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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1908
Page
12
A halted game at Ball Park Butte due to thunder and rain left the contest undecided. Giants held a commanding lead in two innings before the stoppage with Claflin blanking the Indians as conditions worsened. Roosevelt wild pitches and a delayed schedule followed the storm.
In the Northwest and American leagues schedule, Spokane visits Butte for one game while Aberdeen Tacoma and Vancouver Seattle teams play two each. The piece describes a rained out Spokane game at Columbia Gardens, with Giants battering Indians as a storm halts play. Tension rises over Russ Hall and the Butte coach’s decision to pull players, ending a potential Spokane defeat.
Ted Bennett and teammates suffer a rough day as Butte edges Spokane in a storm tossed game. Cartright rips a three bagger, Kreitz shines catching, and Dunn and Claflin contribute, while the storm forces delays and a crowd moment of shock before final.
Tacoma defeats Aberdeen 8 to 2 after 11 innings as Bresino starts the decisive rally with a clean single. Franklin and Martinke load the bases before Graham delivers a center field hit to finish the game. Franklin pitched five hits allowed.
Seattle managed enough hits to win most games but misfired on placement as Vancouver hit when it counted to win 28 to 5 after rain breaks. Beattle Welch and Stanley Haddock Arbogast battery pairings noted. Ground conditions were soft and slow and Vancouver took advantage with timely hitting.
In Cleveland on May 29 St Louis shut out the home team 6 to 1. The lineup shows Chech Thielman N Clarke Powell and Spencer handling pitching and catching duties for St Louis. Cleveland’s efforts were unable to breach the St Louis defense and the visitors secured the win.
The piece surveys a crowded schedule across horse racing collegiate track wrestling and baseball. It notes Kentucky Derby at Louisville New York and Oakland handicaps Intercollegiate meet in Philadelphia Yale Princeton series at New Haven and Decoration Day activities. It discusses Phil Brock Freddie Welsh boxing, Spokane Indians vs Giants, Gotch Roller match prospects, Colin the great turf horse breakdown, and a tight American League pennant race led by the Yankees with Detroit Cleveland and Chicago White Sox
Batteries Lundgren Brown and Kling, Karger Raymond and Ludwig. Umpires Kiem and Johnstone.
In Pittsburg on May 29 Cincinnati won the first game of the series against Pittsburg by 1 to 0. The scoreboard lists batteries Willis and Camnitz for Pittsburg and Gibson and Campbell for Cincinnati, with Umpire Emslie.
In the season opener doubleheader at the American League Park, Philadelphia and New York split. First game ended with Philadelphia leading but New York equalized. pitching and fielding by Vickers Dygert Plank Schreck Manning Kneinow and Schlitzer Powers Lake Kleinow noted. Second game saw Philadelphia win and New York suffering skid. batteries Schlitzer Powers Lake Kleinow listed.
The Philadelphia Nationals returned home and defeated Boston 8 to 0 behind strong hitting on three Boston pitchers. McQuillen remained a mystery to the visitors as Young Ferguson Pfeffer and Bowerman teamed for the shutout while Graham Dooin and Jacklitsch handled the Battery. Umpire O Day.
At Kansas City Kansas City 2 St Paul 7 At Minneapolis Minn Milwaukee postponed rain At Columbus Columbus 3 Toledo 1 At Louisville Louisville 10 Indianapolis 4
Boston May 29 Every effort has been made at Harvard to prepare the varsity eight for the race with the Cornell boat on the Charles river. Memorial day weather has limited practice but the Crimson crew has trained on the upper reaches and is in better form than last season with hopes of beating Ithaca's crew.
In Boston on May 29 Washington swept a doubleheader from Boston winning 6 to 1 in the opener and 7 to 5 in the nightcap. Batteries for the first game were Cates and Street for Washington with Morgan Criger and Donohue. In the second game Keely Hughes and Street faced Burchell Winter Glaze and Donohue for Washington.
In St Louis on May 29 Raymond broke up the Chicago game with an eleventh inning single to left, scoring the deciding run and sealing the victory.
Brooklyn returned from a western trip and was shut out by New York with a score of Brooklyn none to New York’s, Leanne L 3 v Batteries Mathewson Needham Rucker Bergen. Umpires Rigler Rudderham.
San Francisco beat Los Angeles 7 to 1 today in a Pacific Coast League game. Runs were scored by San Francisco off Randolph and Hogan with Dellar and Lewis behind the plate. Los Angeles managed a lone run as Oakland contributed 14 hits and errors are noted.
Miss Georgiana Bishop of Bridgeport defeats Miss L. W. Calan of Orange New Jersey in the finals by 6 up and 5 to play to retain the metropolitan district women's golf championship.
