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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1921
Page
8
The piece critiques betting forecasts and boxing rules, noting Massachusetts will require decisive outcomes for bouts. It cites old timers reconciling bowling and forecasts, laments lazy habits, and pokes fun at California weather pages hosting field meets amid nationwide sports chatter.
State's Attorney Crowe opened a new probe into the 1919 World Series fixing case in Chicago. He told the Cook county grand jury he would present new evidence to reindict or indict additional players previously dropped or not charged. The investigation aims to be completed in about a week with key witness B B Johnson expected soon.
Three games are scheduled at Knights of Columbus gym in Butte. At 8 p.m. Butte Battery meets Xanthos club, 8 45 p.m. Standards face Meaderville, and 9 30 p.m. McQueen Additions play Hub Additions. Teams are evenly matched and expected to deliver competitive basketball.
The annual national indoor track and field championships of the Amateur Athletic Union will be decided tomorrow night in New York. A high class entry includes Yale Princeton Harvard Penn State Lafayette Amherst Boston College Holy Cross Brown Georgetown Virginia College and city athletic clubs from major Eastern cities with records expected to be challenged in several events.
The Associated Press reports that for the first time a British university team will compete in the United States intercollegiate golf championship at Greenwich Connecticut in June. Oxford and Cambridge were invited. Oxford is not represented on the current team. The squad is set to sail June 15 on the Olympic.
Mike Menosky Sam Vick and catcher Walters depart for Boston Americans spring camp at Hot Springs Ark amid alleged threats of suspension by President Warry Frazee unless signed Frazee may trade Stuffy McInnis while Boston Braves win in Galveston 4 to 6 Braxton seen strong as rookie left hander Joe Rivers wins at Honolulu opening show in Hawaii Association boxing match set for April 4 in New York data notes also mention Sewell locking in Indians shortstop job and Indian president Jim Dunn insuring club for 100000 plus Gibbons and Reich prepare for 10 round bout in Cleveland
In Paris a federation meeting discussed rotating world championship contests among countries based on a US suggestion. The decision was reserved until the United States is represented, expected at the next meeting in March 1922.
The article surveys calls to overhaul basketball scoring, contrasting current two point field goals with one point fouls at the line. It explains technical versus personal fouls, notes concerns that the current system rewards points earned by opponents’ infractions, and highlights potential shifts aimed at penalizing fouls more consistently.
Critics argue two points for field goals are too few as scoring reflects attack strategy and skill. Proposals vary from three to four points per basket with ideas like a marked 20 foot circle awarding four points and inner shots counting three.
The author argues for the present system and the proposed changes, noting no lasting injustice in the old method. They welcome the idea of awarding a point for personal fouls but doubt coaches will curb them without heavier penalties. They warn that holding and riding offer too much advantage to offset any opponent point.
The speaker questions raising field goal points from four to three and warns it could erode long range scoring and teamwork. They note inflated tallies could exceed hundreds and reflect on baseball writers predicting trends with uncertainty.
Mrs Franklin I Mallory national women's singles lawn tennis champion from New York reached the final round in singles and doubles and the semi finals in mixed doubles at the national indoor tournament at Longwood. Finals in all three events to be played tomorrow. She played four matches today and partners with William T Tilden II in mixed doubles.
Tommy Gibbons of St Paul stops All Reich of New York in 2 minutes 33 seconds of the first round in Cleveland. Gibbons floors Reich twice for a nine and an eight count. Gibbons weighed 182 pounds to Reichs 219. Ed Mahoney of Chicago stopped Joe Hurley of Syracuse in the seventh of a 19 round semi final. both weighed about 140.
Scores show New York Americans 7 Brooklyn Nationals 4 in Baton Rouge. Washington Americans 4 Philadelphia Nationals 1 in Gainesville. Cincinnati Nationals 14 Fort Worth 6 in Cisco Texas. Cleveland Americans 5 Kansas City 2 in Dallas. Chicago Americans 4 New York Nationals second team 0 in Waxahachie. Beaumont 4 St Louis Nationals 11 in Orange Texas.
The Naval Academy captured first place with 23 points at Princeton, beating Pennsylvania 10 and NYU 9. Midshipman Pearson won the all around with 223.8 points, with Navy placing competitors in every event.
By the Associated Press Bud Logan of Minneapolis won on a foul from Mel Stevenson of La Salle Illinois in the seventh round of a scheduled 10 round welterweight bout in Kansas City Kansas. Logan had the edge until the referee stopped it and upheld Logan's claim Stevenson struck low.
Martin K C M Carthy of Grand Rapids reports that Bob Martin, champion of the heavyweight class, knocked out Tommy McCarthy of Montana in the third round of a 16 round scheduled bout. McCarthy was outboxed and out generated throughout.
In Cleveland tonight the Boston A A hockey team edged Cleveland 3 to 2 to take a 2 1 lead in the United States league playoff series for the championship. Quito, Ecuador, has endured repeated earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
Johnny Wilson retained the middleweight crown by defeating Mike O Dowd in a 15 round bout in New York. Wilson earned 42500 of receipts totaling 107523, O Dowd received 20000. Attendance reached 13306 as Wilson fought with a sprained right hand and O Dowd alleged a groin blow. Mike Gibbons challenged Wilson in St Paul saying he could beat him in 10 or 15 rounds.
Plan to remodel the Montana hotel dining area into a modern restaurant with a lunch counter and 2 to 4 person tables. The red room and old dining hall will serve overflow and community use, including weekly dances and a community center. Construction starts immediately with opening targeted for early April.
Patrick Moran, executed by British authorities in Dublin last Monday, was a County Leitrim native and cousin of Michael Moran a retired smelter foreman in this city. James V Moran, shift boss at the McDougall building, and Mrs. Hugh Daly of Butte are also cousins. The elder Moran is wintering in California and wired the news to his son here yesterday morning.
Daly gymnasium hosts a public meeting Monday evening March 21 at 8 to nominate two school trustees for a three year term in school district No 109. Clerk R B Lewis notes the event for local residents and voters.
The House of Lords approved the reparations bill on its third reading. It imposes a 60 percent levy on German goods but the levy starts not until March 31.
Fred B. Smith, Anaconda merchant, was critically injured in a Friday automobile accident. He remained unconscious late last night as doctors described numerous injuries including a base of brain fracture, brain laceration, scalp wound, broken shoulder blade and three broken ribs. Dan Roach, his business partner, rushed from Portland to be by his bedside at Warm Springs while Dr. H. D. Kistler and Dr. J. Thorkelson attended him. Friends and employees crowded his store and hospital seeking news on his condition.
Deer Lodge county school trustees convene in the county superintendent Miss Alice Rooney's office to review measures affecting education. Items include a fixed county superintendent salary, consolidation of high school supervision, funding bonds, 8am to 6pm part time attendance, and 30 day post year financial summaries.
Eugene O Brien stars in The Perfect Lover at Margaret theater today and tomorrow. The story follows Brian Lazar, an aspiring painter who gains society fame after a rich woman falls for him, then returns to his hometown to find lasting happiness.
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