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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1920
Page
8
Keane of Central high school starred in Friday's inter meet at the Gardens, scoring 33 points and helping select eight men for the team to face Missoula. Event winners included Keane in several sprints and long jumps, with J Crowley and D Crowley among top finishers. Also noted were coach and crew updates from Columbia oarsmen and Coast and International League standings, plus legal action by wrestler Plestina against Yankee circus management.
New York wins an eleven inning game over Brooklyn 11 to 6 after a ninth inning tie. Lear Kelly Burns Young and Schmandt key triples and a fumble by Fletcher to set the final winning run in the 11th. Also Chicago beats Pittsburgh 6 to 4 in a power heavy contest with late scoring.
Cincinnati beat St Louis 15 to 11 in a weird exhibition. The game featured players removed after walking multiple opponents. Fisher was pulled in the fifth after walking a batter and allowing three hits. Scoring details note Cincinnati 15 runs on 17 hits and St Louis 11 on 15. Batteries listed include Fisher and Salles for St Louis and Schupp and Clemons for Cincinnati.
Boston outbatted Philadelphia but pulled ahead 8 to 6 to claim a third consecutive win in the series. Powell made a two run homer after a one handed catch by robbing Stengel of a homer and adding another hit later. Boston 082 000 111 8 9 0 Philadelphia 011 002 011 6 14 1 Batteries Jones McQuillan O Neill Cantwell Smith Wheat
The Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs near Louisville is the nation’s premier horse race with roots back to 1872. It covers 1 mile 4 furlongs 29 yards and offers a prize above $30,000 for the winner, drawing a large crowd when weather cooperates and high-class entrants from over 100 nominations compete.
The article argues for properly equipped indoor and outdoor spaces for Montana and emphasizes the need to retain coaches. It notes Belmont Park’s plan to employ crippled soldiers during spring meets, and discusses lighter crews in intercollegiate rowing at Cornell Yale Harvard and Princeton. It comments on Babe Ruth strikeouts upsetting New York fans, Wally Schang returning to Boston, and the Phillies’ unbeaten streak with the Reds latest to lose.
Slim Sallee pitched his first game of the season last Sunday and lost to Pittsburg 3 0. He hopes to better his 1919 feat of 21 wins and 7 losses as warmer weather arrives. Big league players warn that the 26 inning Boston game last Saturday could hurt Cadore and Oeschger’s season, with both pitchers showing form yet doubtful to rebound quickly from such strain. Under new rules a pitcher may rub hands on dry soil and batboys must supply a box to keep salary digits dry.
In a recent game Fletcher of the Giants had his shirt ripped by Bernie Neis of Brooklyn as Neis slid. Fletcher dislodged Neis and remained a base runner. Johnny Wolgast, Ad Wolgast’s brother, now enters boxing with a 19 round draw in Lancaster. Joe Stecher plans easier opponents after beating Lewis in New York. The Tendler Papin bout on May 12 promises a strong title test. Carpentier signs on for a circus tour earning $2000 a day.
Twenty two three year old thoroughbreds declared fit for the Kentucky Derby at Louisville on May 7. Churchill Downs will host the mile and a quarter stake with thirty thousand dollars added. massive crowds expected and hotels taxed to capacity. Forecasters predict showers and uncertain track conditions. among the 22 entries Wildair Damask and Upset are seen as likely favorites.
Smith and Seaton, key pitchers for the San Francisco team in the Pacific Coast league, were released today following gambling charges faced by Manager Charles Graham.
Catarrh is a blood condition not cured by sprays or douches. Local treatments waste time as the disease advances to the lungs, potentially causing consumption. S. S. S. attacks the disease in the blood and offers relief. Sold by druggists. write Swift Specific Co for expert advice.
Five boxing exhibitions were staged at the Florence hotel for troops in Butte. John Sullivan organized the event with young fighters Fay Meagher and Bernie McCabe, both 12 and 80 pounds, drawing strong soldier ovations. Main bout featured Beadle Kelly and Ray Wallace over four lively rounds as local boxers volunteer for more exhibitions and Chaplain McAdams plans future matchups.
Frank Moran of Pittsburg knocked out Paul Journee a French heavyweight in the second round of a 20 round bout at Holborn stadium London May 7 Moran the winner in the second round Journee previously sparred with Georges Carpentier Bombardier Wells had stopped Journee in a separate London bout in Erith hall earlier this year
New York on May 17 reports the death of Harry L Sparrow secretary of the New York American League baseball club since 1915. He died suddenly at his home aged 45 after the Ruppert and Huston purchase from Frank J. Farrell.
Detroit lost the third game of the St Louis series 10 to 4. St Louis scored four runs in the sixth on two homers by Jacobson and Gerber with men on base. Detroit’s Leonard was relieved by Ayers in the eighth. Batteries Sotheron Billings Leonard Ayers and Ainsmith.
In Boston on May 7, Perkins homered and a decisive triple in the fourth plus a single in the eighth powered Philadelphia to a 5 run victory over Boston. Naylor and Perkins starred for Philadelphia while Russell, Karr and Schang contributed for Boston.
Washington took an early lead with six runs in the first two innings to edge New York 6 to 5. Judge went five for five as the locals built a 4 0 2 game line. Shore Thormahlen Quinn and Ruel Hoffman Snyder Erickson Picinich shared batting duties in a close pitcher duel.
Chicago defeated Cleveland by six to one, clinching the sixth straight win of the season for Claud Williams. Ray Caldwell pitched well until the seventh, when Chicago capitalized with four runs on four hits and two errors. Cleveland managed three assists.final score Cleveland 1 Chicago 6. Batteries Caldwell Niehaus O'Neill Williams Schalk.
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