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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1925
Page
10
Yale University head coach Tad Jones presents the First Team All Star Football Team of the East. The list spotlights standout players and teams, highlighting top performers at key positions from eastern colleges and universities.
A detailed look at the 1925 season lists top backs and linemen from Dartmouth Penn Yale Harvard Cornell Princeton and Georgetown. It highlights Tully Gates Sprague Coody Kilgour Carey Plansky Oberlander Plansky as standout backs and linemen with Oberlander and Grange noted among the best backs, plus Bunnell Graham and Granary mentioned for future leadership and impact.
Associated Press reports Dartmouth and Pennsylvania place two players each on Gilmour Dobie's all eastern eleven. The selections aim for all American status with only minor position changes noted, including Korn and Thayer among backs, Care y and Dick as guards, Robinson at center, Cheek at quarterback, and Oberlander at fullback.
The Montana Interscholastic Athletic Association suspended Billings High from football for the 1925 1926 season after evidence showed attempts to lure players from other schools. Raymond Lyons was ruled ineligible for the state title game and Billings tied Great Falls 27 27 for the state title. Winnett and other schools faced penalties for transfer violations and one Belfry case led to a lifetime ban for impersonation and improper expense payments.
Tules champions of the Butte Independent Football League began talks to arrange a postseason game. Possible opponents include School of Mines in Butte or Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland with a weekend kickoff. Coach Spears reviews options as a decision nears.
Argentine heavyweight champion Luis Firpo confirms willingness to meet Jack Dempsey in a Los Angeles bout before Dempsey faces Harry Wills. Firpo pledges forfeits and says he would be in fighting weight by March, with possible sites in Tia Juana or Los Angeles.
The Harold Red Grange led professional team starts a historic barnstorming circuit from Chicago to St. Louis then East to Philadelphia New York and Washington. The troupe plans rapid Chicago return before holidays then heads to Florida Birmingham across the South to California for a coast league series likely through March. An unrelated garbled note about elastic clocks follows.
Missoula football roundups tout TOM DAVIS of Butte as a leading end for the University of Montana Bruins. Davis, captain of 1924 Butte High champions, starred throughout the season, formed the Cubs’ highlight reel and was used at end from the start.
The forward pass expands scoring across college football with 108 teams totaling 13, etc. points in 98 games, averaging 14.7 per game, up 0.2 from 1924. Sixteen teams surpassed 200 points, led by Washington with 459 in 11 games. others include Alabama, Columbia, Cornell, Fordham, Georgetown, Tulane, Colgate, Brown, Michigan, Navy, Notre Dame, Syracuse, and Stanford. Carnegie Tech names Lloyda tackle captain for 1926. Legislative motion in British Columbia seeks lash penalties for narcotics peddlers. a federal acceptance is awaited. Sumatra and Malaya rubber firms project 1926 output at 2,300,000 pounds. A child’s velocipede wide-wheel invention noted.
George Kostenko a 200 pounder and former North Dakota heavyweight wrestling king has entered the Knights of Columbus amateur boxing tournament opening December 14 He is 20 a miner at the Stewart and will box with the American Legion team His big hands and recent switch to boxing mark him as a leading entry in the heavyweight division
League brief lists players with nicknames and partial names for a hoops overtime game. Mentions Peps, O'Donnell, Dassault, Beott, Sayin aid, Checkers, Sox, Sewell, McNichole, Ryan, Mitchell, Mullins, Giaia, Kelly, Ratterly, Crowley, Meehan, Langan, Novack. No clear scores or teams provided.
The Joshers plan their annual Christmas show at The Broadway in December with proceeds funding aid for needy families. The group, famed for its voluntary labor, will perform dances and other acts, sell tickets, and deliver groceries and clothing to those in need. Their purpose is charitable, uniting members in a Westward beacon of community service.
The report states a noted figure will accept a challenge involving a Florida Bow, described as the greatest membership. It outlines a plan over a year period beginning March, with details of acreage and a department under consideration. The text appears garbled but indicates an agreement and forthcoming actions.
The narrative follows a mining and baseball path into Lehighton with O’Hara and Clauss as key figures. A temperance father funds players’ drinks with lemonade and milk, while injuries shape careers. The author reflects on early big league attempts with Louisville, enduring as a catcher and hopeful for play.
The article surveys enormous earnings in various sports and entertainment, noting Red Grange earning about 2000 per minute of play, Jack Dempsey 50 000 to 100 000 per four minutes, Babe Ruth over 500 per hit, and other big paydays for golfers golfers and circuited drivers. It contrasts dazzling sums with odd anecdotes of luck and loss, ending with a reflective note on the writer’s own pay.
San Francisco report notes two Pacific coast universities will start next season with married captains. Bert Griffin of California is 1926 captain of the Golden Bears, Fred Swanguard a leadership figure. Stanford updates show Jack Still with hook and a prominent stance as the season nears.
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