Butte Fight Scene Faces Year of Trial and Triumph
The Butte boxing year showed uneven crowds and strong bouts, with DillonPetroskey and Clabby-Hicks drawing, while promoter strain and licensing strictness shaped a red-hot fight town. The state taxed proceeds and medical exams kept the sport safer amid imported fighters and local talent.
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Montana
Butte
Siilwalker
Duty
Will
Temple
Brown
Jimmy Howard
Simay Clawby
Jimmy Hicks
St. Leo Ben
Art Allard
Freddie Welsh
Dick” Hyland
Dillon-Petroskey
Dillon
Petroskey
Leo Benz
Holland Arena
Benz
Hientock
Eivery
Commission
John P. Davies
Cooney
Joe. Markham
Jack Richiey
Regan
Crabby-Hicks
Copper City
Tucky
Denver
Jimmy Fox
Jack Douglas
Clabby
San Francisco
Ranking of Best American Tennis Players Revealed
The American ranking lists top men and for the first time women. McLoughlin leads the men with Williams second and Clot her among others in the top ten. In the women, Mary Browne tops the list with Mrs Bruce and Marie Wagner also high, reflecting a strong Western presence and a new rise of women in the rankings.
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America
Uy We
R. Norris Williams
McLoughlin
Southampton
Longwood
Wallace ¥. Johnson
Marshall Melaan
Robert Williams
Miss Browne
Marie Wagner
Bas
M. F. McLoughlin
R. N. Williams
William
Edith Stotel
William M. Johnston
Theodore R. Pell
Nathaniel W. Niles
Florence Suitt
Anita My
Marshall McLeai
Gwendolyn Rees
Mise
Matty's Big League Gossip on Baseball Gambling Honesty
Christy Marsden reports Connie Mack rejected a gambler's warning to threaten a star pitcher before the world series. A Sporting editor recalls a bribery plot aimed at manipulating a game, but Mack and league men thwarted it. The piece argues baseball's honesty proves even thieves respect the sport.
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Matty
Christy Mars
Ster
The
Giants
Connie Mack
Connie
Mack
Ito
Broadway
Athletics
Gata Bowan
New York
Erson
Eddie Plank
Philadelphia
Gether
National Commission
Wheeler Synal
Ate, Inc
Billy Evans Baseball Problems for This Paper
This 1913 feature discusses controversial plays and umpiring rules in baseball. It explains a noted incident where Billy Evans manipulated a batted ball to disrupt fielding, the umpire’s ruling, and the league’s response. It compares American and National League interpretations and traces changes in base runners’ rights on plays involving juggle and catch.
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Emer Ee Pe
Erm
Eures Pons
Uae
Gossip of Butte Sporting Circles in Baseball Circuits
In Butte, Idaho and Montana sports circles discuss a three league plan for a new circuit with teams in Butte Helena Great Falls Missoula Salt Lake Ogden Boise Pocatello Lewiston and Walla Walla North Yakima Pendings. President Sweet and Murphy weigh travel costs and which cities fit best while Ducky Holmes guards player moves as directors plan a January meeting to decide the six club lineup.
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Horse Man
Butte
Helena
Great Falls
Missoula
Etreult
Comee
Sweet
Idaho
Ogden
Teague
Boise
Speakin
Union Association
Murphy
Ducky Holmes
Hutte
Tolmer
Cummings Ready for Patsy Branigan Bout Stirs East Hype
Prof Jerry Macarthy wires from Rachie Wisconsin asking for the aggressive little fighter Danny Cummings as a possible challenger for Patsy Branigan. Branigan is regarded as a rising talent in the East and fans await an outsider to test him. Cummings promises a thrilling show for the crowd.
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Jerry Macarthy
Danny Cummings
Ha Wire
Rachie
Wis
Patsy Branigan
Jerry
Branigan
East
Cumsmings
Helena billiard challenge for Montana amateur championship
J Dell of Helena challenges Frank Steele of Helena to a series of 182 balkline games for the Montana amateur billiard championship under amateur rules.
