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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1912
Page
14
About two hundred students and many visitors arrive in Bozeman for a three day event at the Agricultural College. Schedule includes preliminaries, semi finals, a championship game and a dance with prizes displayed in local store windows.
In the all-American trophy second round at Coronado England beat Canada. Morris Duval of the Faelish team fractured a collar bone when his horse bolted. W Devereaux of San Mateo suffered a fractured collar bone after colliding with Maj. Colin Rosa. both men were knocked from play. Ross also fractured a collar bone and was carried off. The injuries sidelined two top players for the season.
City commissioners canceled the March 10 return bout between Frankie Burns and Johnny Frayne citing personal grudges and a need for scientific boxing. Burns and Frayne had been friends until a recent clash over Burns meeting Jack Britton, which sparked the dispute.
Tomorrow at Juarez racing entries list six furlong selling race with contenders Modern Priscilla Wild Bear Rosey Posey Deerfoot Chess Lilly Paxton Suda Clem Rowetta Evran Batella Pied Tush James Blacketock Gramercy Brighton Prince Winter and others noted for March 7. Second race features five and a half furlongs.
Six races listed with horses names and weights across furlongs and miles. Entries include Kootenay Enfield Brown entry in the fourth race and King Elk Bit of Fortune in the fifth, with apprentice allowance noted.
Henry Wallbank defeats a strong field in the Panhandle Stockmen handicap at Juarez with a 6 to 1 edge. Gen Antonio Rojas, rebel garrison commander, secures daily tax of 10 gold per day from the racing association. Multiple race results noted with times and place finishes. weather clear and track fast.
In Chicago on March 6, matinee scores from the American Bowling Congress show no 600 series in singles as five man team and doubles results lag. E Mittel and H Tarrow of Chicago led doubles with 1137, Sallander tops all events at 1888, Ideals of Akron moved to second in five-man team with 2721, the All Malts of Chicago leading by 18 pins. The first session begins tomorrow and officer elections Friday. A $30,000 prize list division was tentatively adopted.
Manager Blankenship of Missoula’s Highlands team says it looks like they will open at home and plan to train in Hamilton. He praises the town and its baseball spirit and hopes to warm up with classy games against the Bitter Rooters.
Johnny Kilbane, new featherweight champion, offered Abe Attell a chance to regain the title and proposed Labor Day for the rematch. He plans a rest before a Cleve homecoming reception as his vaudeville tour schedules a stop in Cleveland.
Emil Klank, manager for Yussiff Mahmout, issued a challenge to Stanislaus Zbyszko for a finish match in any city with a satisfactory purse and posted $1000 as part of a larger bet.
Chicago March 6 Heine Zimmerman infielder for the Chicago Nationals signed a three year contract with President Murphy. Zimmerman will depart tonight to join the Chicago National league ball players in the South.
Telegram to local fans says Charles McCafferty the manager of the Butte club in the Union association will not reach Butte tonight as expected but will arrive next week.
Steve Ketchel of Chicago knocked out Mickey Reilly of Milwaukee in the fifth round of a scheduled 15 round bout in Stockton Illinois. Reilly did not regain consciousness for about thirty minutes.
Pembroke Finlay formerly of the Brooklyn National League team died in Brooklyn from peritonitis. He was 22. Reports say he strained himself playing last summer for the Memphis team.
Detroit officials announce a name change for the new American League baseball grounds from Bennet Park to Navin Field in honor of President Frank J. Navin. The decision, made today, marks the official designation of the home park for the Detroit Americans.
In Oxford today W. A. Ziegler of Ohio, a Rhodes scholar, won the shot put at the annual varsity sports with a best throw of 43 feet 2 inches.
George Stoval, who managed the Cleveland team last year, reported today at the offices of the American league club in St. Louis. He was traded recently by Cleveland.
