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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1920
Page
8
A blend of boxing and wrestling notes dominates this Anaconda Standard slice. Ruth cracks her 38th home run. Dempsey and Miske loom as likely title fight contenders with possible Benton Harbor date. Santel Pesek wrestle to two hour draw. Dodgers and Giants slip into a theme of mischief and luck as players adjust and chase.
American athletes including Carl Linder Jor Organ Earl Eby Duke Kahanamoku and Loren Murchison head to Antwerp as ambassadors and competitors. Trials at Travers Island boosted Linder Organ and Eby with strong form. Eby eyes multiple events 490 800 and 1500 meter relays while Duke Kahanamoku aims for more records as Murchison earns a sprint spot with a 10 second flat showing.
St Louis beat Brooklyn 4 to 1 at Brooklyn as Marquard yielded eleven hits and four runs in seven innings. Hornsby drove in three with a triple and a double, while another run came off Smith with a triple. Batteries Doak Heathcote Marquard Smith Miller.
The article argues over a potential Dempsey versus Wills bout, noting Dempsey’s readiness if a large purse is posted and Wills’s reputation as a faker. It warns against a clash that could inflame racial tensions, urges boxing minds to keep the sport's integrity intact, and cautions against “white hope” spectacles.
A campaign led by Boss Carey aims to secure a Johnson versus Wills bout. Carey, a Chicago political figure of the Carey’s Chickens group, leverages influence with the city’s Black voters to pull Jack Johnson from jail into the ring after prior talks with Johnson during and after his surrender to marshals.
Chicago Aug 2 An offer of ten thousand dollars for Joe Beckett English heavyweight champion to box Tony Mel choir of Chicago was cabled to Charles Cochran London promoter under contract with Beckett by the Chicago boxer's manager.
In Beveren Belgium Aug 3 incomplete pistol and small-bore rifle results favor the United States for both events with K T Frederick 496 leading pistol individuals and N A N uegstein 691 top in small bore. Costa second with 48% using an American pistol. Paul Van Asbroeck Belgian underperforms. Results await tomorrow closing day and the army revolver event. Nineteen nations compete including Sweden Norway Denmark France Switzerland Finland Brazil Canada Great Britain and Portugal.
Peter June driven by Edward Geers won the Elks Club 2 09 trot at the Grand Circuit meeting in Toledo Ohio on opening day earning a $5,000 purse.
Baseball scores from St. Paul 0 against Indianapolis 9 Milwaukee 2 against Louisville 1 Kansas City 14 against Columbus 7 with Minneapolis Toledo previously playing in the schedule.
Coast League summary notes Los Angeles 2 Beattie 3 with no other games on the schedule.
Bar silver figures from New York show domestic 95 per cent, foreign 93 and Mexican dollars 7 per L.ondon reports holiday observance on August 2.
Tia Juana report details the despair of Mrs. Johnson, Jack Johnson’s white wife, amid social ostracism. The Chicago marriage eight years past left her worn and isolated, with observers noting her longing to go somewhere she is not known and to escape the scandal surrounding the heavyweight champion.
A battered portrait of a Black woman living with a white master, facing isolation and humiliation in a string of cities. Witnesses recount her segregation at a negro cabaret, avoidance by locals, and a fraught bond with her partner Jack as she recalls nursing a dying nephew and the emotional toll of their status along the border and beyond.
Hartford Aug 2 The Grand Circuit races at Charter Oak park Sept 6 to 10 will offer $19,000 in purses. The Charter Oak $10,000 stake for 2:12 trotters is set for Sept 9. Twenty races are on the program with four events daily and entries close Aug 23.
Spike Townsend, formerly of Philipsburg, debuted on the mound for General Office in Anaconda and the team beat Goodfriends 18 to 4. Townsend, soon a regular, will base in Anaconda after moving to a clerical post on the hill. he plans to bring his mother from Philipsburg and rent an Alpine apartment. Townsend impressed with support from teammates as Halloran and Domitrovich were targeted by the office squad for 20 hits. Barich homered for Goodfriends.
Pendleton Oregon reports all six fugitives captured after a jailbreak on July 25. The city is quiet as armed posses, which filled the streets last week, are no longer visible. A stray joke from a London ideas column ends the entry.
Boston fell 3-2 as seventh inning errors by Oeschger and Maranville let Pittsburg score two runs. Adams, Carlson and Haeffner pitched for Boston with Oeschger, Scott and O’Neill batting for Pittsburg. Scoring and fielding details are partially garbled in the report.
Cravath produced a two bagger as Philadelphia staged a ninth inning rally but fell short 4 to 2 to Chicago in a game that saw four late hits. Rixey pitched the final outs as the Phillies stranded two on base. Tyler and Kittleer split duties for Philadelphia, while Causey and Wheat played for Chicago.
New York defeated Cincinnati 5 to 2 as Nehf pitched a fine game holding the champions to five hits. The Giants hit Reuther freely and secured the win with strong relief from batteries Reuther Fisher and Allen, Nehf and Snyder.
John Pillar former Y M C A physical director at Wenatchee and former Montana light heavyweight wrestling champion drowned in the Pend Oreille river near Ione Washington Saturday evening while attempting to rescue a woman swimmer in trouble The woman was saved and Pillar with another man tried to aid her Pillar was regarded as an expert swimmer.
New York Aug 2 Deportation proceedings against Ludwig Martens the unrecognized Soviet ambassador to the United States were postponed indefinitely today Martens predicted the Soviet army would capture Warsaw within two days unless the Polish and Russian armistice delegates reach agreement
SPOKANE Aug. 2 Light more arrests were made by the police yesterday in connection with alleged peddling of narcotic drugs here. Five men were arrested last week for alleged sale of drugs. One of yesterday's arrests was a man formerly arrested last week.
The reading notes a uncertain day with sun and Venus favorable and Uranus adverse. Romance starts well morning, afternoon brings fluctuations in public opinion yet eventual good triumphs. Watch for overconfidence in love matters, emotional upsets in coming weeks, theater prospects bright, oil discoveries likely in new areas, and a prosperous year for birthdate individuals and workers.
Chicago August 2 Babe Ruth belted his thirty eighth homer before 30 000 plus fans as the Yankees shut out the White Sox 7 0 Williams wildness aided New York who also connected on two more homers with men aboard Ruth walked twice and added a double and an infield fly that nearly reached second Risberg. Williams Williams Williams
In Cleveland on August 2 Burns, pinch hitting for Right Fielder Smith in the eighth, doubled to left and scored Chapman and Speaker as Cleveland defeated Washington 2 to 0. Coveleskie pitched effectively with Courtneys and Gharrity behind him. O'Neill caught.
Detroit swept a doubleheader from Boston with 5 to 2 and 2 to 1. In the opener J Bush struggled as Detroit built an early lead, while the nightcap proved a pitchers duel. Batteries for Detroit were Oldham and Manion in the first game and Dauss and Stanage in the second. Boston’s were Harper, Schang, and Stanage.
St. Louis trailed early but rallied in the eighth, scoring six runs with two outs to beat Philadelphia 10 to 8. Sotheron was hit hard in relief and Perry exited early, as Naylor Perkins and Burwell Shocker Severeid combined on the mound for St. Louis.
Beverloo Aug 3 AP report on a recheck of targets from yesterdays 600 meter team shoot off. The United States remained tied with South Africa, a second shootoff held today saw the Americans prevail 284 to 279.
Harry Williams of the New York Times recalls Harold Lloyd visiting New York and watching a Polo Grounds game as Williams’ guest. Lloyd jokes with Williams about Babe Ruth, asking who she is, in a light exchange that highlights pop culture contrasts.
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