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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1920
Page
8
Brooklyn beat Philadelphia 5 to 4 in 11 innings after Paulette scored on Miller’s double. The game featured late dramatics and a strong showing by both teams in extra frames.
The forty fourth Intercollegiate Athletic Association of America meet opens at Franklin Field with entrants from 28 colleges including England and California. Preliminary heats cut field, with Princeton Cornell and Penn favored to win. California and Dartmouth expected strong. Also the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association event to be held Dec 20 to Dec 23. In Indianapolis, De Palma and Boyer headline the Indianapolis 500 practice, with De Palma leading at speed. Exhibition baseball results include Pittsburg-Nationals, Cleveland, Chicago, and Coast League scores. Washington State College defeats Montana University in a college baseball game.
In the opening game of the series at Boston New York won 6 to 1 after an incident where Shawkey assaulted umpire Hildebrand in the fourth inning. Ruth hit his 19th homer of the season. Hildebrand awarded Boston a run by sending Schang to first with bases loaded. Shawkey was removed and struck the umpire, drawing blood from the mask. Other scores featured Chicago beating Philadelphia 6 to 1. Jimmy Wilde discussed a potential return to England and a US tour ending in fall.
In a lively exchange from New York on May 2, readers debate boxing legends and the oddities of a Dutch athlete, Placke, and a proponent’s memory of McCoy. The column blends witty questions, old boxing anecdotes, and playful jabs about fighters and national quirks.
Track athletes from seven Northwest schools including Washington State, Oregon Agricultural, Whitman, Idaho, Montana and Washington converge on Pullman for the Pacific Coast Conference meet. Montana fields a nine-man squad led by Stirling and others, while Oregon Agricultural aims to defend its 1919 title with strong quarter-milers and relay depth.
Partial returns from 31 counties in Oregon show official totals with 20 counties carried by a candidate and 16 by another. Wood is listed as carrying Morrow County, with references to total votes and incomplete tallies from secretary of state figures.
James Meredith reports from New York that intercollegiate sprinting in Philadelphia will likely be led by Michigan and California if fit. Eastern schools lag, with 10.5 to 10.9 second marks, while Cornell and Pennsylvania struggle to field strong sprinters. Western colleges promise top up runners like Schol and Paddock. relays and hurdles promise excitement. wind and conditions skew results.
The charge against Lee Magee has been made public in Cincinnati. Chicago owners allege he bet against own games and attempted to throw them, asserting his conduct before joining the Cubs made him unfit to play and invalidated his contract. The piece places Magee among a recent wave of alleged crooked actions in baseball and argues the sport’s integrity hinges on honest players and decisive action by owners and officials.
The article recounts baseball news with players like Hap Felsh tied for home run leadership with Babe Ruth and Walker of the Athletics. It mentions Grover Cleveland Alexander and Dutch Reuther as strong pitchers, plus Browns veteran Jimmy Austin still spry. It also notes minor league disputes, boxing legislation in New York, Jess Willard as a visitor, and Ted Meredith aiming for the 1920 Olympic team. The piece ends with plans for a local tennis club in Butte.
In the American Association standings Milwaukee leads with six points, Minneapolis Columbus follow with four, while Toledo Kansas City postponements affect the schedule amid wet weather conditions.
Butte fans watch Frankie Osner as he defeats Hyweight US champion Frankie Mazon at Alton Illinois, signaling a possible title clash with the famed Jimmy Wilde. The Osner family history dates to a Whatley cafe chef era, with twins growing into strong contenders in swimming and boxing across the Middle West.
In Omaha Nebraska Kid Graves signs and trains Indian heavyweight George Lamson from Indiana and signs Johnny Sydenburg a Omaha middleweight. Graves also handles the Walthill club’s redskin and aims for the heavyweight crown by guiding Lamson toward top contenders Bob Martin Bob Roper and Ray Smith while Sydenburg seeks to polish middleweight title hopes with Lamson and Sydenburg training together at the Omaha Indian reservation in Walthill.
Pro and con statements on reproducing costs for railroad infrastructure were presented before the commission. Carriers claim current freight rates reflect reproduction expenses totaling about 1 017 000 000 dollars, while experts from P W Hulme of Philadelphia challenge valuations as overly inflated. The transcript notes large disparities with 191¢ cost baselines, alongside legal opinions on spousal rights and divorce grounds amid the discussion.
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