The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-16
HOME GAMES CANCELLED
District Tournament Games
to Be Played Next
Week in Helena.

The Missoula county high, school
been shot to pieces by unforeseen cir
cumstances and the two big home
games of the year, contests that have
become historical as annual battles.
have been cancelled. There is Il pos
sibility that one of the games at least,
against Helena. may be played the first
week in March, but the awaited game
against the Butte purple and white will
probably remain unsettled when the
present basketball season passes into
history, much to the regret of local
fans who have had the pleasure Of
witnessing the fast games which in
variably result when the Missoula
scholastics meet either Butte or Hell
ena OH the university floor.
The game against Butte was schcd-
uled for tomorrow. but because the
gymnasium Is to be in use that night
in the gentle role of "a ball room. the
high school was forced to call off the
game. Butte has an unusually fast
| team this year, and though there are
better scholastic quints in the state
| than the purple and white. there is
| always a battle wherever it plays. The
| last game Butte played in Missoula
| was in 1915. when John McGough's
| title contenders whipped the miners in
a frenzied, hair raising contest which
Kept IA gymtull of spectators in a con-
| tinual uproar.
| Helena Game Off.
| The game against Helena high
| school scheduled several months back
| for February %, was cancelled on ac-
| count of the sudden decision of the
! Helena authorities to stage the mining
district tournament at Helena on Feb
4 ruafy -, % and "a. The sectional
tournament was originally scheduled
for March . and 3, but after a con-
ference between the state college au-
thoritles in charge of the games and
Physical Director Thomas, a decision
was reached to stage them a week
earlier, object unknown. Also the dates
for the section tournaments in the 9th
Ell parts OF ihe state have been changed
to the date of the mining district tour.
nament.
The Montana State College, through
Director of Athletics Bennion. is su.
pcrviSing all the sectional tourna
| ments and will send two members o.
the Aagie basketball team to eacl
tournament to referee and umpire tn,
games.
! With the end of the university team.
home schedule some two weeks past
and with the Missoula Athletic clul
team on the road the scholastics wer
expected to furnish entertainment 70
the basketball fans of the city, VIII
had visions OF two exciting contests.
Crouch May Be Back.
1t Is expected that George Cro0Gl
the veteran guard of the Garden cit
team will be in shape to play in tn
district tournament, and this will max
considerable difference in the shown
of the team, as "Dodc" is recognize
as one of the best guards in the stat
intcrscholastic ranks. At both Helen
and Townsend Courtney held his for
ward down well, but in both games tn
forwards opposing the green me
playing in crouch's position got ava
for the winning scores.
The Missoula boys will have to h
at their best to get a chance to go
the state tournament at Bozcman, a
they can expect no mercy from tn
other four teams entered in the dis
trict tournament. Missoula will pla
Butte on Thursday evening. Februar
%: Dillon, Friday afternoon; Amazon
da, Saturday night. and Helena. Sat
urday afternoon. The tournament
, played in a round robin series. eac
team playing every other auint entered
Missonla has already played Helen