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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1912
Page
8
The High School hosts an athletic carnival tonight to fund the next school year’s athletics. A fast paced basketball game between two picked teams tops the event with races between halves, a show race, potato race, egg race and pie eating contest followed by acrobatic stunts and a dance to cap the evening.
The Sacramento report notes the state board of health supports baseball as national game with plans to increase streetcar service to ball grounds within a month. The piece highlights fans finding camaraderie in games and the healthful, uplifting effect of outdoor sport.
Fan Francisco May 10 In expert opinion Ralph Rose the champion of the 14 pound shot put appears to secure a place on the American Olympiad team after a practice throw of 62 feet 1 inch though not official. Clarence Edmundson of the Seattle Athletic Club is also named by experts to join the team with a noted half mile time of 1 548 5 in practice. First team tryouts set for Stanford oval May 18.
The High School basketball and football squads recently received new sweaters in cherry and black with a large C on the breast. School officials awarded them to honor the teams’ fine work and dedication. the students express pride in the gifts.
Torr Jones, manager for Ad Wolgast, said the Garden Athletic Club of New York offered a $15 000 purse for a ten round belt bout with Puckey McFarland in New York. The match would require McFarland to weigh 133 pounds hours before the bout, with June 1 as the only open date. Jones also mentioned that a local club advertisement urged patronage of home industry and jewelry stores.
The Las Vegas report notes Jim Flynn delays training until Monday at Montezuma Springs and will begin grind grind grind toward a July 4 bout with Jack Johnson. Flynn arrived with a brass band welcome and will attend a banquet where he outlines plans to defeat Johnson. Local sentiment favors Pueblo’s Johnson despite early opposition. Jack Curley learns Tommy Ryan cannot reach the city before May 18 to take charge of the camp.
In New York on May 10 Referee Patsy Haley raised Jim Stewart’s glove signaling victory over Gunboat Smith, a decision critiqued by Frank O’Neil of the state athletic commission. The match ended amid claims of rule violation and controversy.
Paul Koehler of Cleveland who claims a newspaper decision over Ray Jonson of Indianapolis and Clarence Ferns will meet in a ten round welterweight bout at the Grand Avenue club in Kansas City. Weigh in at six, 142 pounds, betting even money. their last meeting here ended in a draw.
In Houston on May 10 Roy Aiken, Waco third baseman, made an unassisted triple play. With runners on second and third a Houston batter bunted, the ball went high, the runner from third scored, the second baseman advanced, and Aiken tagged the runner from second then touched third before the other could recover.
Chicago announces William Burns moving from the minors to the majors in a set of contracts and releases. The action also includes Charlie O Leary and Joseph Casey being optioned to the minors and various other player movements among league teams.
C. Martin with Boston and L. G. Nan amaker suspended by New York for failure to report. Elliott also affected by the action.
Yesterday’s baseball results show Philadelphia beating Pittsburgh while Cincinnati and New York posted wins. In the American League Boston defeated Detroit and Philadelphia topped Cleveland with several close finishes across the circuit. Standings note St Paul and Minneapolis at various tallies in Western League play as rain interrupted other games.
Chronicle of historic games and feats including Harvard 6 Manchester 0 in 24 innings, Annle Latham’s four hits with five runs in 1889, Waddell’s 18 strikeouts in 11 innings for the Athletics in 1903, and 1911’s 29 runs in a Philadelphia vs Pittsburgh clash. Also notes a 1904 1–0 15-inning Boston victory with Cy Young on the mound and other dated baseball anecdotes.
White of Chicago defeated Frankie Conley of Kenosha in the Ver non arena ring. Conley’s manager Tom Jones stopped the fight in the sixth as Conley broke his wrist. In Washington the House passed a conference report on the general pension bill offering up to one dollar daily for Civil and Mexican War veterans.
Santa Fe New Mexico May 10 William BE Martin former mayor of Socorro and for twenty five years a prominent figure in territorial affairs jumped from the third story of the First National bank building and was killed He had been drinking heavily and this was his second suicide attempt this week Martin was a brilliant man and had held many offices in New Mexican career including legislature chief clerk of several legislatures clerk of the district court and official court interpreter
Grand Junction Colorado May 10 a fantail pigeon forsook her lawful mate of her own species and mated with a blackbird affinity a ranch pet Herman Koobs reports this curious pairing on his ranch in Colorado
Kansas City brewery workers strike ends after a wage settlement. Strikers receive half of their demands with weekly increases from 35 cents up to several dollars. The resolution averts a potential beer famine in Kansas City.
Grand Junction Colorado May 10 A jury will decide if a husband may kick his wife from bed in a divorce suit filed by Mrs Blythe McKenzie She recalls a cold November night when she was sent home to her parents and notes his remark about grocery bills It is her second divorce attempt after a prior denial of divorce.
Mrs. George Burrows of Kansas City admits lashing her husband’s office girl twenty five times after witnessing a kiss with the doctor. She cut the girl on the bare neck, then took the whip to the face and hair, leaving the blond employee a brunette. She won’t sue for divorce but will not live with the dentist again.
The House approved the executive and judicial appropriation bill totaling 34,782,854 dollars. The main increase funds western mints and passage offices, including a mint at Deadwood in South Dakota.
Attention W O W. Meet at Fraternal hall at 7 00 p m Sunday May 12 to attend a Moth ere Jay service at the First Baptist church. Honor your mother by being present. Robert B Cook C C
Cleveland boxer Paul Koehler defeated local boxer Clarence Ferns on a ten round decision. Ferns showed little resistance, marking Ferns first bout of the year and Koehler likely earning a win in Missouri boxing action.
A debate over the Sherwood and Smoot pension bills highlights Democratic support for paying veterans their due while Republicans resist. Democrats argue the Sherwood plan would end pension legislation, while supporters warn the Smoot arrangement could expand special pension bill activity.
The article reports General Wood expressing irritation at war talk by scouts. He notes no need for railroad cars or munitions movement and dismisses war plans, claiming Mexican border activity is minimal aside from a single toe injury. It mentions units at Fort D. A. Russell and possible maneuvers of the Ninth cavalry, along with elevating other troops.
Chicago May 10 Secretary EB Pritchard of the health department told the Microscopical club that God never intended His children to live in flats. He said the world grows smaller but not enough to force five or six to roost in flats and noted public health gains from publicity while housing kept pneumonia bronchitis and tuberculosis rising.
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