Double header thrills as Postoffice topples Courthouse in tenth
In Columbia Gardens yesterday Butte City league produced lively action. Postoffice beat Courthouse 12 to 3 in ten innings while Boston & Montana won 4 to 3 over Bankers in seven. Crowds of about 500 enjoyed the holiday twin bill amid errors and sharp plays.
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McCloskey
Butte
Columbia Gardens
Balla
Vernesen
Hbankers
Boston & Montane
Roston & Montana
B. I
McLaughlin
Evan
Merkle
Krueger
A Edwards
Flaherty
Winville
Masisis
A Verheyen
Biota
Seeaeee
Noyes
Cpi
Kloeckner
Murphy
Wee
Boston & Montana
Bankers
Tretheway
Dolson
Verheyen
Mit
Etalla
Claybourn
Heston
Montana
Jones
Crandall Flounders as Chicago Walks Off with Win
National League action as Chicago defeats New York in a late walkaway. Crandall toed the rubber for New York and was roughed up, allowing nine Chicago runs on bunched hits and errors. Brown held New York to four hits and no two in an inning, while New York’s offense managed only one runner past second. Batteries: Brown Needham Cran dall Meyers Wilson.
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Chicago
Crandall
New York
Brown
Brown and
Needham
Geist
Ebbetts
Brooklyn
Schnitzer
Lawrence
Massachusetts
Dent
Redmond
Winston-Salem
Vaughan
Macon
G. Smith
Shreveport
Clarke Griffith
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Righet
Griffith
Umepire
Beckendorf
Detroit
Bill Graham
Browns
Boston
Vermont College
Ray Collins
Karger
St. Paul
St. Louis
Fick
Centaur
Burchell
Washington
Joe Ohl
Philadelphia National
Duke Farrell
Arthur Irwin
John J. Bruce
National Commission
Tigers
Bennett Park
Jesse Tannehill
Minneapolis
Fromme
Bonesetter Reeve
Ed Bridges
Northampton
Hulswitz
Detroit Beats Chicago to Tie for First in League
Detroit defeated Chicago 7 to 1 in a game on August 15 to pull even for the lead. Burns yielded few hits and the verdict was settled in the first two innings. The box score shows Detroit compiling runs in the early frames as Burns struggled. Team figures cite Burns, Owens, and Keckendorf among the contributing players.
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Detroit
Chicago
Burns
R. H. KB
Treamole
Civic Cars
Withiesesa
Killians
hKeckendorf
Iene
Owens
Williams and Champions' Yellow Bra Gen Wins at Butte
Williams and Champions' Yellow Bra gen, a colorfully named greyhound trained over four weeks by William H. Smith, captured a 16-dog stake at the Butte coursing park, defeating Dr. Kelly's Prince Charming in the finals for a third win in four outings as Tom Knight's Wild Boy pressed rivals.
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Williams & Champions
Yellow Bragen
Colorado Greyhound
William H. Smith
Butte Coursing Park
Dr. Kelly
Prince Charming
Tom Knight
Fleet Wild Boy
Brazen Dominates Early Match Race Despite No Scoring
Right and left fell before Yellow Bra zen in the first round yesterday without scoring. In a match race with Pete Teague's Ciicle Brazen won handily. Smith boasted of a top hound this season and predicted a front-runner showing at the national meeting. Leash handlers credit dog handling for ongoing success. In another match race R. M. Campbell's Jennie Keen beat John Blake's Consolation as a crowd watched and pools took in money.
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Pete Teague
Ciicle
Smith
R. M. Campbell
Jennie Keen
John Blake
City Golf Title Begins At Butte Country Club
The city golf competition opened at the Butte Country Club with v2 entrants in the preliminaries. Qualified players include Carr, Patterson, Barker, Graham, Pigot, Pirie, Sale, and Hodgens. No handicaps. early rounds set for this week. Barker and Sale remain as contenders for the Hight Fairfield cup. In the ladies event Mrs Reno Sales beat Miss Opitz in a tight final to win the diamond bracelets for both contestants.
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Butte Country Club Links
Carr
Patterson
Barker
Graham
Pigot
Pirie
Sale
Hodgens
Sales
Reno Sales
Miss Opitz
Bozeman Independents Top Three Forks 21 to 0 in Game
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports Bozeman Independents defeated Three Forks 21 to 0 in a ball game played this afternoon. Hiartman pitched for Bozeman, keeping Three Forks puzzled. Ferguson allowed four errors early, replaced by Eberly in the third. About five hundred fans attended. Kline pitched for Three Forks with Belhis behind the plate. Lynch was Bozeman catcher and Joe Kindler umpired. Bozeman failed to score only in two innings.
