The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-21

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member of the Northwest Intercollegi-
ate conference which has suffered Sc
vcrely from the effect of the entry OF
the United States into war in a foot
ball way, according to present indica-
tons. The University of Washington
lost many gridiron stars to Uncle Sam,
hut retained veteran backfield and
an immense number of promising re-
cruits. nearly all OF whom have had
previous football experience. Washing
ton state college. the University OF
Oregon, the Oregon Aggics. Whitman
and the University of Idaho all have
most Of their 1876 players back and
have enjoyed many weeks of practice.
and therefore entered the opening con-
ference games. played Yesterday. IN
good trim for the championship battle,
When the 1916 season ended the
football careers of Click" Clark. for
three years the best end that ever dug
cieats into a northwest Eridiron, and
''Jawn" Keeran, the 80 pound guard,
came to q close. OF the members oil
the 1916 squad tho following Were leit
Tor a nucleus for the 1917 team, which
was to have played the most ambitious
schedule ever undertaken by a Mon
N''f7'hif
Woodward. Bentz ,cap,aiu "l"ct, Orr,
Scherk, Jones. Adams, Sandcrson
McQuarric Lockridse and Mol'hcn
When october rolled around, 1t was
found that of this promising SQUAD OF
"a only five "Swedc" Dablhcrg, Al
Nelson, jack Layton Conrad orr and
John Christian Bentz answered the
roll call. A. few days later Orr, the
oSt oSDlia bic.
was declared ineligible because he had
failed to make up studies in which
he had been deficient tho preceding
spring.
OF the men who did not. return the
following arc listed on Uncle Sam'a
honor roll.
S;cherk. end, aviation corps
Jones, quarterback. engineering
corps.
Adams, quarterback, National Army.
Sanderson, halfbacll, marine corps.
McQuarrie, fullbact, United States
Military academy.
Iockridge, haifback, field artillery
Molthcn. halfhack. Marine corps.
Brown. sub end. National Army.
Cooke, assistant coach. Nalohai
army.
returned vet and may have enlisted in
The army. Another name was added
to the honor roll last Monday when
Tom Mathews star halfback of the
1917 Bruin team who distinguished
himself in saturdays game, lett TO JOIN
the aviation service.
The illness Of Coach Njssen has also
crippled the Bruins severely. though
hny worked LONG and
hard with the candida ties, several OF
whom never played football until com
ing to the university,
Despite the handcaps encountered
The Montana eleven is rounding tt
form speedily for the game Wit
Whitman at Wa,la Walia November )
and the Bruins hope TO repeat then
1916 victory when they rallied aftc'
a discouraging showing against Inc
Washington State college and thu
Montana Aggies and handed the MIS-
siouaries a first -class trimming. Bor-
lcskc's team made only two first down:
during the entire game. Whitman ha'
n good line and two halfbacks from
their last years team, but Borlesk
reports that he is handicapped by
small squad. and fears injuries am
class troubles.
Though a victory in the gam
against the Missionaries is highly de
sirablc, the Bruins have set their face
towards n win over the Montana Az
GIGS. ancient rivals. whose team thu
year is one of the best that has eve
represented the institution, which Ia
not defeated the Missoula school a
football since 1907, though three ii
-oI IyS inc tho
tcr,ening period. Bcnnion knows foot
ball from \ to Il, and knows how |
teach il, and has good bunch OF the
to drill and the result is good eleNt
at the Bo2cman farm.
The AggicS have not appeared y
Montana field since November &, 1871
when the Two teams met in n battl
that was "A slaughter al the wa
through, something like nine men BEN
carried off the field. while the gan
was close until the beginning ot I'll
last Quarter, when the Acfsics tired an
the Bruins ran up score Of 70 10
IT was probably the most exciting gan
Of football ever seen IN MlSSoula an
fans are already anticipating anoth'
stirring game when the two .lsNe,
clash on November IL.
After playing the Missionaries al
III. Aegies the Bruins have nothing
do until the next saturday, when the
play the veteran aggregation gathcrs
by Coach Lone star Dck al Pullma
plets has only 10 veterans. several
whom have played three years oi col
terenc. football In his lineup, and
il reported that for the first tin
ttncc his arrival 1T Washington Sta
=,
coach is optimistic concerning his o
portunitics for Winning another char
pionship.
To refTesheH the memories of Mi