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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1918
Page
12
Boston wins 4 to 1 over St Louis as Sotheron fills the bases and Coffey hits a homer to right center. Scarce runs scored on a fumbled throw and a sacrifice, with Nanamaker driving in two. Meanwhile Cleveland beats Washington 5 to 3 as Morton and Coveleskie pitch well. Chicago tops Philadelphia 4 to 1 with a late rally. New York defeats Detroit 5 to 2 as Mogridge drives in two with a two-base hit.
Billings city league will send a picked team to Hebgen Park next Saturday and Sunday to meet a Butte talent group. The return visit will occur in Billings on Sunday and Monday September 1 and 3. The aim is to foster statewide fan ties and raise Red Cross funds, with surplus after expenses to go to the charity. Supporters expect the site series to draw strong attendance before the season ends.
This evening at Hebgen Park the Owens Montgomery and the Fourteenth Infantry clash for second place in the City league. Umpire Merkle to oversee a fast 6:45 start with listed lineups. Nearby, James J. Corbett plans all star baseball tours for war funds with Mathewson and Cobb possibly joining post season.
Chicago pounced on New York errors and timely hitting to win 9 to 2 in the first game of the series. Tyler pitched well for the Cubs as Perritt Schupp and Rariden struggled for the Giants in a rough Aug. 21, Cincinnati 4 Philadelphia 3 in 10 innings. Roush Magee sparked Cincinnati with Magee stealing and scoring on a sacrifice fly. Pittsburg 3 Boston 2 as Leach tripled and scored after a rare misplay by Miller. St. Louis Doak held Brooklyn to five hits while Robertson allowed several St. Louis runs in a separate Aug. 21 card.
Camp Kearney California hosts a military obstacle course devised by the War Department and Dr Joseph E Raycroft to train soldiers for warfare. It features brush hurdles trenches wire entanglements a seven foot wall plank bridges and a seven minute seal time with teamwork allowed only after rifle use. In a test of 121 recruits 17 percent failed the entanglement obstacle and 10.7 percent could not climb the wall.
Chicago reports no World Series details until Secretary Baker approves government war work order affecting professional baseball. National Commission meeting in Cincinnati finalized a program and sent it to the War Department. President Ban Johnson expects Baker’s word in two or three days. A proposed Sept 4 start is noted. A German carrier was sentenced to three months for stealing 35 coffee beans from a parcel post in Sommerda per the Berliner Tageblatt.
AINSLEY BRIGGS announces a three weeks rest on full pay and a salary increase upon return. The notice highlights enhanced compensation and extended leave as part of a personnel policy update.
The New York market opened with little overall movement in speculative issues while Liberty bonds hit a new high of 102 06. Shippings led the session with strong activity, aided by reports of consolidation in American marine interests. Autohoritative denials eased pressure later. Total sales reached 215,000 shares with bonds and liberty issues driving gains.
Chicago August 21 corn futures opened under pressure as rain prospects fade and fair crop hopes dim. Oats weakened as short selling and profit taking offset scattered buying by commission houses. Butter and eggs unchanged as provisions traded in a dull pit with mixed sentiment from traders.
Livestock receipts reported with strong hog demand and steady to firm cattle and sheep markets. Portland and Minneapolis notes show mixed cattle prices and lamb values, while grain and money markets list unchanged or steady quotes. Minor data on receipts, weights, and regional variations accompany financial markers from New York and London.
Kellogg based Bunker Hill & Sullivan Co reports 1917 gross $3,546,474 and net $1,891,380 with $2,045,000 in dividends to stockholders. Mine produced 453,030 tons processed through concentrating plant over 356 days, amid development at Bunker Hill smelter and related operations. Idaho silver lead gains projected from silver price cap change expected to add about $225,000 to Coeur d Alene region output in 1918.
The Butte Copper and Zinc company reports a July yield of manganese ore sent from Seligman via New York. It is described as the largest monthly manganese production yet, with freight rate implications noted by officials. A new revolving sprinkler device is said to scatter ten gallons of water every four minutes over a 125 foot square area for shipboard fires.
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