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Bozeman
Bozeman Independents
Hiartman
Ferguson
Eberly
Kline
Belhis Md
Lynch
Boreman
Joe Kindler
Twin Bridges Fall to Butte Painters in Fast Contest
Twin Bridges lost 4 to 0 to the Butte painters in a brisk game here. Kecklund, injured finger after a wide pitch, and Smithroth, with a perfect game and 16 strikeouts, helped the visitors. Ocklund started at first, his finger injury costing a run as Ryan pitched steadily for Butte with 13 strikeouts.
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Twinridges
Twin Bridges
Butte Painters
Kecklund
Trennery
Smithroth
Ocklund
Ryan
Deer Lodge Sweeps Doubleheader Over Anaconda in Park
In Deer Lodge two baseball games against Anaconda resulted in Deer Lodge taking both contests on the new city park grounds. The opener ended 3 to 2 with Hender hitting a three-base hit with the bases loaded. The second game finished 15 to 1 as Deer Lodge showed strong offense and control.
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Deer Lodge
Anaconda
Hender
Two Polo Tournaments for American Honors
New York Aug 15 Tournaments set for Buffalo Country Club and Dedham and Norfolk fields run Sept 6 to 18. Entries close Aug 25. Buffalo plays for the challenge cup with individual prizes under regular handicaps. Myopia and Dedham each have two wins, so the trophy may find a permanent owner this year unless a new winner emerges.
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New York
Buffalo Country Club
Dedham
Mass
Dedham Polo Club
Norfolk Country Club
Polo Association
Onwentsia
Buffalo
Polo Committee
Perry
Marsden J. Perry
John R. Gladding
Myopia
Baron Dieskau Versus Herkimer Highlight Sanford Futurity Prep
Saratoga Aug 16 Baron Dieskau led Sanford two year olds in a potent display as Taplin guided Herkimer to victory while jockey Hayes kept Baron Dieskau in check. The stable planned to win with Herkimer, but Dieskau’s late surge showed its potential for the Futurity at Sheepshead Bay next month.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Baron Dieskau
Sanford
Amsterdam
Sheepshead Bay
Herkimer
Hayes
Baron Pieskau
Littl
Taplin
Man and Woman in Duel in Orange Texas
E H Rice and his sister in law Mrs Smith fought a street duel with revolvers over domestic trouble. Rice was shot and placed in serious condition, while Mrs Smith is in jail.
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Orange
Tex
E. H. Rice
Smith
Rice
Miss Klingman Killed In Sully County Auto Crash
Pierre S D Aug 15 Miss Helen Klingman was killed and E A West a local real estate man was injured when their car balked and overturned on a steep Sully County hill trapping Klingman beneath the vehicle in tonight’s accident.
Broadway Theatre Season Opens With Starry Slate of Shows
New York season kicks off with Jace Ven Staddiford resuming a tour in The Golden Butterfly and Billy the Farce starring Sidney Drew. Strong company support backs The Ringmaster by Olive Porter and plans for Zangwill and Crawford dramas, with Dustin Farnum touring Cameo Kirby and Miss Van Studdiford returning in The Golden Butterfly.
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Nancy Sykes
New York
Standard
Firel
Neu al al Daly
Sidney Drew
Drew Family
Billy
S.immage
Hackett Theater
Liberty Theater
Louise Drew
John Drew
John Thomas
Richard Sterling
Lionel Walsh
Nina Morris
Ringmaster
Olive Porter
Maxine Milcott Theater
Shuberts
Edward Emery
Arthur Byron
Frederick Burton
Lauretta Taylor
Oza Waldrop
Marion Ballou
United States
Emery
Mr. Emery
James T. Powers
Havana
Mr. Powers
Dodson
Gaiety Theter
William J. Kelly
Mr. Kelly
Bunker Hill
George Tyler
Liebler & Co
Viola Allen
Zangwill
Crawford
Booth Tarkington
Leon Wilson
Foreign Exchange
Joseph Medil Patterson
Harriet Ford
Little Brother of the
Mr. Patterson
Davison Theater
Milwaukee
Harry Askin
Henry
Franklin P. Adams
A. Baldwin Sloan
Edgar P. Temple
New York Hippodrome
Lewis Morton
John E. Young
Juliette Lange
Chicago
Elizabeth Goodale
David Kirkland
Annette Hall
Mr. Askin
Grace van Studdiford
de Koven
Harry C. Middleton
Smith
Middleton
Miss van Studdiford
Augustus Pitou
Europe
Paris
London
Berlin
Chauncey Olcott
Saratoga
Mr. Olcott
al H. Wilson
Metz
Ireland
E. KB. Tilton
Mr. Wilson
Metz Kiomikilty
Wilson
Sidney R. Ellis
Umpire
Jack Straw
Charles Frohman
Lyceum Theater
Doris Keane
William Courtenay
New Amsterdam
Belasco
George
Empire Theater
Cohan & Harris Minstrels
St Olaf College Band Attracts Tonight
The St Olaf College band under F M Christiansen performs tonight at 8:30 at the Auditorium. Paul A Schmidt is manager and Oscar A Gronseth is baritone. Program includes Willow Grove, Pas des Fleurs, Arbucklenian Polka, Elsa Entering the Cathedral, Freischutz overture, Norwegian Rhapsody, Miserere, The Celebrated Minuet, The Smithy and Kari na Mari, plus Semper Fideles.
