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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1905
Page
10
Delmar Jockey Club stockholders order a temporary shutdown after a morning conference with attorneys. Police and anti gambling raids are suspended pending Supreme Court action on a writ of prohibition. Track operators plan to move horses to other race points as litigation unfolds.
The innings unfolded with attackers playing carefully and patiently as they built a steady score. By stumps they had reached three down, with three wickets lost and progress measured against a cautious, methodical approach.
Dover July 26 W H Bo began a second attempt to swim the English Channel entering the water at Lydden coast guard station. Burgess drilled toward the French coast within four miles, but was pulled from the sea four and a half miles away after eight hours of arduous effort. A bad leg and a torn tendon slowed progress but he pressed on until the drift and tide ended the effort.
A San Francisco Bulletin yarn about a Montana faro dealer writing to Young Corbett is dismissed as fantasy. The piece cites promoter plans and ring odds, noting Joe Walcott may have surgery to enable a comeback, and that Abe Attall and Mike Schreck projects swirl in Chicago and Utah.
The article notes a junior players club, led by Tom Iwanager, inviting junior or amateur teams in the state for games, with outside teams preferred. Contact details given as 25 Gneden avenue, Butte, New York, dated July 7. It also reports the death of H vangerworst, secretary of the Brooklyn baseball club, from heart failure due to aortic disease, noting birth in Baltimore.
The Anaconda tennis squad leaves for Butte today to challenge the Butte club in a two day event at Diamond street courts. The visitor lineup includes Swit Hunter James Bailey RR Bailey Harry Ware B J Carlyle and M A Palmer with two added players, while Butte counters with McLaughlin Mosher and others. Play starts at 2 pm with doubles to follow as officials plan a full tournament to entertain the visiting team before their train departure.
San Francisco was shut out amid costly errors as Seattle Bay area teams clashed. McCreadl struggled in the twelfth, Besick allowed hits, and Francks suffered a collision. Final scores reflect a pitchers duel with multiple double plays and late runs by Seattle Beach and McLean.
In the American League Boston beat Cleveland in a postponed game as they arrived home early. The score was 4 to 1 with Tannehitt and Crier credited in the battery for Boston while Moore contributed for Cleveland.
Notices invite bids for the erection of a two story brick parochial residence for St. Peter's parish in Anaconda Mont Plans and specifications available from Rev Father Pirmat Anaconda Mont and architect G Link Silver Bow block Butte Mont bids due by 1 pm August 10 1905 in Anaconda Mont Also mentions Atlas beer and Orton Bros offerings in Butte for local readers.
The rejuvenated Butte Driving Club plans an inaugural matinee tomorrow at the local race track with Mayor MacGinniss presiding to start the wheels moving and introduce the first performance. A large gallery is expected for an elaborate program headlined by Hex Squirrel, ridden by A B Clements, as the centerpiece amid four other harness events.
The North Coast Limited on the Northern Pacific arrived in Butte about hours late after a washout and accident east of Billings delayed the schedule. The second section, delayed by last night rain, reached Butte around 11 p.m. Burlington and eastbound Northern Pacific trains were nearly on time.
Dr. A V V Raymond is offered a high salary to lead the First Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, the city’s wealthiest congregation, while he continues as president of Union College at Schenectady, N Y, earning 3500 dollars yearly.
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