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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1921
Page
11
The passage riffs on sports and games with colorful lines about a Texas gusher a Chicago thief and a Umpire’s vacation. It notes Marshall Capablanca chess match in Havana with playful commentary on bishops knights and queens and mentions a strict one hour move rule.
Butte will host the state handball tournament at the Y M C A courts April 21 to 23. Earle Genzberger chairs the organizing committee with H O Malsbury R F Gaines Quong P Huie Leslie B Sulgrove C Cohan and Floyd Johnson directing. Singles and doubles awards include gold medals. an innovative consolation round gives eliminated players a comeback chance. The event draws wide interest from Helena Great Falls Dillon and local clubs. the Y has added spectator seating and will host a banquet for out of town guests.
King George Queen Mary the Prince of Wales and other dignitaries at Knowsley Hall viewed a late rounds replay of the Carpentier Levinsky bout. Carpentier boxed Lenaris at the hall as Earl of Derby hosted a house party before his world title bid with Jack Dempsey.
Reports from major league camps cover a range of sports notes. Capablanca and Lasker battled to a draw in Havana while Gene Paulette signs with an Ohio semi pro squad. The Canadian amateur sports panel calls for sweeping reforms amid professionalism concerns. An arm epidemic hobbles the Chicago Cubs camp in Pasadena as Daubert forwards his Reds contract. White Sox infielders from Salt Lake shine in a win over the Giants second team. NCAA track in Chicago postponed to June. Michigan star Vernon Parks denies joining an Oakland Coast league club, risking eligibility.
The Associated Press reports scores from multiple games including New Orleans where New York Americans beat Brooklyn Nationals, Tampa where Philadelphia Nationals topped Washington Americans, and Waxahachie where Chicago Americans defeated New York Nationals. Other results include Wichita Falls teams, Fort Worth beating Cincinnati Nationals, Beaumont matching Boston Nationals, Hot Springs routing Pittsboro Nationals, Los Angeles besting Chicago Nationals, and Bogalusa St Louis Americans losing to New Orleans.
A French gymnastic school takes instantaneous photographs of pupils to study their actions and prevent unnecessary movements during training sessions.
Giants recruit hopefuls gain instruction from three former batting greats John McGraw Hugh Jennings and Jesse Burkett in San Antonio spring training Their combined 27 years above .300 hitting record showcases a rich hitting heritage for the Giants and longtime stars guide the next generation toward pennant dreams while boxing headlines and exhibition plans mingle with spring talk about Cobb Speaker and Chap man Memorial funds and a busy baseball landscape ahead
The Chicago trial of eight White Sox players for conspiring to throw the 1919 World Series falters. Prosecutors lack decisive evidence, aided by elite defense and concealed information, leaving the defendants unpunished legally. Morally, they remain condemned for not proving innocence or severing ties to the conspiracy.
Judge Landis has spoken firmly that all suspicion must be cleared from the sport he now leads, promising no tainted players will be used this year or any year. Cicotte Williams Jackson Felsch Risberg and the others are finished as big league players, treated as if found guilty and jailed.
The speaker argues that players understand the risks of aiding bettors and will avoid crooked schemes. With laws now on the books, they will choose to play straight, resisting as tools for confidence men who seek to fix games. Last week settled one moot question.
The Aero Club of America awarded the 1921 national balloon race to Birmingham Alabama with a May 21 start. Trophies to be announced later, and a team from the winners will go to Belgium to compete for the Gordon Bennett cup. Prospective entrants include Lieut Louis A Kloor Bernard von Hoffman H B Honeywell J B Mc Kibben John Berry Roy Donaldson and Ralph Upson along with three US army and navy teams.
In a gossipy IN S column Tad's Tid Bits mocks England's boxing heavies since Mitchell and praises American fighters who beat British stars. A brief unsigned verse titled The Champion's Last Fight mocks romance and boxing bravado in a crowded hall setting.
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