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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1902
Page
9
Helena June 30 Manager Jay A. Andrews and the Tacoma team arrive after a series in Butte where the coast players won two. Andrews blasts the Sunday game as unplayable mud and says St Vrain will play only with Tacoma or not at all after being treated shabbily by Chicago and St Vrain’s release demands.
National League matchups include Philadelphia at Brooklyn and Boston at New York with St. Louis visiting Chicago and Cincinnati at Pittsburg. American League action has Chicago at St. Louis Cleveland at Detroit Baltimore at Philadelphia and Washington at Boston.
A fragment shows Des Moines defeating Milwaukee 4 to 3 at Kansas City and later Colorado Springs trailing 0 to 4 in Milwaukee, with partial venue references. The limited readable text lists four teams and a four to three result, but lacks full context.
Special Dispatch says Manager Andrews of the Tacoma team signed pitcher Phil Wellington to play tonight. Wellington joins Tacoma as they prepare for a key matchup and seek to bolster their pitching strength.
Eddie Croake of Gill Edge Montana writes to the Anaconda Standard offering a $500 stake to challenge the La Fontise McCarthy winner at 145 pounds and a separate 158 pound bout against James Murphy, showing willingness to fight top boxers and backing his challenge with funds. He plans to attend the La Fontise McCarthy fight in Butte Thursday evening.
Memphis manager Finn denies Memphis rights to St Vrain, claiming Tacoma hold prior claim. Umpire awards game to Memphis after a pregame telegram from Southern league president Nicklin forbids St Vrain. Frank insists Tacoma pitcher is entitled to play and will continue using him.
Chicago June 30 Philadelphia Jack OBrien won decisions over two fighters in six round bouts with a six minute intermission. Jim Driscoll showed fatigue at the finish and Jack R Beauscholte was badly battered in the later rounds.
The Butte Anaconda and Pacific Railway offers a round trip from Butte to Gregson Springs for 80 cents. Tickets are valid for travel from Saturday noon to Monday noon.
In St Louis on June 30 Chicago defeated the Cardinals twice by the same score as crowd of about 2,000 watched. Batteries McNeil and O'Neil vs Taylor and Kling in one game. Murphy and Ryan vs Williams and Kling in the other. Umpires Brown and Powers officiated both contests.
Third year begins Tuesday September 9 1902 at the Montana State School of Mines in Butte Montana. For catalogues and terms address School of Mines Butte Mont.
In Brooklyn on June 30 Philadelphia defeated the Brooklyns when a Flood misplay allowed Fraser to score the winning run. Battieries Fraser and Dooin for Philadelphia Newton and Ahearn for Brooklyn Umpire Emslie.
Boston shut out New York in the first game of the series. Attendance 2,000. Batteries Eason and Kittredge pitched. Taylor and Bowerman batted. Umpire Cantillon.
A Pittsburg Cincinnati Pittsburg contest was postponed due to rain causing a delay in play and rescheduling uncertainty for fans and teams.
Scores show St Joseph 5 Omaha 3 at St Joseph with game delayed due to wet field conditions affecting the Peoria Denver matchup.
Mona Bell survives an early morning operation for a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police suspect another party may be involved, with Bell denying any accomplice and asserting she shot herself. Investigators report powder marks on her dress and note items stolen from the room. Names tied to the case include Anna B. Monahan, Cripple Creek and Beatrice, Neb. No arrest has been made. The report also mentions rural delivery impact on small-town trade and a funeral for Albert J. Shepherd in Meaderville.
August Ruddies a Big Blackfoot Lumber watchman living at 1008 Nevada avenue was seriously injured when a buggy horse shied two miles south of Butte. He was thrown against a telegraph pole, suffering crushed knee and two broken legs. Mrs Ruddies and the three children escaped with minor bruises. He was taken to St James hospital, Dr Alexander attending. condition improving by early morning.
Leaves Montana Union depot at 8 50 a m Sunday for Alder with return by 6 p m Rates show Butte to Pipestone 1 00 return Butte to Whitehall 1 50 return Butte to Twin Bridges 1 50 return Butte to Sheridan 2 00 return Butte to Alder 2 00 Stage links at Alder to Virginia City both ways.
James L. Spink, a prominent Northwest traveling man, returns from a lengthy tour of Minnesota country districts and reports on the impact of Kural Free Delivery. He notes changes in customer reach, rural adoption, and business responses across communities.
A Canadian minister William Wye Smith faces criticism for rendering the Bible into Scots with a provocative introduction defending the effort. His passage from Revelations mocks traditional phrasing and likens his work to portraying Shakespeare as Bacon, provoking offended readers.
In German town a physician jokes on himself about a cleaning mishap. Bridget the Irish servant uses the wrong chamois, mistaking the kitchen tripe for the promised skin. The doctor learns his wife left early and sent home tripe. He declines to say what happened to the chamois.
A man explains he and his wife will rent a cottage for a large family gathering by the seashore. He notes the eight room cottage fits 16, with each room housing about half a person. He mentions nearby families, vegetables from the city, water from a well, and typhoid and flies likely. He goes for two reasons: he cannot afford it and his wife wants to go.
The London Telegraph highlights statisticians' concerns over unequal birth rates with Berlin as a case study. In 1909 Berlin reported 52 245 births with 27 077 boys and 25 168 girls, a male excess of 1 904. From 1891 to 1900 the ten year average showed 1 361 more male births than female per year, equating to 518 boys per 1 000 births versus 487 girls. The year 1820 was the record, with 525 boys per 1 000 babies.
The Bridge woman is depicted as a fading figure with wrinkled features and worn nerves, trapped by gambling. The piece notes whiskey and soda replacing tea, relentless stimulant use, and the desperate effort to reach the gambling pitch, lamenting that only a miracle can save her.
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