Nov. 11, 1922"Bullet" Joe Kershner crashed in from 3 yards out for a disputed touchdown in the final seconds <> or even later <> as the Grizzlies of the state university beat the Montana State College Bobcats 7-6.
Kershnerpis score at "old" Dornblaser Field, where UMpis Mansfield Library stands today, tied the game at 6-6 and set off a storm. The Bozeman timekeeper, George Davenport, maintained his clock had run out before the touchdown play began. Missoulapis Henry Turner, who had the gun to end the game, disagreed, saying five seconds remained when the play began.
State College coach Ott Romney charged onto the field twice during the ensuing argument.
"Other dignitaries, all the way from the president of the university to the water boys ... surged on the gridiron and harassed the officials," reported the Missoulian.
Higgins "stood pat and his broad shoulders and strong mind resisted all offensives," it added.
Captain Harvey Elliott kicked the extra point when order was restored.
"In the eyes of God and in 60 minutes of play, we won that game," Romney claimed in an after-dinner speech.
The victory made the Grizzlies 12-0-3 in their 15 previous meetings against the Bobcats, who were known as the Aggies until about 1920.
Nov. 12, 1900
Two men who had long-lasting impacts on the development of Montana died within a few hours and 30 miles of each other in New York.
Copper baron Marcus Daly succumbed in a New York City hotel just after 4 a.m. to complications from diabetes and a heart ailment. Railroad baron Henry Villard died of apoplexy, or a stroke, in nearby Dobbs Ferry.
Daly, born in Ireland, helped make Butte and its copper deposits the richest hill on earth, and established the powerful Anaconda Company. He founded the towns of Anaconda and Hamilton, and his celebrated feud with William Clark cast a dark pallor over Montana politics in the 1890s.
Villard, born Ferdinand Heinrich Gustav Hilgard in Germany, was seven years older than Daly. He was president of the Northern Pacific Railroad when its construction through Montana was expedited in the early 1880s. Daly was among several investors in the Montana Improvement Company that furnished the materials to build the NP tracks.
Dalypis body lies in the Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn. Villard is buried in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
Nov. 16, 1897
Brothers Charles and William Conrad assumed responsibility for all losses resulting from the closure of a bank they didnpit own.
Early day Montana pioneers and businessmen, the Conrads had sold controlling interests in the Northwestern National Bank of Great Falls the year before. On this mid-November day, they distributed circulars to depositors saying they were prepared to pay off all losses incurred from the bankpis failure. A state newspaper said, "We wish there were 175,000 Conrad brothers in Montana."
Charles and William Conrad, sons of a Virginia plantation, came to Montana during the Reconstruction Era in 1868 and prospered in ranching and business ventures. The town of Conrad was built on their land. William was mayor of Fort Benton for a time, and Charles was a founding father of Kalispell in 1891.
Kim Briggeman can be reached at 523-5266 or at kbriggeman@missoulian.com.
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