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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1902
Page
10
First race at 2 p m with Gay entered. Street cars go direct to the track while Columbia Garden cars transfer. Admission 31 with ladies free. Official list includes Hugh I Wilson president Lou Frank secretary Joseph A Murphy presiding judge and Ralph H Tozer associate judge.
Queen T won the sweepstakes of 100 a corner and 250 added by the Jockey Club in 22 seconds, beating Judge Thomas by a nose with Silver Dick close for show. The card included four notable quarter horse races, owner riders in the seventh race, and 40 horses shipped from the track.
With no on field action the page compiles ball scores and statistics for readers. It lists team totals and individual player numbers across leagues providing a quick digest of recent play and performance.
The article lists players with 16 or more stolen bases this season including McLaughlin Spokane Schwartz Seattle Howells Spokane Elsey Spokane Houtz Butte Kane Butte Donohue Spokane Hurley Seattle Weed Portland Kelly Spokane McIntyre Butte Flannery Helena Muller Portland Schmeer Helena Campbell Seattle Hurlburt Seattle Letcher Tacoma Marshall Butte and notes others with 10 or more sacrifice hits such as Deisel McLaughlin and Zeigier Portland. It also names players with five or more three base hits and with more than one home run.
Racing resumed at Hawthorne Park Chicago after two months. First race six furlongs Federal won Elsie L second Nickey D third in 1 14 1 4. Second race five furlongs Athola won Au Revoir second The Picket third in 1 02. Third race steeplechase MacLaren won Dr Nowlin second Captain Connover third in 2 59.
Readville Massachusetts August 18 opening day of the Grand Circuit meeting featured upset wins as favorites fell in multiple events. An extra racing day is planned for Saturday with Dan Ateh aiming to beat Star Pointer's 1897 pacing record 1 59 4.
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports Bozeman has faced a surge of cheap jewelry peddlers itinerant musicians and blind vendors. Police have driven off many. two peddlers receive 90 days in county jail another awaits trial while several with musicians are warned to depart.
In Cincinnati on August 18 Boston hammered Phillips from the mound in six innings. Ewing replaced him but also struggled as every Boston batter found a hit. Attendance listed at 1,500 with Boston scoring six runs. Umpire Irwin.
Pittsburg completes a 10 game season sweep by defeating Philadelphia as both pitchers labored with wildness and control issues in a tense game. The result confirms Pittsburg’s dominance this season.
A baseball style report notes umpires Can Tillman and an official crew during a game. Players mentioned include Batteries Taylor Kling Matthewson Bowerman. The text is garbled but references an umpire assignment and multiple players.
Morris Rowe of Butte says he will race the winner of the Dundon Corrigan 100 yard contest any time after Sept 14 for up to 1000 dollars. He prefers to race the winner regardless of who wins. Backing for Rowe is strong. New Britain, Conn. August 18. Hughey McGovern stopped Willie Reed in the sixth round tonight.
Cleveland edged Washington in an extra inning on August 18 with Orth a constant at bat. Attendance was 2,462. Score: Cleveland 3 Washington 2. Batteries Orth and Clarke for Cleveland, Bernhard and Wood for Washington.
A cryptic score snippet shows Boston game details with players Batteriee Hughes Young Criger Mullen and McAllister listed, suggesting a low scoring result. The fragment mentions two runs or innings and vague team names, indicating a brief box score note from a game recap.
Northern Pacific attorney filed an answer in a U S court over 1901 boiler death of James J Ray fireman. He alleges Lina Ray and heirs signed a release for 1500 dollars before suit and that the release was later written and paid to Lina Ray as administratrix.
In Philadelphia on August 18 the home team defeated Chicago easily. Patterson was hit nine times in the first two innings, scoring eight runs for Philadelphia. Pratt replaced him and pitched more effectively. Attendance 7,881. Score R H E: Philadelphia 8, Chicago 0. Batteries Pratt and Sullivan for Philadelphia. Plank and Schreck for Chicago.
The Baltimore American League club turned the tables on St Louis this noon. Harper exited early after two innings while Katoll limited the visitors to one run. Attendance was about 1,400 as the batteries were Katoll and Robinson for Baltimore and Harper, Kane, Kahoe for St Louis.
In Milwaukee Milwaukee defeated Colorado Springs 4 to 3. The Peoria Denver game was postponed by rain. The Kansas City Des Moines game also postponed due to rain. In St Joseph the Omaha St Jo contest details are incomplete.
Edward Ivey of the Elkhorn stage line wed Lizzie McIntyre daughter of W. D. McIntyre of Boulder yesterday at the groom's Elkhorn creek home. The ceremony joined prominent local families in a quiet Boulder celebration.
Gardner overwhelms Root in round seventeen delivering brutal stomach blows. Root collapses twice and is unable to continue as Gardner’s left hooks and combinations dominate the late action. Referee stops the bout with Root unable to rise.
In Salt Lake City preliminary to the Root Gerdner bout at Salt Palace, B C McLaughlin of Montana and Prof Eugene Thompson of Salt Lake fight best two of three for 500 dollars and a 590 dollar side bet. Thompson wins first fall in eight minutes with a half Nelson and arm hold. McLaughlin takes second in 100 minutes with a half Nelson and body hold. Thompson clinches the match in nine and a half minutes with a Nelson and bar hold.
Clay Robinson Co sold thirty eight head averaging 1862 pounds for 6.9 per hundred pounds to Bloom Cattle Co of Malta Montana. The sale set a record as the highest price for straight range cattle, surpassing last year by 1.15 and topping the Keeling Wyomings by 44 cents.
At a special school board meeting in Twin Bridges the decision was made to open schools on September 1. A four mill tax for school purposes and one mill for the sinking fund were levied.
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