Monthly Archives: April 2021

Gonzaga Close but No Cigar

April 8, 2021 | by Steve Nicewanger

The Gonzaga Bulldogs were the story of the 2021 NITY. Would they be the first team since the 1976 Indiana Hoosier team to go undefeated? It was hard not to love the Bulldogs, from a small university in Spokane, Washington. Even Bob Knight was rooting for them. But it was … Read More

100 Years Ago: April 9-15

April 8, 2021 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, April 14, 1921: Nearly 11,000 baseball fans attended the opening game at Washington Park yesterday afternoon to see the Indianapolis Indians put over the winning 3 to 2 tally in the ninth inning against the Columbus Senators. The great game of thrills featuring spectacular fielding, … Read More

April 1968

April 8, 2021 | by CJ Woods III

This column originally appeared in March 2016. “I stand here ironing, and what you asked me moves tormented back and forth with the iron.” — Tillie Olsen; “I Stand Here Ironing.” I was standing at an ironing board, pressing the white smock I wore as an attendant at a psychiatric … Read More

Handcrafted Baskets — A Piece of Americana

April 8, 2021 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

In the early part of 1973, Dave Longaberger noticed that many department stores were selling imported baskets. It occurred to him that people might also have an appreciation for baskets like the fine handcrafted ones his father had taught him to make many years before. With his father’s help, he … Read More

John Dillinger, the Ballplayer

April 8, 2021 | by Al Hunter

Despite John Dillinger’s meteoric rise to infamy and spectacular headline grabbing death, his Indianapolis boyhood was unexceptional. He attended public schools for eight years in the Circle City and was a typical student. His teachers recalled that he liked working with his hands, was good with all things mechanical and … Read More