The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-12-29
IDAHO FOOTBALL SQUAD
READY FOR MULTNOMAH
COACH GRIFFITH'S WARRIORS WILL LEAVE
FOR PORTLAND TOMORROW NIGHT
FOR NEW YEARS DAY BATTLE
Varsity Team Greatly Strengthened by Persistant
Practice During Past Few Weeks and Will
Put up Great Fight

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Tomorrow evening at 6:15 o'clock
the Idaho football squad of IS men.
Coach Griffith and Student Manager
A. o. Sutton will leave in special car
on the O.-W. r. & n. for Portland
where they are to meet the Multnomah
eleven on New Years day The Idaho
team has been working hard during
the entire Christmas vacation. going
through a good stiff workout each day
at the indoor gymnasium. Owing to
the lack Of room there has not been as
much open work as the men should
have had but in all other features of the
game they will be found in as good
shape, stated Coach Griffith today, as
they We're at the close of the confer
ence season.
In Good Condition.
The Idaho team, without excepting
single player, will enter the New
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have beer training consistently for the
past couple of weeks and have been
denied the usual Christmas goodies
which the mothers of homecoming
students never fail to spread daring the
holidays
Several Veterans Absent
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not be with the team for the ).tlaEd
game but heir absence will. not great
affect the varsity's chances against the
Multnomiah's since Coach Griffith has
host of new hopes" to put into the
lineup, who are just about as guod as
the ole men. The only place where
subs are apt to be too few is at end.
Jack" Johnson, who held down one
of the end terminals during the past
season, will not be with the team.
Samms who played at the other end of
the line will also be gone. DeWald
who worked during much of last sca-
son at end was expected to make the
Portland trip bur has been called home
On business matters and will not be
back for the game This will leave
only Turk" Gerlough and Dingle for
the end posts with no substitutes who
have spent much time az these posi-
tions.
New Men in the Line.
The line will include a number of
new men but the game will be opened
with the same backfield that was used
during the entire fall season-Lockhart
and Brown at Halves and knudson at
full. number of new men will, how
fore the close of the game
Expect Close Game.
Nothing has been learned here of the
condition of the field at Portland
though it is thought that it will be in
fairly good shape. The Multnomah
team has lost several of it's best men
since the close of the regular season
and Coach Griffith does not expect it
to put up the same game that is dis
played against other conference teams
which it met in the fall
Return Home Friday.
The team will return to Moscow on
Thursday evening Immediately after
he game and will arrive here Friday
The student athletic board
1t the varsity has arranged to present
o each member of the cam that en-
ers the new Years game solid gold
ootball fob as a souvenir of the
work.
The Idaho Squad.
The squad that will make the Port
and trip will include the following
nen: Turk" Gerlough, right end;
right tackle; Martinsen, right
uard; Hays, center; Favre, left
uard; Phillips, left tackle; Dingle,
eft end; Jardine, quarter; Brown,
light half; Ross, left half; Knudson,
lllback. The bench row will include
ohnstone, guard; R. Gerlough, tackle;
aves, center; Purdy, quarter; Lock-
art, left half; Jean Gerlough. full
ack.