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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1919
Page
11
Cleveland defeats New York 2 to 1 in Cleveland on August 18, snapping Mays first loss since joining the Yankees. Cleveland plated two runs in the eighth after a sequence of hits and a sacrifice. New York's lone run came on a walk to Hannah and subsequent scoring play.
Hal Malone owned and driven by W. Fen Dennis of Salt Lake City won the 2:08 pace in straight heats at the opening day of the Great Western meet at the state fair in Springfield Tl Aug 18. Best time 2 04. In the 2:10 trot Louis Winters won with Mist Pinkerton second and Edith third. The 2:13 pace produced four heats won by The Departure with Harold Montgomery second after a poor start. Sister Norte and Miss Eagle were distanced in the third heat. Best time 2 06.
In Philadelphia Aug 18 Meusel homered with Blackburne aboard to tie in the ninth, but in the thirteenth Bigbes hit the winning homer for Pittsburg as Cooper and Schmidt vs Tragesser. Final score Pittsburg 3 Philadelphia 2. Game ends in tie in St Louis Boston double header rained out after St Louis and Boston played 10 innings with Hornsby and Stock tallying for Boston and Dilhoefer for St. Louis.
Chicago Aug. 18 Ray Schalke catcher for the Chicago American League club set a new mark by catching his team’s game with Philadelphia, his one hundredth game caught this season and the seventh consecutive season with that total. His nearest rival was George Gibson who caught 100 games for six seasons, though not consecutively.
The Grand American handicap trapshooting tournament attracted entrants from many occupations including a piano maker an oil operator railroad engineer jewelers lawyers and physicians among others. Notable past winners include bankers manufacturers butchers and a barber in the last five years. Coast League scores list Salt Lake 2 Los Angeles 12 Seattle 2 with no other games scheduled.
The column surveys New Yorks NL hopes, Cincinnati pennant odds, and Chicagos lead as Ruth hits home run milestones. It then pivots to British racing history with Flying Childers, the Jockey Club, Newmarket training methods, and Ted Sloan’s era defying techniques and royal ties.
Montana seeks a first class coach as it plans to reenter collegiate football. A J Robertson, former Montana quarterback, is a top candidate after coaching at Georgetown College Kentucky. Belgian Damier once starred for UCLA and considered by Montana. both Montana products would boost western football prestige. American Association results included Columbus St Paul and others. a note mentions Sloan’s turf ban following a minor offense.
Francis Ouimet of Woodland overcame illness to complete the 36 hole qualifying at Oakmont Country Club for the national amateur championship. Despite rain and fatigue, he finished with a medal score of 188 and tied for sixteenth, aided by two doctors awaiting after his final holes.
Archie Ternan used a free meal ticket from a returned doughboy at the Florence Hotel. He faced a charge of obtaining meals under false pretenses but was dismissed after claiming ignorance of regulations. He offered to pay for the meal. In San Salvador, the health board bars passengers from Honduran ports San Lorenzo and Amapala due to yellow fever.
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