The following article appeared in the Missoulian Centennial issue on page 32 of Section E. Local Teams Capture Many Sports Titles By Ray T. Rocene Sports events provide many a thrill for competitors and fans alike in the Garden City during the 1940 – 1960 period. Missoula had Read More
NO JOSH ABOUT ‘EM Real, Pure, Undeniable Facts Related by Fishermen. Missoula, June 15. – The fishing record for Western Montana has been rudely and severely broken this week by local Waltonites, who have brought in catches that eclipse all previous exhibitions that have been made here. Read More
The article below is taken from the Missoulian Sentinel Centennial Edition of July 27, 1960: 1891 Fishing Roundup Says Sport Good All Directions A fishing roundup for the Missoula area in July of 1891 said, in part: To the genuine fisherman the entire Bitter Root Valley is Read More
Promoting Piscatorial Sports – 1914 A week ago today an extra coach was added to the equipment of the Northern Pacific’s local afternoon passenger train to Butte. This coach left Missoula empty but before it reached Butte it and other cars of the train were crowded even Read More
GREAT BULL TROUT BRINGS WORRY TO ANGLERS YOUNG WHALE IN RIVER AT HAMILTON IS MARKED FOR SLAUGHTER Hamilton, May 2 – (Special) Local fishermen have declared war on a mammoth bull trout which has been making the water below the mill dam boil for some time. Read More
Roger Rouse – Bill Kelly – Billy Dugal McFarland – Deane Jones Quotes below are from ‘Frankly speaking’ column by Frank Quinn, September 11, 1966, The Montana Standard-Post The Butte scribe, Frank Quinn, attended a Missoula boxing event in 1966 that featured Roger Rouse and Canadian boxer Read More
WILL PLAY HOCKEY AT RINK Practice Game This Afternoon Promises To Be A Speedy Exhibition At 4 o’clock this afternoon the last practice game between the two picked teams of the Missoula Hockey club will be played at the island rink. Competition for places on the first Read More
Missoula’s Hugh Campbell (President of the Missoula Highlanders and former sheriff of Missoula County) signed ‘Bullet Joe’ Bush to his first contract with the Missoula baseball team, Missoula Highlanders, which played in the Union League at that time. Bush went on to a fabulous major league career. Missoula player/manager and organizer Cliff Blankenship taught Bush the Read More
Below is a link to the Hal Sherbeck article by Fritz Neighbor that appeared in the Missoulian on August 16, 2014: http://missoulian.com/sports/college/montana/football/former-griz-standout-s-hal-sherbeck-s-greatest-achievements-came/article_3c4d0634-2509-11e4-a740-0019bb2963f4.html Several other articles about Hal Sherbeck have appeared in the Los Angles Times. See links below: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCYQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.latimes.com%2Fkeyword%2Fhal-sherbeck&ei=AqnsVIa8BovhoATWoYCQDw&usg=AFQjCNGwlM8nDzFedeUBH4tcy1VaGPkRIg
Below is a link to the article on Ernest “Pokey” Allen that appeared in the Moscow-Pullman Daily News on Jan. 2, 1997. I seem to remember him knocking softballs to the top of the roof at Willard School when I was a kid. That would be along with Miles Miller, Read More