The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-29
State Championship Games
to Be Played Here Fri
day and Saturday.

FRIDAY ana saturday OF This week
| will be the most eventful of the sea
son for the Montana university basket
BAH team for then the Bruins lineup
against the crack Nlantana State col
lege five, Aggies on, Bobcats. which
ever you wish, and it is certain that
every Grizzly will havegto give every
thing he has in the way of stamina
and playing ability to defeat the speedy
five from across the mountains.
The Montana team is in excellent
shape for the coming fray. and will
probably present the same lineup that
proved effective against the University
Of Idaho 1t is likelythat Frank John :
son and Ritcney Newman will start
the game against the Aggies at for
ward positions. and these boys are CO.
ing to give the Aggie guards many a
worry. a..
Johnson is thess1aleading basket
shooter of the BruiHS' and has shown
sensational floor WORK.. He is fast and
in spite of being a. lightweight can
rough il with any man on the floor
johnson has been loose under the
baskets as many times as all the rest
of the players on the team in the games
played so far this year He has been
Knocked out three times but has al
ways shown his gameness by sticking
with the game till the bitter end.
Harris or Burgess will be the guard to
oppose Johnson.
The Other Forward.
Ritchey Newman, another product Of
Professor Thomas personally con-
Quoted school for basketball players at
Helena, will be at the other forward
position. Ritchey WAS granted a diplo-
ma by the Helena high school. a fin
ished basketball education by Thomas,
and n vote of thani;s by the high
school Basketball coaches of the state
when he left school. Recognized as
the best scholastic player in the state,
when with Helena, he has been, played
at forward, excepting in one game,
with the Bruins and has just become
accustomed to the position. Ross, a
veteran of three years on the Aggie
squad, will guard Newman.
Bentz and Sandy.
John Christian BentZ, weight 235
pounds and reach tremendous, will
jump center for the Bruins, and in in
tervals guard the Grizzly basket.
Hcntz has not had the experience that
the other players have had, but has
shown remarkable form. and can be
depended on to make "Husk' Rice be-
have himself for the first time in his
basketball career with the Aggic.s.
Captain SandersonfwiH play left or
running guard, anata,sith his pretty
dribbling and hard all -qroAnd playing
will give the Aggie forward opposed to
him hard battle. Sandy has been out
with the basketball squad for three
years. but this season is his first as a
regular Homer Taylor is the Aggie
who will play opposite the doughty
leader of the Bruins Friday night.
Ollie Jones. a product of John Nc
Coughs days at the Missoula high
school. will play right guard and will
show the Aggios lots of things about
passes and fancy passing
and basket shooting that they never
knew before. Ollie earned a rep with
the Garden city high school team for
his playing as a guardian of the basket.
as under McGouehs system She STAYED
down near hs own basket and did not
go up the floor to shoot goals
Several substitutes will be available.