attached to the express train with Irish Lad as traveling companion. trainer Rogers may send a staid four to guard seamal injury. Irish Lad’s stall will be padded, and water from his Eastern stable will be in the car. Feed boxes he uses at home will accompany the trip.
At Hawthorne on a muddy track, Sherry led the first race as the only favorite to win while four other events went to second choices or long shots. Harlem begins tomorrow with a $10,000 Harlem National handicap as rain drenched the surface all night.
At St Louis fair grounds on June 5 a fair crowd saw spirited finishes amid threatening rain. Check Morgan upset the favorite J W O Neill in race two while Bas D Or led a heavy betting fourth to victory. Dawson also won, with Edna Kenner and Countess Clara among notable results in six races including a fast time of 1 20 for six furlongs and a 1 12 for five and one half.
Chicago dispatch notes the Harlem National handicap at Harlem on Saturday with a $10,000 purse. Twenty starters are slated from 100 nominations, including four American Derby hopefuls. McChesney is a doubtful starter on a muddy track. Flying Torpedo climbs in odds while Favorius Gregor K. and Linguist draw attention. Entries list multiple races with named horses and weights, and Irish Lad from Washington Park is named among American Derby entrants.
Indianapolis promoter Marvello touted looping the loop on roller skates. H C Lefever of 1411 North Senate Avenue successfully rode the 18 foot loop at the Cyclorama, narrowly missing injury when the skate hit a track screw. He vows to repeat and to recruit two more riders for simultaneous loops.
Manual Training and Shortridge High School athletes contest a final tug of war this afternoon at 2 at the fair grounds. Weather kept track work last week, but training continued at the Y M C A gym. Events run in straight heats with no trials to avoid delays.
Heavy rain slowed Latonia track as Favorites win four of six on a day that saw Craven rider Absher suffer two broken ribs after falling in the jump. Jockey Absher among several injuries, while Hamburg Belle takes the Cri terion Stakes at Gravesend.
Hamburg Belle, the hot favorite, led from start to finish to win the Criterion Stakes for two-year-olds at Gravesend, beating Dimple and Contentious by five lengths. The card also featured six other races with notable results, including Sambo and Jim Kelly as other favorites, and a lengthy list of Gravesend entries and stakes details.
ITHACA June 5 Charles Courtney veteran Cornell rowing coach announced that John Peter Frenzel Indianapolis captain of the Cornell crew would not row in the varsity boat this year for the intercollegiate regatta Frenzel who had rarely rowed in the varsity this season was removed along with Hazlewood and Sebring from their positions to make way for new men Frenzel now rows in the varsity four may quit rowing altogether He is a M T H S graduate and has long been a leading figure in Cornell athletics and rowing
In heavy rain at Lafayette, Indiana, June 6, Brown of Rensselaer captured the State badge and the Lafayette Gun Club diamond medal after final matches in the State League tournament. Three tied for first in the diamond medal event, with scores at twenty five of Lafayette and Tyna from Bedford among the contenders.
Match for fifty targets saw ties breaking forty six while Brown posted ninety five of ten. C M Powers of Decatur IL led two days with 415 targets, ahead of Charles Wiggins 355 and Waters Baltimore 254. steamer Tecumseh ran aground on Wabash river forcing a long walk back to the city. In New York on June 5 the Metropolitan Golf Association women’s championship saw Mrs Charles C tout lose to Miss Louise Vanderhoef two up with one to play, while Mrs E A Manice beat Miss Badgeley five up and four to play.
Shipping notices list ships arriving and sailing from New York Queenstown Liverpool Southampton Plymouth and Havre on June 5 and 6. Vessels include Fuerst Bismarck Armenian Campania Celtic Cedric Staatendam Blucher Marquette La Gascogne and more with routes to Hamburg London Liverpool New York Rotterdam and Havre.
Philadelphia report says the carpenters brotherhood settled their May 1 strike with a June 1 1903 pact for 45 cents an hour eight hours daily. A Saturday half holiday from May 8 to Oct 30 and four daily hours 6 am to 6 pm reverting to standard times. Overtime time and a half 5 pm to midnight and double time after midnight. About six thousand members in the city and five independent carpenters.
Wi ford Davis, a young white man from Moundsville, was hanged at the West Virginia State Penitentiary at 5:30 p.m. for the murder of Page Martstiller, Elkins chief of police, during a botched arrest on April 16. He remained composed and smiled as the black cap was adjusted. He died in fourteen minutes when his neck broke.
The Panama Municipal Council adopted a resolution urging Congress to ratify the Hay-Herran canal treaty and calls on other districts in the department to petition similarly. The resolution is printed in newspapers and on fly sheets to widely publicize the locals' wish.
London June 5 reports that the Marquis of Salisbury fell ill at Hatfield but inquiries show the tale was overstated. Telegraphs from Hatfield later said he was improving and making progress toward recovery after a chill during the night.
Arguments were begun today before United States Judge Lochren in the state of Minnesota vs Northern Securities Company and the roads controlled by the New Jersey corporation. The hearings in St Paul follow similar testimony used in the federal merger case.
Lexington Kentucky notes attachment of office furniture fixtures franchises and company effects of the Blue Grass Consolidation Company by George Davis of Detroit. The cap is set at seven million dollars and attorney fees of two thousand seven hundred claimed. Davis is out of the city. The company plans an interurban traction network in the blue grain region and has begun work.
In Olympia Washington the lower court affirmed the 1902 will of Abbey R. H. Stewart founder of Northwest women’s clubs. The estate valued at over $100 left a bequest to Mary Lowe Dickinson famed New York temperance lecturer and author. Dickinson’s brother John J. Hunt and other Massachusetts relatives contested the will.
Wiser Idaho June 5 reports H Emmons killed at Lardo by mining engineer H M St Cyr in a hotel partnership dispute. St Cyr says Emmons attacked him, and three shots were fired. The men co owned property at the Payette lakes area.
Detroit police arrested Joseph Pinkney alias Thomas Clark who claimed Rochester links but denied stealing to flee a murder charge in Rochester N Y. The case involves the alleged killing of a college student in a camping tent near Rochester on September 3, 192_.
CARO Mich June 5 William M Bell an eccentric bachelor who lived alone on a distant farm was found dead in bed. Today authorities recovered money and bonds from his woodshed and nearby fruit crate including over $12.0 in cash and government bonds valued at 8.00 with 9,500 buried in the crate.
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