Highlanders Win Second Straight Over Butte
May 2 Missoula beat Butte 5 to 2 in a basic game with Treckell pitching steady ball and solid support. This marks the first time this season the league champions have won two in a row, extending their lead.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1913
Page
8
May 2 Missoula beat Butte 5 to 2 in a basic game with Treckell pitching steady ball and solid support. This marks the first time this season the league champions have won two in a row, extending their lead.
Helena crowd watches as Williams dominates the game pitching for Williams team. Teammates score three runs while Vigilantes fail to cross the plate in a tense intercity contest. May 29 reports Williams masterful pitching and strong defense securing the win for Helena.
In Seattle on May 2 the ninth and eleventh tied, Cadman hit a home run in the thirteenth to lift Seattle over Portland. Batteries Metkie and Cadman for Seattle with Mays and Murray for Portland.
In Andrews Scotland May 2 Harold H Wilston defeated Schmidt in the sixth round of the amateur championship. The Worcester Mass player Schmidt fought bravely against English fearsome rival Hilton. A 71-foot putt and a long final hole decided the match with Hilton winning on the nineteenth hole.
New York May The state plans a revival of horse racing after a two year lapse due to anti betting. An 18 days meeting opens tomorrow on Long Island under the Metropolitan Handicap as the feature event. Authorities warn that any bookmaking will be stopped and the popular $1 admission section may be closed to curb gambling. The public betting among individuals by oral wagers may continue if not organized.
In a fast game Oakland beat Sacramento 1 to 0 in the last of the ninth on consecutive hits. Williams and diss provided the battery for Oakland. Portland and San Francisco produced a 5 2 result with Higginbotham hit hard late. A college game featured SoCal beat Leeland Stanford Jr 7 to 2 in 12 innings with Japanese students staging support.
In Salt Lake on May 22 Salt Lake pounded Ogden pitchers for 21 hits and defeated Ogden 15 to 10. Morgan started for Salt Lake but yielded nine hits in the third and 11th innings as the rest of the lineup dominated from there.
Fragments show Frank Baker homering to tie New York, then Philadelphia won with a late run as Brown pitched. Chicago beat Detroit 8 to 2 in 10 innings with Easterly substituting hit bat. Washington defeated Boston 5 to 2 behind O’Brien’s singles and Mullin’s defense. Cleveland beat St Louis 6 to 5 with Palkenberg’s control and late runs. St Louis and Cleveland pushed by rain and field issues.
New York May 29 14 entries for the Metropolitan Handicap at Belmont Park Long Island as part of the ninth running of the event. Details list weights and competitors including Gunfire Trish Lad Race King Grapple and others, with the race revival tied to the Metropolitan feature. Cambridge Mass May 2 intercollegiate games gathered at Harvard Stadium for a two day event with preliminary heats and finals to decide team champion while University of Pennsylvania defends last year’s title.
In a tense 14th inning finish New York toppled Philadelphia 4-3 as Shafer scored on a Fletcher hit after a Seaton loss. Seaton yielded only fourteenth inning hits but took the defeat, while Feckless baserunning cost Philly early chances.
St Louis lost 13 to 19 to Cincinnati in the opening game. Four Cincinnati pitchers used while St Louis employed three, with free hits and protests noted. Packard relieved early, Johnson worked fourth, and Brown came on in the seventh amid field disputes. Series actions and manager notes follow. Brooklyn game halted at start of third.
Frankie White of Cucage quits a scheduled 12 round bout with Red Hughes of Spokane in the fourth round after spraining his wrist. Hughes had floored White three times and was winning the exchange when the tap ended the contest.
Helena May 29 Five boxing matches have been held under the Riley law with total receipts about 8089. The state will receive 828 or 10 percent of the gross, with the remainder directed by the governor. Signatures gathered for a suspension reach only ten counties, though 18 are needed. no further action will occur while effort continues.
May 22 report from Indianapolis notes Jack Dillon outboxing Frank Kraus in a light bout. Other results include Baker 3, North Yakima 2. Grande 7, Bolve 1. Walla Walla 4, Pendleton 2. Leach Cross and Bud Anderson set for a two round fight on July 4 in New York, with Cross training planned and a potential rematch against the Stitchie Rivers winner in San Francisco.
Special dispatch reports rising Flathead river water flooding Stillwater Bottoms and washing across roads and a steel bridge. Logs from Somers Lumber near the river mouth scattered as the boom broke. Missoula river also high with bridges, roads, and power intake at risk. crews deployed to avert further trouble.
In Francisco on May 29 Alfred De Oro defeated John Horgan in the final game to win the Lambert Diamond trophy series. The end score was 120 to 1 as De Oro claimed the world championship. Horgan led early with 49 points before De Oro surged, both players notching a high run of five in a tight finish.
Franklin B. Gault, president of the South Dakota University at Vermillion for seven years, tendered his resignation to the board of regents. He cites a wish for rest. Gault formerly led Whitworth College in Tacoma and served as a superintendent in Tacoma and Pueblo. He has 33 years in education.
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