Touchdown by Kehoe and Heffelfinger Shines in 1890s Mock Game
A Chicago A C and Boston A C football tale recounts a 1890s joint touchdown. Thomas Kehoe from Billings and Yale Yale guard William Heffelfinger recall the play and the four-point touchdown amid early gridiron rules.
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Chicago
Chicago A
Boston A. C
Kehoe
Feffelfinger
Thomas Kehoe
Billings
Tom
Butte
Minnesota
Heffelfinger
Pudge
Yale
Harvard
Chicago A. C
Beaneaters
Minnesota University
Boston
Minneapolis
Cherry Circle
Pudge Heffelfinger Yale Immortal and County Leader
Pudge Heffelfinger, now in his seventies, is Hennepin County Minnesota commissioner and a famed former bootmaker. He led Montana trade from 1905 to 1910 and once played a full 50 minute charity game. Yale lore says he once appeared in scrimmage wearing a business suit and outclassed the varsity players.
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Heffelfinger
Hennepin County
Minn
Yale
New Haven
Pudge
Doc Flynn and Kid McCoy in Ring Tricks
The article recalls Kid McCoy using feints and a distraction involving a lace and a blonde to gain time for a winning punch. It highlights Doc Flynn in Montana boxing circles and a semi windup at Broadway where Flynn’s tactics unsettled a younger opponent.
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Doc
Flynn
McCoy
Ed Dunkleberg
Doc” Flynn
Montana
Broadway
Collegiate Players Bonus Ties to 1920s Baseball Tale
A reminiscence recalls Stockett Montana manager Bill Wilson offering Mike Pecarovich and Ed Brandt a $150 bonus each for a Great Falls game that ended 2-2 after 10 innings. Pecarovich, then Gonzaga student and longtime coach, and Brandt, later with the Braves and Pirates, drew pay despite a non-win.
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Mike Pecarovich
Bill Wilson
Stockett, Mont
Ed Brandt
Great Falls
Stockett
Spokane
Pecarovich
Mike
Wilson
Brandt
Gonzaga University
Boston Braves
Dutch
Pittsburg Pirate
Idaho
Washington
Montana
Helena Boxer Oglesby Beats Chicago Opponent in Eight Rounds
Kid Oglesby of Helena fought a Chicago rival in a long anticipated 20 round bout in Washington. The match ended in the eighth round after Oglesby landed 12 knockdowns and overwhelmed the Illinois challenger before the count. Mose LaFontisse of Butte served as second for the Chicago boxer.
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Kid Oglesby
Helena
Chicago
Mose LaFontisse
Butte
Oglesby
Illinois
Alaskan Ticks Aid Research On Spotted Fever Study
Dr Cornelius B Philip of the Rocky Mountain Laboratory conducted field work in Alaska gathering snowshoe hare ticks to study Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Positive tularemia tests emerged from ticks while other analyses continued.
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United States Public Health Service
Rocky Mountain Laboratory
Hamilton
Cornelius B. Philip
Alaska
Philip
Fairbanks
Matanuska Valley
Montanans Reach Summit of Mount St Nicholas Glacier Park
Three Whitefish climbers Robert F. Haines Lloyd A. Muldown and James E. Caughren returned from an ascent of Mount St Nicholas 9384 feet in Glacier National Park. They found evidence that only two climbers had scaled the peak before a sealed cairn bore the inscription Schnell and Walker Missoula August 14 1934. The climb took three days with steep cliffs near the summit.
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Whitefish
Robert F. Haines
Lloyd A. Muldown
James E. Caughren
Mount St. Nicholas
Glacier National Park
Mount Nicholas
Metcalf Named Assistant State Attorney General
Lee Metcalf of Stevensville has been appointed by Attorney General Freebourn to fill the vacancy caused by M Kerr Beadle of Butte. Metcalf, 26, is a Stanford and Montana graduate and former Ravalli county representative in the last legislature.
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Lee Metcalf
Stevensville
Freebourn
M. Kerr Beadle
Butte
Metcalf
Stanford
Montana
House of Representatives
Ravalli County
Boxer regrets advice ignored by LaFontisse corner man
The Chicagoan recalls a fight where LaFontisse urged careful tactics but the boxer says he followed orders only until after the fifth knockdown. He admits confusion in the eighth round as opponent Ogles mounted a flurry, leaving him unable to execute the trainer’s instructions.
