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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1913
Page
8
St Louis cardinals history recalls John J. McGraw turning down a 1901 offer to manage in St Louis. Writer Ric C. Keener notes Baltimore intrusion into 1901 plans, Robison brothers big salaries, and McGraw’s eventual path with the Giants. The piece covers Robison deals, Tebeau’s brief tenure, and De Haas and Robison brothers’ moves.
The narrative recalls McGraw’s insistence on honoring his contracts in 1900, turning down Frank de Haas’s $15,000 yearly offer to manage St. Louis, and instead returning to Baltimore. He explains how loyalty influenced moves among St. Louis Baltimore and New York, and how contract releases and pay disputes shaped his career arc and eventual move to the Giants.
The Chicago club received Bresnahan’s three year contract today through President Charles Murphy. Details of Bresnahan’s salary remain private amid reports he is set to face Allard in exhibitions and potential side bets as the team plans for the coming season. A six day bike race opened at the velodrome with sixteen teams, including American duos Walthour and Moran, pacing a rapid event. Denver eyes a future world’s fair within six to eight years.
Ben Smith tells how Joe Jackson rose from a sawmill job to a star with the Cleveland club, recounting his first raise and early homer streak. Deacon McGuire explains why pitchers rarely hit, noting many great batters began as pitchers. Rumors on turf racing delays and Princeton eligibility for De Witt appear alongside Mack and Pennock's minor league to major league path, with word of Mack preparing Bender Coombs and Plank in San Antonio for the 1913 season.
William H. Locke, a young, principled former sports editor and Pittsburg Press secretary, is poised to lead the Philadelphia baseball club. Expected to own shares earlier, Locke’s rise is seen as a move toward high class sportsmanship and strengthened team performance, with Philadelphia to be his home.
Montana race factions fear the anti-racing bill will limit meets to ten days for Silver Bow and six days for second-class counties. If passed, a 16 day schedule linking Butte and Anaconda could falter, with mutuels questioned and promoters anxious about plant viability and player turnout. HL T Wilson reports racing sentiment abroad and promises more stables if lawmakers stay away from interference.
New York January 12 The legislative committee of the United States Golf Association has fixed the dates for the three national championships. The Amateur Championship will be held the entire week of September 1 at Garden City. The Open Championship is set for June 1 to 5 at Brookline Mast. The Women's Tournament will run October 12 to 18 at Wilmington Delaware.
Excerpted notes from the New York Press describe how water from Western power plants speeds out of nozzles at over 800 psi, making even a four pound axe ineffective. Visitors attempting to dent the stream meet instantaneous, dangerous force likened to a rough emery wheel. The piece also cites a World’s Work reference on nozzle shutdowns and a speculative line about extinct stars versus luminous ones and the sun’s future.
H Seeley of Chicago and Philadelphia will be at the Montana hotel this Thursday and Friday to present the Sper Matic Shield Truss. He claims it relieves rupture by closing openings in about ten days and cites U S government approval. Seeley offers to show and fit the device without charge to interested parties.
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