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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1925
Page
6
Babe Ruth describes his illness and hospital stay at St. Vincent's, recounting visitors, flowers, and newspaper calls. He jokes about Yankee box scores and remembers fellow players while expressing frustration and appreciation for care from nurses and sisters.
The Phillies shellacked the New York Giants 13 to 5 with Jack Knight limiting the league leaders to seven hits. Cy Williams and Russell Wrightstone homered twice each, while George Kelly and Billy Southworth added one apiece. Burns, Meusel, and Sands contributed two-base hits, and Williams was hit by a pitch during the game.
Brooklyn Dodgers defeat the Boston Braves 6 to 1 behind Burleigh Grimes who allowed six hits. Mitchell Brown Burrus Welsh staged two base hits while High Fournier O Neil produced three base hits. Barnes Ryan Kamp combined for eight hits to the Braves with Grimes fanning four as Kamp, Barnes and Ryan worked parts of the game.
Ty Cobb playing manager of the Detroit Tigers tied the modern major league record by hitting three home runs in a game against the St. Louis Browns. He went six for six with a double and two singles, driving in eight of Detroit’s 14 runs and setting a new bases count record of 16.
Rocky Kansas, Buffalo lightweight, received a 60 day suspension from the New York State Athletic Commission for fouling Sid Terris in their April 27 bout in Buffalo. The commission also lifted suspensions for Jock Malone and Charlie Carpenter, and McTigue’s reinstatement followed a contract release signed by his manager.
The patient recalls a doctor’s chart with red and green lines showing temperature trends and his baseball fever. A nurse explains the downward fever line while the red line hints at future batting averages and the Yankees’ fate. He throws the book across the room in a moment of regained strength.
Frank Orgin a 19 year old camper wandered two days through Canty’s lake area and Brown’s gulch after fleeing a approaching automobile. He returned home and was held at the county jail for an insanity hearing as officials investigated his state.
Robbers held residents at bay in Hartford City on May 5 firing at least once, blew open the Eaton State bank safe, and escaped with about $2,300. Explosives were used to wreck the safe as citizens awoke to the gunfire and were driven back. The exchange continued for over an hour.
In St Louis on May 5 Ty Cobb starred for Detroit, hammering three home runs in six at bats and six hits to spark a 14 to 8 victory over the Browns. Cobb tied the modern major league record for homers in a game and led the Tigers’ batting assault.
Boston overwhelmed Washington 9 to 4 with six runs in the second inning as Mogridge exited early. Multiple pitchers used, six pinch hitters employed, with Connelly Boone Flagstead Harris Prothro Tate among those contributing two-base hits and key hits to the scoring spree.
Coast bantamweight Mickey O Donnell will meet Dixie Lahood in a 12 round bout at the Broadway theater in Butte on May 20. The Two bantam stars signed by the Butte Legionnaires after weights clash with Lahood and Vic Foley left no agreement. O Donnell has beaten Georgie Marks and California Joe Lynch, adding strong coast cred to the intermountain showdown.
Earl McKown of Emporia Teachers College fulfilled his long goal by setting a new intercollegiate pole vault record at 13 feet 2% inches during the University of Kansas relay games. He cleared on his final attempt, breaking the previous mark by Kagardner of Yale set in 1912.
May 5 New York The Nurmi world tour is paused as Frederick W. Rubien chairman of the A A U National Registration Committee cancels all future appearances until manager Hugo Quist replies to a charge that Nurmi’s Drake Relays entry required payment. Rubien says he has notified Drake official Kennet Lilsom and questioned the claim that $1,000 was demanded.
New York on May 5 reports outfielder Bob Veach and pitcher Alex Ferguson of the Boston Red Sox were traded to the Yankees in exchange for Ray Francis a southpaw pitcher and $8 000 in cash.
Sid Terris of New York outpointed Johnnie Dundee in a 12 round bout, the last boxing match in Madison Square Garden. More than 13,000 attended as the arena prepares for demolition and a new Garden uptown opens after the bout.
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