The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-23

You've got it.
Are YOU longin' right now
For them good old bleachers?
You've got it.
or maybe you're drcamin'
OF long drives and screechers,
You've got it.
You're wishin' right now that vaca-
ton was here,
Don't let the physician give you a
bum steer,
You know what YOU git when the
spring time is near
And-you've got it.
Chicago Post.
1t seems that we ave done young
Burns Of the high school basketball
team somewhat Of an injustice by
not sufficiently explaining the state
ment that most Of the blame for
Missoula's defeat rests upon his
shoulders" If an injustice has been
done this column apologies, heartily.
Burns wen into the game Friday
night with a weak ankle. He had
been on crutcheS early in the week
ANA was able to practice only twice
'tt'it tic SdIllt. liz was nan Sith
from his injury and his ankle slowed
his play. We didn't know all of that
We understood most of it. Our
statement was not intended as a slur
upon Burns. The statement was made
as a matter of fact. Burns had an
! off day, due probably, to this injury,
and as a result he couldn't do his
share Of the work. The weakness of
this me cog in the high school ma
chine lost the game for Missoula.
Burns is a good player as ANYONE who
has seen him in the seasons games
will testify. He did the best he could
Friday night, but he wasn't in condi-
ton to play good basketball. He is
not to be blamed for the defeat, for
he couldn't help the fact that his
weakness lost the game for the locals.
If we have done a good, clean. player
an injustice we are truly sorry, but
that doesn't change the situation.
Some of the high school people were
a bit disappointed by the fact that
the Anaconda players weren't roast
ed for their rough playing. A pro-
test Of that sort is the cry of a poor
loser. The visitors played a rough
game, but they paid for it. Whistler
called % fouls on the Anaconda team.
Roush basketball isn't the best sort,
but if a team is willing to play that
sort OF 4 game and pay for it no one
has Il right to complain.
Here is a quartet of players who are
m tn hio ,ra1,r-. h1nnl, l;,+. US,,la,
Jones, Pat Dougherty, Golden of the
Cards and Scan'on of Brooklyn.
A BLUE PRINT.
Yesterdays mail from Hamilton
brought this: Il don't getcher, Steve:
From yesterday mornings issue of
w. NJ. G.. n. Il am not here Mr..
Underwood replied, with any author
tty to speak. Sheriff, take this boy
to an oculist without having my spe-
cial authority" All of which goes to
show what an inspired makeup man
can do. 'AKIN."
w. M. G. n, Mr.. Akin. is Western
Montana's Greatest Newspaper. The
devil in correcting proof on Thursdays
~Aissnulian, slipped the wrong slug
into d story on II debate N the house,
with the result shown above. Ha! Ha!
Prizefighting may be brutal, but it's
popular. The public is willing to wait
until morning for reports of the revo-
' luton in Mexico, but when there is a
| iig prizcfight every man, woman and
child in the city must know the re-
suit before going to sleep. The tele-
plNone in this rest room rang 7,943
times last night and 1912 of the peo-
pie Who called wanted to know the
fight results. The other fellow was
the weather man with his daily re-
port.
The regularity of the calls reminded
ID. Lever, sporting editor of the Inter
mountain Educator, of a cal, that
came to the esteemed business office
last fall. A young lady called Daddy
Wilbur.
"Was there a football game today?"
she asked.
Yes" said the inscriber of the pay
roll, the university beat the Aggies."
who was p~itching?'
wait a minute and I'll see said
Daddy. He was gone for several min
uteS and when he came back he said:
Il can't find out. They threw me out
of the office upstairs when l asked"
The MissoUla high school basketball
team is to make a tour of the Occur
d'Alenes this week. The five will play
Wallace on Feb. % and Burke on
March /. This will give the team a
week in which to get in shape for the
state tournament.
A new scheme is to be tried at the
tournament this spring, according to
Coach McGough. a committee will go
over the records of the season and
pick the four best teams. Each OF
these teams will head a division OF
fives and the semi-finals will be
played by divisions. h method is
expected to keep the best t""~"~ '"art
until the final games. Last year sec
ond-rate teams got the prizes for Sec
| pn1 and third plDcaS because they