Rumor in Seattle on May 29 suggests Battling Nelson, bound for Colma for a lightweight title bout with Joe Gans in July, plans to marry the daughter of a prominent Portland merchant. The report places the potential marriage amid his preparations for the bout.
Portland edged San Francisco 4 to 3 in 12 innings to decide a tight game. Field work and late rallies defined the contest as the teams battled to the final frame.
Nelson maintains confidence in beating Gans and denounces Goldfield win as a mere snort of robbery. He plans to quit boxing after this claimed triumph over his dusky opponent.
Two carloads of fast horses arrived at the local track, from Houston and San Francisco, to race this summer. Stevens owns the Houston pair, while T. A. Davies' stable from San Francisco includes Ed Sheridan, Bon Vivant, Jim Pendergast, and several new horses.
Malachy Hogan will be the third man in the ring for the Ketchel Papke title bout at Hippo drome on June 4 in Milwaukee. Ketchel and Papke’s camps confirmed the Chicago official via wire from Papke’s manager T. E. Jones. Ketchel trained hard at a Milwaukee farmhouse with runs, gym work, and sparring, keeping to a tight routine as the fight approaches.
New York, May 29. Deeply grieved by Colin’s breakdown James R. Keene plans to ship the best of the Commando offspring to Castleton farm in Kentucky hoping for a return to racing this season or as a four-year-old. Colin, famed as the greatest racer in the country, may miss major stakes while Celt remains a strong rival.
Special dispatch reports James E. Sullivan criticizing the Western branch plan for Olympic tryouts. He objects to aquatic race distances differing from London events and calls the dates and arrangements unfair to top West swimmers.
In Racine Wisconsin May 29 Young Conley an almost unknown fighter matched Ad Wolgast in an eight round bout at the local club. Wolgast aimed to dominate but Conley held his own and earned a draw prompting little crowd disapproval as the referee ruled the match even.
Dillon announces two ball games scheduled for tomorrow afternoon and Sunday afternoon. Local teams are set to clash at the community park with spectators encouraged to attend. The events mark the town’s active weekend sports schedule and community engagement.
Harvard meets Brown in Providence while Princeton faces Yale in New Haven and Pennsylvania plays Cornell in Ithaca. Amherst tackles Williams, Georgetown meets Fordham, Dartmouth faces Holy Cross, Wallbrook plays Annapolis, Seventh Regiment hosts West Point, Columbia against Crescent Athletic in Brooklyn.
A team from Anaconda will play the Dillon Independents each afternoon, continuing a schedule of daily games.
In Los Angeles James J. Jeffries former world champion denounces Tommy Burns as a disgrace to boxing while commenting on Burns stance toward Jack Johnson. He argues Burns should accept Johnson in the ring and stop demanding favorable terms.
Butte crack shooters gear for a major Montana event in Anaconda tomorrow with at least ten representing the Butte Rod and Gun Club. Featured marksmen include Charles D. Plank Denver Herman Hirschey Minneapolis and John S. Boa Salt Lake, in a 60 target medal duel between E F Confarr Livingston and James Drumgoole Anaconda, plus open practice and several medal contests leading to the state Sportsmen meeting in Livingston June 12 13 and 14 and a booster carnival the following September with 3100 dollars in prizes.
Baltimore May 29 Joe Gans world light weight champion predicts a knockout win over Battling Nelson on July 4. He vows to end the bout in about 15 rounds and not let Nelson linger like in Goldfield. Gans offers to wager on victory and laughs at the Dane’s chances, arguing Nelson has slipped but he remains about equal to their last meeting.
Captain Kirby Hoon leads the Butte Independents against Bozeman in back to back games on the Gallatin river banks this afternoon and tomorrow. State championship implications ride on the results as both squads field noted lineups and talent.
Freddie Welch prepared for a two fisted 20 round bout with Phil Brock on Decoration Day after staging an unprecedented Los Angeles program under his training tent. Welch tested his stamina against Peter Sullivan Kid Carsey and Charley Boesen in a weather trial ahead of the Milwaukee to Pacific coast trip.
Four men surpass mark held by Dray of Yale Pennsylvania Yale and Cornell lead preliminaries at Franklin Field with Dartmouth’s A B Shaw equaling the 15 1 5 second world record in the 120 yard hurdles. Yale, Cornell, and Dartmouth set intercollegiate marks in pole vault and sprints as prelims head to tomorrow’s finals.
Chicago athletes compete at Marshall Field on a rain soaked University of Chicago track in the western division AAU Olympic trials. Winners include Hamilton in the 100 and 200, Lightbody in the 1500, Garrels in 110 hurdles, Patterson high jump, Jacobs pole vault, Ramey 800, Burroughs discus, Merriam 400, Amour five mile, Holmes standing events, Irons broad jump, Brennan hop step and jump, and Garrets discus and shot put with notable distances and times.
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