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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1909
Page
15
Street Juniors Cassidy and Shea Mis soula Avenues O'Neill and Noonan feature home runs by MecCronan and Cassidy in the game summary.
In a ragged Inter Mountain baseball game, Salt Lake beat Butte 7 to 5 as an unsteady field and wild plays doomed the Reds. McAdams pitched poorly for Salt Lake while Barnes struggled for control, with Goodman highlighting a pivotal third inning that broke the game open. Campbell and Fitzgerald delivered key hits for Salt Lake, and Butte rallied late but could not overturn the early six-run outburst.
The Main Street Juniors defeated Missoula Avenues with an 18 to 10 score in yesterday’s game. Batteries-Main.
In Chicago the Pirates swept a twin bill, taking first game 3 to 2 and second game 3 to 0. Willis outpitched Pfeister in the second, with rough fielding leading to runs via battery errors and ground rules producing extra two base hits.
Detroit beat Chicago 3 to 1 in a hard fought May 30 contest. Chicago scored their lone run in the ninth after being blanked earlier. Batteries: Smith and Payne for Detroit Summers and Schmidt for Chicago.
St Louis won the final game of the series against Cleveland 2 to 0. Waddell pitched a complete game shutout. Lajoie collected four hits in four plate appearances, including a double. Batteries: Waddell and Stephens for St Louis. Berger, Rhoades and Bemis for Cleveland.
All games scheduled were called off today. Rain stopped play at Portland and Seattle, while authorities interfered at Vancouver.
In San Francisco the San Francisco team beat Portland 1 to 0 in six innings. Sacramento and Vernon played to a 5 to 6 score in Sacramento. Los Angeles escaped with a 3 to 3 tie against Oakland and Los Angeles won 5 to 3 in Los Angeles.
Western League results list Pueblo 16 Topeka 3 Denver 4 Wichita 1 Des Moines 5 Lincoln 4. Strong action shows big runs and close battles across three cities with the Des Moines win matching the tight races.
The American Association results show Kansas City tied with Milwaukee in an 1 0 game, Minneapolis beating St. Paul by 3 0, Columbus defeating Indianapol is 4 8, and Toledo losing to Louisville 1 2 with a disparity in reported scores.
The Butte Young Men's club second team won 15 to 10 against the Thorntons. McCarthy and Devaney were the winning battery while Satters and Wear took the loss. The Butte Newboys beat the Caprice Juniors 8 to 3 on Second street grounds with Mooney at short for the Newsies singled out as the feature. William Sullivan served as manager contact at 15 South Oklahoma street. The Blue Jay Juniors defeated Lt E R Juniors 14 to 12 with Gavin Moriarity and Ww Ryan as winners and T Moriarity Whalen and Ct Ready as losers. Tom Coughlin had four hits in five at bats.
Promoter James Coffroth announced a 20 round world championship bout between Jack Johnson and Al Kaufman set for July 5 at the Colma club in San Francisco. Johnson to receive about ten thousand dollars, with Billy Delaney acting for Kaufman taking a share of receipts. The holiday date is expected to draw a large crowd and secure the purse.
The opening matinee under windy overcast skies drew a sparse crowd despite racing on the inside track. Dave Brodie’s Racine won the first heat of the three minute trot. Kissinjen claimed the deciding heat. Idol won the 2:40 trot in straight heats, while Captain P and Minium also triumphed in their respective events.
The sporting calendar features a full slate and a key dual race between Cornell and Harvard on Cayuga Lake. Ketehel meets Caponi Sullivan and Fiystion in coast fights as other contests continue, promising a tight day of competitive events for fans.
The schedule lists Cornell versus Harvard rowing on Lake Cayuga two miles, a marathon at Brighton Beach, Roller versus Siegfried in Kansas City, Harlem regatta in New York, and an auto tour from New York to Seattle starting Tuesday. Featured bouts include Anaconda Jack Sullivan vs Jim Flynn in Los Angeles 10 rounds, Nat Dewey vs Jack Tippets in Park City 20 rounds, Stanley Ketchel vs Tony Caponi in Schenectady 10 rounds, with Thursday Brooklyn handicap at Gravesend and a Western Conference track meet in Chicago on Saturday.
In Butte a renewal of the long standing rivalry features McCarthy and Sullivan against Gleason and Crowley at Paige's alleys on East Broadway at 2 PM. A $100 purse is on the line as Montana's top players meet in a bid to start the season with a win. Spectators welcome.
Terre Haute Ind May 30 Tom Longboat defeated a four man relay team at Athletic park today in a 12 mile race in 1 04 32 taking the world record for that distance by nearly a minute.
Decoration day events feature the Harlem river spring regatta with Philadelphia and Baltimore clubs, a Marathon at Brighton Beach, and Irish-American Athletic Club spring games at Celtic Park. Gus Bender, the California runner, draws interest as a top prospect dubbed a second St Yves. Red Hawk, an Indian newcomer, also competes. The East shifts racing to Gravesend with the Brooklyn Handicap opening day. Races and dual meets include Harvard versus Cornell, Anaconda Jack Sullivan versus Jim Flynn, and Ketchel versus Tony Caponi. Illinois leads the western college conference meet as the second largest in the nation.
Harvard's athletic year looks dominant with a varsity sweep on the horizon. The Crimson already leads in baseball after beating Princeton and faces Cornell in rowing with a near-certain claim to the intercollegiate championship.
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