The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-18
SPORTS FOR ALL
At HIGH SCHOOL
Every Boy in Institution Is
Given Opportunity to Play
Basketball by System.
SIXTY BOYS COMPETE
Two Leagues, With Four
Quints in Each. Play a
Nine-Game Schedule.

Every male student attending the
Missoula county high school, phs sicaiiy
qualified. DESTROYS OF playing basket
ball. Is being given an opportunity to
show his skin in games against players
Of his own size, age and experience
through the system inauenfatcd By
Coach Garrison this fall.
Instead OF devo,ing al of his nj
tention to pcrfecting Il representative
school qnint. the coach has thrown
open the gymnasium for the indoor
game to every boy in school i'll line
with the generally advocated. though
infrequenns practiced, policy Of attn
letics for all. instead or intensified
training for chosen few who already
has displayed proofs Of their ability.
Participation For All.
Not only has an opportunity hecn
granted to every yonngster from the
so-pound midget to the huskiest lad in
school to actually participate in real
games. but through this system of pre-
liminary games the coach hopes to de-
velop future stars from among the in
experienced students. some Of whom
had never seen a basketball before
they came out in response to the call
of the coach.
When Garrison announced his inten-
ton OF staging a free-for-all tourna
ment this month, with no one barred
and no one favored. Il total OF 60 boys
signed up for basketball Nearly all Of
them are turning ont regularly for
~ q arc nh nj no 4, or, i.4i
Of benefit physically from the sport,
while enjoying themselves immensely.
There are at least a dozen midgets. lit
tie fellows. Weighing - pounds and
less, and also some husky fellows. who
were members of the high school team
last year. included in he list Of players
participating in tn" tournament,
Two Leagues Formed.
The players have been divided into
two classes, the heavyweight and light
weight classes. Each class has been
divided into four team. and formed into
a league, each team playing a game
with every other team once a week
for three weeks until he schedule Of
nine games for each Glint has been
completed.
The heavsweights, or first teams.
play on Monday. Wednesday and Fri
day afternoon, while the lightweight
anints clash on TUESDAY Thursday and
Saturday afternoons.
The teams arc under the direction
Of four leaders, who act as captains,
o.. the first teams. coaches and gem
eral advisors OF the second. or light
weight teams, and pilots of the circuit
in general. while Coach Garrison su :
rervises the whole performance and
sees to it that none of the fellows over
do their playing and that all of the
substitutes get a chance to compete
in the battles. The four captains are
Sehlossherg. captain OF the high school
anint; Barr, Marble and McGarty. each
having a heavyweight and q light
weight quint under his charge
Games Every Afternoon.
The games are started at 30; ten
minute halves being played When
the first half of the first game ends,
the teams playing in the second game
take the floor for their first half. thus
giving the players a rest between
halves without delaying the games.
AS yet. the youngsters have not de-
Feloped the passing game which is the
backbone of basketball, but under con-
1innal coaching il Is expected that they
will drop the football way Of rlayin e
basketball and become adopts in the
faster. flasher correct manner Of ad-
Fancine the ball through the air Tho
require for IN fox,
a pair of tennis shoes, Trunks and a
shirt being the primary needs
Class League Next.
The schedule Of the free -for-all
league will end early in December
and then the class games. with one
team representing each Of thu four
classes. Will begin playing. The class
league was a decided success last sea
son, helping considerably in bringing
out material tnr the high school otlint
and it is hoped that the 1915 success
will be repeated. The class games will
end before Christmas. and after the
holiday vacation is over the schools
representative team will begin rran-
ticc for the coming season in earnest
All Of tn" men will De in good con-
dition by that time. and cxrnrt nj
passing. after Two months Of communal
work on IN" court. and will he ready
to drill for teamwork Immediately.
Prospects Not of the Best.
only one veteran Of the 1861
pulnt Captain Schlossberg. will DO
back in harness this winter. Carver
crouch, Courtney and Marion, the
other members of hast years team.
having either graduated or left school
Barr, who was used as a substitute
In last years games, may get into a
suit, though his weak knee. injured
during the football season. will handi-
cap him greatly. The work of prc
pairing schedule has not been taken
up yet. but il is hoped to play games
with Great Falls. Anaconda. Butte and
other teams in this district.
sometimes ii is what we don't know
abont people that causes us to have a
good opinion of them.