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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1902
Page
10
Local brief notes a curtailed sale listing for Eric a Brac with limited readable details. Officials have not released full terms or exact items affected. Community interest centers on potential liquidation and impact on local auctions.
An old circus storyteller recalls a giant’s reckless jump into a small pond formed by a brook dam. The overflow toppled a grist wheel, causing about 8759 dollars in damage and prompting a rule that the giant could swim only with the old man’s consent, except at approved towns and coast locations.
The article describes rising interest in correspondence chess across the Midwest and beyond, led by the Pillsbury association. Wisconsin players like E. M. Sabin and S. Brockway excel, with Ryan of North Dakota earning a finals spot in 1904. The format aids weaker players through deep analysis and access to master games, while stronger players confront well-studied defenses.
Whitney's Elizabeth wins the Kennett plate while Black Sand takes the Czarowich Stakes with Congratulation second and Rightful third in a field of seventeen. Edward spends the morning at Egerton House and races at Newmarket amid heavy rain.
Onward Silver won a two mile race in 4 29 to break Greenlander 1893 American two mile mark. Hud son drove, with Prusen of Bardstown as owner. The card also listed multiple heats and purses in pacing and trotting events at Walnut Hall farm cup style meets.
The Reed brothers Charles and A J sold their racing establishment at Sheepshead Bay on October 14. The sale included famous turf horses led by Imp Knight of the Title, with bidding reaching $15 000 and final purchaser Ro W McCarter Potter buying Imp Knight of the Title, a bay horse by Rosebery The Empress Maud. J G Haggin purchased the lot.
The University of Pennsylvania routed Gettysburg College 31 to 0. Dale suffered a serious ankle injury. The halves lasted 25 and 20 minutes.
Columbia’s eleven dominates Swarthmore 24 to 0 in New York. The game followed tougher tests with Princeton and Pennsylvania both beating Swarthmore by smaller margins.
Princeton defeated Haverford here with 30 points as quarterback Burke sparked the offense with an 85 yard touchdown run. Haverford struggled, featuring four plays that stalled near midfield.
In the fifth race the handicap feature the Withers mile Rock Water captured victory Dom Paul finished second Cameron took third Time 141 percent. In the sixth race a selling event a mile and one sixteenth over the hill McWilliams won Prince Richard placed second Queen Carnival third Time 148 percent.
At St Louis on the opening day, Ladas won the mile race with Miss Kon second and Tuckapaw third in 1:48. Miss Nickerbocker captured the six furlongs with Hannah Lady second and Wesley third in 1 15. Chanterette won the mile selling with Barnacle second and Pathos third in 1:42. Hlasth took the six furlongs purse with Frank Bell second and Amigari third in 0:14. Dechampaua won the mile and a sixteenth selling with Orris second and Lunar third in 1:48. Foundlin won the mile with Mag ile Felix second and Telele third in 1:42:44.
Dan McGann tops the three hundred hitters for the Giants at first base with a 118 percent, Joe McGinnity the iron man led pitching with seven wins in 11 decisions and a 467 percentage, Cronin and Mathewson follow, while Wagner Keeler and Donovan set run, hit, and steal records as Mekiy eyes a Lehman trial after a season in Everett. Mathewson also secured a two year offer at 12000 with advance money.
Harlem race tracks show a wide margin with owners amassing large totals. Sam Hildreth follows, then others like M. H. Tichnor G. C. Bennett & Co. Pat Dunn Talbot Bros. Darnell & Herzog F. T. Woods and Charles Ellison. Capt. Merry discusses 2-year-old over racing in California. Jockey Lee Jackson moves to Harry Stover after leaving California.
Recount of the Hinkey family ties to Yale football and their coaching roles. Lewiston Hinkey, ex-Yale end from 1895, has been coaching Omaha high school while visiting. He travels to the Pacific coast to assist Yale alumnus Cadwallader in coaching the California eleven.
In six furlongs Arvensis wins with Capable second and Bunter third. Machivie takes seven furlongs with Annie Thompson runner-up and Silurian third. Levithian wins one and one-sixteenth miles over Chickadee and Wing Dance. Chesney beats Sembrero by three lengths in one and one eighth miles. St Cuthbert tops Money Mass and Wasswift in six furlongs. Lucien Appleby wins one and one eighth miles over Pink Coat and Homestead. Western Truke wins one mile 70 yards over Beana and The Caixton.
In New York Ort Morris Park track held four races. First race a two mile selling steeplechase was won by Marylander with Dreamer second and R B Sack third in 4 09. Second race high weight handicap at Eclipse course River Pirate won with Syvrlin second and Sparkle Hasher third. Third race McGrathiana selling stakes seven furlongs Rossignal won, Lady Sterling second, Huntressa third in 1 28. Fourth race seven furlongs Ring Dove won with Nevermore second and Christine A. third in 1 284%
Yale football team routed Vermont 32 to 0 in New Haven the October 15 contest. The visiting offense was held scoreless as Yale dominated on both sides of the line.
Lawrence Connelly, a miner, was detained after a drunken episode at 116 Mast Broadway yesterday afternoon. He menaced his wife and infant with an axe until police arrived, with assistance from Patrol Clerk Daniel Harley and Officer Thompson.
Edward Corrigan, master of Hawthorne, tops the list of winning owners after the meeting closed. The report highlights Corrigan’s big race win and outlines other leading owners and results from the event.
A man named Connelly, after a night of heavy drinking, threatened his wife and demanded their baby. He grabbed an axe and fought officers when subdued, ending up in the city jail with a hearing set for the police court.
James Edward Britt once a boxing star was scheduled to fight William Gardner in San Francisco on October 31. The match was canceled due to mismanagement by Britt's brother and manager. Gardner will still enter the ring that night. Talk of Britt facing Erie in San Francisco circulated as the San Francisco club planned the bout.
Montana Fuel company relocates its office to 1 West Broadway. N. P. Shulin, a tailor at 119 West Broadway, offers cleaning dyeing and repairing services.
The only pipe that can be cleaned instantly while smoking. No saliva reaches the tobacco, always dry, smake every grain with no waste. No poisonous nicotine reaches the mouth or seeps through the wood, no old pipe odor. By turning the mouthpiece half around a blow does the work. Made of genuine French briar with German silver tubing. $1.00 by mail money cheerfully returned if not satisfactory. For sale only by
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