Menominee Wins Interstate Meet Saturday
Menominee captured top honors at the interstate meet held Saturday, edging out rival teams as key athletes delivered decisive performances on the final day.
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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1909
Page
2
Menominee captured top honors at the interstate meet held Saturday, edging out rival teams as key athletes delivered decisive performances on the final day.
Menomonee won the interstate track and field meet after a tight finish with La Crosse and Sparta close behind. Jackson of Menomonee captured the high mark with a 5 feet 3 inch high jump en route to scoring honors, while Condie, Novak, and Evans posted multiple event wins as eight records fell in ideal conditions.
La Crosse and Superior battled to a darkness halted nine inning draw as Pfeffer and Peterson shaded the affair. La Crosse connected five times but could not capitalize. Pfeffer allowed only two singles in a pitching duel against Drill’s twirler. Umpire Magee.
Chicago edged Philadelphia 1 to 0 in twelve innings as Ed Reulbach bested Moore in a fierce pitchers duel. Evers sparked the decisive runs with a single in the twelfth and Hofman drove in the go ahead run after a double steal. New York beat St. Louis 12 to 1 behind Wiltse as Lush struggled. Brooklyn dropped both ends of a doubleheader to Cincinnati, including a late rally loss in the second game. Oakes suffered a slight concussion in the second game.
La Crosse defeated Superior 11 to 1 in a nine inning game called after darkness with Duluth beating Eau Claire 4 to 3 and Wausau taking 6 to 3 over Winona. Saturday games pit La Crosse against Superior and Winona against Wausau with Eau Claire at Duluth.
The Soo Line moves into a new district as Round Lake opens for settlement. The American Immigration Company has acquired nearly 500 000 acres of cut-over timber land and is offering free town lots to buyers of forty acres or more. Farmers flock to the area lured by fertile soil and low prices, with a Soo railroad line planned through the center. An illustrated booklet on hard land is available from American Migration Company, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.
In Boston on June 7 Jim Gardner and Tommy Quill contend for welterweight title eligibility. They must weigh in at 142 pounds for twelve rounds tomorrow night. Audience skepticism centers on Gardner making the weight while Quill’s backers promise he will be strong, with trainer Jack Desmond predicting a surprise.
Chicago June 7 The Italia car, part of the New York Seattle race, was the last to depart the city for St. Louis as four contestants left the day before. The Ford runabouts left at nine o clock yesterday morning while the Acme and Shaw mut were three hours behind due to penalties from Buffalo to Toledo. The Italia arrived in Chicago yesterday at 3 50 AM.
Stanley Ketchel says he is in fine fettle for the six round bout with Jack OBrien in Philadelphia next Wednesday night. The two met here before with OBrien winning the early rounds and Ketchel finishing strong, and Ketchel now vows to press from the start and not let OBrien outbox him. A large seat sale and a special train load of New Yorkers are planned for the event.
New York reports forty two postponements in the American League and thirty eight in the National League this season. A number of games have been made up as double headers, which will strain clubs short of substitutes yet benefit teams racing ahead.
San Francisco June 7 Van Haltren veteran ball player was released by the Oakland team of the Pacific Coast league. He spent ten years with the New York Nationals from 1894 and led the batting lists. Management says he is too old for active service.
A brief tale about a Siberian born child of political prisoners nicknamed the Little Prince. His father, an army officer, was condemned to life in Siberian mines but eventually pardoned by the Czar after a lengthy investigation. The story emphasizes fate and innocence in a dramatic royal context.
A person known for speaking English as well as German and Russian has appeared before various monarchs presidents and emperors. The text notes the subject has addressed or spoken in front of kings Queens and other high figures in history.
In Cincinnati and Brooklyn baseball actions Batteries-Gaspar McLean Scanlon Dunn and Dubee McLean Rucher Marshall appear across two games. Second game features RH E Cincinnati Brooklyn and a 11 to 4 score with repeated batting pairs noted.
Johnny Kling denies soliciting a Chicago Cubs deal and disputes a $10,000 bonus claim. He says he never telegrammed Murphy and will not report this month or in December. Kling states he has no proposition or plan to join Chicago and has not considered any offers.
Yale oarsmen completed their bowing at home for the season as they limbered up with a light sprint. The New Haven crew prepared for upcoming races, signaling steady form and readiness for competition.
Baggage was packed for departure to Gales Ferry where the crew will stay until the Harvard regatta on July 1. Three crews and eight substitutes will be taken.
West Salem residents join trips to Madison and Cataract for visits and fishing plans. A crew of about 100 workers raises the track four feet across low lands toward Sparta, with Western Boarding and Supply supplying 18 bunk and dining cars. Supt. Oliver Gullickson and wife take five patients to the Douglas County asylum in Superior, Wisconsin. Gus Redin and family attend a Wilton wedding.
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