The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-26

on Montana field yesterday after
| noon the eleven OF the University of
/ Montana defeated the second best
football team In the state. that OF
the Montana Agricultural college. by
I the decisive score OF Is to :. This
victory clinches the state champion
ship for the local institution, although
II was practically won two weeks ago.
when the varsity smothercd the Mon
tana State school of Mines "A To 0.
Yesterdays game established firmly
the fact that Coach White has the
strongest football machine i'm the
state. with a record Of having lost
not n single one of the six scheduled
games played and of having scored
1876 points to 8 for all opponents. once.
by the Miners and in Butte. the var
sity was held to to tie; all
other games have been victories.
The Last One.
Yesterdays game was the fiercest of
the season and the toughest. The
varsity. driven i'm perfect time by
Captain Bishop. who was performing
for the last time on n college grid
iron. tore into the Aggies at the
start, taking the ball from the 15-yard
line across the goals Of the visitors
well within the first i've minutes of
play. In 10 moves. never re-
linquishng the bail, the men of White
made their march down the field lit
ner carrying the ball most of the time
and taking il over for the first score.
Although they scored soon after and
never let up during two hard halves.
the Aggies We're beaten right then.
Mnntana's back field had shown it's
ability To gain on straight football
and Bishop settled down to smashing
tactics, varied with dash of the
new game once i'm while. Little was
as usual. the most successful in car
rying forward passes for good gains
although Beard. Kenneth and Maclay
shared one each. Before the second
half Montana had scored twice and
in the last period Bishop added three
more points by a drop from the 30
yard line. The red-haired leader also
kicked two goals, both from bad
angles.
How They Did Il.
The agricnlturists. even il they lost
the game. had the satisfaction of
knowing that they had sent a man
across Mantana's goal line for the first
time In 1909. The varsity made its
first count in IA minutes after the
whistle of Referee Rucker started
hostilities. but "a minutes later the
visitors had also scored Pool ac-
knnwieaged the fastest end I'm the
state. took the ball for g. yards on Il
double pass. Mcintosh adaptation
of familiar Pennsylvania play. H.
autsrrinted the Montana eleven, pass
ing Bishop and Winstanley we'll
towards the end of his dash. Win
stanley went into the game with
had leg and Il might be said that
there VAS some excuse for his let
ting the man by, something that
has not happened in two seasons as
deep-iieid man. Still. il Is not fair To
Pool tn detract from his glory. for
his MAS a fast ana clever play and
he deserves plenty of credit,
The Aggies were never very dan
gcrnus after their one squirt. bur
played tinrcely until the last minute
The team from Bnzeman is the Eamest
that has been seen on Montana field
this season and gained more ground
yesterday than any other that has
opposed the local aggregation this
year. 1t IS difficult To- realize that
the Bozeman team has not a single
victory To its credit and, rather more
remarkahl that il has been defeated
ON tHe occasions by the Miners The
Aggies gave the varsity all it was
looking for yesterday and, at times,
stttfened their defense To- a stone
wall that could not be penetrated.
i,snsr a Star.
lttner MAS the star of yesterdays
game. He MAS close pressed hy Bish-
OF. while Ryan, Winstanley, Little.
Staddard and Beard showed good
form. 1ttner is. withou, the shadow
Of doubt. the best fu!lbaCk in the
state. Yesterday he played his last
game of college football. as did Stod-
dard and Bishop. II will Toe difficult
for the coach of next years team To
replace these men. each Of whom has
performed brilliantly this season. The
loss Of Bishop is especially hard To
bear, as he has been the brains of
four football teams at the local
school. stoddard is the most aggres-
slse center IL Montana and. despite
his weight has outplayed every man
he has faced this season.
Yesterdays Conditions.
The final game for the season On
Montana field found that arena coy