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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1907
Page
12
The Cubs beat Butte 6 to 4 amid a storm of misplays and late rallies. Old Dog Shaffer and Ed Bruyette starred for Seattle with steady defense while Bert Coy held the line on the mound. A single error proved costly as Chicago seized momentum in the middle innings and pulled away.
A tense baseball inning by inning recount shows Shaffer on base and Teddy Roosevelt facing Curvy throwing Arbogast. The seventh inning brings disaster as Shaffer scores on a fielding miscue while Smith fails to stop the ball, Coy drives in two runs, securing the decisive moment and the score.
Russ Hall plans to have the Butte team entertain the Bloomer girls during their Montana swing. If not a game, the matchup promises amusement for local fans who recall the five year old meeting with the Butte reporters. Eddie Quinn of Spokane aims to schedule Edmonton Twilight League games after the Northwest season. Edmonton tops its circuit and features several familiar ballplayers. Jess Stovall, on leave from Louisville for family reasons, hopes to join a Northwest team again and continues as a left handed flychaser. Billy Edwards, the famed lightweight, fought for years at Madison Square Garden and later held the lightweight title before serving as a house detective at the Hoffman House.
Thirty six golfers enter the Butte championship with medal play from scratch to set eight for match play. The finals run September 1 and 2 with 18 holes each day. A consolation round for the next eight qualifiers offers a cup donated by Mr Rosenblatt.
Gleason Rickaby McCarthy and Sullivan, noted handball experts from Montana, will contest the championship at McNallys alleys on North Main Street next Sunday afternoon. Entry remains open as other players are expected to join. Gold medals will be awarded to the winners.
Bar Harbor Me Aug 20. The eighth annual Bar Harbor horse show opens today as a major society event. Three days will feature 35 classes along with trotting and running races. The equine exhibition serves as the dress parade of the season with local society women vying to outshine rivals.
The report recounts the Davis vs McCoole heavyweight bout at Road’s Point Mo on Sept 19. Davis, older and weakened by illness, battled valiantly through 34 rounds lasting 24 minutes before a decisive finish as McCoole prevailed. Davis endured severe facial injuries and refused quitting.
E D Conway and Ed Butler were bound over to district court by Justice Robert Ornsby with bonds set at 2500 each. They face charges of passing counterfeit money from a Merchants and Planters bank bill. Case tied to a spree of bogus notes in Montana city areas, with further prosecutions planned.
John L Sullivan, still witty and candid, warns against fakes and booze as he recalls Kilrain fights. He urges young men to be on the level, be square, and keep from alcohol. Sullivan notes Jeffries is finished, then reflects on aging champions and the dangers of drinking. The pairheadlines a tug between memory and tonight’s remnant of still-not-quite-gone fighters.
The International Railroad Master Blacksmiths Association, with master blacksmiths from 346 railways in the United States and Canada, opened a three day session at the Bath hotel in Montreal on August 20. J. S. Sullivan of Columbus, Ohio serves as president.
Mrs Smith scans the Sporting Life section and gasps at July like headlines about Mike Johnson loosing a pivotal hit and the Sox roaring past Waddell. Mr Smith shrugs, noting the town’s sports fever and the brutal language around the game as baseball’s hell when your team isn’t in the race.
Bozeman won the second game of the Bozeman Dillon series this afternoon 5 to 1. The play was ragged with numerous errors throughout the game.
Newport Rhode Island August 20 play started today in the United States Lawn Tennis association singles championship with many top amateurs entering. The winner will face William J Clothier in the final for the title.
The doubles champions Holcombe Ward and Beals Wright will defend their title. Winners of several interscholastic singles tournaments will compete here for the championship beginning Thursday.
Salt Lake Tribune reports doubling the Oregon Short Line between Salt Lake City and Ogden will start next spring and finish by fall. Rail and tie shortages are being addressed though electrification is not immediate. The project aims to ease traffic and aid regional development. From Cleveland Plain Dealer. Dr. Wiley scoffs at pie and Dr. Osler mocks soup, yet public curiosity remains.
In Erie at the first class postmasters convention, 325 officers attend with nearly 20 Washington officials including Hitchcock Lawshe De Graw Vickery Covert Young and Grant. Discussions cover streetcar mail boxes second class mail and a monument dedication in Warren with J G Pratt traveling from Honolulu as the farthest delegate. Nashville Tenn is eyed as a leading contender for the next gathering.
York Pennsylvania August 20 The Retail Merchants Association of Pennsylvania held its convention in York with strong delegations from 138 local retailer bodies represented by attendees gathering to discuss industry issues and policies.
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