Bozeman hosts the second inter scholastic basketball tournament with Anaconda high school favored to win. Kalispell Helena and Glendive pose challenges as Billings also looms. Teams enjoy organized accommodations meals and full campus support with medals and trophies visible in local jewellers.
Tomorrow the high school faculty representatives meet to review protests about eligibility. The drawing for the preliminary round follows at 1 pm with a grand parade and first games starting immediately. By nightfall nine teams will be eliminated from Missoula Kalispell Choteau Philipsburg Dillon Anaconda Townsend Belt Great Falls Livingston Helena Forsyth Billings Columbus and Big Timber were on site tonight.
Mollie Musson a Finn girl of West Park street reported to police that Erick Musson stole her affections and her bank book while she kept house for him. She proved deposits of 2400 dollars and accused him of hiding the book to access the funds in Finland. Police seek Musson through Montana cities.
Young R. J. Morrow allegedly slashed nine hats with a knife in a South Butte dance hall after a dispute with George McAllister who had him arrested on a disturbance charge. McAllister says Morrow tore tulle and lace from a hat left by a lady dancer. A police court hearing is set for this morning.
Chicago March 6 government attorneys closed their case against 10 Chicago packers indicted for criminal violation of the Sherman anti trust law shortly before 4 pm and court adjourned. This marked the fourteenth week of the trial with the stenographic record totaling about 2 million words.
Funeral services for Katherine Curran will be held this Thursday at 9 o'clock in Walsh's undertaking parlors with Rev. Walter M. Jordan officiating. Clarence Leukuma infant son of Mr and Mrs Jacob Leukuma to be buried at 2 o'clock this Thursday at the family residence 445 East Park street with Rev. M. D. Hudtloff officiating.
After an evening at the theater 15 couples from the Young People's Temple club shared a dinner at the Butte grill. The dinner was given in return for a leap year party hosted by the members' partners. Club officers are Sam Goodman president Benjamin A Myers vice president Ben Kramer treasurer and Leo Weisberg secretary.
An old advertisement touts BromOQuinine a worldwide cold and grip remedy claiming it removes the cause. It urges readers to call for the full name and look for the signature E. W. Grove ade.
In Mineola Roosevelt condemns campaign leaders he says push open primaries to wreck the Republican party. He recalls 1910 governor race and claims leaders press patronage and machine tactics to force him into the arena. He says the same authors of disruption seek to defeat the party, not restore Lincoln era ideals.
The article traces Rube Peters rising from a 1903 dream to joining the Chicago White Sox pitching staff in 1912. It details his struggle mastering the fadeaway delivery, his prior stints with Dallas and Minneapolis, and the praise from manager Jimmy Callahan. It also cites Mathewson and insider anecdotes about inside baseball and other players.
London March 6 A rumor appears in an evening paper that Captain Robert F. Scott the British Antarctic explorer has reached the South Pole. Mrs Scott says she has heard nothing from her husband and no confirmation exists from any source.
Hobart Tasmania March 7 Captain Raald Amundsen the Norwegian explorer has arrived after his return from the South Pole expedition.
In Lynn Massachusetts on March 6 Mrs Florence Ingalls was shot six times by neighbor Mrs Jessie Chapman who walked up on the street and fired from a handbag. Mrs Chapman admitted the shooting and was arrested.
The article recalls Andrew Carnegie's boyhood in Allegheny and his use of Major Anderson's private library. It notes how those early books influenced his later success and his founding of the Allegheny free library as one of his first large gifts.
Harold Hilton, the English golf champion, told the USGA executive committee he will visit America again to defend his title. He will travel with a large party of British amateurs and notes a shift in championship dates due to climate fears in July and August. Fred Hereshofft sails April 16 to compete in the British championships at Westward Ho. Hilton previously reached the 37th hole in the Amateurs final at Apawamis last September.
The Philadelphia American recruits and the San Antonio league team played a seven inning tie in San Antonio on March 6, halted in the ninth due to darkness. Houck pitched well and Strunk's base running was a highlight of Philadelphia's effort.
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