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LaFontisse
Mose
Firefighters Quell 10 Acre Forest Fire by Polaris Lake
A Dillon region forest fire near Polaris lake in Beaverhead national forest was contained after a 50 firefighter crew battled the flames across about 10 acres. The blaze prompted swift action from local responders to prevent spread toward surrounding timberlands.
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Dillon
Polaris Lake
Beaverhead National Forest
Famous CA Brand To Be Reissued On Madison River Ranch
Dean D. Francis of Cleveland has acquired the CA brand and a foundation herd to stock a ranch on Lower Madison. He owns 350 two year old Hereford heifers and 12 registered bulls bought from the Flying D brand. Francis has 4,500 acres and leases 3,500 more along the Madison south of Three Forks. The Three Forks area will be the home ranch as plans for further land purchases unfold. Charles Anceney Sr. established the brand near Bozeman in 1864 and used the Jack and Flying D brands before.
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Dean D. Francis
Cleveland
Lower
Madison
Fous
Francis
Three Forks
Bozeman
Denver
Charles Anceney Sr
Bumper Crops Appear Across Richland Valley
Richland County reports strong yields with wheat at 45 to 50 bushels per acre and around 70 bushels. Corn shows a record variety and widespread across the valley. Beet harvests are best in years with a prospect of a large run as Holly Sugar installs loading improvements for faster beet handling.
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Richland
Ted
Holly Sugar Corporation
Agriculture on the Huntley Project bulletin issued
Montana agricultural experiment station releases a bulletin by P. L. Slagsvold detailing the development and current status of agriculture on the Huntley irrigation project. Copies available by writing the station and requesting bulletin.
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Huntley Project
Montana Agricultural Experiment Station
P. L. Slagsvold
Huntley Irrigation Project
Statien Ae
Flying R Ranges Ranch Buildings and Plans Detailed
West Gallatin area once free range now hosts the Flying Ranges Inc successor to the Anceney ranch. The firm runs over 100000 acres from West Gallatin to the Madison river, 28 miles deep, with Frank L. Stone Gallatin Gateway as manager. W M Nichols is president. James Arnold moves to CA ranch as cattle foreman. Plans include 30 miles of new fence, corrals for 2000 cattle, and Tenton scales, with John Conner and W W Roberts in key roles.
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West Gallatin
Free Range
Lrgest
Charles L. Anceney Jr
Flying R Ranges, Inc
Anceney
Frank L. Stone
Gallatin Gateway
Madison River
W. M. Nichols
H. W. Child
James Arnold
Flying D
New “Ca” Ranch
W. W. Roberts
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Montana Sports Tales
Joe L. Markham
Montana State Athletic Commission
Heff
Sam Goza
Brandt Pirate
Schenley
Bitter Root Laboratory
Glacier Park
BNL
Ana Cam Nea
Schenley’s
Ag HS
Schenley Distributors
June Paulson
Harlowton
Montana State University
Miss Paulson
Treasure State News
Fort Peck
Thomas D. Claggett
Montana Department
Reserve Officers’ Organization
William W. Harris Jr
A. E. Williamson
W. A. Brown
R. N. Rankin
Miles City
A. F. Baldwin
Ralph 8. Cushman
Polson
Gail M. Brown
B. K. Wheeler
O’connell and
O'Connor
Havre
Frank Klinger
Ray
Glen Shupert
Whitebfish
Thompson Falls
Billings High School
D. Rice
Sidney—Clarence Hart
Joseph Hart
Savage
Freeman Pickering
South Dakota
Livestock Sanitary Board
Boundary Line
W. J. Butler
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone Park
Pnk
Park
Rogers
Edwin E. Multz
Lewis and Clark County
State Board of Equalization
Ronan
Gene Piedavalue
al Hepp
Gene
Charles Anceney
Richland County
Agricultural Bulletin
Clark’s Fork Valley
Anaconda Copper Mining CO. Lands Department
Missoula, Ment
Butte Mont
Otel Great Falls
Ainbow
Keneachy Wey
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