HOCKEY TEAMS ON AT AVOCA TODAY

The Anaconda Standard, Anaconda, 1923-02-04, p.25

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Sub-head: "Bouchers Will Meet Fast-Coming Murphy-Softley Squad of Youngsters." Lake Avoca, 2:20pm Sunday February 4 1923. Murphy-Softley hockey youngsters playing the veteran Boucher bunch. "The Murphy crew that numbers youthful stars who started the game three years ago, have been coming along at a fast clip, and are the leading contenders for the intermediate championship of the state. The Murphy's are fresh from a win over an Anaconda squad last Sunday and will go into the fray with their regular lineup." **Murphy-Softley lineup:** - Goal: Rowe - Defense: Treglown, Little - Center: Davis - Forward: Miller - Named after both lineups, no team printed: Masters, McDonald, forward; Regan, Richards, Varount. **Bouchers lineup** (opponent): Belton (Goal), Clarke (Defense), Morrell (Defense), Gerry (Center), Landon (Forward). ARCHIVE SIGNIFICANCE. (a) Inference, not printed: Murphy-Softley sponsors a youth hockey team whose players "started the game three years ago" (i.e. since c. 1920, roughly the year the store opened — JJM put his name on a youth athletic team within months of founding the business). The team is competitive for the intermediate state championship by Feb 1923. (b) Lake Avoca is a small Anaconda-area lake; intercommunity ice hockey was a winter fixture of the Butte-Anaconda corridor in the 1910s–20s. (c) The team's name "Murphy-Softley" or just "Murphy's" shows the abbreviation form in use — JJM as the public identifier.

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The Murphy-Softley hockey squad is to meet the veteran Bouchers at Lake Avoca at 2:20 this afternoon, a rematch after a close contest several weeks earlier. The Murphy side, made up of young players who took up the game three years ago and are fresh from a win over an Anaconda squad, stands as leading contender for the state intermediate championship. Lineups list Belton, Clarke, Morrell, Gerry and Landon for the Bouchers against Rowe, Treglown, Little, Davis and Miller, with Masters, McDonald, Regan, Richards and Varount also named.

  • “will take another fling at their older rivals at Lake Avoca this afternoon”
  • “youthful stars who started the game three years ago, have been coming along at a fast clip”

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  • Rowe · murphy_softley_goalkeeper
  • Treglown · murphy_softley_defense
  • Little · murphy_softley_defense
  • Davis · murphy_softley_center
  • Miller · murphy_softley_forward
  • Masters · named_after_lineups_team_not_printed
  • McDonald · named_after_lineups_team_not_printed
  • Regan · named_after_lineups_team_not_printed
  • Richards · named_after_lineups_team_not_printed
  • Varount · named_after_lineups_team_not_printed
  • Belton · bouchers_goalkeeper
  • Clarke · bouchers_defense
  • Morrell · bouchers_defense
  • Gerry · bouchers_center
  • Landon · bouchers_forward

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# HOCKEY TEAMS ON AT AVOCA TODAY ## Bouchers Will Meet Fast-Coming Murphy-Softley Squad of Youngsters. *The Anaconda Standard, Sunday, February 4, 1923, p. 25.* Murphy-Softley hockey youngsters, who played the veteran Boucher bunch to a close count several weeks ago, will take another fling at their older rivals at Lake Avoca this afternoon at 2:20 o'clock. The Murphy crew that numbers youthful stars who started the game three years ago, have been coming along at a fast clip, and are the leading contenders for the intermediate championship of the state. The Murphy's are fresh from a win over an Anaconda squad last Sunday and will go into the fray with their regular lineup. The lineups will be as follows: | Bouchers | Murphy-Softley | |---|---| | Belton | Rowe | | | *Goal.* | | Clarke | Treglown | | | *Defense.* | | Morrell | Little | | | *Defense.* | | Gerry | Davis | | | *Center.* | | Landon | Miller | | | *Forward.* | Masters, McDonald, forward; Regan, Richards, Varount.

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Open questions

  • place_lake_avoca — add to /vocab/places.yaml (winter-sport venue near Anaconda).
  • There's also an inbox PDF "Avoca_hockey_tournament_first_in_ state.pdf" — same hockey thread, presumably a later 1923 or 1924 article. Cross-link on the next ingest.