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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1923
Page
8
In Butte and Anaconda sports, a weekend slate features the high school doubleheader and college games. Livingston meets Butte five in the first set at 8 oclock with Olson out for a knee injury, and Central vs Anaconda Aves follows, then a collegiate program with Central, Anaconda, and the University Bruins headlining the bill.
Montana high school teams sharpen for the state tournament as midseason play starts across districts. Deer Lodge upset Darby to win a Helena invitational, while Missoula and Great Falls districts feature strong guard play and improving squads. The state tournament runs March 15 and 10 in the new state college gym, praised for its modern floor and full-rise seating.
Jan. 25. Spencer Rums, second baseman for Seattle, faced issues over the salary terms of his contract. Jonson Adams, leading in batting, and other departments were named in the confusion as negotiations stalled and the team weighed offers from Seattle and other clubs.
Billy Kelly, a famed sprinter with a long and storied career at Tijuana track, has retired from racing and will enter stud duties. Owner Commander J. K. L. Ross and trainer Muraling praised his speed and amiable personality, noting he will become a riding horse and companion in his new life with the Ross string.
Jack Kearns, Dempsey manager, signed an option with Tex Rickard restricting contracts for six days ending Feb 1. Rickard hinted of two summer fights with Dempsey against top challengers Harry Wills, Jess Willard, Luis Firpo or Tom Gibbons, favoring a June 9 bout first and a Labor Day second.
Chicago reports golf clubs will use 2,000,000 pounds of Brace seed for reseeding greens at the main courses. Officials say seed is the quickest path from prepared ground to healthy turf, with roots forming in weeks. Annual upkeep costs for courses average around 19,000 to 1,000,000 dollars.
Chicago January 25 Former large men are pleased over Emmett Red Ormsby appointment to the American League umpires staff in the battalion. Ormsby, a Chicagoan, gained recognition in the Western League and class A series between Tulsa and Mobile. Other umpires likely to be seen include Owens Rowland Evans Connolly Moriarity Nailin Dineen Hildebrand and Moran Hart Wi Quigley lines.
The Washoe Athletic hockey team will clash with the Bouchers from Putte next Sunday afternoon at the local rink on Fifth and Maple. It is their fifth game. prior results show both sides with one win. Players are practicing and the team hopes to stay in good condition for the match.
The Associated Press reports a plan to guarantee champion Jack Dempsey 1 000 000 to fight Harry Wills and two other contenders. Manager Kearns suggested a return with Jess Willard and one more selection before facing Wills. Two bouts were proposed to prepare Dempsey for the negro challenger.
Clyde M. Schroeder a former portside hurler with the K C and Anaconda clubs and later with McGinnity in Butte is poised for reinstatement to organized ball and will start with his old Portland Beavers in the Pacific Coast league. Word from Butte and Anaconda friends says Schroeder’s case mirrors Frank Juney’s Mines league ban and he may be readmitted after a $200 fine and league-allowed one year out without playing. He has a storied Anaconda era and Portland ties, served in France, and last season starred in an independent league with 28 wins and two losses plus a string of strikeout feats. Juney awaits reinstatement and reports no official Portland notice by June 28, while lucrative offers tempt him elsewhere.
Report from Morit ing Keete describes search with stablemen locating an estimated 25 wild horses near SuEh Deals canyon. Keete reports observers saw the herd at the top of the canyon, with no further trace beyond ten miles of country, and notes plans for an extended foray if recapture fails.
Boston report says United States will field high class women’s team at Wimbledon in June despite Mrs Molla Mallory’s decision not to play. Mrs Leslie Bancroft, second to Mallory and top American born player, will campaign abroad this spring ahead of the world turf court championships.
In a hard fought YMCA contest the Rowdies led by margin from mid first half to beat the Flying Five 28 to 14. Davis scored twice and Matson added several baskets to secure the victory as Grainger and Callaway countered for the Flying Five. In the prelim, the Pathers defeated the Ramblers 22 to 17.
The Babe, twenty pounds lighter, comes back to town with a wounded left finger graft. Bueker says he will stay at least until Sai Urdas. farm near Sudbury, Massachusetts, settles. His winter work aimed to erase fatigue before Hot Springs debut next month.
Four Butte curling rinks travel to Anaconda to reclaim the trophy from Mas Fone and the Smelterites after two early meetings in Butte. Huttenskins McGregor McMillan Perham Norris lead the team assembling at the YM at 7 30 to start the trial run. Secretary Meatian says the Butte rink will close tonight and tomorrow with play resuming Saturday evening.
Butte's Y M C A and Sunday School basketball leagues begin Thursday at the Y gym. The races will decide the Hannifin cage trophy with four teams advancing to the city final. St Johns Epiecopa Mountain View Methodists Baptists and People's Congregational churches enter the Sunday School league while other groups will be drawn from Y M C A members. Star players include Dr J James and Dick Boyer as captains.
Hollister ties game late for state college as Badgley and De Wald lead Bobcats in a 27 to 24 overtime victory over the University of Montana Bruins at the college gym. Whit e and De Wald star on offense. McDonald and Hatfield also contribute.
At Bozeman Montana State College the score reads 27 to 24 in a game against Montana State University. The text also mentions Hugeno University of Washington and University of Oregon with unclear figures.
New York report cites Benny Leonard planning a light weight title defense schedule for the outdoor season. Charley White would be first challenger in June, followed by Lew Tendler, with Tendler to get a return bout. Labor Day possibly features the Tendler match amid heavyweight revival prospects.
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