This Week in History: 1916: The Gay Grandfathers Spank the Brownies
Alas, some of the most interesting local sports stories didn’t come with a byline. A good example is a Sun baseball story from May 11, 1916, which lures you in with the headline “Gay Grandfathers Spank Our Brownies.”
“Aided by Umpire Howell, one of the finest ore samples from the Federal League green cheese mines, the Grand Fathers of Great Falls spanked the Beavers yesterday afternoon by a score of 12 runs to three,” said the story.
Lord knows what the writer means by green cheese mines, but it doesn’t seem to be a compliment.
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