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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1909
Page
20
After a three day layoff the Anna conda Jockey club resumes at Um Copper city course with the Western Boosters handicap as the highlight. Lyte Knight Giorlo Misery and Hanna Louise lead a strong field to contest a banner race expected to draw a big Butte crowd and top-class competition.
The fifteenth annual State Tennis association tournament began at Hunter's Hot Springs with lively opening rounds. Notable results include Mosher defeating Johnson in a tense match and Pincott, Matheson, and others advancing. Finals set for Friday with handicap play starting tomorrow. Dr. F Cuttle offers a trophy for next year's doubles.
The Gate of the big Marathon in Butte promoted by Jack Cooper has been set back a week. The race will be at Columbia Gardens with a likely 15 mile route due to concerns about the high altitude affecting runners.
The program opens with The Mayor Gangner purse for 3-year-olds and up over a mile and a sixteenth, featuring 116 payloads and mixed odds. Subsequent races include the J purse for 3-year-olds at six furlongs and the Commercial Day purse for 8-year-olds and up at one mile, plus the Western Roosters handicap over five and a half furlongs and the E. P. Mathewson purse over one and one-sixteenth miles.
Lakin Wis Aug 17 Dr C D Oakford editor of the Deerfield News was hanged in effigy by local citizens after he urged Americans to protest President Tafts handshake with Diaz of Mexico. The action followed his article criticizing the intergovernmental gesture and stirring local controversy.
The schedule lists Chicago vs Detroit, St. Louis vs Cleveland, Philadelphia vs Washington, and Boston vs New York as upcoming games with teams set to clash across major venues.
In Detroit on August 17 the team could not drive in runners as men stood on base with singles or deep flies. Reckless baserunning added to the defeat as Summers and Schmidt pitched for the Batteries while Scott and Owens played in the field.
Cleveland swept the twin bill against St Louis with multiple errors in both games. First game features Batteries Joss and Hasterly with Pastnerese in key roles. second game lists Young, Bemis, and Criger among others. New York–Boston game postponed due to rain.
Results from multiple marked games show Milwaukee defeating Columbus 4 to 0 at Milwaukee-Columbus. St Paul beat Louisville 5 to 1. Minneapolis beat Indianapolis 2 to 0. Kansas City beat Toledo 8 to unknown.
In Sacramento California the Sacramento team defeated Vernon 6 to 4. Oakland beat San Francisco at Oakland 6 to 3. Portland hosted Los Angeles with a 6 to 4 result for Oakland in the early games.
A baseball match last night saw B and M win 6 to 3 over the M J B's. Errors favored B and M with five by M J B and two by B and M. The first inning saw three hits by B and M and three errors by M J B.
Australian featherweight Charles Griffin sailed aboard the St. Paul for Southampton. He plans to challenge the Driscoll Moran winner, slated for September 13 at the National Sporting Club in London, and would fight any opponent up to 142 pounds. He intends to return to New York in the fall for several fights.
Cincinnati faces Chicago, St. Louis meets Pittsburg, Brooklyn plays Boston, and New York travels to Philadelphia in a slate of interleague games.
Overall pitched a complete game against Cincinnati allowing four hits and nine strikeouts to secure a 2 0 win. Myers was struck in the mouth by a line drive before the game, suffered a bad cut. Batteries Overhall and Needham, Gasper and Roth worked behind him.
Pittsburg defeated St Louis 11 to 5 in a rain shortened game called in the eighth due to wet grounds. A second game was postponed for the same reason and a double header was set for tomorrow. Batteries Maddox Brandom Adams Leever Gibson and Beebe Phelps listed.
Tacoma game summary shows Spokane defeating Tacoma 10 to 7 on August 17 in Spokane. Players mentioned include Batteries Annis Gaker Conrad Killilay Claflin Home Ostdiek.
In Seattle on August seventeenth the ECOL team faced East TK Pint in a tense contest. Batteries Miller and Shea led the home squad, with Pad Dock and Brooks contributing steady play as the game remained tied late.
