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
Will Missoula’s Athletes Bring Back Ancient Glory Start of Third Five-Year Period May Again Bring Laurels to Local School, for Five Years Banished Into the Ruck of Contenders If the anonymous gentleman who first detected history’s habit of repeating itself was not standing on his foot when Read More
Article from Daily Democrat – Messenger – June 1, 1900 Austin Hartley is keeping up his reputation as a fisherman. Notwithstanding the prevailing high water, and the fact that the season proper for fishing is not open until July, the local nimrod came into town yesterday lugging Read More
In September, 1936, the future National Champion Minnesota Gophers were nearly killed in Missoula. Coached by former University of Montanan, Bernie Bierman, the team felt lucky to escape with their lives. Bierman had coached at the University of Montana from 1919 – 1921 before moving on to Mississippi State University, Tulane and Read More
Helenan remembers last football team to win four straight AA titles Saved Save Article My Saved Items Print Email « Buy Now » Buy Now Dick Disney Photo contributed Dick Disney poses for this photo circa 1946. The Helena resident, now 79, played on the last Montana Read More
Tales of the Timberjacks 1999-06-11T00:00:00Z Tales of the TimberjacksBy JEFF HERMAN of the Missoulian missoulian.com June 11, 1999 12:00 am • By JEFF HERMAN of the Missoulian Missoula’s last pro baseball team boasts a rich history When the legendary composer and songwriter Hoagy Carmichael and Read More
Trader Jack McKeon – I Hit Three Ways: Right, Left, and Seldom The following article appeared in the L.A. Times April 3, 1987: TRADER JACK : Where There’s Smoke, There’s McKeon, Whether He’s Holding His Cigar or Not SAN DIEGO — Jack McKeon has traveled a Read More
“WILD BILL” KELLY Short Biography of a Sports Legend By Howard Schwartz Preface William Carl “Wild Bill” Kelly remains a Montana football legend many years after his death at the tragically young age of 26. My reasons for telling his story are twofold — first to present new research material Read More
Western Montana Has Enjoyed a Variety of Sports Horse Racing as Feature of Fair to Have Renewal From the Sunday Missoulian, Sunday Morning, August 18, 1940 ———————————————————————————————– by Ray T. Rocene* Horse-racing, as the oldest sport known to the white man in Western Montana, has its dues as Read More