06 Oct 1915
Page 12
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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1915
Page
12
James F E Gaffney the Braves Meld owner in Boston proposes using Braves Field for the World Series with the Philadelphia club. The new park seats 45 000 with potential field stands adding 20 000 more. Regular prices cap at 36 000, while World Series crowds would push revenue higher. Philadelphia’s park seats nearly 32 000 with possible field stands adding over a thousand.
Readable lists capture prizes in barley wheat corn potatoes and vegetables with names like M Woxtentarg A Shlark and Laird among judges and exhibitors. The Fremont county display highlights Wyoming Pipin apple by Ed Young with praise from Prof. Erwin Amesia and mentions extensive premiums won by Longins ladies in bread and culinary classes.
Krumm of Stafford Kansas Smiley had 640 entries winning 624 ribbons in a Goshen county exhibit from the Little Moon ranch, taking top prizes for red June apples grapes No 20 Whitney crabs and white field corn among others. Fremont county led fruit ribbons and Ed Young, pioneer of Wyoming horticulture, captured multiple firsts for apples in standard boxes plates and overall best fruit displays. Poultry honors went to Mrs D B Connett and Helen Belle Connett with Black Minorcas Bantams and other poultry placements. The fair notes a small exhibit due to hail damage.
Cheyenne West through Larande Hawlins and Rock Springs rough dry. Sign west of railroad arch Cheyenne shows Laramie and Fort Collins roads. Cheyenne East through Nimball Sidney Big Springs good condition. Signs Cheyenne to Pine Bluff Hereford ranch road repaired to Crow Creek bridge. Cheyenne to Denver through Dover and Greeley good condition. Cheyenne to Denver through Wellington Fort Collins fair rough. Drive on right of railroad track south of Crouse. Cheyenne North Yellowstone Highway through Wheatland Douglas Casper very rough through Chugwater Wheatland Douglas. Fair beyond Yellowstone park. Cheyenne to Torrington via La Grange rough. Pole Mountain Road poor condition Happy Road muddy and ragged. Dust Park Road reported in good condition. Weather partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday warmer tonight.
New York on October 5 reports Gunboat Smith easily outpointed former amateur heavyweight champion Al Reich in ten rounds at the Nicholas rink last night.
Washington October 5 The president will throw out the first ball in the World Series games this weekend. He had planned to attend the opening game Friday but changed plans because of another engagement. Wilson has been asked to attend in Boston with the Phillies and Red Sox to view games beginning next Monday. Congressman Gallivan invited the president as his guest and Joseph J Lannin Boston Americans president sent a telegram repeating the invitation.
Negotiations between Columbia and Yale for a rowing match have been completed. The race will be held on November 12 in New Haven on Lake Whitney or Lake Saltonstall. The course is one and seven eighth miles. The event precedes the Yale Princeton football game.
Philadelphia National League champions finish their regular schedule with two games against Brooklyn and two days of prep for the World Series opener Friday. Ground reservations are at a park record, while fans debate Phillies versus Boston for the title. Catcher Killifer, sidelined by a shoulder injury, is expected to play in the first game.
William M. Johnston, aged 20, announces he will quit his season with Phnn is club in San Francisco. The report notes a abrupt departure from the squad amid unspecified reasons as of October 5. Further details are not provided in the fragment.
A renowned San Francisco tennis player who just won the national singles title in the East plans to retire for the rest of the season, an announcement said today. The player, identified as Johnaton, returned home yesterday with Clarence J. Griffin, also of the same circuit, who accompanies him on this trip.
Johnston aims to co host next year to defend his doubles laurels after their victory. Dancing at Coliseum will continue Wednesday and Saturday nights, drawing crowds and keeping the venue lively.
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