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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1912
Page
16
The High School hosts an athletic carnival tonight to raise funds for next year’s athletics. A fast basketball game between two picked teams leads the entertainment, followed by races such as show race and potato race. Acrobatic stunts and a dance may close the evening in the gym.
Sacramento notes the state board of health endorses baseball as national sport and predicts street car service to ball grounds will be increased within a month. The piece highlights collective cheer, shared recreation, and the public appetite for sporting events as beneficial to health and morale.
Fan Francisco May 10 In the opinion of athletic expert Ralph Stose the champion of the 14 pound shot game assured a place on the American team to the Olympiad When in practice he threw the shot 62 feet 1 inch The feat today will not become a record because it is unofficial The left handed shot put is expected to figure in the Olympic records Rose practicing with that hand has a consistent 42 feet Clarence Edmundson of the Seattle Athletic club is another picked by experts to make the American team in no official trial he has run the half mile in 1 54 85 The amateur record is 1 24 6 The first tryouts for the team will be held on Stanford oval May 18
The High School basketball and football teams were gifted new cherry and black sweaters with a large C on the chest. The latest pattern features high collars and black trimming, given to honor the teams’ fine work.
Torr Jones, manager for Ad Wolgast, would accept a $15,000 purse from the Garden Athletic Club of New York for a ten round belt bout with Puckey McFarland on condition McFarland weighs 133 pounds three to four hours before the fight. Jones also said June 1 is the only open date and he has wired the club to confirm. Patronize Home Industry. We set Diamonde and Make Jewelry Wil holm & Aken Co. Plains H Building Restless and Sleepless Jewelers.
Jim Flynn shifted his training schedule and will move to Montezuma Springs on Monday to prepare for a July 4 bout with Jack Johnson. He arrives amid fanfare, will speak at a banquet, and seeks Pueblo support as Tommy Ryan plans to supervise camp from May 18.
In a May 10 prize fight in New York Referee Patsy Haley raised Jim Stewart's glove signaling his win over Gunboat Smith. The decision drew astonishment from Frank O Neil of the state athletic commission who warned of filing a formal challenge with the attorney general. Gunboat Smith knocked Stewart to the canvas as the bout ended.
Paul Koehler of Cleveland, who claims a newspaper decision over Ray Jonson, challenges Clarence Ferns for the welterweight title in a ten round match at the Grand Avenue club in Kansas City. Weigh in at 6 pm at 142 pounds. Koehler and Ferns drew ten rounds here three months ago. betting is even money.
In Houston May 10 Roy Aiken, Waco third baseman, turned an unassisted triple play. With runners on second and third, a Houston batter bunted high, the runner from third scored, the second baseman attempted to advance, and Aiken caught the bunt tagging the runner from second before he could return, then touched third to retire the man nearly at home.
Billy Burns returns from the minors to the majors as part of a set of American League contracts releases and suspensions announced by President B. B. Johnson. The list also notes Charlie O’Leary and Joseph Casey sent to the minors, with several other club movements among Chicago Lincoln Sacramento San Francisco Detroit Seattle Spokane and New York.
C Martin and L G Nan amaker suspended by New York authorities for failure to report. Elliott noted in the action.
Baseball scores from yesterday list results in the National and American Leagues with game totals and pitchers. Notable lineups include Philadelphia beating New York and Boston defeating Detroit, along with other Western League results and scattered rain cancellations.
A compact slice from 19th and early 20th century baseball recalls Harvard beating Manchester 6 0 in 24 innings in 1877, the Browns routing the Orioles 20 4 in 1889, and 1904 Boston 1 Detroit 0 in 15 innings with Cy Young on the mound. Also noted: 18 strikeouts by Waddell in 1903, 11 bases on balls by Cincinnati in 1911, and a Phillies vs Pirates 29 run game in Philadelphia in 1911.
White of Chicago defeats Frankie Conley of Kenosha in a featherweight bout at the Vernon arena. Conley’s manager Tom Jones stops the fight in the sixth after Conley breaks his wrist. In Washington the House passes a conference report on the general pension bill offering up to one dollar daily for Civil and Mexican War veterans.
William BE Martin former mayor of Socorro and longtime figure in territorial affairs leaped from the third story of the First National bank building in Santa Fe and died. He had heavy drinking history and this was his second suicide attempt this week. Martins held many offices including legislature chief clerk and district court interpreter.
Grand Junction Colorado May 10 a fantail pigeon abandons her mate and forms a bond with a blackbird affinity a ranch pet of Herman Koobs according to his report
Kansas City Missouri May 10 The brewery workers strike ended with workers receiving half of their demand. Increases ranged from 35 cents a week to several dollars, averting a beer famine in the city.
Grand Junction Colorado May 10 A jury will decide if a husband has a right to kick his wife from bed in a sensational divorce suit filed by Mrs Blythe McKenzie She alleges cruelty on a cold night forcing her to return to her parents and cites a remark about the grocery bill This is her second divorce attempt after a prior denial by a jury
In Kansas City on May 10 Mrs. George Burrows described lashing her husband’s office girl twenty five times across the face and neck after discovering a kiss with the dentist. She said she cut the girl over the bare neck and removed blond hair with a whip before her husband intervened. She will not sue for divorce but will not live with the doctor again after months of surveillance.
Washington May 10 House passage of the legislation carries 34,782,854 dollars for executive and judicial needs. The principal increase funds western mints and passay offices including a Deadwood South Dakota facility.
Attention members urged to meet at the Fraternal hall at 7 00 p m Sunday May 12 for a Mothers Day service at the First Baptist church Honor your mother by being present this message from Robert B Cook C C
Kansas City report: Paul Koehler of Cleveland won a ten round decision over Clarence Wildcat Ferns of the local scene. Ferns showed little offense and was largely shut down throughout the bout while Koehler maintained control. The bout served as Ferns first bout of the year and was reported as a decisive win for Koehler.
The piece summarizes a congressional clash over pension bills for veterans, noting Democratic support for the Sherwood bill as a just measure and skepticism about Smoot’s arrangement. It argues the Sherwood bill would end broad pension legislation, while Smoot’s plan risks ongoing special pension bills.
General Wood declares war talk unhelpful and belligerent as he notes troops on the Mexican border remain quiet. He dismisses a rumored Ninth Cavalry move from Fort D. A. Russell as a myth while confirming Ninth, Eleventh Infantry and Fourth Field Artillery are stationed nearby.
Chicago health official pleads against high density housing saying flats breed disease and roosting. cites improved transport shrinking world while urging public health publicity and housing reforms.
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