Butte Will Be Football Mecca On Saturday
National League records for 1922 highlight Rogers Hornsby as batting champion with .401, 42 home runs, 250 hits, 149 RBIs, and 102 extra-base hits. Henline hit four home runs in two games. other feats include 12-base totals by Young and Johnston, and six-hit games by Carey and Gooch of Pittsburgh.
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Butte
International Nowe Service
Rogers Hornsby
St. Louis
Ed Delehanty
Del
The
Mighty
Hornsby
Delehanty
Williamson
Willie Keeler
Keeler
Cravath
Philadelphia
Walter Henline
James O'Rourke
Boston
Roger Connor
New York
Napoleon Lajoie
Henline
Jacob Beckley
Young
Johnston
Brooklyn
Carey
Pittsburg
Gooch
Gowdy
Kelly
New
Paddock Plans Return to Track With USC enrollments
Charles W. Paddock, famed sprinter, enrolls at the University of Southern California for part time studies and will run for USC on the Trojan cinder path. He is eligible for one more inter collegiate season and aims for next year’s national championships as a USC team member. He had intended to stay retired but AAU’s non recognition of recent world records influenced his decision.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Charles W. Paddock
University of Southern California
Paddock
Pasadena
Santa Barbara
Record-Setting Baseball Stats Highlight 1921 Season
Pittsburgh led club batting with .308 as 1921 marks the first year since 1909 they topped the league. Stock and St Louis players belted multiple homers. Maranville set major league at bats record with 672. Philadelphia and Chicago led home runs with 116 and 39 sacrifice hits by Terry.
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Rigbee
Pittsburg
Thorneby
Daubert
Cincinnati
Terry
Chicago
Carey
John Smith
St. Louis
Boston
Philadelphia
Tierney
Louisville
Mitchell White Bout Set for December 15
Ritchie Mitchell of Milwaukee and Charley White of Chicago are matched for a 15 round light weight title fight on December 15 at 135 pounds. Matchmaker Frank Flournoy announced the bout.
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Associated Press
New York
Ritchie Mitchell
Milwaukee
Charley White
Chicago
Frank Flournoy
Mitchell
White
French Bantam Champ Criqui Beats Mathews In Paris Bout
The Eugene Criqui Billy Mathews match drew 265000 francs in receipts. Criqui won in the seventeenth round but sustained hand injuries and will rest at least six weeks.
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Paris
Associated Press
Eugene Criqui
Billy Mathews
England
Robert Baudeline
Criqui
New York Leads at Home and St. Louis Dominates Road
New York posted the best home mark at .654. Excluding Philadelphia and Boston, all clubs won more at home than they lost. St. Louis led road teams with a .558 percentage, and along with New York Pittsburg and Chicago, was among the few to win more games abroad than they lost.
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Chub
New York
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Boston
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Chicago
Pittsburg Hosts Brooklyn in Two-Game Baseball Doubleheader
At Pittsburg on August 29 Brooklyn and Pittsburg played a double-header lasting two hours and 31 minutes. The first game went nine innings in one hour and 17 minutes. The second game lasted eight and a half innings in one hour and 14 minutes, marking the last double-header of the day.
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Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Two Cities Face Off For State High School Title In Butte
Miles City and Great Falls surge toward Butte for a Saturday grid showdown at Clark Park at 2 PM. Chuck McAuliffe leads Miles City with key players like Sweet Cranston Babcock and Bluhm while Coach Crouch brings in a strong Great Falls squad. Officials arrange security and a $1 admission as fans from across the state descend on Butte to crown a champion.
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Miles City
Powder River
Butte
Great Falls
Clark Park
Charles
Chuck” McAuliffe
Butte High and Mines Allaround
Milestown
Crouch
Ott Romney
Bozeman Bobcats
School of Mines Management
Walter T. Scott
Clark
Baier
Sohl
Husky
Ball
Sweet
Cranston
Babcock
Bluhm
Ray Giroux
Boucher
West Park Street
Towle-Winterhalter-Hannifin Jewelry Firm
Nine Riders Crash in Six Day Bike Race at Madison Square Garden
In New York on December 4 nine riders crashed during a six day bicycle race at Madison Square Garden. Reggie McNamara and Willie Lorenz tangled handlebars causing a pileup that sent several riders sprawling. McNamara bruise on shoulder Lorenz cut on shoulder Gremo knee cut Ho ran head first into the wire netting with facial and head cuts. Breecee and Taylor shaken. Remaining point sprints canceled until injuries assessed.
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Associated Press
New York
Madison Square Garden
Oval
Reggie McNamara
Willie Lorenz
MacNamara
Lorenz
Gremo
Breecee
Taylor
Montana Railway firm forms to build Tongue River line
Articles of incorporation filed in Custer County authorize a standard gauge railroad from Miles City along the Tongue river toward Sheridan Wyoming. The Montana Railway company is capitalized at 5 million dollars with 50 thousand subscribed. Five directors named include Scott Ferris Lawton Oklahoma William F. Alluan New York F D Saklatvala New York J Haskell Tulsa and J Sherry O'Brien New York.
