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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1913
Page
2
MAS Gamp wins the Montana Handicap defeating a field in the five and one half furlongs event as heavy plays weigh on the outcomes. Pay Streak makes a strong comeback to place in the field amid brisk track conditions.
In the opening dash King Worth led to victory with King second and Princess Janice third. Parnell Girl won the second race followed by New Haven and foulone. Pay Streak captured the third, Eliz-Harwood runner-up, Parlor Boy third. Mrs Gamp won the fourth with Clark M second and Inquieta third. Orperth led the fifth with Sugar Lump second and Miami third. Transparent secured the sixth, with a second by a and Mary Emily listed as participant.
Entries for Monday's races saw a capacity crowd at Butte as Mrs. Gamp, a 10 to 1 long shot, win the Montana handicap over seven furlongs in strong fashion. Clark M. proved unable to overcome the impost, while Pride of Lismore and Pay Streak posted notable showings in the day’s top events.
In a tired finish Dublin John faded to rear as Orperth earned his second win of the season over two runs. Sugar Lump chased from a back position but could not overtake the tiring winner. Transpar ent captured the sixth race with a clear run despite being boxed, while Duncraggan closed fast for second and Mary Emily stayed in touch throughout.
The Chanticler stable owned by Ray Egan of Butte won two races and a second. Cinnabar with 119 pounds led a 1:27 route, while Mrs. Gamp, seven pounds lighter, matched the time but finished short of a fraction. Othello and other horses caused a circus start as Miller rode Chanticler winners and a large crowd swarmed the betting ring with fourteen books cut.
The Western Golf association dominated the Olympic Cup at Homewood Country Club Chicago with a 628 36 hole team score Warren K Wood led the quartet with 150 for the round The Intercollegiate team finished second with 659 while Trans Miss withdrew Lemist was noted The fifteenth annual amateur championship tournament of the Western Golf association begins Monday with 137 players entered
The program records race results with horses King Worth Bing Janice and Othello, noting times, purses, and trainers. Winners include King Worth in the first race driving clear, with Bing second and Janice third, and further results across four additional races with Pay Streak Elizabeth Harwood and Perth Center among the winners.
Six furlongs selling race for 3 year olds and up with $225 to winner. Transparent wins good, Duncraggan second, Emily third. Wakefield, Burlingame, Rue and Mary Stalwart among others in the finish. Trainer B Maulding. Scratched horses noted. Overweight adjustments listed.
Vancouver July 19 Freddie Welsh English light weight champion won a 15 round decision over Young Philadelphia Jack O'Brien at Brighouse arena. O'Brien flashed speed and elusiveness but mostly fought in clinches while Welsh pressured and dominated late. Referee Jimmy Hewitt awarded the decision as both men tired.
Minneapolis 9 8 Columbus 2 3 St Paul 8 2 Indianapolis 2 6 Kansas City 10 Toledo 1 Milwaukee 1 Louisville 8 with rain causing a failed sixth inning.
A compact list of scores shows Lincoln 5 over Wichita 4 and Sioux City 14 over St. Joseph 4, Omaha 4 over Des Moines and Denver 2, Topeka 5 in a sequence of regional results.
New York announces the America's Cup match conditions are signed and sent by the Royal Ulster Yacht Club for Sir Thomas Lipton. The first race is set for September 10, 1914, with subsequent races on September 12 and September 15, plus potential races on ensuing Thursdays Saturdays and Tuesdays.
Columbus, July 19. Jiggs Donohue former star first baseman for the Chicago Americans in 1906 died at Columbus State Hospital. Cause listed as paresis. Burial set for Springfield, Ohio. Donohue began with St. Louis Nationals as catcher, then Milwaukee, then Chicago. Later sold to Washington but did not succeed, returned to Chicago to run bowling alleys. He was confined at the state hospital about a year amid said domestic troubles.
In Philadelphia on July 19 the Phillies defeated the Reds 3 to 2 in the longest championship game of the season. Doolan drew a base on balls with one out in the sixteenth and scored on Killifer’s two‑bagger to right. Brennan pitched steady for Philadelphia allowing no passes, while Johnson and Ames struggled for Cincinnati.
Brooklyn lost to Pittsburg 6 to 3 after Rucker allowed two innings of hard hits. Pittsburg needed runs to salvage a three game span. Brooklyn signed Baltimore pitcher Fred Walker. Batteries McQuillan Simon for Pittsburg and Rucker Stack O Miller for Brooklyn.
Chicago led in the sixth on Schulte’s homer but Boston tied it in the seventh with Lord’s blast. The locals won in the eighth on Mann’s double and a Mann–Myers squeeze. Mann and Myers starred as Maranville day featured gifts and a speech by Mayor Fitzgerald.