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J. Dell
Helena
Standard’ Challenge
Frank Steele
Balkline
Montana
Brooklyn Star Regan Open to Federal League Offer
Regan, a star pitcher for the Brooklyn National League club, considers Federal league overtures. He resides in Omaha and says the Federals offer a two year contract with a much better salary than Brooklyn has paid him.
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Omaha
Dec. c
Regan
Brooklyn
Federal League
Federals
War Minister Resigns Amid Budget Rift in Serbia
Belgrade reports the war minister has resigned after the cabinet refused to pass the war budget. The move signals an impending cabinet crisis as authorities reassess wartime finance and policy. The resignation follows escalating tensions within the government over fiscal and military planning.
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Belgrade
Servia
Purdue Kicker Records in Middle West Football History
Purdue quarterback records and historical notes on place kicking. Robertson’s seven field goals for Purdue against Rose Poly in 1900 stand as a landmark, with Brickley and Kekernall noted for earlier feats. The piece overlaps cross country, Olympic views, tall athletes, and university athletics history including Yale, Harvard, and others.
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Middle West
Brickley
Pratford
Kekernall
Robertson
Purdue
Feld
Middle “West
Brooklyn Club Awaits Tinker Decision On Season Start
Brooklyn National League club has received no word from Joe Tinker about signing with the Federal League. Edwart H. McKeever and club counsel will delay any legal action until near season opening as they await the National Baseball Commission’s stance on Tinker and others’ defections. Major league officials doubt the Federal League’s ability to match salaries, while Herrmann notes the commission will set timelines far from clear.
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New York
Brooklyn
Joe Tinker Wy
Edwart H. McKeever
Terchard York
Tinker
National Baseball Commission
Brooklyn Club
Brookly
August Herrmann
Federal League
Mordecai Brown
Federal Circuit
Joe Tinker
Cincinnati
National Commission
Herrmann
Philipsburg man praises Montana sapphire find
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports Thomas Long of Philipsburg Montana a longtime tinsmith and coppersmith exhibits sapphires from near Philipsburg. He explains the Bimetalic Mining Co owns most sapphire grounds in Granite County and operates on a large scale. Long regards the collection as publicity for Montana sapphires and keeps a Lincoln gold nugget appraised near $10. He recalls meeting Lincoln in Galena Illinois and served three years in the Seventh Illinois Infantry. He plans to visit brother David a pioneer rancher near Birch Bay Washington and share time together with him yearly.
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Standard
Tacoma
Thomas Long
Philipsburg
Mont
Hag
Taoma
Seattle
Puget
Philipsbuarg
Montana
Long
Bimetalic Mining Company
Granite County
Abraham Lincoln
Eureka Placer
Lincoln
Galena
Til
Seventh Illinois Infantry
David
Birch “Bay
Wash
Forty-fifth Illinois
County Precincts To Be Increased In Silver Bow
Silver Bow county will add precincts as ward revisions sparked by Butte city council actions require remapping. The county commissioners completed reviews for six wards, aiming to finish a new precinct map by January 1, with 5 to 10 new precincts possible to avoid overlap with city boundaries.
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Vines
Butte
Ellingwood UK
Silver Bow County
Harr
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Billy Evans
National League
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Ider
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Oxford University
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Blues’ Committee
Great Britain
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Alva van Dyke
van Dyke
Washington and Jefferson College Weekly
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Yale
Indi
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Lafayette
Wwe
Hutler
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Groton School
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Ehler
University of Wisconsin
B. H. Nichols
Young
Cornell
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Piinceto
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Carlisle
Jumbia
Annapolis
Minnesota
Amherst
Pennsylvania State
Syracuse
Wisconsin
Arrow Wicollar
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Thinker
Finance
B. B. Johnson
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