May 1896 Sports in Montana Echoes of a Past
A nostalgic sketch recalls Montana sports coverage in May 1896. Football year round and varied grid games filled newspapers, reflecting a broad and active sports culture.
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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1937
Page
6
Early 1896 Baseball Season Draws Big Crowds
Anaconda Standard editors note a National League season underway with huge crowds. Leaders include Pittsburgh Philadelphia Chicago Boston and Cincinnati while Baltimore slumps and New York sits near last. Despite Giants woes, 4000 to 5000 spectators attend holiday games and 3000 crowds appear in other cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaconda Standard
Montana
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
Cincinnati
Baltimore
New York
Giants
Anaconda Umpire Joe Werrick Enforces Start Times
Joe Werrick, ex-Anaconda ball player, became a Western league umpire in 1896. Disagreeing with Minneapolis management, he threatened to forfeit a game to St. Paul unless home games began on schedule. He was the first minor league umpire to enforce published starting times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Werrick
Joe
Minneapolis
Millers
Pilot
Werrick
St. Paul
Anaconda
Con Whalen Moves From Third to First in 1896 Victoria Club
Caustic notes on Con Whalen of Anaconda who played first base in 1894 and was on Victoria’s payroll in 1896 reveal the Canadian city’s Pacific league franchise. The Anaconda Standard praised his talent while noting occasional wild throws that led to his switch to first base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Con Whalen
Anaconda
Victoria
Whalen
Con
Anaconda Player Mart Glea Joins Tacoma Pro Pitching Tean
Anaconda native Mart Glea, who played for Smelter City’s 1894 team, has signed to pitch for the Tacoma professional squad. Tacoma, not noted for speed, aims to improve its win chances with his outside pitching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mart Gleason
Anaconda Forms Ball Club in May 1896
A group met May 14 1896 at the Anaconda fire hall to organize a baseball team. J W Frinke was elected president J G Derks secretary treasurer and John Derks former Salt Lake Tribune sports editor named to help. Committees were set to secure grounds appoint a manager and select temporary captains Malloy and Charlton with players urged to develop and local citizens to provide support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaconda
J. W. Frinke
J. G. Derks
John Derks
Salt Lake Tribune
J. T. O'Brien
Messrs. Malloy
Charlton
Brough Scout Horses Chase Montana Circuit Entries
Norman Brough travels to California to recruit horsemen for the Montana circuit as many plan to attend the Butte and Anaconda meetings and then move east after the season. In May 1896 Southern Pacific advertised racing stable rates for shipping horses to Helena, Butte or Anaconda with 12 horses per baggage car at $440 one way by passenger train and $440 per car round trip by freight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brough
Norman Brough
California
Montana
Butte
Anaconda
Ater
Southern Pacific Railroad
Helena
Track privileges for sale at Anaconda and Butte tracks
Edward Tipton, manager of the Anaconda and Butte tracks in 1896, advertised track privileges for sale. The list included bars with cigars and tobacco, lunch counters for ladies and gentlemen, an ice cream stand, popcorn, peanuts, a check room and program. Tipton noted a bit and two-bit bar with locations in different parts of the grandstand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Tipton
Anaconda
Butte
Tipton
Carpet tack pranks endanger Missoula riders in 1896
A Missoula correspondent to the Standard notes carpet tacks strewn across streets as a serious prank against bicycle riders in 1896. He warns that if anyone is caught the offenders will face severe consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Standard
Baseball notes from 1896 Butte papers reveal brief league items
A compact 1896 Butte feature shows National League buzz occupying under an inch of space. It notes Patsy Sullivan scoring two touchdowns and runners crossing the line, with Morgan kicking four conversions. The piece mentions Curley and Denzell as stars of the defeated side as details fade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National League Baseball
Butte
Patsy Sullivan
Jimmy McHale
Coley
Burch
Morris
Morgan
Curley and
Denzell
Native Montanan Celebrates 88th Birthday in Missoula
Duncan MacDonald a native Montanan from western Montana marked his 88th birthday in Missoula after visiting from Dixon. Born in 1849 at Fort Cowan on the Flathead, he helped document western Montana history and worked as a guide during the Northern Pacific railroad era. He is active in the Society of Montana Pioneers though outside their 1868 membership cutoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan MacDonald
Montana
Missoula
Dixon
Mr. MacDonald
Fort Cowan
Flathead Reservation
Flathead Valley
Angus MacDonald
United States
Hudson’s Bay Co
Canada
Duncan
Northwest
Snowstorm Practice Ends in 32–0 Football Victory
In a heavy snow storm Missoula hosted a practice game where two Anaconda elevens, The Young Americans and the Silver Stars, clashed over a $50 side bet. The Young Amerks triumphed 32 to 0, while players used warm rooms and a vacant store for batting practice amid six feet of snow from May 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaconda
Young Americans
Silver Stars
Young Amerks
National League of Whellemen
Missoula
Standard
Livingston’s First Nine Matches In 1896 Baseball Drive
A. L. Lee raised 170 dollars in two hours toward uniforms for Livingston’s 1896 baseball team with the rest collected before Memorial Day. The Harr nine included Alex and Jimmy Martin, Cody, Shipton, Nashold, Foster, Campbell, McIntyre, Hopkins, and Godyear in L suits. The day also featured two horse races and a Bogardus marksmanship exhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston
A. L. Lee
Lee
Harr
Alex
Jimmy Artin
Cody
Shipton
Nashold
Foster
Campbell
McIntyre
Hopkins
Godyear
Bogardus
Montana
Missoula Range
Missoula
A. J. Fisk
Helena
D. D. Twohy
Anaconda
Twohy
Fisk
County Music Festival Schedule spreads over two days
The county music festival will be held on April 29 and 30 with school groups entering grades 1-4 performing Thursday morning and grades 4-8 in the afternoon. Each school with eight teachers will present up to four appearances across the event. Contests will occur at the high school on April 29 and continue the following day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tos
Treasure State News in Brief
A compact roundup from Montana towns reports notable deaths and appointments. Joseph Bateman, ex Cus ter county treasurer, died after illness. Gus Peterson injured slicing wood. cement shipment for Polson dam project began from Trident. Other items note March construction value in Great Falls, a Fromberg farmer’s wife dies, Hill county relief administrator appointed, a drunk driving fine in Dillon, and various state postings and local elections. Additional briefs cover Missoula campus publication edits, penitentiary staff changes, and local incidents from Libby to Sidney.