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Miles City
Mont
Tongue River
Sheridan
Wyo
FF. F. Bohling
Custer County
Montana Railway Company
Scott Ferris
Lawton
Okla
William EF. Alluan
New York
Eceity
F. D. Saklatvala
New York City
J. Haskell
Tulsa
J. Sherry O'Brien
Butte Treasurer Reports Tax Payments Still Being Counted
Butte citizens paid taxes this year and the city treasurer expects the total to be compiled late tomorrow night. Hierman Strasburger said hundreds of tax payment letters with checks were on hand when the office closed Friday and have since been disposed of.
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Butte
Hierman Strasburger
Siki First. Polish Sales Follow Boxing Fallout
Battling Siki shifts from boxing to shoe polish after his suspension. The French Federation bans him for nine months, barring any fight or exhibition, while plans for a national title tournament proceed with all comers allowed to enter. Siki’s manager Heller hopes for a future return but accepts the ban.
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Heller
Siki
Boston
Kid Norfolk
Insanity Charge Against Mike Dane Alleged
Mike Dane also known as Regan Alagander is charged with insanity in a district court complaint. He is accused of cleaning out a soft drink parlor on Arizona street using a pool cue.
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Mike Dane
Regan Alagander
Arizona Street
Grizzly Football Eyes 1923 Prospects After Captain Murphy
Mis soula dispatch notes end of 1922 season at the state university. Ray Murphy of Anaconda named captain for 1923. many regulars graduate. Listing of returning players, eligibles, and promising freshmen from Missoula Butte Dillon Deer Lodge and other towns highlights ahead for Grizzly team.
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Missoula
State University
Ray Murphy
Anaconda
Grizzly
Ellett
MacGowan
Ramsey
Porter
Kershner
Madsen
Idaho University
Murphy
Shaffer
Maudlin
Axtell
Ashford
Boehm
Fraser
Taylor
Moriarity
Dahlberg
Coleman
Plummer
Tanner
Johnson
O'Neil
Silverdale
Cecisli
Ted Tilman
John Carney
Billings
Byron Tarbox
Miles City
Walter Griffin
Patrick Sugrue
Joseph McKenzie
Havre
Ben Plummer
Stevensville
Thomas Meagher
Butte
Herbert Wilcox
Alexander Melver
Deer Lodge
Charles van Horn
Carl Martinson
Lewis Quinlan
Alden Telin
Dillon
Claude Estey
George and
William Crowley
Morrell McSpadden
Fred Sterling
Neil Hyde
Fairview
Robert Johnson
Hamilton
Georgetown Wants to Play Gonzaga on Christmas Day
Georgetown University of Washington, D C telegraphed Gonzaga University in Spokane offering a Christmas Day football game. Gonzaga coach Charles E Dorais said the decision rests with the San Diego Recreation and Athletic Club, which had invited Gonzaga to face Notre Dame, a proposal Notre Dame declined.
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Associated
Spokane
Wash
San Diego
Gonzaga University Today
Georgetown University of Washington
D. C
Gonzaga
Charles E. Dorais
San Diego Recreation and Athletic Club
Notre Dame
Siki Claims Carpentier Bout Was Framed by Fight Promoters
Battling Siki testified before Deputy Diagne that his December bout with Georges Carpentier to decide the French light heavyweight title was rigged. He said a revulsion of feeling in the third round sent him to win honestly despite pressure from his corner and a 50,000 crowd.
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Associated Press
Paris
Georges Carpentier
France
Battling Siki
Siki
French Boxing Federation
Diagne
Plan to Raise Funds for Trail Expansion
Montana will receive 17 percent of the total enrollment as plans to fund a national trail program move forward. About 33 percent of the trail mileage lies in Montana and funds will extend the association’s work with 12 information bureaus, concrete marking posts, and printed literature. Heilbronner leads Montana efforts leveraging years as a trail man to boost the drive.
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Montana
Heilbronner
Bantam Champion to Box on Coast Soon
Joe Lynch world bantamweight champion will travel to the Pacific coast within a month. He will first visit San Francisco and is expected to box in several coast cities, per a telegram received in Angeles.
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Angeles
Joe Lynch
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Morrie Schlaiffer Heads to Montana Ring Action
Omaha welterweight Morrie Schlaiffer arrives for a Montana bout at IR C gym set for 2 pm. He faces Frankie Murphy of Denver in a hastily arranged clash after Joe Simonich's illness postponed the card. Murphy trains at Knights gym while Al Sommers and Eddie Richards spar at Manhattan club. public admission is free.
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Morrie Schlaiffer
Omaha
Montana
IR. C
Frankie Murphy
Denver
Legion Boxing
Joe Simonich
Butte
Schlaiffer
K. C
Murphy
Morrie
Knights’ Gym
al Sommers
Eddie Richards
Manhattan Club
Richards
Dick Sharp
Portland
Sammy Gordon
Young Butler
Rutte
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Legion
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Bill Curran
International News Service
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Montmartre
Sam Gastman
Fa Grizzly
University
Georgetown
Suki
Battle
Palmolive Company
U. 8S. A
Quhaliffer
Broadway
Morrie Schlaifer
Kid Vic
Kid Josephs
Herb Baldwin
Kilvanick’s
Neurenberg’s
Onuel- Jett’s
Green’s
Clifford's
Holland
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