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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1910
Page
8
The Cheyenne and El Paso teams tied 1 to 1 after nine innings as darkness halted the game at Thraftkill Field. Brown won the first coin flip and Oxenburgh selected. The second session extended long but Brown finally won after 52 minutes 16 seconds.
A Cheyenne Athletic Club event at the Eagles hall featured a ten round bout in which Mike Malone of Denver defeated Kid Schaeffer of Cheyenne by decision. Malone pressed the action throughout with Schaeffer flashing strong rounds two and five. The bout stayed competitive until the final bell as Malone landed the cleaner blows but could not finish Schaeffer.
Philadelphia crushed Chicago 12 to 5 to take a commanding 3 0 series lead. Connie Mack’s club hit Chicago pitching hard led by Murphy and Collins, with strong fielding and timely hitting powering the win.
In a cold cloudy game McIntyre relieved Reulbach and allowed four runs after Murphy homered. Pfeister finished the inning, then the Athletics pushed across four more in the seventh and two in the eighth off wild pitches and errors. Final score shows Chicago 12 Philadelphia 12 with multiple pitching changes and late scoring.
Philadelphia reports that the Chicago Cubs led all major league teams in attendance in 1910 and, for the first time, published salary figures show the Cubs as the best paid players. The American and National Leagues list earnings for clubs including New York, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Chicago, Boston, Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis, Washington.
Crowds attend the Atlas Theatre as Jeannette Laurelle stars in Le hea electrical act and the Hall Bros. along with Carberry and Neilson in rural comedy sketches headline the bill with Little Orchestra and Prof. Dawn. At Ithaca Cornell president Woodruff calls Roosevelt a liar accusing him of false charges during a heated political meeting.
Wilfrid O'Leary chairman of the Democratic City committee calls the Democrats of the Beyond ward to meet in the ballroom for nominating a candidate for alderman to fill the unexpired term of Frank F. Stanton who resigned from the council seat.
At a Capitol Avenue theater rally Governor Brooks Senator Warren and others spoke amid a hostile crowd that hurled lies and slander at Democratic candidate J. M. Carey for governor. Chatterton chaired and tried to calm the uproar as the audience surged and then thinned out.
The Catholic Fair enters its second night at Keefe hall with higher attendance and a larger gallery than opening night. The event aims to surpass past city fairs both financially and socially, with elegant meals served by local ladies from 5:30 to 7:30 and a large crowd of attendants. The festival hosts two more evenings and features a grand ball as a highlight.
The familiar attraction returns Saturday night to Capitol Ave Theatre drawing big crowds. Now in its sixth year on the road the drama continues to attract admirers with renewed dances songs and entirely new scenery and costumes to refresh each season.
Nine thousand persons attend the Dolliver funeral in Ft Dodge as rain forces services inside the National Guard Armory. The body is escorted by the National Guard, with 65 corted to the armory and a packed auditorium while 4,000 onlookers outside hear Senator Clapp address the gathering.
David B. Hill, prominent New York lawyer and former opponent of the income tax clause in the Wilson tariff bill, died at his New York home. He drew the brief used in the Supreme Court that invalidated the income tax law. At the Chicago Democratic convention he declared I am a Democrat opposing free silver. He aspired to the presidency but never achieved it, noting he carried the presidential bee and got over it.
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