Gibbons Seeks Dempsey Bout After Miske Win
Tommy Gibbons of St Paul, fresh from outpointing Billy Miske in ten rounds, received a Newark promoter offer for a bout with Jack Mosey. He said terms depend on Dempsey, adding any date will do if Dempsey signs.
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Associated Press
ST. Paul
Tommy Gibbons
Billy Miske
Newark
Jack Mosey
Gibbons
Dempsey
Oklahoma City
Okla
Harry Greb
Jimmy Delaney
Greb
Dan ‘Lackey
Bob Roper
Tommy Gipbons
Jack Dempsey
Twin City
Butte Fight Fans Pick Wills Over Gibbons for Dempsey Match
In Butte, twelve fans voiced mixed views on a Dempsey title bout with Tommy Gibbons. Most favors Harry Wills as the challenger, with several predicting Gibbons would struggle against the champion and the field suggesting Wills or a heavier, stronger fighter as the likely contenders.
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Tommy Gibbons
St Paul
Jack Dempsey
St. Paul
Butte
Harry Wills
New Orleans
Dempsey
Gibbons
Charles
Chuck
Staple
Jack
William Meyer
Wills
Dempsty
Bill Brennan
Floyd Johnson
Luis Firpe
Joe Mudro
Joe Markham
Jim Uarkin
Charles Holly
Carpentier
Dick Sharp
Willard
Eivery
Harrys
Homer Stone
Frank Walker
Deer Lodge to Play in Puck Trig This Season
Deer Lodge eager for hockey season as Bouchers squad confirms entry for Christmas opener in Anaconda. Veteran Bill McKay joins Deer Lodge for league play, with Lake Avoca practice followed by Sunday home game versus Anaconda amid new uniforms from Spaulding's and possible Junior league challenge.
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Teer Lodge
Anaconda
Powell County
A. K. H. Clarke
Bouchers
Butte
Deer Ledgers
Bill McKay
Helena
Deer Lodge
Souchers
Lake Avoca
Boucher
Spaulding’s
Lake Avoca Juniors
Bowling mixed doubles record set by Evans pair
Mr and Mrs Evans set a new mixed doubles record with 1043 pins, just ahead of a Thompson duo score. Evans rolled 488, her husband 55, with other teams the Reids 359 and 474, the Quigleys 345 and 631, and Long and Noyes 399 and 27 as league results follow.
American league eyes zones to reduce home run tally
At a December meeting in New York the American league owners propose changing home run rules. Zones in parks would grant three base hits for balls hit into designated areas, limiting some outs as true homers. Babe Ruth’s 59 four baggers in 1921 would likely remain a benchmark if adopted.
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New York
Belmont Hotel
Ban Johnson
Polo Grounds
Babe Ruth
Former Collector Walsh Visits Butte on Way Home
James A. Walsh of Missoula former collector of internal revenue for the Montana district stopped in Butte yesterday on his return from Minneapolis to attend his mother's death. He met several old friends and continued his journey last evening.
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James A. Walsh
Missoula
Internal Revenue
Montana
Butte
Minneapolis
Mr. Walsh
German Wrestlers and Boxers Under Gurley Training in New York
The German boxers and wrestlers imported by Jack Curley began training in New York. Wrestlers work at George Bothner's gym with Cyclone Rees and Bothner aiding Ernest Siegfried and Seppel Lobmayer. Boxers train at Billy Grupp's gym with Gus Sprenger arranging special hours. The standout is Urban Grass, the bantam king, with others like Willie Antonowitz and Max Dahling invited to impress. Curley plans to match these wrestlers with top American talent.
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New York
Jack Curley
George Bothner
Cyclone Rees
Bothner
Ernest Siegfried
Seppel Lobmayer
Billy Grupp
Gus Sprenger
Grupp
Urban Grass
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Rhine
Willie Antonowitz
Bremen
Max Dahling
Hamburg
Grass
Cologne
Abandoned burial fund plan after mistaken death of Charley Hemphill
New York officials halted efforts to raise a burial fund for Charley Hemphill after learning the supposed Yankees star was alive. A sister in Jersey City identified the deceased as a different Charles Hemphill who had not played baseball, triggering an inquiry into the mix up caused by similar names.
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Associated Press
New York
New York Baseball Club Today
Charley Hemphill
Yankees
Charles Hemphill
W. A. McKnight
Jersey City
N. J
Havey Named Captain of 1923 Montana Mines Eleven
Gene Havey of Butte was elected captain of the 1923 Montana School of Mines football team at a Thornton hotel dinner attended by 24 players coaches and officials. Havey junior end and basketball captain led the squad and received strong all state quarterback votes last season.
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Gene Havey
Butte
School of Mines
Thornton Hotel
Havey
Grid
Charley McAuliffe
Albion Johnson
Great Falls
Walter McCormick
John McGough
Thor
Walter T. Scott
the Mines
Charles McGreal
Dutch Streibich
Harvard to Revise Football Tactics for 2d Grid Season
Harvard officials plan new plays and formations for next season to counter copied hidden ball tactics and the forward pass epidemic. The program aims to open the game further while defenses seek fresh methods, as Harvard reshapes its approach beyond old methods. Centered on Army Notre Dame plans and potential Army Pitt clashes, labels of shifting schedules and opponents surface amid national college football strategy shifts.
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New York
Harvard
Crimson
United States Military Academy
Centre College
Army
University of Pittsburg
Pitt
Pittsburg
Danville
University of Pennsylvania
Dartmouth
Praying Colonels
Kilbane barred from featherweight title bid in New York
New York on December 21 Mor did not sanction a Kilbane Criqui featherweight title bout. Muldoon chairman of the New York athletic commission said Kilbane cannot box in New York with Willard also barred from action. The decision blocks the planned title match and bars Kilbane from competing in the city.
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Muldoon
New York
Willard
William MuLdoon
New York Athletic Commission
Johnny Kilbane
Eugene Criqui
Kilbane
Butte High Opens Basketball Debut Versus Jefferson County
The 1922 23 scholastic basketball season in Butte begins tonight at 8 with the Purple and White under coach Harry Dahlberg facing a veteran Jefferson County high team in the Butte high gym. The Butte lineup features Shaffer V Jovick Thierkoff Murray Mattlock Conchin E Jovick Downing Olson with Boulder guests arriving this afternoon.
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Anaconda
Gibbons
Dempsey Butte High
Jefferson County
Butte
Butte High
Quint
Harry
Dahlberg
Jefferson County High
Shaffer
V. Jovick
Thierkoff
Murray
Mattlock
Conchin
E. Jovick
Downing
Olson
Boulder
Montana
Dick Boyer
Oscar Dahlberg
School Athletic Association
Ragsdale
Douglass
Corry
Egg of peanut size laid by Rhode Island hen in Massachusetts
A Rhode Island hen owned by Frank Marco on Fr. A J Hewat's Briggsville farm laid an egg the size and shape of a peanut with a rough coating. In separate notes, Jess Willard was barred from boxing in New York due to age limits under the boxing board rules.
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North Adams
Mass
Rhode Island
Frank Marco
A. J. Hewat
Briggsville
Muldoon
Jess Willard
New York
Boxing Board
Willard
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