20 Feb 1908
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1908
Page
1
Boxing notes focus on Stanley Ketchell’s welterweight clash with Mike Sullivan next Saturday. Promoters and press rate Ketchell highly, but warn Sullivan’s left hook and ring craft could test the Butte fighter’s endurance. Also mentions Walter Johnson’s pitching form and a rise for a Washington debutant.
The note praises a pitching standout Johnson Idaho as a season attraction. It hints at Sir Donovan receiving applause next season and Young remaining a key draw, with Ed Wals likely part of the coverage.
A Boston meet recounts John Taylor, a dusky relay runner, who after a mishap paused to let his rival regain pace, prompting roaring applause as he then surged ahead. Taylor previously broke the intercollegiate quarter mile record last spring and is praised as a potential greatest distance runner.
The program at Waldend features Tesuits and Piret leading the early events. Modena and Minne Bright chase in a three furlong dash. Exchequer tops the mile, May Aniella places second with Hil gert third. Derby trial sees Cloyne take top spot with Saint Modan following. Presfige and Gargantua race dates noted. Sixth race covers six furlongs with Crimnell winning and major placings. Time margins listed for each trial.
Reports list race outcomes across multiple meets. Winners include Smirker in a six furlong dash, Aguie Aggie in another, Ida Lytle, Maloses, Aatater, Charley Paw, Robins Aron, and Berthe Ee among others with times noted. Races cover various distances from a half to six furlongs and one mile plus steeplechase segments.
The event gathers Duke Anaconda Masouta and Great Falls rinks as Montana curlers prepare for a state championship at Butte. Eight teams, including entrants from Butte Anaconda Missoula and Great Falls, contest starting 10 am with two sessions and a silver trophy for the Montana champions.
Melita leads Class A scoring with 934 pins across five games and a 198.8 average as Mack Weinley earns the diamond medal this week. Van Bits Barclay and Jopaoi Adams post high marks, with McKinley crediting 24 pins in one game and another 21. Class 1 bowlers return for the second round tonight.
Helena high school girls and boys basketball squads have reorganized and plan to play Butte teams next Saturday at the Auditorium. Local anticipation grows for a clash with Anaconda as the season moves toward the city matchup at Holland rink.
Philadelphia report on a chaotic 1,500-point billiards contest where Jairo Schaster and Cutler battled Schaefer. Scores show Schaster 416 points to Schaefer 300 as the event progressed tonight with unclear final totals and fragmented play details.
Secretary William Howard Taft concluded a two day tour of New Hampshire and Massachusetts. He spoke in Nashua about the Philippines and the Panama Canal then addressed Lowell Board of Trade, dismissed war talk with Japan, and attended a banquet and reception before leaving for Washington.
Fragmentary OCR passage from Chicago newspaper page yields no clear event or person. The garbled text mentions apologies, carrying something, and a puzzled speaker, but lacks identifiable names, places, or dates to form a factual summary.
Becker, a Belleville hotel keeper, was released from county jail after a week amid a tangle of forged checks and bad debts involving fellow Servians. The cases centered on a $1,000 check cashed by Trascovich, a $40 forged note, and a $80 CD indorsed through Bucovich, with Becher claiming misunderstandings and mischief by countrymen. No arrests were made. Becher paid settlement sums and was freed, remarking the troubles arose from miscommunication.
Butte handball experts Trans and present players plan a St Patrick day tournament in Butte. PlateCurthe and Mert Sullivan, noted practitioners, issued a challenge to any Montana team with backing and a bet ranging from 100 to 500 dollars.
A fragment warns of distressing illness for the weak stomach with disturbed digestion and urges continuing in anger. It also mentions that the Bikers will quickly relieve you and to always keep a holt handy.
The Knights of Pythias marked the forty fourth anniversary of its birth on Heb 19 1864 with a program at Pythian castle. Calanthe temple hosted a gala with feasting dancing and performances by the Calanthe Glee club Emmet Geary quartet and other soloists. About 600 attendees enjoyed a rich banquet prepared by Calanthe sisters and chaired by Wo. A Ford.
A Chicago committee under the Chicago horsemun plans to form a body to select and manage trotting horses for a forthcoming International trotting race in Russia. The purse totals about 94000 dollars. Members named include Russell Allen W I Stokes H IX Devereaux and Frank Gorton with one more to be chosen by the American Horse Breeders association. The group will invite stock farms nationwide to submit candidates capable of winning the event.
The Western league meeting in Omaha on February 1907 revived the constitution and awarded the pennant to Ontario. St Joseph Missouri and Kansas City Kansas joined the league as officials reported all finances in good condition and Nel presented the Teague as in fine order.
In Heaton on February 19 the preliminary round produced the first shock of the United Nations racket championship when former champion Wayne Whitney of New York was defeated by The Boyvlaton in a tight five game match. The scores showed a topsy result across the set sequence.
A petition in New York shows former public figure Cotas facing bankruptcy with schedules listing debts of 4209 dollars and an asset that includes a fated project.
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