Magazine business stalls fail to draw buyers in Butte market
The account describes a local Butte scene where a magazine vendor struggles as buyers show little interest in a national cent issue. A buyer hovers near the booths, a tense frame of mind evident as the seller is thanked and hurries away with a few remaining copies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macnee
Montana News Briefs Highlight Dam Project And Local Incidents
Fresno area dam construction begins to back water for Milk River irrigation and extend toward the Canadian line. Forest service supports continuing CCC Squaw Creek camp near Gallatin Gateway. An Island Park orchestra member reports his car fire. A Helena hospital performed a thumb removal after infection from a small cut. Deer in western Montana are lured to deaths by locomotive headlights and salt on railroad switches. A 15 year old misleads authorities about knife wounds, later saying they were for self defense. A Leo Ray manslaughter case against a 21 year old gas station worker was dismissed for insufficient evidence after Betty Morris’s airport highway death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havre
Fresno
Here
Milk River
St. Mary's
Sherburne
Glacier Park
Billings
C. A. Richardson
Island Park
Missoula
Montana
Leo Ray
Betty Morris
Extension group grows to twelve thousand women in county series
The extension home demonstration program enrolls about 12 000 rural women across 43 counties with Miss Frances leading and Miss Smith noting rising interest. In 1933 four thousand four hundred eleven women in 22 counties participated, rising to six thousand nine hundred ninety four in 1936 across 42 counties. The program covers foods nutrition clothing child development home furnishing and management with added emphasis on gardening recreation and marketing of farm products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Frances
Miss Smith
Dreuth
Montana
Nebraska butte grid feud ends in 22 to 0 Butte victory
About 2500 spectators watched Butte defeat Nebraskas All Nebras ka 22 to 0 on Memorial Day. Captain Thomas of Nebraska vowed to bring Omaha University club to Butte on July 4. Thomas faced Butte four times dating back to 1894, when Omaha University routed Butte 46 to 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Nebraska
Thomas
Omaha University Club
Omaha University
Buttes
University of Nebraska
Nebraskas
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Seema
Omar Sewer Esere
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Washington
William
Tom
Grandpa Wilken
Pa Wilken
Wilkens
Eisely Family, Inc
Wilken
Duncan M’donald
Fort Keard
Bites City
A. Bernick
Silver City
Ronan
Treasure State News
Miles City
Joseph Bateman
Custer County
Libby
Gus Peterson
Rocky Mountain Power Co
Polson
Trident
Great Falls
Elizabeth Weisgerber
Fromberg
Hazel Love
Hill County
Board of County Commissioners
Dillon
Louis Stahl
Benson Dowd
Boulder
C. M. Overturf
Columbia Falls
Jefferson County
J. Mullen
Hamilton
Allie Knight
Mississippi
Associated Women Students
Patricia Brennan
Sidney
Theta Sigma Phi
Jimmy Brown
Marion Racicot
Jimmy
Paul Erler
Silver Bow Trades and Labor Council
D. A. Batchoff
Fort Peck
Fort Peckham Project
Delmare Wood
John Streeter
McCone City
Lester McKinney
New Deal
Park County
Laurel
National Youth Administration
David Stewart
Yellowstone Valley
Mr. Stewart
The
Great Northern Railroad
Butte Lad
Forest Service Department
CCC
Squaw Creek
Gallatin Gateway
Louis Larson
Edward Diller
Diller
Women and Girls OF
Clark’s Fork Valley
Anaconda Copper Mining CO. Lands Department
Missoula Mont
Senco Liquor
Cobbs Creeks
Nental
LNG Corporation
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