The Princeton Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Brown, J.A.
issued: 2022-11-17
issued: 1928-09-13
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note: THE PRINCETON STAR Published in the Interests of Mining and Agriculture in the Similkameen i<# Twenty-Ninth Year—No. 44 PRINCETON, B.C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. 1928 PBR YEAR: Sa.oo Cub Single Copy get. Football Title at Stake When Old Rivals Meet in Crucial Game Sunday BLAKEBURN AND PRINCETON WILL TANGLE IN DECIDING ■T CONTEST AT RACE TRACK; i COAL HEAVERS SWAMP COP PER MT. GRADING AT BRIDGt Blakeburn "Princeton Copper Mt. Swooping Standing P W L D F-A Pts 3 2 0 1 122 5 2 10 1 7-1 3 3 0 3 0 1-17 0 down on a strong Copper Mountain team for a smashing 7-1 victory, Blakeburn jumped to their wonted place at the head of the Similkameen Football League table again Sunday. The schedule, with a bye each week, has made the race a game of hide and seek between Blakeburn and Princeton. It was a remarkable game,, with the score far from being an indication of the true run ot the Play. The best shooting of the season was solely responsible for the big difference. Blakeburn sharpshooters were ln wonderful- form. Lewis helped hlmeslf to four fine goals, Craig,, a former coast and New Zealand -flier, signalized his return by bagging two, and Purss drove in a beauty from fully forty yards out. Bill Black got the only marker for the copper miners. Welcome improvements to the approach to the Tulameen River bridge from the Hedley side are being made this week by P. Y. Smith's energetic crew. -Considerable earth is being cleared away irom the bank on the inside, and the niver side is also being made safer. Local motorists will appreciate this work, as this approach has for some time been in" bad shape. Breakdown Reported of Valley Tomato Crop BASKETBALL TO GET AWAY IN PRINCETON NEXT. WEEK Allenby and Copper Mountain Schools " May Playf Senior Girls Sek Recognition Twelve Princeton teams will get away In an organized league basketball race next week, marking the apex.,_of.. success the hoop game has achieved In this district to date. Four divisions will be conducted by the recently form…
note: Title changes in chronological order: Similkameen Star (1900-03-31 to 1900-07-28), The Similkameen Star (1900-08-04 to 1900-10-20), Similkameen Star (1900-10-27 to 1918-05-10), Princeton Star (1918-05-17 to 1929-12-26).
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Princeton, B.C.
spatial: Princeton
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0421916
language: English
lat: 49.460278
long: -120.507778
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Princeton : The Princeton Publishing Company
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source: Original Format: Princeton and District Museum and Archives
type: Text