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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1902
Page
12
Notice to builders that the Butte Electric and Power Co will refuse to connect lights without an inspection certificate with the application. Builders must notify when wiring begins and the company will provide an inspector free of charge.
The Silver Bow county School District No 1 trustees seek bids for mason and related work to finish a schoolhouse basement and sub basement on ground bounded east by Excelsior alley west line, north by Park alley, 154 feet west. Plans available at the clerk's office. Bids due by 5 pm June 24 1902 with $3500 certified check. Board may reject all bids. Henry Mueller president. Attest L Richard?rk clerk.
Honest John's of Butte fell to Seattle's squad 7 to 6 at Mountain View park before about 500 fans. Stovall's ninth inning homer sealed the win for Seattle as McCloskey's team showed strong early hitting but faded late. Jimmy McHale starred for Anaconda on defense and at the plate with three hits. Burns started for Butte, Gay finished, Carter pitched for Seattle. Attendance 600 in warm, clear weather.
In Pacific Northwest action, Boedler leads a meeting at Butte with Lynch and Fugurtha in podium spots. Wall, Pirat es Daughter and Revoke headline Wall, futurity and selling events with multiple chase times. Sheepshead Bay cards feature Lady Hoot lood and Juvenalis among winners while Harlem results show Frangible and Articulate victorious in six races.
Detroit observers note Miller kept hits scattered as D. lion argued a questionable umpire decision and was ejected in the fifth. Attendance 2,40. Final score 8 to 12. In Cleveland Townsend spoils the game with eighth inning rally as Townsend lifts Cleveland to victory. Attendance 2,358. Batteries Miller and McGuire Dineen and Warner. Washington game battery Wright Bemis Townsend Clark. Chicago Baltimore game postponed by rain. St Louis Philadelphia game postponed by rain.
The Critics of Butte travel to Livingston for a weekend series on Saturday and Sunday. Single and Mahaffey are named as opposing pitchers at Helena today for a separate game. Wiggs will pitch for Helena on Sunday.
The Buttes and Seattle fight for first place at the ball park this afternoon with Roach and Stovall to take the mound. A Butte win is essential to share or gain the top spot. a split will leave Seattle slightly ahead. Hawley and Hickey are expected to start Sunday’s game as in the opener.
In Brooklyn on June 20 the New York team defeated Brooklyn in the first game of the series. The win sets the tone for the matchup as both teams prepare for subsequent contests.
The canceled Young Corbett versus Dave Sullivan match was reinstated for July 3 at St. Louis West End club after payment of a $500 forfeit. Promoter Charles Haughton secured agreement with both boxers to weigh 127 pounds at 2 pm and fight for 5 percent of receipts with $5,000 guaranteed.
Manager Selee announces southpaw James St Vrain from the Northwest league will finish the season with Memphis in the Southern league. St Vrain has signed a Chicago contract for next year and has already left Cincinnati for Memphis with best wishes from Chicago teammates.
Yesterday's racing card at St Louis shows the first race on five furlongs for two year olds won by Robert G. Lansing with Pathos second and Frank Bullock third in 1 04. The second race at six furlongs was a selling event.
Weather clear track fast. First race Inavatural steeplechase includes McGibbon 150 Rowdy 100 Clark entry and others. Second race selling six furlongs features Military 108 Satire 105 Delagoa 106 and Red Damsel 0 etc. Third race five and one half furlongs lists Hackensack 117 Monte Carlo 122 Bounding Beauty 14. Fourth race Tidal stakes $20000 one and one fourth miles shows Emshee 126 Remorse 126 Mejor Dankerfield 126. Fifth race selling five furlongs lists Lord Tureo 1% Blue Delft 99 Old Glory 100. Sixth race handicap turf one and one sixteenth miles includes Swiftmas 12 Belvino 118 Lanceman 110 Kin nikinnie 199 Numeral 103 Lambie 114 Cuspider 104.
Jim Murphy plans a match with Joe Clifford for Jack Richards to face Clifford in Butte near term. Richards, a Pennsylvania fighter from a smelter, cannot exceed 180 pounds, but would concede Clifford his 136 pound top limit. An article notes Murphy may fight Dunn or Housman’s protege, with July 25 as a target for the go.
The Spokane club meets George Crow in left field and negotiates with Waterbury the Denver pitcher. Richard Gledon, released by Spokane, has accepted a job as pitcher for Baker City Oregon.
Chicago market reports 1500 cattle receipts with choice steers strong and most other categories sluggish. Prices show range from 1.40 to 7.68 for cows and steers with various classes including stockers, canners, bulls, calves, and Texas fed steers noted.
The report lists hogs and sheep receipts with varied prices for heavy, mixed, and western categories, noting large supplies and steady market values. The Brooklyn Eagle excerpt retells a clock prank tale highlighting punctuality and moral reflections on responsibility and Adam and Eve.
The Milwaukee paper cites claims that three fourths of crime and poverty come from women and contrasts it with the idea of misquotation. It defends Bishop Spalding, noting possible reporting error and asserting women's powerful influence for good or ill while urging men not to shirk responsibility.
Washington Car, New York World reports President Theodore Roosevelt keeps a Colt 38 caliber revolver in his hip pocket during horseback rides and walks. The weapon, loaded with ordnance-bureau cartridges, is kept ready for instant use as Roosevelt trains himself to be his own guard. He emphasizes preparedness over heavy guarding and says he does not fear danger, though he rarely expects to need the firearm.
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