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  Walkerville Vagabonds (1909-1925)

 

Years of Operation: 1920

 

Overall Record:  0-0

 

First Game:

 

First Win:

 

Final Game:

League Affiliation:  

 

Butte Independent League (1920)

 

 

Team Headquarters:

1505 North Main St.

Butte, Montana

 

Colors:

Sponsor

 

General Manager: Peter Kelly (1907); William Rundle (1909) McGrath (1923)

 

Coaches:

 

Home Field(s):

Titles Won

None

 

 

 

Jack Foley, Dan McLeod, Howard Opie, John Mahoney, Jack Purcell, A.R. Melzner, and L.P. Donovan were recruited to play the second game with Miles City after losing the first game.

 

 

 

 

1919 All-Butte Team:  Peoples (T)

 

Following the 1921 season, HB Jenkins earned 2nd Team All-Star honors as picked by Jean Jordan after scoring 12 points tied for 4th in the league.

 

1921 Players included:

 

1922 All Stars: Penhale (QB)

 

In a blowout loss to Dublin Gulch on Oct 21, 1923; Clarence "Nig" Smart picked off a Comanche pass at his own 10-yard line and raced unmolested for a 90-yard TD and the only Vagabond score.  The longest such play in league history at the time.   Smart would go on to become an All-Star with Dublin Gulch and Centerville through the 1938 season retiring as the oldest player in the league (38 yrs).  Smart began working in the mines at age 15 (1918) until 1954, passing away in 1964.

 

1924 All Stars: Second Team: Gus McPhail (C), Poole (E)

 

1925 All Stars: Poole (E), Second Team: Mitchell (T),

 

 

 

1907 Schedule/Results (0-1):  
Nov 3 @ Butte Miles City 0-23
Nov 17 - Butte Miles City 0-11
   
   
1909 Schedule/Results (1-2): 165lbs
   
   
Oct 10 - Rambler Athletic Club 0-5
   
Nov 7 - Dublin Gulch Commanches 33-0
   
   
1910 Schedule/Results (0-1):  
Sep 18 - Centerville YMC 5-7
   
   
   
   
   

1920 Schedule/Results (0-0):

 
Oct 24 - Dublin Gulch Comanches 7-0
     
   
1921 Schedule/Results (0-2-1):  
Sep 15 - Dublin Gulch Comanches 14-14
Oct 16 - Meaderville YMC 6-14
Nov 6 - Dublin Gulch Comanches 0-6
   
1922 Schedule/Results (0-4):   
Sep 24 - Centerville Highlanders 0-40
Oct 8 - Dublin Gulch Comanches 0-13
Oct 29 - Englewood Blues 0-6
Nov 12 - Hub Addition Kelly Greens 0-24
   
1923 Schedule/Results (0-3-1):   
Oct 7 - Centerville Highlanders 0-62
Oct 21 - Dublin Gulch Comanches 6-47
Nov 4 - Hub Addition Kelly Greens 0-31
Nov 25 - Englewood Blues 14-14
   
1924 Schedule/Results (0-3-1):   
Sep 28 - Dublin Gulch Comanches 0-13
Oct 12 - Englewood Blues 0-0
Nov 2 - Hub Addition Kelly Greens 0-20
Nov 23 - Centerville Highlanders 0-12
   
1925 Schedule/Results (1-3):   
Sep 27 - Dublin Gulch Comanches 0-27
Oct 11 - Centerville Highlanders 0-8
Oct 26 - Hub Addition Kelly Greens 0-35
Nov 15 - Englewood Blues 3-0
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

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