Championship Contenders Arrive for Butte Thanksgiving Game
The Anaconda Standard reports Billings high and Great Falls high journey to Butte for the Montana state interscholastic football final, with team arrivals set for Thanksgiving day. The clash at 1:15 p.m. at the fairgrounds will decide the title, following a day of earlier contests and ceremonies.
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Anaconda Standard
Billings
Great Falls
Butte
Billings High
Bill'ngs
Montana
Ark Park
EB. C. Godfrey
Montana School of Mines Oushces
Walter T. Scott
Englewoods
Bobcats
Butte Boys
Clark Park
Great Vaite
Anaconda
Helena
St. Charles
Lewistown
Stanford
Glasgow
Havre
Hobson
Whitefish
Glendive
Yale Captain Elected For 1926 Team
Philip W. Bunnell Yale quarterback was unanimously chosen as captain for Yale’s 1926 football team. The Scranton Pennsylvania native prepared at Mercersburg and is a junior with two years of play. An oil pipeline project in Colombia will extend 400 miles.
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Bunnell
YALE
Associated Press
New Haven
Colombia
Detroit Tigers back Sylvester Johnson in the majors next season
Baseball history recounts Sylvester Johnson, son of Misfortune, a pitcher once backed by Ty Cobb. Sold with Herman Pillette to Detroit for 40000 in 1921, Johnson suffered a wrist injury, a facial hit, and a string of losses. Cardinal scout Charley Barrett now urges a Spring trial, betting luck will change. Hornsby supports giving Johnson a shot to break the hoodoo.
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Brother Sylvess
Sylvester Johnson
Detroit Tigers
Sylvester
Herman Piliette
Detroit
Dave Hardluck
Johnson
Ty Cobb
Cobb
Pillette
Dame Fate
Portland
Charley Barrett
Cardinal
Hornsby
Barrett
Nugent Named Captain Of Central Gridders
Rika Nugent, backfield star of Central high's football team, was unanimously elected 1926 captain at a Turkey dinner at the Butte country club hosted by Rev. M. J. Leonard. Twenty-two players attended. letters were awarded to several teammates as Central finished an undefeated season with one of the school’s best records.
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Rika” Nugent
Central High
Butte Country Club
M. J. Leonard
Doherty
Hanley
Nugent
Keane
Whelan
Jovick
Harrington
Keppeler
Buckwardt
Quinn
Murray
Joseph
Pratt
Winston
Maguire
Central
Father Leonard
Steve Sullivan
Mather O'Shea
Stevensville
Tom Walker
Winter Garden
Bola
Lolsette and Lynch
Captain Nugent
Zuppke and Grange clash over future plans
At the University of Illinois football banquet in Urbana on November 24, coach Robert Zuppke stated no other $100,000 player will be on his team and suggested Red Grange will not graduate. Grange left early to train with the Chicago Bears for Thanksgiving. Zuppke said he respects professional football but believes Grange may fare better in another career, lamenting he may not finish college.
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Associated
Urbana
Ill
Robert C. Zuppke
University of Ulinois
Red” Grange
Carrottop
Illinois
Germany
Grange
Zuppke
Chicago
Chicago Bears
Red
New York Bouts To Be Judged By Rounds Won
The New York state athletic commission decided to judge boxing bouts by rounds won and lost rather than points. The change will be put into effect with special instructions sent to metropolitan referees and judges at a meeting next Tuesday.
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Associated Press
New York
New York State Athletic Commission
More Stars Receive Professional Offers
Benny Friedman of Michigan Cowboy Kutsch of Iowa and Five Yards McCarty of Chicago received contracts from Joseph W Doherty of Florida to play for a Coral Gables Ma team against a team led by Red Grange of Illinois on Christmas Day. Water pipes purchased by Czechoslovakia are valued at 2 000 000.
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Associated Press
New York
Benny Friedman
Michigan
Cowboy” Kutsch
Iowa
Five Yards
McCarty
Chicago
Joseph W. Doherty
Florida
Coral Gables
Red” Grange
Ilinois Star
Czechoslovakia
Tickets on sale for interscholastic football show
Tickets for tomorrow's championship football game between Billings and Great Falls are on sale up town. Fans can buy early at the chamber of commerce and several outlets including Atlantic, Walker's, Green's, Schilling's, Kilvanick's, Spilham's, Spiltum, and O'Brien's to avoid gate prices.
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Billings
Great Falls
Chamber of Commeres
Atlantic
Walker's Green's
Schilling’s North Main
Kilvanick’s
Spilham’s
Spiltum
O'Brien's
Hunthausen Grocery Wins Two Of Three In League Bowling
Hunthausen Grocery six team defeated Wildcats two games to one on Tescher alleys last night. Sommerhauser led winners with 628 pins while Nationals fell to defeat as Standards swept two of three, RR Swanson top scoring for the Standards with 77 pins. Scores of last night matches follow.