New York beat St Louis 6 to 35 in game five of the series. Marquard and Griner pitched until the champs turned strong against the St Louis pitcher, scoring two runs in each of the fifth, sixth and seventh innings. Marquard held the opposing side hitless for five innings. Batteries Griner and McLean, Marquard and Meyers. No Sunday games on eastern diamonds.
Chicago July 19 Caldwell the New York pitcher and pinch hitter tops the American leagues this week with a .421 average over 24 games, six points ahead of Joe Jackson. Cobb, Speaker, Henrikson, and Eddie Collins follow in the first half dozen. In the National League Walsh and Yingling lead, with Daubert, Crandall, and Hyatt close behind. Federal League leader Porroy sits at .500 in four games, while Kavanaugh the Chicago star paces the league at .444 over 47 games with ten players at .400 or better.
Portland July 19 Score: Gan Franciacd sscasciscissoisse BE. Portland Batteries Fannings Schmidt James and Fisher. Los Angeles July 19 Score: TOO ADB cacce estent pecose 2 WRRIOE x cite Batteries Crabb Jackson Boles Byrnes Baum Elliott. San Francisco July 19 Score: BACTAMOEANTO vice sesdocacesss 1 GF Oakland Batteries Arellanes Bliss Per noll Rohrer.
Western Tri-State recap from Pendleton and North Yakima on July 19 shows Wrable and Welc h Brown Peet King powering Pendleton, with Woods Gard Kile Taylor for North Yakima. Scoring details are garbled but indicate battery pairings and multiple pitchers in a rough score update.
In New York on July 19, J A Capablanca of Havana defeated R T Black of Brooklyn in 50 moves, pushing his masters tournament record to eight wins and no losses.
New York reports a minor neuritis affecting Nap Rucker Brooklyn left hander. It may take several days before he is fit to pitch again, casting a pause in Brooklyn’s rotation and prompting cautious scheduling by officials.
In St Louis on July 19 Bobby Wallace, noted as a former manager of the St Louis Americans, saved his wife from unspecified danger. Details remain limited in the report.
Mrs. M. O. Mann escaped a blaze in her upstairs apartment last night as Wallace and his wife rushed to help. Wallace carried her to the street where she revived once outside.
Battling Brandt of Gregson Springs declares he has no color lines in boxing and aims to prove himself a white hope after reading that white men fear Sam Langford. At 22 and 210 pounds he boasts wins over Gunboat Smith Charley Miller Ed Hagen and a KO of Kid Fancher. He acknowledges his lack of cleverness but can take punches and challenges any heavyweight without regard to color.
Pittsburg on July 19 offers a packed Grand Circuit program with $19,000 in purse money for stake events. Key races include the Pennsylvania stakes for 2:10 trotters and the 2:15 trot for professional drivers, with Cascade, Peter Johnson, Delroy, Dagon, Judson Girl, and other notables among the winners.
In Seattle on July 19 H A Mieger of Seattle defeated Roger Lapham of Los Angeles 8 up and 7 to go to win the Potlatch championship. Mrs Skinner of Portland took the women's title from Alice Warner of Del Monte Cal 1 up in the closing matches of the tourney.
Pete Compton lined a ninth inning single to drive in two runs and give St Louis a 4 3 win over Washington. A drive by Shotten hit the wire netting for a disputed three base hit after Umpire Evans overruled Sheridan. Batteries Engel Hughes Henry Hamilton Agnew.
Connie Mack's league leaders win the second game in Chicago 3 to 1 to even the series as Philadelphia capitalizes on J Collins misplay for a three base hit. Chappelle triples Brown in opening frame. First game 4 to 3 Chicago. Batteries Seaton Houck Lapp Schang Cicotte Schalk.
Detroit and Boston split a twin bill with Detroit taking the opener 3 to 1 and Boston winning the nightcap 6 to 2. Notable plays included Cobb making two superb centerfield catches and Loomis collecting three singles plus a four at bats with a running barehand catch. Batteries listed were Leonard Hall and Carrigan for Detroit and Dubuc Stanage in the first game. Foster Thomas Lake Willett McKee behind Boston.
In Cleveland on July 19 both teams staged a tense ninth inning rally yet Keating faltered allowing Cleveland to plate two runs while New York managed one. Falkenberg limited New York to three hits as batteries were Keating and Gossett for Cleveland with Falkenberg and Carisch for New York.
Boston visits Cleveland as New York plays Detroit while Philadelphia travels to St. Louis and Washington heads to Chicago. All four intercity showdowns promise pivotal outcomes for playoff positioning and rivalries reignite across the circuit.
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