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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1921
Page
2
The article asserts Germany must fulfill its absolute obligation to pay 20,000,000,000 marks under article 235. It states the May 1 deadline is imperative and failure to pay would incur penalties, regardless of changes to annex 2 or new bonds.
James J. Connor, a bartender, is charged with murder after the shooting that killed Larry McLean, a former National League catcher. John McCarthy, present with McLean, was severely wounded. Connor claimed McLean and McCarthy threatened the saloon and that McLean tried to climb over the bar to attack him.
New York reports Larry McLean a former major league catcher shot and killed in Boston. Born July 1881 in Fredericton New Brunswick, he rose from Newton Massachusetts first baseman in 1899 to major leagues with Boston Americans in 1902, Chicago Nationals, St Louis Nationals and Reds before joining the Giants in August 1913. He stood six feet five inches and had a long journeyman career through 1913.
Eugene A Paulette NL baseball player was placed on the ineligible list by Judge M Landis for alleged connection with throwing games. Paulette says he never threw games and kept away from corrupting associates but admitted taking money from Elmer Farrar of St Louis. He played for Philadelphia and St Louis clubs.
Brief roundup of spring training with White Sox recall that camp closed at Waxahachie Texas and regulars proceeded to Wichita Falls for three games. Three pitchers Jorgensen McWhorter and Franke were released. Waco Texas chosen as next spring camp site. Yale starts spring at Macon Georgia. Amateur wrestlers prepare for Detroit tournament opening Monday. Oxford Cambridge invited to meet Harvard Yale at Harvard stadium June 18. Rumors of Los Angeles club purchase by Cubs owners with Veeck and Powers to confer in Pasadena. St Louis Americans to break camp at Bogalusa before barnstorming home.
Negotiations heated toward a London appearance for Jack Dempsey after his manager said the heavyweight champion offered to box the winner of the Bombardier-Beckett contest at London Olympia by April. Manager Kearns replied that if finances align, Dempsey could face either Beckett or Bombardier following his bout with Georges Carpentier.
Scattered OCR text shows multiple team matchups across leagues in cities like Dallas Coca, Alexandria, Mobile, Milwaukee, Chicago, Vernon, and Houston. It lists scores such as 12-8 for Alexandria versus New York Americans and 9 for Mobile in the Southern Association, with various Nationals, Pacific Coast, and Texas League entries interleaved.
Walter Camp proposes halting athlete corruption by gamblers. The Yale football authority supports clean ideals across sports. Though mocked out west for favoring eastern All-America selections, respect remains for his views and standards.
The Yale sports authority urges a national pledge among athletes and fans to limit bets to ten dollars per event. Camp argues that honest sportsmen want clean horse racing, football, baseball, boxing, wrestling, hockey, and other games, fearing gambling taints many major sports and could trigger disclosures and quarrels.
The article debates halting large wagers in sports by capping bets at ten dollars, noting public opinion and leadership could drive acceptance. It cites Walter Camp and a national call for reform, warning carping gamblers and crooks. It ends with a local quip about Coach Mike Danahey's track squad practicing in suits as snow approaches.
Timberly defeated North Butte 18 to 10 while Montana Hardware crushed the Luteys 24 to 8 and Doctors-Lawyers edged the Butte Electric Railway team 16 to 10 in 11 innings. Gains and Blewett shared pitching honors as Timberly and others chase the top spots in the standings.
Unwitting men are drawn into gambling schemes by sure-thing operators who offer bribes to fix outcomes. Wealthy sportsmen bet heavily while athletes like Hal Chase and Babe Borton are cited as rare cases of being approached and bought before actions began. Tight betting would curb gamblers by removing large profits.
Pete Herman former bantamweight champion knocked out George Adams of New York in the first round of a four round bout in New York. It was Herman's first match since he defeated Jimmy Wilde the British flyweight champion earlier. Herman weighed in at 120 pounds Adams at 120 pounds.
Ed Englehart of Billings defeated Vic Gracie of Seattle in a 15 round decision here tonight. Englehart showed superior strategy and outpointed Gracie in the final four rounds for the victory.
Ann Arbor March 24 Derrll Pratt second baseman of the Boston Americans and Michigan coach reiterated he has no plan to return to major league baseball, signaling a shift from pro to college baseball duties and joining University of Michigan in a coaching capacity.
Twenty teams of two men are paired for the local doubles handball tournament at the Y M C A. First round must finish by March 30 with the second by April 3. Matches are best two of three for early rounds and best three of five for finals. Spectators’ gallery for 50 per court, no admission. Singles champion Sulgrove and runner up Malsbury previously.
