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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1915
Page
2
Kansas City May 21 Krueger drove in four runs on three singles and one double in four at bats as Kansas City defeated Hoffalo. Opportune hitting from teammates fueled the victory while Schulz Ehmke and Alien worked the mound. St. Louis and Newark games noted with scores and pitchers.
May 2 report from Pitaburg Pa describes the veteran shortstop known as Honus in a terse, garbled update. The piece references game action and mentions local figures, but the readable portions are scattered and unclear.
Chicago tops Boston 3 to 2 in a marathon 17 inning game. Urban Faber wins his seventh straight, with Daly delivering the bases loaded single for the winning run as Schalk and Weaver contribute key plays. Mays and Russell pitched well for Boston, while Higgins and O’Loughlin influence the tense battle.
The hour required to qualify is noted but contemporary times show a two second pace under the record set last year by Georges Boillot. Qualified runners include Barney Maned Tom Orr and Eadie Aleken cher.
Pat Connolly an Irish heavyweight seeks a handicap bout with middleweight champion Henry Irslinger. Connolly would weigh about 1 pound more and propose he throw Irslinger twice in an hour or lose. The two last met in Glasgow four years ago ending in a draw.
May reports from San Francisco through New York describe Howard Drew of the University of Southern California announcing he will drop out for at least a year and work. He plans to skip the Amateur Athletic Union meet in San Francisco and Wisconsin events as rain postponements affect schedules across the circuit.
President Robertson of the Buffalo Federal league Club said negotiations were nearly complete for Marty Lord former Chicago Americans third baseman to join Buffalo. Reported travel to finalize the deal with several clubs involved and a game schedule note showing weather causing postponements in multiple cities.
Disappointed grammar school track athletes learn their meet at the gardens is postponed due to field conditions after recent rains. Superintendent Downer says teams were notified Saturday and the meet will be held next Saturday at the gardens if weather permits.
Chicago won by series from Boston in a pitchers battle as Rudolph and Lavender matched zeroes through four innings. Chicago scored with two out in the fourth and eighth innings on timely hits and walks, while Boston gained runs with two out later. The scoring list names Lavender, Archer, Rudolph, Gowdy, Whaling, Tragressor, and Connetty in a tense early baseball clash.
Plans for an Intown baseball park to serve miners from Butte are moving forward after surveying a site between Shields and Garden Streets. The project, supported by Anaconda authorities, aims to host games for teams in a proposed mine league at the new diamond.
Saint Boniface Manitoba reportedly set a world record for voluntary contributions at a baseball game last Sunday. The Northern League announced a free battle between St. Boniface and Duluth fans amid legal limits on paid events in Canada. Tin boxes at park gates collected tender, but the outcome remains unclear.
In a fundraiser, fans dropped money into receptacles for war relief, contributing $3,200 though not obligated. President Burmeister celebrated the windfall as a gold mine opened before him, yet authorities soon banned Sunday baseball in the prairie region, limiting gatherings and signaling a ban consistent with the Union Jack flag. Separately, the University of Idaho beat Whitman College 76 to 55 in a dual track meet, and several American women returning from The Hague peace conference arrived aboard the Ryndam in New York.
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