Monthly Archives: April 2014

The Polo Grounds’ Indianapolis Connection

April 24, 2014 | by Al Hunter

Fifty years ago this month, an American baseball shrine breathed it’s last breath. On April 10, 1964, a two-ton steel wrecking ball crashed into the side of the Polo Grounds located beneath Coogan’s Bluff in upper Manhattan. The walls came crashing down under the same wrecking ball (painted to look … Read More

What We Remember

April 24, 2014 | by CJ Woods III

“Love heals the wounds it makes…” – Time Is A Healer; Eva Cassidy The lyricist Diane Scanlon wrote that Eva Cassidy song, and a birthday wish from an old friend brought it to mind. I can be a “Grumpy Old Man” when it comes to social media, but it is … Read More

Hunting the North American Snipe

April 24, 2014 | by Steve Nicewanger

You know that it’s spring in North America when the Snipe starts to appear. When the Pilgrims first arrived in the New World they noticed a strange looking creature roaming the woods and waving their hind ends at them. They asked the Indians what the animal was and if it … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: April 25-May 2

April 24, 2014 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Monday, April 27, 1914:  There was considerable criticism among residents of the Irvington Park and Emerson Heights additions Friday night regarding the unreasonable delay in city firemen reaching a fire in a vacant house at 101 DeQuincy St. The fire had gained much headway for about … Read More

Critters — The Last Act

April 24, 2014 | by Rose Mary Clarke

A man of kindness, to his beast is kind. Brutal actions show a brutal mind. Remember, He who made the brute, Who gave thee speech and reason, formed him mute; He can’t complain; but God’s omniscient eye Beholds thy cruelty.  He hears his cry. He was destined thy servant and … Read More