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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1913
Page
3
The race program kicks off today led by six events including five furlongs and seven furlongs races with handicaps and selling events. Montana stock, a strong Montana entry, and crowds fill hotels as officials project the largest Fourth of July turnout at the track.
Portland suffered a tough defeat as James pitched eight innings and part of the ninth before an errant ball injures him and a fourth inning miscue leads to a Sacramento win by 9 to 4. Lively, Munsell, Kinsella, Stroud and Bliss, with Cheek, James, West and Fisher, San Francisco, July 2, saw San Francisco clinch the second game 5 to 2 over Los Angeles after an eighth inning rally. Venice beat Oakland 6 to 1 led by Baum and Parkin, with Parkin taking the loss for Oakland.
Maurice McLoughlin of San Francisco defeats Stanley Doust of Australia in the all England lawn tennis singles final to win the right to challenge A F Wilding of New Zealand for the title. The American dominated with a strong serve, clinching victory after a spirited comeback by Doust, and draws praise for his cannon shot service and reception at Wimbledon. The English team for the defense of the Dwight Davis trophy includes Parke Roe Barrett Dixon and Core.
The funeral arrangements for John O'Brien are not yet completed. His remains are at the Sherman and Reed undertaking parlors and no obituary notice has appeared.
Sherman and Reed Undertakers are listed for service at Enat Park with Walsh 25 in attendance. The notice records scheduling details and local arrangements for a funeral event.
United States District Attorney Wilkerson moved in federal court to forfeit Jack Johnsons $30,000 personal bond on untried indictments under the federal white slave act. Appeals bonds of $15,000 are pending. The motion argues the bond contains a no leaving the Northern Illinois jurisdiction clause. Arguments set for tomorrow.
New York July 2. The United States IA.A. representative James Stilivan reveals a proposed standard program for future Olympics. The plan lists track events, relays, road and cross country races, field events, and a broad ancillary program including shooting, soccer, military riding, and modern pentathlon with changes such as dropping Greco Roman wrestling in favor of catch-as-catch-can style and adding boxing.
Delegates push to add baseball, now played in the United States Canada Australia France Sweden and Indiana. A special rider proposes a grand Olympic trophy be donated and awarded to the country scoring the most points at Berlin 1916. Additional trophies to winning teams in each sport emblemize championships.
In Spokane Portland won 2 to 1 as7 inning game turned late. Hignes Murray Smith Conway and Hannah solid for Portland while Toner and Shea Belford Grindell starred for Victoria in a 10 to 0 shutout of Tacoma. Vancouver edged Giants 2 to 1 with Lewis driving in both runs.
Carey pitched almost flawless for the Electrics, allowing only two hits and fanning eight as the live wires routed the Bankers 8 to 1. O Kelley's three base hit and a sacrifice produced the Bankers lone run, while Electrics’ defense and timely hitting sealed the win in 1 hour 29 minutes. Umpire Phippen. Kalispell dispatch.
A large crowd attends as top horses enter the five thousand dollar purse race sponsored by the association. The track is in excellent condition and tomorrow is expected to be a banner day for race fans. Separate notes cover Fourth of July baseball in Deer Lodge, Montana teams preparing for travel, and upcoming games including the Anaconda Independents at Gregson Springs. Also described are diving air supply innovations and public safety notes on vagrant tickets, plus a Spring patent for tongs designed to grip indecipherable ice.
Veterans from blue and gray met at Gettysburg for a celebratory camp. Col Andrew Cowen praised Army officers and urged naval strength against Japan. General Funkhauser, 78, visited headquarters, while two veterans recalled Pickett’s Charge and planned a ceremonial visit to the Bloody Angle with a proposed $296.09 monument funding by Congress.
A compact note cites divorce as a general trend with averages: the United States reports divorces amid a population of about 100,000 while Australia is described as averaging one divorce. The fragment suggests comparative demographic context rather than a full study.
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