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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1920
Page
8
Cleveland the American league pennant winner, closes the season with a 6 to 5 loss to Detroit in Detroit. They depart for home, then head to Brooklyn for the World Series. Also Philadelphia ends season by defeating Washington 8 to 6 in the final game.
St Louis and Chicago played a free hitting game in St Louis with the Browns winning 16 to 7. Batteries were Keifer Payne Wilkinson and Schalk for St Louis and Jonnard Richmond and P Collins for Chicago.
In a Columbia Gardens game yesterday the Hub Addition football eleven crushed Dublin Gulch 40 to 6 before about 800 spectators. Heavier Hub line dominates with repeated tackles and cyclonic rushes, three Hub players scoring twice and Hurley adding four goals. McManemon, Leary, and Cohan stood out for Gulch with a late Gulch touchdown by McManemon.
San Francisco splits with 2-3 record as Vernon improves to 3-2. Salt Lake moves to 3-2 while Sacramento sits 4-4. In Seattle, a Pirates game goes 10 innings with Joe Angeles 2-2 as Oakland wins 5-2. Portland games postponed.
Thousands of Cleveland fans jam downtown to greet Tris Speaker and the Indians upon homecoming from Detroit after clinching the American League pennant. James C. Dunn wires congratulations. tickets for the postseason are allocated with a mix of box, reserved, and general seating as plans aim to start distribution midweek.
Byrd Lynn and Hervery McClellan, longtime bench warmers, claim certain Chicago White Sox players manipulated results to favor betting odds. They allege these players, among eight Cook County grand jury indictees, intentionally misplayed games to keep Chicago from winning the pennant, noting scoreboard patterns favored Cleveland or New York at key moments.
Two brothers will play on opposing teams in a world championship series for the first time when Cleveland and Brooklyn open at Ebbets Field next Tuesday. Jimmie Johnston, Brooklyn third baseman, and Doc Johnston, Cleveland first baseman, are brothers, ensuring their household a world champion ballplayer distinction.
More than 100 competitors gather at Mayfield links for the qualification round of the 25th annual Women's Golf Championship of America. The 32 lowest scores after 18 holes of medal play will advance to the championship matches starting Tuesday.
Brooklyn defeats Boston 5 to 4 in 10 innings to close the National League season. Wheat nails a single, a double and a homer. Kilduff out with a minor injury but ready for the World Series. In Cincinnati, St Louis tops Reds 6 to 3 in a 11 2 inning game as North and Swartz lead the pitchers.
Pittsburg closed the National League season with an 8 to 4 victory over Chicago. The game ended after a tense nine innings with Pittsburg scoring in multiple innings and Chicago managing a late push. Carlson and Lee pitched for Pittsburg while Tyler and O Farrell fielded for Chicago.
New York defeated Philadelphia 14 to 3 in the season closer at New York. Phillies pitchers G Smith and Wheat allowed ten runs while Gribbs Perritt and Gaston combined for the Mets. This summary notes the final score and key pitching teams without extraneous details.
The Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders association opens its annual fall meeting in Lexington tomorrow with 53 starters across five events. The 2:15 trot splits into two heats of 10 horses, featuring the 22 year old Kentucky Futurity worth 7000 dollars and the Walnut Hill Cup for 208 trotters valued at 3000 dollars.
Minneapolis led 38 11 against Toledo 14 5 as Louisville 15 9 faced Milwaukee 4 4. Kansas City 4 2 trailed Indianapolis 0 3 while St Paul 14 4 defeated Columbus 4 5.
Ted Thye of Spokane defeated Toney Bernardi of Vancouver BC in straight falls at catch weights. The first fall ended in 51 2 minutes with a double wrist lock, the second in 4 1 2 minutes. Bernardi suffered a badly wrenched arm in the opening fall.
A family home comes under raid by gunmen and incendiaries. Mrs Murricane recounts 20 shots through doors and windows, bullets grazing a hand and a wall splinter, as raiders search for the husband and seize a priest before leaving after insults.
New York reports the 1920 World Series will open at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn tomorrow. Brooklyn and Cleveland, league champions, are evenly matched. Reserved-seat demand outstrips supply and a box office line is expected hours before each game. Managers Wilbert Robinson and Tris Speaker lead distinct baseball eras in a contest seen as a true test of merit.
The speech asserts America must lead in defending rights and free nations, reject isolation, and uphold Article 10 claims of the League of Nations. It defends Congress’s war-declaration rights and condemns attempts to misinterpret the covenant, urging voters to support international responsibility. The text closes with a call to the November verdict and honors fallen soldiers.
Miss Mary Henry presided as votaries pledged three months before enrollment in the sodality. Father Hannan, Father O Malik, and an altar procession followed with a statue bedecked in flowers. A large St Marys church crowd witnessed vows, crownings, hymns, and a reception afterward led by Sister Vivian, music teacher.
Rome announces several American clergy receiving Vatican dignities. Arthur Lane of Oregon City is made apostolic prothonotary and Patrick J. Keane of Oakland is nominated titular bishop of Sa Maria and auxiliary bishop of Sacramento. The item also notes pearls in Lower California and curious customs and materials.
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