Thursday, January 23, 2025 Last Update: 6:28 AM ET
Indianapolis, IN
"St. Louis Black Sox Win Two Games Out of Three. - A.B.C.s Lose First Two Games, But win the Last Gmae of Series by a Score of 17 to 10. - Scores of 5 to 4 and 10 to 1 tell the story in short of the double defeat of the A.B.C.s by the St. Louis Black Sox, Sunday afternoon. This is the first double-header that the local team has lost this season, though they made a desperate effort to win the first game. That the Sox didn't make a much larger score looks funny, when it is noted that they thumped Griffin, who pitched for the A.B.C.s for twelve hits, four of which were three-base hits. Both teams were quite active in base stealing. Lolla, Herron and Board chalked up five errors, while the visitors' infield made three. Thompson caught behind the stick, and is credited with as many putouts as any other man on the local team. Big boy played at short, and made four assists, two putouts, two hits and one run. Merida plays well in any position. Higbee pitched six innings of the second game against Dixon, of the Sox. Only seven innings were played. Though not hit quite so much as was Griffin, the visitors swamped the A Bee Sees with ten runs. Talbott pitched the last inning, and fanned one batter and was touched for two hits. This game was too one-sided to create much interest. Adams and Bauers were umpires. First Game A.B.C.s 4, Black Sox 5. Second Game A.B.C.s 1, Black Sox 10."
Indianapolis, IN
"The A.B.C.s won the last game of the series with the St. Louis Black Sox, Monday, 17 to 10. Both pitchers were innefective, and each was hit freely. The same teams will play another series of three games May 29, 30 and 31."
"The Cuban Giants were spectators in the grandstand at the game last Monday afternoon between the St. Louis Black Sox and the A.B.C.s."
Indianapolis, IN
"Police Interrupt Home Run of Henry Kuebler. - Manager of St. Louis Black Sox Makes for Home with Board Bill On Base - Umpire Whallon's Ruling. - Henry Kuebler, manager of the Black Sox baseball club, of St. Louis, must have felt like a pitcher knocked out by a bunch of bingles when Judge Whallon swung on him in the Police Court last week, with a score of $10 and costs for ten days in the workhouse for jumping a board bill with his husky players. The usual luck of the tailenders was smeared on Kuebler almost from the time he got off the train from St. Louis until he made a quiet getaway in the direction of home. The Black Socks, or Sox, is a colored organization of ball tossers, and Kuebler is a white man. They came to Indianapolis, twelve strong Saturday to play the A.B.C. club at Northwestern Park. Games were scheduled for Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Kuebler was to get 50 per cent of the gate receipts. The kizosh on the Black Sox first appeared when the train arrived too late to play the Saturday game, and as the Black Sox had to eat Kuebler saw a crimp appear in his share of the gate receipts. The club took up its lodging at Sam Herron's home, 453 West Fiftieenth Street, and prepared for the Sunday games, as it was decided to play two games for a single price of admission. - Black Sox Win Game. - The A.B.C.s had been touted as hot stuff and the Missourians laid away from any propositions to back their judgement of the score. Two warm games were pulled off before a crowd of ordinary size and the Black Sox gave the locals a cleaning. They were greatly elated, but sorry they did not get a few of the loose dollars that seemed to be about the park in handfulls. Monday the excitement between the two teams was great. Encouraged by success the Black Sox boasted they had another wallop for the Indianapolis bunch and were willing to back up their judgement. To make a long story short they got together and what the A.B.C.s did to them was plenty. There was no direct evidence that there was any gambling on the game, but there is a suspicion that some of the St. Louis boys would have had to go home in barrels if the A.B.C.s had wanted their clothing. When a settlement was made Kuebler received $87.50 as his share of the gate receipts for the two days. The railroad fare home meant twelve times $7 and Kuebler paid his men railroad money and told them to hike for the train. - Headed off at Terre Haute. They certainly went south with the money and Kuebler arranged plans for himself. He owed Herron $37.50 board bill, but Herron did not get to stroke the back of a quarter. Kuebler hit the trail for St. Louis at the Traction and Terminal station as it was somewhat cheaper by trolley than train. It did not take Herron long to get wise to what was going on, as he hustled down to the police station and got a warrant for Kuebler on the charge of violating the hotel law. Kuebler left some track that the police found and they headed him off at Terre Haute by telephone. Captain Hyland went after him and the Baseball manager ate supper out of a tin plate at headquarters. By the time the game was called in the Police Court Kuebler had telegraphed his brother in St. Louis and a piece of money large enough to settle Herron's claim was sent to him by telegraph. The action did little good, as shown by Judge Whallon when he went to the bat. To add to the trouble that came toward Kuebler was the news that Ran Butler had kidnapped three of the star performers of the Black Sox. The term kidnapping meant that Butler had induced the ball tossers to stay in Indianapolis and cast their fortunes with the A.B.C.s."
Indianapolis, IN
"Rain prevented the playing of the A.B.C. - St. Louis Black Sox, Saturday."
Indianapolis, IN
"The St. Louis Black Sox are said to have left the city owing a $35 board bill. If this is true, it is going to make it hard on other teams who, perchance, may hit the city before the conclusion of the season with light purses."
Indianapolis, IN
"May 29, A.B.C.s vs St. Louis Black Sox."
Indianapolis, IN
"May 30, A.B.C.s vs St. Louis Black Sox."
Indianapolis, IN
"May 31, A.B.C.s vs St. Louis Black Sox."