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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1913
Page
9
Butte baseball directors push to finalize two player contracts today and set a training ground by evening. President Gillis and officials plan white and blue buttons selling for 1 dollar to raise funds and civic pride, targeting 3,000 sales to support a strong season.
Helena March 21 The Montana State Agricultural College Bozeman defeated the state university 24 to 18 to claim the undisputed intercollegiate Montana title. Aggie forward Conner scored 16 points on fouls and field goals while University center Tabor added 15 in the second half in a hard fought game.
The university captain Whisler, a forward, is being rested and replaced near the finfish by Streit. The lineup lists Bozeman Hartman Cotner as forwards, Wilcomb Hodckies Maddox as guards, Missoula Whisier Streit as guards, Cummins as forward, Tabor as center, with Sheedy and Wolf also at guard.
Five teams have entered the Nome to Candle sweepstakes race over the 412 mile course to be run April 3. Entrants include Mrs. C.EF Darling of Berkeley and A. A. Scotty Allan of Nome, John Johnson, Fay Delzene, Percy Blatchford, and Alek Holsen. Entries close April 1. The Darling Allan team won the last two races and the John Johnson team of Siberian wolves won 1910 with a record of 74 hours 14 minutes 26 seconds.
The American Giants, the black baseball club that clinched the winter league pennant in Los Angeles, depart for Chicago and will stop in towns between Los Angeles and San Francisco, then Oakland and San Francisco, reaching Victoria after five days. Since departing Chicago on October 12, they played many games with 19 losses.
In Pittsburg on March 21 Charles McCourt defeated John Moore of Kansas City 34 to 0 in a national three-cushion Dillard league game. McCourt posted a high run of five while Moore managed a run of three as the match stretched to 62 innings.
John McGraw, famed as the Napoleon of baseball, explains his method for choosing pitchers and exposing opposing weaknesses in his regular weekly piece Just Pitchers. The piece promises frank insights into inside baseball and strategic staff building as managers weed out candidates for strong staffs.
Los Angeles Coast leaguers beat Chicago American No 1 4 to 3 in a tight game. White pitched five innings, Smith relieved, Maggert homered to tie the score, and Howard drove in the winning run with two out in the eighth. Driscoll relieved Tozer in the sixth to hold Chicago to two hits.
Otto Berg of Astoria and Jimmy Howard of Chicago will clash in a 10 round 158 pound bout in Oakland next Wednesday night. The result could influence future middle weight races as Howard searches for coast competition and a shot at Sailor Petroskey or Robby McAllister.
Helena March 21. Manager Shay of the Helena baseball team has completed arrangements with the Alhambra and Sunny Side hotels for the first week of training. Half the players will stay at Sunny Side and half at Alhambra. After a week’s seasoning they will finish training in Helena.
Pittsburg authorities report local lightweight Tommy Lavelle died early this morning from a fractured skull stemming from a boxing match against George Adamson at the Tariff club last night. Adamson and match arranger A C Evans were arrested to await coroner action.
In Chicago on March 21 Yale lost to Northwestern 27 to 22 in a dual meet. Yale's sole victory came in the relay where a new intercollegiate record of 1:25 was set. Kenneth Husseugh of Northwestern won the 40 yard, 110 yard and 220 yard events for his team.
Seattle on March 21. Canadian lightweight champion Joe Bailey fought Renton Washington's "Frenchy" Vaise to a four round draw in the main event of an athletic club smoker tonight.
In Boston on March 21 the local team defeated New York 59 to 45 in a three cushion billiards league match as Dr. R H Hudson defeated H Goldman.
The piece argues that sunlight is essential to life and growth. It uses a potato in darkness as an illustration of poor digestion without light and extends the metaphor to animals and people, claiming only those fully bathed in sunshine become truly ripe and spirited while pale, lifeless appearances mark the rest.
Manager Tinker warns Frank Chance may be killed by fast pitches if he continues to front the ball. The piece notes Chance’s dangerous habit, compares him to Hughey Jennings, and covers other baseball news including Leon Ames’s new spinball, Jim Thorpe’s prospects, and Yankee shortstop options.
In the Chicago Tribune summary, Professor Bateson suggests no one fully understands sex. While distinguishing features exist in many species, the true essence of sex eludes definition. Observations include color vision defects and sex-linked coloration patterns, such as tortoise shell cats being almost always female.
Experiments in England show artificial silk makes incandescent gas mantles more elastic and durable than traditional materials used, indicating a potential breakthrough in mantle performance and longevity.
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