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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1923
Page
8
In Saratoga Dempsey shifts to heavyweight sparring with Jack Burke and George Godfrey amid chilly wind. He wears a woolen shirt under trunks as spectators wrap in coats. In Atlantic City Firpo advances, moving to a bungalow colony as he readies for the October title bid.
New York August hearing on gambling allegations against Cincinnati second baseman Sammy Bohne and left fielder Pat Duncan found both denying involvement. National League president John A Heydier urged action against Collier's Eye and asked the club to pursue legal remedies while noting the claims were unsound.
The Associated Press reports former world heavyweight champion Jack Johnson will meet Billy Miske in Newark New Jersey on the 10th. The bout is scheduled for 12 rounds with no decision.
Detroit wins 2 to 1 over New York in the first West series loss this season. Heilmann belts his fifteenth homer as Pipp hits one in the first half. Everett Scott earns his 1001st consecutive game. Batteries Shawkey Hoffmann Dauss Bassler. Sox hold Athletics 10 to 0 as Urban Faber blanking four singles. Kamm homers.
Cleveland defeats Washington 2 to 1 in ten innings in Ohio today. Washington scored in the seventh and ninth frames, while Cleveland pushed across two runs in the ninth to tie and win. Batteries were Mogridge and Ruel for Washington with Uhle and Myatt for Cleveland and O Neill.
St Louis beat Boston 4 to 1 to sweep the series at St Louis. Williams and McManus homered in the fourth inning while Jacobson connected in the second off Acey Score. Boston managed a run in the first and sixth while St Louis added two in the seventh and a final run in the eighth.
W B Daly assistant manager of mines for A C M company returns from his sixth trip to Yellowstone National Park with his family. He notes Canyon hotel repair is well underway after recent fire damage. The party includes Mrs Daly son Gene Kate T Nevin and Joe Sullivan. They traveled from Livingston by train to Butte while the rest motored to Broadwater.
Four bootleggers pleaded guilty in Judge Lynch's court and paid portions of their $200 fines yesterday with 30 days to settle the balance. Chris Hansen paid $20 Reese Williams $100 Pat Devine $100 and Lauchie McIsaac $59 toward the total.
Miss Marguerite McDonald principal of Blaine school returned from Missoula where she attended the University of Montana and earned her A B degree in education. She is said to be the only Montana school principal to hold this degree from the university.
Belgrade Jugoslavia reports the opium crop this year is the smallest in several years. The present crop is estimated to be insufficient for seed. Planters request government assistance to import seed from Asia Minor.
New York's National League lead slipped half a game after the world champions split a doubleheader with St. Louis. The Giants won the opener 8 to 7 and lost the nightcap 7 to 4. In Cincinnati, Reds beat Brooklyn 10 to 9 as relief helped Rixey, while Pirates defeated Boston 8 to 3 with funds going to the American Legion. Chicago took the opener against Philadelphia 5 to 4, Cy Williams homered for his 31st of the season.
In Brookline Massachusetts on August 23 Americans R N Williams II and Watson Washburn defeated Australians James Anderson and John B Hawkes 7 5 2 6 6 2 6 4 in a Davis Cup doubles semi final at Longwood Cricket Club Chestnut Hill The W W team face the winners of the other semi final Tilden Norton vs Alonso Johnson in tomorrow’s match The Australian pair had beaten Johnson and Griffin in yesterday’s play but fell today to the American duo their title defense hopes dampened but alive
E W Renfro of Monida Montana defeated Mark Arie of Champaign NL 24 to 21 in a shoot-off for second place in the singles. They both broke 196 targets yesterday. John R John of Long Grove Iowa won the professional singles with 198 of 200. Eastern zone took the team title with 956 of 1,000, edging Pacific by two.
National League games include St. Louis at New York, Chicago at Philadelphia, Cincinnati at Brooklyn, and Pittsburg at Boston. American League fixtures feature Boston at St. Louis, Philadelphia at Chicago, New York at Detroit, and Washington at Cleveland.
Baseball scores from Salt Lake Los Angeles Sacramento and Oakland with results, innings and battery lineups. Notable games include Salt Lake 64 6 Ver 3 1. Sacramento first game 6 07 Ot 1. second game Portland 4 16 0. Oakland 7 10 63 with Batteries Crumpler Middleton Onslow Yellowhorse Hughes Koehler Schang and more.
Saratoga Springs N Y Aug 23 Jack Dempsey world heavyweight champion may lose sparring partners for his Sept 14 15 round bout with Luis Angel Firpo in New York due to a shortage. George Godfrey Jack Burke Billy Wells Jules Rioux are absent or injured. Dempsey housed in a five room cottage with a six room companion cottage nearby. The camp is fenced with a private sign and lacks a bath or modern conveniences.
Georges Barbot, flying a motorless airplane in Vauville, France, covered 212 kilometers on an officially measured circuit, a new record for this aircraft type. He stayed aloft six hours four minutes and 21 seconds as the event concluded.
Massacring Montana Powers halted as the Electrics slumped at Clark Park. Cole-Pitts with Corry dominated to a 9 to 2 win as Anaconda failed to reach Butte, forcing a rescheduled clash. Pitts and Angdes planned a rematch, while Tucker claimed default from Anaconda. Corry yielded five hits, Meliver exited for Phillips amid a 10-hit attack.
A heavy rainstorm froze travel as the Anode baseball team stalled between Augusta and Wolf Creek on return from Great Falls. After five hours in mud they walked to Wolf Point, caught a train to Butte, and the Mines League sanctioned a Make up game with Cole-Pitts tonight in Butte.
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