The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-13


harder than their opponents and thus
made possible the gains Of the men
behind the line.
Before beginning the detailed ac-
count of the game that vested the
state championship In Montana state.
a few statistics may be of interest
Ittner scored a total Of 10 points with
his two touchdowns leading VIM
stanley by four Windy" scored
from the field. three points. and adj
ded one point To each of the three
touchdowns. Little scored five points
and Bishop three.
The Crowd.
An hour before the teams left the
gymnasium. the stands and beachers
of Montana field We're filled with a
good -natured. ribbon bcdeckcd. pen
nant- waving. cheering crowd Stu
dents and townspeople mingled on an
equal footing and nobody can say that
MIssoula did not support its nnivsr-
sity yesterday. The crowd is said to
have been the largest that ever saw
an intercollegiate gridiron battle on
Montana field. II was ut least as
large as til. average throng that at
tends the events Of the annual track
meet Of the interscholastic association
of the state.
A few minutes after o'clock the
school of mines team. headed by Cap
tain Jensen, came onto the field. re-
ceiying n warm and noisy welcome
soon afterwards Captain Bishop head
ed the varsity onto the gridiron and
the trotting warriors were given an
ovation. After both teams had run
through snappy signal practice.
Referee Weisel called the captains to-
gether. coin flashed, spun and fell
and the game started, on field that
was wet, but not heavy and with
weather that was chilly bur not too
cold. There was absolutely no wind
The game In detail:
The Game.
The game was called at SEQ Bishop
kicked off to the Miners, who were
defending the south goal. Jensen re-
ceiving the ball. The Butte fullback
brought 1t back five yards. DAILY tore
off two around right end and Maclay
threw Jensen for a three yard loss.
Silserman pnnted to winstanley. reg
istering 25 yards, lttner took three
gain. Bishop punted 40 yards To Gull
lily. who heeled the ball Silyerman
was thrown for one yard loss and
Jensen gained one yard on tandem
through left tackle. Siverman punt
ed To Winstanley. who reduced his
35-yard boot To % yards Ryan failed
To gain through Williams and the var
sity was penalized Is yards on for
k.v.. ri lph A
10 Guilty. who carried 1t back five
DAILY was thrown for loss and Jen-
sen was stopped. Siivernan punted 40
yards To Winstanles. who carried II
back "a through broken field without
interference. Ittner made eight through
right guard and Winstanley tore off
three on crossbuck. Bishop gained
two on "A double-pass play off tackle
and Johnson made three on cross
buck Ittner plunged for four yards
and Winstanley followed with one and
four The ball was stopped on the
Sa-yard line and Winstanley dropped
back for "A place kick. The kick was
blocked and Butte recovered the ball.
The next play brought the Butte elev-
ems best chance to score. a forward
pass from spread formation sent
Sllyerman down the field for 40 yards
and past everything but the deep field
man, Winstanley. who saved a touch
Down by pretty diving tackle.
Wild gained three yards through right
tackle and DAILY gained two more on
delayed PASS. y kick from forma-
ton went IL yards Ia bishop. Min
stanley made one yard on "A crossbuck
and Little gained one from end Bishop
punted a. Yards To Guilty. who WAS
nailed In his tracks by the Montana
eads. A forward pass In Wild re-
suited in l5~yard penalty. Guilty
gained half Il yard nn a wide end run
and Silverman puntrd "a yards In
WinstanleS. who ran the ball back Is,
Bishop ran from quarter for n l5-yard
gain around left end ana Ittner went
Ia yards through the hole Ryan made
for him. lttucr responded with five
yards more and Bishop gained two
around left end. lttner was called
through left tackle for eight yards and
the first touchdown. Time OF play,
Ia 81 minutes Ninstanloy kicked
goal Score: Montana, 6; school III
mines. O.
Silvcrman kicked over the goal line
and Montana put the ball i'll play an
the - yard line. \ forward pass To
Iittla netted Is yards Bishop took
four yards around left end and lttner
five through the right side of the line
Ninstanley gained two on a crosshuck
and MaGlav came around end from
tackI,. for four yards forward pass
10 Little brought a l5-yard penalty
and Bishop turned lose 5o-yard