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 - (Reserves/forwards): Masters, McDonald, Regan, Richards, Varount. **Bouchers lineup** (opponent): Belton (Goal), Clarke (Defense), Morrell (Defense), Gerry (Center), Landon (Forward). ARCHIVE SIGNIFICANCE. (a) Murphy-Softley sponsors a youth hockey team that's been playing three years (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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  • Treglown · murphy_softley_defense
  • Little · murphy_softley_defense
  • Davis · murphy_softley_center
  • Miller · murphy_softley_forward
  • Masters · murphy_softley_forward_reserve
  • McDonald · murphy_softley_forward_reserve
  • Regan · murphy_softley_reserve
  • Richards · murphy_softley_reserve
  • Varount · murphy_softley_reserve
  • 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.

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.