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St. Olaf College
F. Melius Christiansen
West
Paul A. Schmidt
Oscar A. Gronseth
Willow Grove
Sorrentino
Dealibes
George Molin
Hartmann
Elsa
Wagner
Paderewski
Gounod
Karina Mari
Sousa
Death From Heat in Middle West
In Kansas City an official maximum of 97, highest of the year, and Kansas observatories reporting up to 99. James McBreen, a veteran at the national soldiers home Leavenworth, died from the heat. St Louis saw storms bring some relief but two deaths and about a dozen prostrations. Omaha reported seven heat deaths with a 96 degree high.
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Kansas City
Kansas
James McBreen
National Soldiers’ Home
Leavenworth
St. Louis
Old Fashioned Swatfest on the Old Green Sod
Dublin August 15 An excursion party from the Ancient Order of Hibernians was attacked today at Port Adown Armagh by a mob of stone throwing Orangemen. Six hundred policemen were called to suppress the riot, many injured.
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Dublin
Order of Hibernians
Port Adown
Armagh
Morocco Halts Attacks as Bagdadi Orders Ceasefire
Fez reports General Bagdadi leaves for the Rif to tell tribes to stop attacking the Spaniards. The sultan also orders Madrid to inform General Marina in Maiko to refrain from offensive moves against the tribes.
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Fez
Bagdadi
Riff
Madrid
Marina
Maiko
Collapse of building at Winnipeg
In Winnipeg on August 15 a concrete apartment block named the Bredalben under construction collapsed after heavy rains softened the concrete. Four men were inside inspecting the work. two were gravely injured and rushed to a hospital, one in dying condition.
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Winnipeg
Bredalben
Baseball Notes on Players and Teams in 1900s Era
The article surveys multiple baseball figures and clubs. It notes Detroit and Washington siblings, Delos Drake joining Detroit for September, and Cantillon and Johnson staff movements. It mentions injuries and lineups, bids for Kling to Cincinnati, Willis and Geist acquisitions, and a lightning strike at Bennett Park.
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Selivelts
Detroit
Washington
Twirler
Delos Drake
Jennings
Detroits
Sam Crane
Mike Kelly
TJ Cobb
Charley Dooley
Utica
Joe Cantillon
Connolly
West
Ban Johnson
Thomas
Cantillon
Carlisle
Lelivert
McAleer
St. Louis
Wallace
Neal Ball
Cleveland
Donovan
Mullin
Suggs
Works
Speer
Green
Willett
Walter Johnson
John Kling
Cincinnati
Chicago
Frank Bowerman
Boston
Dovey
Griffith
Brooklyn
Lumley
Floyd Willis
Clyde Geist
Guthrie
Willis
Vic Willis
Pittsburg
Preacher Delivers Open Air Sermon at Garden Night
In St. Louis on August 15 Rev. Jacob M. Meeker of Compton Heights Congregational church preached a 15 minute sermon to pleasure seekers in a summer garden. Facing beer tables and a theater crowd, he urged outreach to those who would not attend church, drawing about 1 000 listeners.
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St. Louis
Board of Trustees
Jacob KE. Meeker
Compton Heights
One Bumping Captain Sparks Riot With Polish Sharpshooters
Chicago August 15 Twenty Polish sharpshooters returning from a picnic clashed with a crowd after an officer struck a boy with a sword. The crowd overwhelmed the soldiers and the captain ordered a bayonet charge. Police arrested five bruised soldiers as the riot ended without serious injuries.
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Chicago
Old Montana Railroad closes Helena office
Helena report states the Montana railroad office is closed and records and furniture will be moved to Chicago where the company will base its headquarters. The road now operates as a subsidiary of the Chicago Milwaukee Puget Sound line after purchasing Montana rights of way for a coastward through route.
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Helena
Montana Railroad
Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee & Pugett Sound Railroad
Montana
Jerry Welch
A. J. Hills
F. A. McMann
Messrs. Hills and McMann
Mr. Welch
Milwaukee
Puget Sound
I. W. Holder
Montana Road
Seattle
Northern Pacific Railroad
Defiant Saloonkeepers Open on Sunday in Atlantic City
Atlantic City N J Aug 15 Saloon keepers and amusement venue operators refused to close on Sunday defying Lord's Day alliance efforts to enforce Sunday closing laws. Despite bonds on 59 waterfront dealers most bars and cafes remained open extra bartender teams served a record crowd. A baseball game at Inlet Park proceeded with uniformed police present to deter raids.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Lord's Day Alliance
Waquor
Inlet Park
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