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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1922
Page
6
Contested by Xanthos and Boulevards, McQueens eclipse Crack Xanthos by four points in a late surge. The chaotic page also details school funding, election plans, and juvenile break ins at Harrison and Whittier schools, with delays and audits promised.
The national agricultural conference moved into committee work in Washington on January 24 after an open morning session with speakers Eugene Myer Jr. Warren of Ithaca, W. C. Mitchell of New York, and Herbert Myrick of Springfield. A motion for a committee on resolutions failed amid charges of biased selection. Delegates seek a plan on commodity financing and credit with terms from months to three years.
The president and advisers weighed a new treaty likely to be negotiated soon with Germany to resolve war claims and permit surplus property return. The Liberian loan renewal was treated as a moral obligation, though no funds were yet advanced. Congress has seen proposals, with leaders promising swift action while few other subjects were explored.
Treasury Secretary Mellon told House Ways and Means Chairman Fordney that a soldier bonus must be funded through taxation, not by using foreign debt or existing funds. He warned against new borrowing and predicted no available surplus due to large debt refunding, urging the government to retire liberty bonds with any principal or sale proceeds.
The league board approved moving league games to Sundays replacing Thursday nights. The change shifts the second series of weekly games to Sundays, altering the previously arranged schedule and creating a new Sunday timetable for matches.
The Rocky Fountain Gardens Club pushes a city bloom vote urging every citizen to pick an official flower for Butte. Florists back the drive and display vote boxes in stores for public preference. the committee will tally results to choose the top candidate.
Notes by four powers redefine the Pacific treaty scope. Major Japanese islands and the Bonin group excluded from insular possessions. Shantung talks show rising outside pressure. President Harding and officials plan to push conference treaties to senate ratification after talks end. Calkins wins contract for new county index card system with Ty Gabinete at 1008 cost. projected saving cited.
Verne Macen argues golf should reward control over power and pace. George Duncan notes size and strength influence opinions, while advocates call for measuring champions’ physical traits post championships. The piece reflects on public courses, course design, and the aim of golf to mix all player types with focus on touch.
St John’s Midgets defeat West Side Tigers 9 to 4 in a snappy hoop game at St John’s gym last night. Key players include captain 1s-Chapman, O Leary, fund, Pwedaie, and substitutes McLennan. Tigers’ lineup features captain Hvans and Mattison among others.
Two fast Inde pendent league basketball games and a Boulevards exhibition drew a large crowd at the high school gym last night. Butte Battery Five edged Boucher team 20 to 18 in a tight opener, McQueen dazzled fans with a bold display against Xanthos, 19 to 14, and the Boulevards crushed Meaderville 64 to 6 with Dahlberg and Boyer leading scoring. Meantime Wilson found form for Butte Battery with eight first-half points, the half ending 12 to 3. The Boulevards’ show featured strong clan play, while Meaderville struggled to score from position. Monahan of the towers drew a fourth foul at the end.
Ambrose J. Melanson 25, former national amateur boxing champion at 139 pounds, died in a Boston hospital after a skull fracture in a professional bout with Joseph St. Hilaire of Somersworth. St. Hilaire detained by police pending investigation. Melanson, aged 25 and married, had been boxing five years and was knocked out in the fourth round of an eight round prelim.
A discussion shifts toward football records with Ted Coy as a potential model for speed and kicking ability. Butte contemplates city baseball, with many favoring retaining nine league teams under a balanced commission to prevent runaway races. Early league start and Clark Field improvements are urged. Karl France wins attention after beating Shamus O'Brien in New York. Tom Ray of Omaha faces Mike Yokol in a wrestling bout at Salt Lake City tonight.
A brisk parish contest pitted St. Jean's against the People's Congregational second team as players like Levin, Hedgiar, Downey, and Williams battled on the floor. Washington Street Juniors issued a challenge with Duggan, Shes, and McCaughes among probable starters. The piece notes the Smithsonian houses the first phonographic disc made in 1887 by Emil Berliner and the inaugural song recorded was The Sweetest Story Ever Told.
AU Minneapolis Spaulding named Minnesota football coach. Frank Garcia KO’s Bramer in Memphis. first-round 10-round bout in Kansas City. George Hill suffers broken collarbone in Appleton wrestling with Stanislaus Zbyszko. Jones to meet Schaeffer in Chicago title bout. West Point versus Annapolis game slated for Franklin Field November 25. Asher to meet Herman in Portland Feb 20. Star Relays headlined by two-mile relay clash Chicago vs Town State College. Chicago plans title defense with Hawkeye relay squad.
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