The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-27

Local Scholastics Full Of
Fight in Prospect Of
Meeting Ancient Foe.
SCHLOSSBERls LEADER
Sturdy Quartcrback, viii Di-
rect Offcnsc, Against
Invading Eleven.

With a lineup crippled through in
juries sustained in the game against
Great Falls last Saturday. but full Of
fight, the Missoula high school eleven
lines up against their ancient rivals.
the Butte high school team, at )
o'clock this afternoon, in the first
home game of the season The Butte
squad arrived last night, lit and ready
for the fray after a two weeks rest.
and confident OF a victory over the
Garden City eleven.
Barr, the veteran center, who has
proved a bulwark in the line, and Bar
ry, the dashing mllback. will be out OF
the game this afternoon. though there
is a possibility that Barry VIII get III
for {: short while. Both players sui
fered severe injuries to their knees in
the Great Fails game. Forrest Will
replace Barr at center while Ross viii
take Barry's position at fullback.
Captain Herman Schlossbcrg will
play quarterback and direct the plays
of the team, and will also do All OF the
aerial work, such as puntinS, goal
kicking and forward passing. Schioss-
berg is in fine shape and will give
the Butte boys u great deal Of trouble.
Ile is especially expert in throwing
short forward passes over the line
into the hands of the man who Is to
receive it, and is always nnilurried
though the linomen may be charging
down on him.
Ross will play at fuilhack IN place
OF Barry, while Humphreys and Baird
will be depended upon to Skirt the
enenlss ends and backs and do =,
little line blowing besides. In the line
warile, Elliott. Orvis, stump and
Clark are veterans.
The lineup of the home team and
the weights Of the players, as an
nounced yesterday. follow
Wardlc. 131 left end. Elliott, 1in,
left tackle; orvis 145, LETT guard. For
rest. 155, center; stump, 1876 right
guard; Ghrames, 16i, right tackle,
Clark, 10 RICH, end, Schlossherg, lha.
quarterback Ross. ls5. tuNbackt
Humphrey, i2o, left half; Baird, lac.
right half substitutes Smith. EEan.
McCunc, Simcrson, Stove and Barry
The purple and white eleven, which
is coached by Roy shirley. formerly
caoch of the Ogden, Utah. high school
teams has few veterans back, the
stars OF the aggregation being Captain
Myers. at tackle, and Fisher at center.
A number of second string men on
the 1916 championship team are regu-
lars this season, though the lineup has
been so shaken up after both games
played by the Butte team 50 rs TO be
unintellisible. Butte played tie
game with Anaconda high early in the
month, Q To 0. and later defeated Mt
Charles college by one point, Il to 20
a missed goal kick proving the down
fall of the Helena team.
Missoula has broken even on the
season so far having whipped Hamil-
ton. N to !. and losing to Great Falls
last week, 6 to 80. 1t is the first home
game for the local team i'll two years,
every game staged last year being
played on q foreign field. Records oil
the Missoula Butte games for the past
few years. which follow. show but on"
Missoula victory. gained i'll the days
when John Mcliouch WIS coach here.
191S-Misseula, o: Butte. 20.
1a14-Mssonla, o. Butte,
19t3-Missenla, Z Butte f.
is1a- Missoula, 81; Butte, ..
1a11-Missoula o, Butte, IL
The support of MisSoula people fer
the game is solicited and necessary.
as the high school ASSOCIATION has
been put to a big expense IN bringing
Butte here, and unless the school Is
able to break even on CAT" receipts,
further athletic events may be can
.ceied.
The game Will start promptly 1t J
o'clock on Montona field, at the UNI e
versity, With George Nelsel acting as
referee. John Christian Bentz as ain-
pire, and Ernest Prescott as head
linesman.
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