Pueblo 9 Des Moines 2 in Pueblo. Omaha 1 at Denver 4. Wichita 8 over Lincoln. Topeka 5 at Topeka. Sioux City 2 at Sioux City.
New York report says a September 3 showdown between Stanley Ketchel and Langford at the Fairmont club is expected to draw a select audience. With $12,500 offered and limited seating, cheapest tickets rise to 10 and top prices reach 39 dollars. Uncertainty remains over Ketchel’s timely appearance and training pace for the bout.
Stanley Ketchel weighs over 185 pounds and travels from California to New York to train for a September 3 duel with Sam Langford at the Fairmont Athletic Club. Promoter Willus Britt says postponement may be sought, Ketchel vows to win, and Papke and Coffroth talk remain unsettled as boxing plans shift.
San Francisco Aug 17 The Mission Athletic Club hosts two 20 round bouts at the Coliseum rink with Dick Hyland and Johnny Frayne in the lightweight clash and Monte Attell versus Percy Cove in the other. Attell is rising as a bantam favorite while Frayne shows improvement on a recent eastern trip and Hyland endures to exhaust opponents. Cave and McFarland are noted, with Attell regarded as the top rider in his county.
San Francisco reports Garibaldi the match maker has almost given up on securing Papke and Mantell for September. He opened talks for a 20 round fight between Lew Powell and the Hyland Frayne winner. If set, Cohen is again sidelined for the Labor Day bout at Butte. Hyland and Frayne favor San Francisco venues and may listen to Garibaldi over Cohen.
Chicago reports Packy McFarland has agreed to meet Al Wolgast of Milwaukee in a 10 round bout next month. McFarland will weigh 133 pounds four hours before the fight as per Wolgast challenge.
Speculation on Ketchel versus Langford with Britt pushing Ketchel for a title shot while Langford’s toughness looms. The piece also surveys National and American leagues, noting Pirates and Wagner, Giants and Cubs, and a tight pennant chase among Chicago New York Pittsburgh and Detroit Philadelphia Boston Cleveland and the White Sox.
Saratoga N Y Aug 17 Pretend an added starter and 8 to 1 shot easily won the Albany handicap six furlongs as rain and a heavy track slowed the card Scarpia the favorite ran second In the undercard Firestone won the six furlong first race Rosimiro second Personal third Time 1 16 1 5 Glennadena won five and a half furlongs Secatecas second Little King third Time 1 10 2 5 Gloriale won one mile Rubie second Blackhawk third Time 1 45 8 5 Pretend won six furlongs Secarpia second Busy third Time 1 16 Rubia Granda won one mile Rode Beaumont second Spellbound third Time 1 45 Miss Popular won one mile Maximum second Mugwump third Time 1 47
Andy Welch of Readville announces from Cleveland that Uhlan 2 08 trotting speed and Hamburg Belle 2 02 gallop pace have matched in training. The fast trotting race is scheduled for the week of August 23 at Readville.
The Harvest er driven by Ed Geers won four straight heats in the Queen City stake at Fort Erie with a 2:09 trot time. Pacers and trotters showed strong times including 2:06 1-4 and 2:09 1-2 in separate heats with Walter W. and Inner Guard also posting four-heat victories.
In Winnipeg on August 17 Alfred Shrubb the runner strained a leg tendon in last night’s race. He is seriously injured and has canceled all season engagements, mainly in Seattle and along the Pacific coast. Shrubb was defeated by Acoose the Indian runner.
Reno Nevada August 17 The Nevada Jockey Club opened a 15 day racing meeting drawing about 5000 spectators. Races list winners Port Mahone Myles M Connell Mollie Montrose Bardonia Mouser Black Gem with times from :58 to 1 43.
In Stockton England on August 17 the five furlong open plate for 200 sov ereigns was won by The Spider. The Harewood selling plate for 150 sovereigns over five furlongs went to Maggie May.
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