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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1920
Page
2
The Sugar market in New York shows refined prices dipping slightly as trading under a scattered supply environment influences quotes. Analysts note weak undertones amid fluctuating futures and a cautious buying mood.
Police conducted a raid arresting Tom Pave Anderton and others in a local game incident. Six suspects faced fines, with one man fined fifty dollars for an offense connected to the scene.
The Sheridan polo quartet from Wyoming meets Ft. Russell in the opening game of the western polo tournament at Broadmoor field. Four teams compete for the Keene L C Phipps and Harvey Lyle trophies as 75 ponies are housed at Broadmoor with visitors arriving from the east.
Union Pacific shop team travels to North Platte Nebraska for games on Sunday and Monday. Sunday features North Platte squad while Monday pits the Omaha All-Star team against the visiting group. Notable players include Gabel Hendershot Morrison.
Casper discussions focus on forming a Western league if Denver declines reentry next year. Dickerson cites a top four or six circuit chance with Denver Cheyenne Casper Pueblo Sterling and another Colorado city. A successful league would draw crowds and boost local business with merchant backing.
Casper fans glimpse Jack Taylor training with Eklund at the Casper Athletic Club as he prepares for a Labor Day clash with John Freberg Chicago Swedish champ. Local reports say Taylor has added hard work and new opponents to sharpen his form ahead of his big season launch.
Buffalo Wye September 3. George Shorty Webber urged his horse to surge past rivals in the final six miles of the forty mile marathon from Ian to Buffalo. Webber secured the victory by leveraging steady endurance to overcome a late challenge.
A fragmented box score summary lists batteries and runs for multiple teams including Brooklyn, Philadelphia, New York, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, and Washington. Player pairings such as Carlson Schmidt Vaughn O’Farrell Grimes Miller Witherow Toney Snyder Rudolph O’Neil Covaleskie Leonard Stanage Knowlton Enzman Moore and PatRIRs Shaw Gharrity appear, with team results and inning counts partially shown.
Buffalo promoter Charley Murray argues high boxing purses hurt the sport. He says big payouts skew wages, commercialize boxing, and rob it of its integrity. Murray critiques Richard for large expenditures and asserts he will outlast others by avoiding such scales.
Yankees pitcher Bob Shawkey states Babe Ruth is the hardest hitter in baseball and the most dangerous because of his unpredictability. He adds that Ty Cobb would be the toughest pitcher Ruth faced in pinch situations.
Fragmentary report notes Billy Mac remarking that the saver was beaten after each shot at a trapshooting event, with sparse details on participants or outcome.
Mike Demay and Dempsey completed four rounds of boxing as part of a light training day. Both fighters did biking and stunts to stay sharp ahead of their match, with Demay weighing 196 pounds and Dempsey 189.
Frisco high school teams in the San Francisco Athletic league will field both rugby and American football this season. Three schools will field rugby squads and four will field American football teams. Separate schedules have been prepared by the league to reflect the two codes.
The piece contrasts Eddie Delehanty with legends like Babe Ruth and Cap Anson, noting Delehanty’s hard hitting yet modest home run totals. It reflects on how eras change, stars multiply, and romance lingers for players of the distant past amid ongoing debates of who stood tallest in baseball history.
In a sports column the author argues managers must bench players who fail to perform up to capability. Huggins and Moran are cited for disciplining Bill Meuse Walter Reuther Nick Allen and Silm Sallee for indifference. The piece stresses the public pays to see peak effort and rewards only the best.
The notice lists Liberty Bond series with quoted prices including Liberty First 4s at 89.98 and 4s at 84.80, Liberty First 44s at 85.52, Liberty Third 414s at 88, Liberty Fourth 4s at 85.36, and Liberty Fifth 4s at 95.53, reflecting varied values across series. It appears as a market quote page showing multiple Liberty bond series and their current prices.
Trading notes show hogs priced around 14.50 with fitful demand and better homes. Sheep demand remains steady with fat lambs quoted up to 19.25 and choice lambs from 18 to 19.25, while other lambs ease toward 12.60 to 13.76 with moderate trades.
Chicago market reports cattle receipts around 4000 with steady to higher on best stock and weaker on common grades. Hogs receipts about 14000 with steady to strong trade and top around 16.00, pigs weak. Sheep receipts 8000 with native lambs selling to 12.70 and many around 11.75 to 12.60 while western sheep hold firm to 25 cents higher.
Receipts total about 4 000 hogs with prices mostly steady to higher and closing weak. Medium and light butcher hogs trade from 14.50 to 15.25. top 15.40. Cattle receipts around 1 500 with market slow but steady across classes. Sheep and hogs show open bidding steady. no sale details for certain breeds.
Minneapolis report notes flour up 60 cents per barrel in carload sales with family patents priced from 13.20 to 13.25 and references cotton sacks and bran in the same market.
On September 3 in New York the Sterling rate stood at 3.55 percent, Francs at 6.95 cents, Lire at 4.86 cents, Marks at 2.03 cents, and Money at 7 percent.
Several rural girls express interest in earning room and board by staying at the school during the term. They are advised to contact Superintendent Jearup at the gymnasium or other designated location for arrangements.
Pioneer and famed trout fisherman Samuel Smith of Saratoga, a Wyoming early settler and friend of Jim Baker, visits Mrs. Kellogg at 2116 House Street. At 74 he plans to winter in Florida after a life of frontier guiding, including guiding Lord and Lady Brashear during an 1880s big game hunt on Wyoming's North Platte waters.
Father Conrad, long active in Rawlins, died Friday at St. Joseph’s hospital in Denver after weeks of illness. He helped build a new Catholic church in Rawlins and previously served at St. Mary’s in Cheyenne. Funeral set for Monday at 10 in Rawlins with attending priests from Cheyenne and Pine Bluffs. body to be sent to Cincinnati for interment.
Tony Zunday proprietor of the Palace was fined twenty dollars and three cents in Judge Edwards court Friday after a conviction for an unsanitary restaurant condition. The charge was brought by J Roy Colvin of the state dairy food and oil office.
One of the Saints top performers, "Bubbles" Hargrave, drives the offense with nearly 250 bases amassed, including about twenty homers, shaping the team’s championship push.
In a recent ceremony, two individuals linked to the Saints received hall of fame recognition. Officials announced the honors as part of the organization’s annual induction events.
On Friday September 4 in Denver buyers showed preference for high quality steers selling between 10 and 11 dollars. Medium quality steers moved around 8 to 9.50 dollars. Best cows quoted at 8 dollars to 8.26 dollars with medium cows from 7 to 7.50 dollars.
Metals news from New York on September 3 notes bar silver domestic and foreign prices unchanged with 94 centen Mexican dollars and 71M contingency details.
One of the prettiest places on the South Side offers three attractive houses on a northwest corner of 132 by 122 feet, fenced with lawns shade trees cement walks and fine outbuildings. Potential rent of about $1,000 yearly. Also a pix-room house on West 10th Street near the Viaduct Lot 66 by 132 feet. fully fenced with cellar. House alone valued at 2250 but could not be rebuilt for that. Buy a lot and we will help you build with no obligation to buy unless fully satisfied.
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