Miners Edge Grizzlies 14 13 In Neon Butte Tilt
Montana Miners defeated Montana Grizzlies 14 to 13 in a close Butte gym contest. Tim Dennehy led Mines with seven points as the teams swapped leads in a tense early season game.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1927
Page
11
Montana Miners defeated Montana Grizzlies 14 to 13 in a close Butte gym contest. Tim Dennehy led Mines with seven points as the teams swapped leads in a tense early season game.
George T. Dunlap Jr. of New York won the midwinter golf championship at Pinehurst North Carolina for the third consecutive year defeating Eugene Homans Englewood New Jersey one up in 20 holes. His final opponent last year was Homians.
Julius Seligson of Lehigh crushed C Alphonso Smith 6 0 6 0 in the national junior indoor tennis semifinals. He will meet Frank Shields of Columbia Grammar in the final after Shields beat Eddie Jacobs 6 4 6 1. In other semifinals, William Jacobs beat Sidney Seligson and Peter Cary defeated Richard Rossheim.
Paul Waner of Pittsburgh leads the NL with a .380 average and 237 hits, plus 17 three-base hits and 338 total bases. Lloyd Waner and Rogers Hornsby tie for 133 runs, while Frank Frisch steals 48 bases and Harold Traynor tops sacrifices with 35. Pittsburgh figures prominently in several categories.
Stanford University and the Pittsburg Panthers prepared for a Rose Bowl clash in Pasadena. Stanford's 38 man squad drilled after arrival and coach Pop Warner said the team was nearer to perfect form than at season end. Captain Hal McCreery acknowledged not being the favorite, boosting team resolve.
Pennsylvanians and California meet in Berkeley as 60 000 fans expect a test of Eastern vs Western football styles. The Bears seek to defend a 1925 memory, while Pennsylvanias aerial attack aims to overpower the Bears in a midseason form showdown at Memorial Stadium.
The University of Washington beat the University of Illinois 32 to 26 in Seattle to clinch the three game intersection series. A 10 minute rally broke a 23 all tie and secured the Huskies win after Illinois had taken the second game.
Great Falls fighters Al Rossberg and George Gilstrap trained at the Legion gym for the Tuesday Broadway card. Rossberg faces Dick Cody in a 12 round featherweight main event, while Gilstrap takes on Alex Kanub in another 12 round middleweight bout. The show resumes boxing after four months and features four and six round bouts with Ike Hayes vs Stuart Brockaway and Ernie Rowe vs Jack Krall, plus house seats on sale Monday noon at Broadway theater.
In Greeley Colorado on December 30 the Montana Bobcats beat Colorado Teachers College 40 to 31 to complete a Colorado invasion. Montana led 21 to 12 at halftime and extended the margin in the third period as Montana forward McFarland tallied eight field goals while Huggins and Bolitho each had four field goals and two free throws for the Teachers.
Roberto Roberti heavyweight champion of Italy wins a decision over Jack Gagnon of New Bedford in a slashing 10 round bout in Boston. Roberti scored knockdowns in the second and eighth rounds. Also Eddie Callahan knocked out Dan Bright in the semi final and Al Schooner defeated Sam Hunter in the prelim. Oregon Aggies beat Rosen Lombard college 24 to 14 in Galesburg Illinois.
Jugo-Slav bowlers captured their fifth All Nations title since 1922 by posting a record 2 911 at the YMCA alleys in a last shift finish among 42 teams. USA No 1 took second with 2 819 as Mudro brothers, Pascool and Jovick starred with 247 in a game and 624 in the final three frames. The Slavs have swept all international tourneys they entered, missing one year.
Freight consignments of an urgent nature will be carried by air plane wherever possible under an agreement between the German Railways company and the Deutsche Lufthansa Air Transport company. Special bills of lading will permit transfer from car to plane.
Adverse atmospheric conditions and the distance to the nearest broadcast station at Rome lower radio interest in Palestine. Americans consider building a cotton mill in Haiti as a potential project amid these developments.
Tony Canzoneri a strong featherweight winner over Bud Taylor of Terre Haute in a 10 round bout at Madison Square Garden. Canzoneri dominated with lefts and rights while Taylor pressed hard in spots, drawing praise from ringside critics. More than 13,000 attended as Canzoneri earned recognition as the world 126 pound leader. Dominick Petrone and Andy Martin won their bouts on the undercard.
The federal bureau of national parks considers creating a park spanning about 800 square miles in Northwestern Colorado and Eastern Utah. It would include the petrified forest and scenic mountain trails along the Green River and its tributaries.
Henri Cochet defeats Georges Soyson 6-4 6-2 to avenge a December Lyons setback. The veteran Frenchman, the last active Davis Cup player in France, advances to face Denmark's Eric Petersen in the final after sending a message to Borotra and Brugnon sailing to New Zealand.
College football coaches seek to restore 1926 rules on the lateral pass and muffed punt. Knute Rockne and colleagues urge changes while Edward Hall and the rules committee invite coaches as observers without voting power. Debate centers on returning to previous standards to reduce rule confusion.
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