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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1926
Page
9
Anaconda paper reports matchmaker Staples seeks an opponent for Joe Michnic for a New Year’s Day boxing card in Butte. Promoters Humbert Puragy and Tex Rickard plan Jersey City and Garden bouts featuring Delaney, Gorman, and Phil Rosenberg in 10-round eliminations and tune-ups.
In Los Angeles on December 19, amateur stars George von Elm nation champion and Paul Hunter California titleholder defeated the pro team led by Walter and Wile Hunter in an 8 hole exhibition. The pair had earlier posted 1 and 2 triumphs and led 1 up at the end of all eight holes.
Joe Turnesa of New York surged from behind to win the Triple Sacramento Open with a final 87 and a three stroke victory over Eddie Loose of Chicago. Turnesa rallied with a brilliant final round 9 to overturn an earlier morning deficit as scores from HM Randerson and others followed. Amateur winner G Mitchie posted 314, leading the amateurs with a final round 77.
William Tilden, seeking the national title, wins both singles and doubles at the Pennsylvania Athlete Clubs indoor tournament. He defeats Manual Alonso 6-1 6-3 6-4 in singles, and with Wilbur Coen defeats Alonso and Cone Dixon by default after four sets in doubles. Alonso had earlier rallied in the opening games to lead briefly. Dixon and Dixon pair had defeated Gilpin and Fisher in the doubles semi.
Patt Mossman of Eldora Iowa defeated Frank Jackson by 82 to 48 in Chicago to claim the world horseshoe pitching championship. The 20 year old Hawkeye won five games to Jackson's three in a match that stretched into the early hours. Mossman tallied 4 singles and 24 double ringers in one game.
Jonn Dago Shea, guard for several seasons, was yesterday elected captain of the Dublin Gulch football team for the 1927 Independent league. Redneck Kelly named manager of the squad as players met at Neversweat ity to discuss the 19 weason’s cut. The Gulch aims to improve in Montana football and pursues a Christmas day game at Clark Park with an all star from the Great Falls League. The club reports $1,500 in treasury after a season ending with a 10 to 0 win over Huda, five wins and one loss.
Lake Avoca led by Jack Davis marshalling a dominant 8 to 0 hockey victory over the Butte Tigers at the Lake Avoca rink in the season opener. Boston names and lineups list Lehman Detrie Clarke Gerry Richards Rowe Telling Duncan Davin Reowan Hicks.
Elky Clark flyweight champion of Britain arrived in New York and will begin training two days before facing Fidel Labarra of California for the world title at Madison Square Garden on January 2. Scottish boxers Jock Fleming and George Mackenzie accompanied him. Mackenzie to box as a lightweight after outgrowing the featherweight class. Nearby Detroit ice jam story notes three Lake Erie steamers frozen near Hurbesh, Ont, with tugs on standby and about twelve aboard, believed not in immediate danger.
Walt Miller manager of Tiger Flower Atlanta Negro says a return bout with Mickey Walker is inevitable after last night in Chicago. Flower would not be granted a title rematch without a $200,000 guarantee for the champion, as Miller insists on formal terms before any plan moves forward.
New York December 19 College basketball quintet of the East will move into action on New Team day 17 opening in Philadelphia pairing Yale and Pennsylvania. Columbia the defending champion meets Princeton while Yale faces Dartmouth. Cornell starts January 15 against Columbia, with the circuit extending to March 12.
Norman Brown describes William A Carrigan as a hard driving manager who built pennant winning teams with discipline and force. Once star catcher, Carrigan returned to management in 1913 and steered Boston to a world championship in 1912 season style and leadership. The piece recalls his fiery methods, wealth, and impact on players.
Matchmaker Staples seeks top middleweight contender Jock Malone for a high profile bout at New Year’s, with Chicagoan Shuffle Callahan and others discussed. Rumors place Frank Wine and Frankie Mon rugged in preliminary action as Malone pursues a headline clash for the main event.
Frank G Menke surveys Gene Tunney reign amid doubt over Dempsey defeat. He notes Tunney’s calculated, methodical style, aloof image, and mixed public reception. Critics question whether Dempsey was in prime form or merely damaged, yet Tunney’s place as boxing royalty endures.
Stanford announces a squad of 20 players selected to travel to Pasadena for the New Year’s Day football game against Alabama. Practice resumes tomorrow after a week of drills against professors and exams, with the team departing for Pasadena shortly after Christmas. Weather notes and regional temperature ranges accompany the report.
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