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Hunthausen Grocery Company
Wildcats
Tescher
Sommerhauser
Nationals
RR Swanson
Eastern league leaders and conference expansion proposal
Ad Schinkel led the Eastern league with 12 home runs signaling rising pitcher dominance. Dr. Albert H. Sharpe proposes an Eastern football conference with 17 schools including Army Brown Colgate Columbia Cornell Dartmouth Harvard Lafayette Navy Penn State Pittsburgh Princeton Syracuse Washington and Jefferson West Virginia and Yale. Fifteen teams prepare for a six day bicycle race at Madison Square Garden starting next Sunday. Freddy Welch, former world lightweight boxing champion, is reported to be suffering recurrent heart attacks in Summit New Jersey hospital.
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Albert H. Sharpe
Cornell
Yale
Army
Brown
Colgate
Columbia
Dartmouth
Harvard
LaFayette
Navy
Pennsylvania
Penn State
Pittsburg
Princeton
Syracuse
Washington and Jefferson
West Virginia
New
Madison Square Garden
Freddy Welch
Summit
N. J
COLO. AGGIES TO LOSE NINE GRID PLAYERS
Nine members of the Colorado Agricultural college football eleven will play their last game of Rocky Mountain conference football Thanksgiving day against University of Wyoming here. Captain Wagner right end Ben McCall center W Ball guard Glenn Clark tackle and guard Treffeisen tackle Ham Brown end and half back Montgomery substitute end and back Speiser guard will quit their moleskins this season. After their Wyoming game one more opportunity to cavort on the gridiron under the Aggie colors will be presented these players when they journey to Honolulu for the post affray with University of Ha on Dee.
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Fort Collins
Col
Colorado Agricultural College
University of Wyoming
Wagner
Ben McCall
W. Ball
Glenn Clark
Treffeisen
Ham Brown
Montgomery
Speiser
Wyoming
Aggie
Theyurney
Honolulu
University of Haon Dee
Plans for a Senior Circuit hockey league in Montana
Plans for a senior hockey league to determine the Montana state champion are under way. The Marquettes, last season's winner, will defend their title. Western Woolen Mills will enter four teams led by veteran star A. B. H. Clarke. The School of Mines Anaconda and Englewood may also field squads.
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Montana
Marquettes
Western Woolen Mills
A. BE. H. Clarke
School of Mines
Anaconda
Englewood
Montana Supreme Court Limits on Hunting and Fishing Rights
Associated Press reports Montana faces further limits on hunting and fishing after the state supreme court upheld eight trespass counts in a trial against William Sutherland. The decision centers on who owns fish and game and whether planted wildlife can be claimed by individuals or must remain public.
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Associated Press
Helena
Montana
State Supreme Court
H. J. Herrin
William Sutherland
Lewis and Clark District Court
Court rules landowner sole hunter for fish and game
A court holds that the farmer owning land where fish and game may be found is the only person entitled to hunt and fish those resources. Others who ignore posted no hunting signs are trespassers and liable for the offense.
Major grid battles for week loom in college football
New York November 24 major interscholastic grid clashes wind down with Coast rivalry poised to headline the week. Army Navy at the Polo Grounds highlights Thanksgiving games including Pennsylvania Cornell Pittsburg Penn State West Virginia Washington and Jefferson. Colgate Brown Columbia Syracuse Holy Cross Boston College also on tap.
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Associated Press
New York
Colgate
Brown
Columbia
Syracuse
Holy Cross
Boston College
Emerson McCarthy Death From Football Injury
Waterbury New England area reports Emerson Ft McCarthy aged 19, left halfback, died today from a broken neck suffered in a hard tackle during a game on Sunday. The fatal injury prompted sports officials to review safety protocols and players’ welfare.
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Associated Press
Waterbury
Conn
Emerson Ft. McCarthy
Professional football risks amateur game decline
Elgin Illinois November 24 Major John L Griffith Western Conference commissioner says professionalism is killing amateur baseball and is entering football. He cites Red Grange turning pro as hurting amateur sports while boosting professional football. He notes baseball dying as an amateur sport due to money and football becoming the college game.
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Elgin
America
John L. Griffith
Red’ Grange
Griffith
Big Ten’ Athletics
Wisconsin Names 1926 Football Captain Doyle Harmon
Doyle Harmon of Mitchell, eight, was elected quarterback and captain of the University of Wisconsin football team for 1926 at Madison. The selection marks Harmon as the leading signal caller for next season.
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Associated Press
Madison
Doyle Harmon
Mitchell
University of Wisconsin
Benny Tate Booked For Regular Backstop Job
Washington Senators decide Benny Tate will be the regular catcher at the start of the 1926 season catching right handed hurlers while veteran Muddy Ruel serves as backup for left handers. Grif fith Harris shifts Hargrave to the spotlight after his strong start.
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Benny Tate
Norman E. Brown
Benjamin Tate
Benny
Washington Senators
George Sisler
Hank Severeid
Washington
Grift
Hargrave
Griffith
Harris
Sisler
O. K
Griffmen
St. Louis
George
Griff
Tate
Senatorial Chiefs
Muddy Ruel
Reuther
Zachary
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