Last night’s Butte Independent basketball card produced three close games. Knights of Columbus surged in the second half to beat the Hubs, while Standards and McQueens and the M Club faced strong opposition from Butte Battery in decisive margins. Key scorers included M Murphy and George for Kof C, Rue and Tevin for McQueens, Kirchner and Murphy for M Club, with referees Ladie Dugan and Sadie Scott officiating.
Helena, March 24. T. J. McKellips assistant sergeant-at-arms of the senate died tonight in a Helena hospital of pneumonia at age 32. He leaves a wife and two daughters. He lived on a ranch near Billings and was son-in-law of Senator E. Booth of Fallon county. The article notes a stray fragment about a pike and their hinged teeth, but it is not connected to the obituary.
Dublin reports detailed military precautions have been taken against a possible Easter outbreak. Crown forces are posted in key public buildings, with no trouble expected. Last year similar steps were taken amid raids on income tax offices and police barracks. This year a curfew is expected to curb such activities.
Rev George R Harley of St George's Church Queens sent protests to Prime Minister Lloyd George over the alleged murder of Miss Mary Harley in Donegal during a February raid by masked men in Ireland. Harley said the victim warned others before the attack, but the home was burned and her body found in the yard after the raid.
Belfast reports the officer killed in yesterday’s clash between a detachment of lancers and Sinn Feiners between Stokeston and Longford is Captain R. G. Peek. He is a relative of Sir Wilford Peek, who also served as a Royal First Devon Yeomanry captain in the European war. Sir Wilford’s wife was Miss Sidwine Fef Thornburgh of St. Louis Mo.
Arch bishop Mannix of Australia, en route to Rome, said he hoped to meet Pope Benedict to report on the intolerable situation in Ireland. He passed through Turin yesterday on the journey.
Irish Republican Army members staged a planned nighttime assault on Cork jail to free prisoners under death sentence. The plan failed due to heightened security and extraordinary precautions by authorities.
ST. LOUIS reporting on March 24 notes Pemberton Billings, a member of the British parliament, involved in a developing political matter. The item provides limited context and names a single figure connected to the ongoing discussion.
Relatives of George E. Clark, taken from an Oregon Short Line train and dying next day at St James hospital under mysterious circumstances, head to Butte to claim the body. Investigators suspect foul play as police review drugs and robbery motives amid memory loss and a missing suitcase.
More than 60 Medford High School girls adopted past generation attire with eel-length dresses, braids, and no puffs or cosmetics, marking a back to normalcy movement in the school. Separately, the Hungarian government plans extensive natural gas borings in the Kecskeret district.
In a chamber of commerce address Mr Billing said his life had been threatened for a speech on the Irish question. An anonymous phone call warned him to stop activities within a week or be shot. Billing argued against American intervention, calling Ireland a sceneptis problem for Britain to solve.
In Belfast on March 24 a court martial sentenced Dr Patrick Mac Carville of Monaghan to six years of servitude for operating a Sinn Fein flying column aiding revolutionary activities and alleged armed actions.
Federal officers with police raided a chicken coop at Cebban Street and Oregon Avenue yesterday afternoon. A 50 gallon still, moonshine, and mash were seized after the still exploded and set the building on fire. Owners fled down an alley as investigators found a concrete-lined cellar where the operation was housed with a gasoline stove and sewer connections used to dispose of mash.
The Rose Croix No 2 Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite members observed Maundy Thursday by extinguishing temple lights until Sunday. A banquet followed with musical numbers and talks. Arrangements were led by Claude Doran E Farnam A H Copple and H Corkish. Relighting will occur next Sunday in the consistory temple.
District Judge A J Horsky in Helena considers an injunction against the Republican state central committee to stop electing a national committeeman at its meeting next Monday under senate bill 4 from the extra legislative session.
Special services will be held on Good Friday at 8 p m in St Mark's Lutheran church. The holy supper will be administered and the choir will sing as Rev M Hudtloff preaches the sermon.
M Vorovsky head of the Russian Soviet commercial delegation in Rome was challenged to a duel today by two Fascisti members but has not found anyone to act as his second.
In Sacramento on March 24 the Senate passed a bill establishing gambling in farm products as a felony, signaling a tougher stance on agricultural betting activity. The measure targets illicit wagers tied to crop and livestock markets and aims to deter criminal gambling networks.
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