The Daily Missoulian., 1917-02-12
BRUINS PLAY FINE CANES
University Team lnvades
Moscow, Pullman and
Walla Walla.

| The Montana State University bas-
ketball team leaves tonight on an ex-
tended tour through the Inland En-.
pire, playing games against the Uni
versity Of Idaho. Washington State
college. and Whitman college while on
the road. How many Of the games tho
Bruins will capture, or whether they
will be able to win any while on the
trip, is an uncertainty. as basketball
at its best is ''home" game. The
home teams have the advantage Of the
knowledge of the floor, the support Of
the fans. and oftentimes also OF the
officials. This is true in Missoula as
well as anywhere else.
Lineup Uncertain.
The line up of the team on the trip
is not certainty, but 1t is presumed
that the men who participated in the
Aggie games will go along. II the
coach decides to place his reliance on
the men who were vanquished by the
State college team. Johnson, Larkin,
ana Newman will play at forward po-
sitions. McQuarrie at center and San
derson and Jones at guards, with
Sailor and Bryan as substitutes.
Four Victories.
The Bruins basketball team has
played eight games this year. all on the
home floor, and has won half of them,
Two of the games We're lost in the
last minutes of play. while the Aggie
games We're overwhelming defeats
A lack of teamwork was the main
difficulty of the university teams in
their playing against the farmers, but
they also missed many shots at the
basket. and seemed unable to get Il
single man free to receive pass at
any time. But it must be remembered
that the Bruins We're up against an
exceptional team when they met the
Aggies. who are match for any team
in the northwest except perhaps the
Washington State college five. and on
a neutral floor contest between the
Montana agriculturists and the Pull
man farmers would be a game well
worth watching.
Gonzasa Games OF.
On their tour the Bruins are cover
ing practically the same territory as
the Aggies did with such splendid re-
suits last week. Originally the Griz-
zlies were scheduled to play two games
against Gonzaga at Spokane, but when
the Catholics cancelled the games they
had scheduled in Mssoula, the uni
versity reciprocated.
February 13 and II the Bruins will
play the University Of Idaho quint at
Moscow, Idaho. Coach Edmundson
expects to win both games, as he is
quoted as saying that the Bruins would
not win a game off their home floor
The Muscovites expect to break into
the win column in the conference for
the first time in two years when they
take on the Bruins Tuesday night.
Idaho has lost two games to Whitman
and two games to Washington State
college. as well as the two games
dropped in Missoula. Their victories
have been over Gonzaga, Whitworth
and Lewiston Normal school.
Pullman Thursday.
Thursday, February IS, the Bruins
will play the Washington State college
team. northwest conference champions
for the last two years. on the farmers
home floor at Pullman. Not since
1914 has the, Washington state college
quint met defeat on it's own floor. and
as far as the Bruins are concerned.
the record will stand, as during that
time the two best basketball teams
that ever represented Montana State
University were subdued in their at
tempts to whip the Pullman farmers.
Friday and Saturday, the Bruins will
play Whitman at Walla Walla, Wash.
1t will be the first time that a Mon
tana university basketball team has
ever played at Walla Walla, and the
second Bruin athletic team. to play
there. Whitman has won three con-
ference games since the team played
in Missoula early in January. and the
lineup is stronger. Peterson. the vet =
eran guard who was kept out Of the
game in the first semester on account
Of being below in his studies. is back
in the game for the Missionaries, while
Coach Applegate has uncovered a new
star forward, Edwards, whose accurate
shooting beat the University of Wash
ington.
The Bruins have two games left on
their schedule after completing this
tour. They are to play the Aggies in
the final games Of the state champion
ship series on March 2 and 3 at Boze-
man.