The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-10
Hardest State Championship
Game Of Years Certain
This Afternoon.
WAR HITS ELEVENS
HARD BUT EVENLY
Each Team Loses Halfback:
Bruins Heavier; Foe
Experienced.

Montana state Cnivcrstys football
season will be brought TO Il climax on
Montana field this afternoon. whom the
Bruins meet tho husky representatives
of Montana state college from Boze-
man, in Il contest to decide the grid
iron championship of the Treasure
State. The IL wcarcrs of the grey and
red jerseys will go onto the field de-
termined to do or die. while tho hurley
Farmers from across the divide are
equally resolved not to return home
without the pelts of tho Grizzlies.
The Bruins have a slight advantage
in weightsa matter OF eight and one
half pounds to the man, to be exact
while the visitors have the edge in
condition. experience and practice.
Both elcvens have enjoyed the ad-
vantage of excellent coaching the
aggies for nearly two months. the
Bruins for three weeks. Neither Is
confident Of victory: both will Sight to
the limit. II is many years since two
SO evenly matched teams have con-
tested for the state title.
Varsity Twice Beaten.
The State University team has
played out two games, being defeated
in both. Less than ten days after the
eleven turned out for the first pfac-
| tice. the Bruins lost to the Utah
aggies. conceded to be the equal OF
| any team in the Rocky Mountain con-
ference. Last Saturday, after playing
| the veteran Whitman Missionaries tc
| min hp 1ri,
| zlies were downed in the last fo,u
| minutes of play.
The Aggies have played three games
| losing the opener and securing draws il
| the other two games. The imprachca-
| bility of basing possible results OF
comparative scores is shown by thu
| following: Montana aggies tied viii
| Utah Aggies, : to = Utah .Aseies de
feated Colorado Agsies, II to /, th'
Colorado team scoring on il bone
| head" while Montana Acgies tie'
Colorado Ag2ies, 20 to 20. While Ben
MONS team should have been 40 point
better than the Colorado Aggies. tn
best the could do was a draw.
Each Team Loses Star.
Each team has suffered the loss o
a star halfback. The State Uniyersit
| eleven lost Tom Mathews. star half
back punter. and drop kicker, who en-
| listed in the army after the openin
game, in which he showed wonderl,
ability. The Aggies have lost Capital
Boherg, crack backfield man, who wa
called into active service with the ma
tional army early this week. Bober
,c
| and did the AGGies' heavy artiller
work. The Bruins have also los
: Sailor, the fast, hard fighting end, VIII
was so badly crippled in practice tina
he will be unable TO play. Orr, vetera
end. may get into the game and h
may not. faculty decision having bee
reserved until this morning. krci
may also be kept out by injuries.
Coach Bennion and his squad, ]
, strong, arrived from Bozeman at moo
yesterday and are interned at the Pal
ace hotel. Bcnnion has plenty of vet
| Grams, while the new men are player
who have been educated in the intel
class games and are well acanaintc
, with the Bennion style of play.
The lineup for this afternoons gam
c | subject to changes, follows:
r University Aggit
r Leahy. IDS. Bergman, 1sa tcaptair
l.. f..
Dahlbcrg, iG?,-...-.........-..-----,~.,R iG? Bush, !
l.. r.
F'elker. lsi................,.--,---- Stanley, II
layton SEM
| q
e r. G.,
S Van Horn, ls4..-.-.-....--.--sR Roberts,
e r.. r.
|r Orr, l53 or Doherty. $50 -,- Mashin,
= r. +.
Drscoll, lii
@. b.
}. BentZ. 224 Capt t)...........-.--.----.-koss,
Sullivan, -oberlc.
II Kreis. 1872. or Harris, .Wylie. ]
r. II.
Substitutes: University Cary
Gts,.