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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1913
Page
2
Billy Evans analyzes a disputed squeeze play in a Cuban league game. The batter drove the ball toward third as the runner slid home, the shortstop failed to field, and the third baseman tagged the runner after a botched sequence. Both majors ruled the run should count, citing impossible force plays, while critics call it common sense.
Promoters plan a cheap priced show at Holland arena after holidays in Butte as they decide on a January program. Jim Buckley says Gunboat Smith will fight if Peiky loses, with possible featherweight double main events. Talks include Tally Jobs, Danny Cummings, Gack Douglas and Fox in a fast night lineup.
The Butte curlers plan a Christmas morning event to play for flour donated by the losers to the Salvation Army. A large crowd usually attends these annual matches. The club president has picked three teams for the games.
Across Colorado communities in coal regions and labor camps, Christmas trees lit with care brought cheer to children. In Evansville a feast funded by Pete Agolph Melzer was held for miners families, while Ludlow tents hosted a tree and programs for strikers. Portland held the first municipal Christmas tree lighting, San Francisco postponed a large concert due to rain, Spokane featured choir performances beside a tall lit tree, and Menominee enjoyed a community tree with a band concert and dancing.
Panic spread after a fatal disaster at a Calumet hall as miners demand action and revenge. A coroner enlists a jury and Calumet citizens plan a public funeral with wide community aid and heavy suspensions in mining districts. Officials coordinate subscriptions and relief for bereaved families.
Governor Stewart of Montana commuted 23 inmates in the state penitentiary, reducing terms based on work performed and good conduct. The action, recommended by the warden and work-superintendent, cites road and building projects as evidence of rehabilitation.
Louis Sockalexis the Penobscot Indian famed as a ball player collapsed from heart disease at a logging camp celebration in Bangor Maine. He was 42, buried in Old Town, with the Sockalexis family prominent in Penobscot affairs. He was uncle to Andrew Sockalexis the marathon runner.
New York December 24 The Austrian Olympic committee canceled plans to hire AI Copeland to train their athletes for the 1916 Olympic season. A cable to James F. Sulivan secretary and treasurer of the Amateur Athlete Union confirms Copeland’s role is dismissed and he will not supervise Austrian conditioning for the Berlin meet.
In Mexico City on December 21 crowds formed outside the Bank of London and Mexico seeking funds for Christmas. Banks limited payouts and Huerta did not lift holiday banking restrictions. State Department sought to keep Huerta informed at Pass Christian, while no new word on Torreon recapture reached officials.
Farl Robbins of Bozeman won two of three falls against George Knutson of Great Falls in a roughly hour long match before about 100 spectators. Robbins took the first and third falls while Knutson claimed the second. Referee was Henry Hralinger of Lewistown.
Thomas acuovera of St. Paul will race against Ben Tower and Bo Carroll on the Hole land rink next Sunday at 3 o clock. The outsider has a record of a mite in 38 on Lake Como pion.
New York report says a landscape titled The Woodchopper by H Hobart Nichols will be a prized Christmas gift to President Woodrow Wilson. Mrs Wilson, an emerging artist, purchased the work after admiring it in the Corcoran Gallery and will present it to her husband.
DRAW at Anis Paris, Dec. 2. American middleweight Lewis and French middleweight Marcel Moreau battled 20 rounds to a draw tonight.
An 18 year old attendant known as Santa Claus at a Benoa entertainment suffered serious burns when his costume caught fire from a Christmas tree candle during holiday festivities. Authorities report the incident occurred last night and he was treated for injuries.
Los Angeles December 24 A court order grants William F. McCann the right to eject his elderly mother Mrs Mary McCann from the home she had occupied for years The ruling rests on a signed document viewed as a deed without Mrs McCann knowing its nature The judge Wilbur of the superior court stated there was no alternative but to issue the order Mrs McCann must leave tomorrow Christmas day
Coroner jury declares Daniel Devilliers died at hands of a person unknown after a Sunday night struggle with Roy L. Glover husband of Devilliers former wife. Mrs. Devilliers testified Glover shot to protect himself and gave water to the wounded man before he died. The case prompts potential self defense plea by Glover in superior court.
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