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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1913
Page
3
The 20th annual Montana State portamen's association tournament opened at the grounds on the race track. Starkey of Chateau won the Hunter's Hot Springs trophy with a straight score. Five states represented and more than 0 marksmen entered the first day of shooting. Spectators admitted free as weather favored solid early scores.
Walter Johnson logged his fourteenth straight victory as Washington beat Chicago 2 to 1 in the opening game of the World Series in Chicago. A third inning misplay by Bodie in the sun allowed Gandil to drive in the deciding run, with Johnson and Moeller scoring on the double. The pitchers’ duel featured Scott against Johnson, with Bodie’s sun mishap costing New York the chance to hold the lead.
The league report shows Ogden, Helena and Butte posting high runs with 63, 60 and 60 respectively across two games. Salt Lake tallied 68 runs over seven games and Butte won the week 4-3 in a run-filled series, while Salt Lake and Butte lead in club batting as Columbia Gardens enjoyed a memorable hitting night.
John J. McGraw analyzes the standings and slump of the Athletics and Phillies, praises the Giants for maintaining a lead, and discusses Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh dynamics. He weighs pitcher wear, catcher shortages, and the need for a strong late-season push, while endorsing Joe Tinker’s potential Cincinnati rebuild and emphasizing fight as key to pennants.
Twenty five cars will transport race horses from the Anaconda track to Deer Lodge for the meeting opening Saturday. Stall capacity of 200 horses will be utilized. Manager William Gemmell reports readiness. Grand stand nearly finished. track in fine condition. experts call it the finest half mile course in the West. Milwaukee to run special train from Butte at 12 45 p.m. daily. rates expected today. Three cars from Anaconda headed to Tulsa and one to Louisville. others stay in Montana for state fair races. W S Heath sells five horses to Charle Brown Romigh Co Rue. Gemmell and others remain active in Montana racing circles.
Whitehall beat the Butte Electrics 5 to 4 in a tight game at Whitehall Montana. Both teams left runners on base in the first inning before Packard and W Woll earned runs in the second. Knight's error and O Connell's over throw set up Bush for a three bagger.
A miscued throw by McGonigle to O Connell opens a tight game. Both teams fail to score through five innings with runners left on third. W Woll and A Woll commit errors in the ninth, loading the bases before McGonigle's timely hit. Smith secures seven strikeouts, one walk, with solid support from his fielders. Bagley allows five walks. Knight and Street star at their positions for Whitehall, while H Woll and Zone players contribute on defense.
Spokane defeated Pacoma 2 to 1 with Douglass and Hannah on the mound for Spokane and McGinnity Girot and Harri in support. In Seattle Vancouver beat Seattle, with Schultz Grindell Gipe and Wally contributing on offense and defense.
Scores from St Josephs city and Lincoln hurlers show Des Moines and Topeka games, while Denver bashed Wichita and Sioux. St Paul beat Milwaukee, Indianapolis blanked Columbus, and Toledo edged Louisville as Maness City schedule entry remains unclear.
Newport R I Aug 4 The chance of Maurice McLoughlin defending his national lawn tennis title against three survivors from last week's all comers event fueled wagers as he faces Wallace Johnson Nath Williams and Nathaniel Niles in the looming semifinals Johnson reached last year’s final and upset Davis Cup peers Williams and Niles show rising form with McLoughlin Johnson and Williams all rated atop the field
Great Falls Aug 2 Manager Clit Blankenship of the Missoula club in the Union association announces the sale today of Pitcher Dawson to the Washington Americans. The price was not made public. Dawson was picked up a couple of months ago and has been doing great work, highlighted by a sensational 16 inning game pitched here last Thursday. He will be delivered to Washington at the end of the present season.
Special Dispatch from Billings Mont with Aug 24 report notes splendid support for Remness and costly errors by Lewistown today. Billings takes the last game of the final series with the Giants as Hodgins and Whetlarien lead the effort. The score line reflects a tense finish with RHE and Binges cited in the recap.
New York to Philadelphia gap widens as Cubs Giants and Athletics win in major league action. Johnson 14 straight wins and Philadelphia trades hint at reshaping rosters for next season amid growing pennant pressures.
John Davies of the state boxing commission announced that ladies with escorts would not be admitted to Montana boxing contests. He cited safety rules and a plan discussed elsewhere while noting fan interest in Benz-Allard bout. The piece also references John W Bull Young Jr's death in Los Angeles after a Willard knockout and urges safer ring padding per Rule No 2.
London August 24 American pugilist Jack Johnson arrived in London and announced plans to fulfill a music hall engagement. His boxing exhibition is booked despite condemnation from London variety artists executives. Deer Lodge Montana August 24 Butte and Deer Lodge played a ball game at the fair grounds with Butte winning 19 to 9 and a large crowd watching.
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