The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-27

Marion at Elwood.
Thursday
indianapolis at Marion.
Anderson at Muncie.
Richmond at Elwood.
Friday, Jan. l. 1904
Elwood at Indianapolis (afternoon).
Anderson at Muncie (afternoon).
Marion at Richmond (afternoon).
Indianapolis at Anderson (nighD.
Muncie at Elwood (nighO.
Marion at Richmond (nighO.
Saturday
Elwood at Indianapolis.
Muncie at Richmond.
Anderson at Marion.
Central League Games This Week.
Monday
Kokomo at Terre Haute.
Lafayette at Fort Wayne.
Tuesday
Lafayette at Danville.
Logansport at Kokomo.
"wednesday
Danville at Fort Wayne
Logansport at Lafayette.
Thursday
Fort Wayne at Danville.
Terre Haute at Logansport.
Friday, Jan. 1, 1904
Fort Wayne at Lafayette 1.-TWO games).
Kokomo at Danville 1.-TWO gameS).
Logansport at Lafayette 1.-TWO games).
Saturday,
Fort Wayne at Logansport.
Danville at Kokomo.
Since the disruption of the Eastern Polo
League and the organizing of the Western
and central leagues roller skating has
taken decided impetus all over the West.
Old Kinks are being rebuilt and new ones
are now in process of erection in many
cities in Indiana and the surrounding
States and the indications are that this
popular and healthful pastime will enjoy
the most enthusiastic season it has known
next year.
The new Coliseum rink in Chicago was
formally opened to the public Dec. Z.
Night after night the big hall is filled with
people, some who are beginners and others
who have won fame and fortune on the
seductive rollers in years gone by. The
Coliseum is brilliantly lighted, sixty arc
lamps being hung in different parts of the
hall. Forty-eight of these lights are sus-
pended in six clusters of eight each and
the remaining twelve are scattered
throughout the balcony, which seats 5000
people. In addition to the arc lamps there
are 400 sixteen candle power incandescent
lamps strung across the monstrous arches
above the skating surface. An idea of the
size of the skating surface OF the Coliseum
may be judged by the fact that when one
has encircled the floor eight times he has
skated one mile.
Arrangements now being made by
Manager Richardson, of the Coliseum,
whereby contests of fast and fancy skating
will be feature. Some of the fastest
skaters in the country will meet in the new
rink early in January and 1t is probable
that some records which have stood for
many years will be broken as the floor is
conceded to be the best and fastest in the
United States.
Lafayette witnessed its first at-home
game in the Central League series on
Wednesday of last week. This suspicious
event was awaited by the people of La
fayette with much interest and the great
crowd that witnessed the contest left the
new rink with an aggravated case of polo
fever
The Lafayette team dedicated the open
ing of the new rink by a neat victory
over the Terre Haute five. Captain Wiley
and his band got a poor start in the race
for the leadership of the Central League
as they had no place whatever In which to
practice A safe statement is that they
will be heard from before many moons
as the Lafayette team has some fast men
in its combination. Lafayette was the only
team In the Central League to win two
games Christmas day.
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Manager Frank Wilson, of Logansport,
has signed a new rush who sails under
the euphonious name of Callahan. Who
he is or where he came from no one
knows Callahan took Menard's place at
second rush in the game against the La
fayette five on Christmas night and, ac-
cording to reports, played a good game.
Manager Wilson should learn that TO be
continually signing new players unless his
team can be greatly strengthened by so
doing will not go a great way toward up
lifting the game and better partner than
Menard on the rush line for 1.-THE Flying
Swede," ole, would be hard to find
One of the best men in the Western
League playing the position of half back
is Jimmy Cameron, of the Marion team.
Cameron played with Racine last year
and Manager Joe Fox of the Marion ag-
eregation made a ten-strike when he signed
this popular player. Cameron is a star
blocker and is also an adept in passing
the ball.
The Marion and Indianapolis teams have
been neck and neck in the race for the
first Mace in the Western League all the
mast week Each team won one game
and lost one on Christmas day. The wise
ones" are picking the two teams named
as the probable fives TO meet In the nnals
for the championship of the major league.
Tim Murname the Eastern polo authority.
in a statement made at the opening of the
Western League season, said that 1t would
hardly be possible to judge the strength
of the teams comprising this league until
the first of the year. The first or the new
Year is now but a few days away and the
first and last teams in the race are sep
arated by barely one hundred points.
such a cloSeness' is seldom seen In any
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