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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1918
Page
2
Pittsburg defeats New York 2 to 0 to take the second game of the series. Cooper and Ralies duel as Pittsburgh scores twice in one inning while New York’s hits come in scattered bursts.
In a sloppy track at Churchill Downs Exterminator won the forty fourth Kentucky Derby by one length over Eacoba with Viva America third. The winning time was 2 10. The $2 mutuels paid 61.20 28.10 12.40 for Exterminator and 4.69 for Viva America. The field also included War Cloud Lucky W Janes Clark Sewell Combs and American Eagle. The winner's value was 14 00.
Kansas City Mo May 11 Twilight games discussed by Western League managers. President B W Dickerson says start at 6 30 pm to aid attendance. no games before June 1, and they would run past 9 pm. Coast League results note San Francisco Salt Lake Vernon and others. College baseball scores from Cambridge Yale Harvard Princeton Cornell and Newport reserves.
Risberg's lone hit powers Perry as Philadelphia loses 1 to 0. Boor and Schalk provide defense for Chicago. Washington edges Cleveland 1 0 on Johnson triple. Three-run rally in eighth helps St Louis beat Boston 4 2. Yankees erupt to defeat Detroit as James battered early. Baker drives in key runs.
Minnesota defeated Wisconsin 72 to 71 in a track meet at Minneapolis as the new hand grenade event was added to the program. Wisconsin led after the dashes and hurdles and two mile, but Minnesota surged in the weight events to win by one point. The meet marked Minnesota’s first defeat of Wisconsin in eight years on the cinder track.
The University of Pennsylvania varsity eight defeated Yale by four lengths on the Schuylkill River in a one mile and five eighths race. Time was 6 minutes 8 and some seconds with the freshmen also victorious by a narrow margin.
A review of unofficial league averages notes Larry Doyle of New York as a top hitter with 29 bases in 15 games. Boston, Chicago, and St. Louis leaders also appear in batting and fielding lists, with Ruth, Speaker, and others holding strong averages. Pitchers Covelonkie, Williams, and Gallia lead in wins for the season. Washington State wins a dual track meet against Idaho, while Montana is blanked by Washington State 14 to 0 in a later game.
George E. Waggoner formerly secretary of the Employers' Association of Great Falls has joined the United States Building and Loan Association of Butte. He will direct the extended deposit department statewide to inform the public about the association. The piece also notes the new Butte telephone directory and an ancient German residence built in 709.
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