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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1902
Page
12
In the American League Rube Waddell surpasses Cy Young and Bernard with a superior winning percentage. Waddell completed twenty wins in thirty starts this season, leading the circuit and earning acclaim for his pitching dominance.
Youths from Walkerville and Centerville prepared for a fast rough football clash this afternoon on Centerville Main. The report lists a long lineup with players named across positions and teams.
After a tight local bowling tournament the six-man squad for the meeting with the All Americans was chosen. Sheehan Misevich Ellis Perham Hammel and White lead with Taylor and Waring as substitutes. Dan Patch the unbeaten son of Joe Patchen tops pacing talk with a Readville 1 59 14 record and claims as the best pacer. The piece notes strong local form and high hopes for defeating the eastern champions in Butte.
Fragmentary item mentions the names Young Corbett and Wgeovera with a lament that they should grow, but no context or specifics about event, place, or date is provided.
The piece argues that judges in eastern states block a potential bout between Corbett and McGovern while allowing heavyweight and other bouts. It contends the law favors big fighters and punishes smaller rivals, urging consistent enforcement and equal opportunity for all classes.
The Pacific Northwest league pursues growth with rumored expansion and improved team play. American and Western leagues face potential franchise moves, including Chicago or Kansas City, with St Paul and Minneapolis activity, while Denver notes Burns’s Springs franchise unrest and Colorado prospects. Connie Mack leads the American League amid heavy competition as the National League lingers with limited profits.
In Philadelphia on October 4, the University of Pennsylvania defeated State College with a 14 to 9 score. The contest highlighted Penns football effort and regional college competition.
Yesterday morning Judge Boyle dismissed a demurrer seeking dismissal of the cases against five defendant corporations. The representing attorneys included Socrates Graves and William Wallace Jr for Northern Pacific Express, Richard Starr and TI Parker Veazey for Great Northern Express, George Eaton and Wallace Jr for Northern Pacific railroad, John W W Naugle for Great Northern and BA and P railroads, and Veazey with I Gay Stivers for the railroads.
Two miners were injured in separate incidents yesterday at the Parrot and West Gray Rock mines. George Gertchie, on the Parrot mine 600 level, suffered a crushed foot and leg injury when a heavy drill fell on him. He was taken to St. James Hospital with possible amputation. John Manuel at West Gray Rock fell after tripping on timber, dislocating his left shoulder. the injury is not serious.
The article notes unsettled high school football lineup at Crescent Juniors, with personnel uncertain and regular positions undecided. It cites efforts to schedule games with major Montana teams, mentions Fort Shaw not fielding a team, and records potential future games with Wallace Idaho and a Thanksgiving match vs the Salt Lake City YMCA.
Boston October 4 The Democratic state committee executive council filled a vacancy on the state ticket caused by J C Croaby of Pittsfield refusing the lieutenant governorship nomination naming H Co Jouns of Great Barrington to the post
The planned Butte football team, to include the city’s best players, has faded. Efforts to assemble players at the gardens failed, key players were absent, and no practice occurred. With enthusiasm gone, Butte will likely not be represented in football this year.
In New Haven on October 4 Yale routed Amherst 238 to 0. Yale forwards flooded the line creating big holes and scoring quickly with the first touchdown in under two minutes. Winslow added a 27 yard rush in the second half as Yale dominated.
Cambridge Massachusetts October 4 Harvard beat Bates 23 to 0 in a carved game showing progress by the crimson eleven. Four touchdowns were scored in two 15 minute halves and goals were kicked from three of them.
In New Brunswick on October 4, Rutgers was routed 43 to 4 by Columbia. The game showed Columbia's dominance with strong scoring and defensive pressure throughout.
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