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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1925
Page
6
A partial report lists Grank Hauser Darby and centers McAuliffe Butte Todd Billings Gualds Hatfeld Ry jp tai Leo Helena among a star lineup for the MLL event. Readable fragments suggest a roster note without complete details or context.
The piece notes Old Timer and W. A. L. select Montana state interscholastic basketball legends from 1912 onward. It discusses shifts in playing style from offense oriented to defense, positions, and the debate over moving players between guard forward and center roles. It highlights players like Driscoll, Kalispell stars, Hester, Kell, and Smith, and reflects memories of state tournaments across decades.
Grantland Rice surveys coming spring action in major leagues and college sports. He analyzes heavyweight boxing prospects with Dempsey Wills and Gibbons, notes Yale hockey and Princeton basketball strength, and highlights figures in golf, tennis, and Montana interscholastic basketball lineage.
Exhibition games feature York A beating Boston N by 5 to 11, Kansas City AA edged San Francisco C 12 to 11, and Cincinnati N defeating Washington A in a separate matchup with a close score.
Special Dispatch to the standard reports the Montana state track meet set for May 9 at State college Bozeman with five colleges, including Montana State and Intermountain Union, competing. Key athletes from Billings, Salt Lake, and local schools eye events from sprints to distance runs, jumps, and throws as teams prepare for Rocky Mountain state entries.
The Sunday Series Basketball League closes with four matches at the Mf. C. A. gym starting 7:30 pm. Pep Congregational faces Trinity Methodists, Christians meet Mountain View Methodists, St. John's Episcopals vs De Molays, and Baptists clash with Lutherans for second place in Teague standings.
At a special meeting the school board reconsidered diploma printing actions. Contract awarded to Montana Bindery of Butte at 3.05 per copy, replacing former 2.95 contract with Adolph Hellbronner. Previously, work would have been done in New York. Russo German air service to Caucasus and Siberia to be developed.
Butte high basketball players, champions of Montana, returned from Boulder Colorado after competing in the Intermountain Invitational under the University of Colorado. They said the trip tired the squad and, despite a victory, they did not reach their best form in the tougher games.
The Associated Press reports Jack Dempsey will limit ring activity to motion pictures until fall, with managers and exhibitors in New York confirming interest from film producers. Oregon Aggies plan strong relay squads for the Drake Relays in Des Moines on April 24, reflecting a season of notable distance runners.
The Associated Press reports Combs will play centerfield for the Yankees this year with Joe Dugan as leadoff man unless Manager Miller changes plans. Nick Cullop, a heavy hitter from Omaha, seems headed for an opportunity but lacks major league experience.
Deer Lodge bowlers and the Trusto tno quint of Butte will compete at the state tournament in Great Falls next week. They plan to practice ahead of events, as local entries prepare for the competition. The report notes other entries and the wide use of a cough remedy advertisement as part of the page.
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