The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-14

change Of punts enabled Montana to
advance the ball to Ctah's 35-yard line
shortly after the second kickoff. but
there the visitors stiffened. Mat
thews sent a perfect dropkick sQuarely
between the goal posts. Score. Utah.
Z: Montana, 3.
The Grizzlies had rushed the bali by
scrimmage and punt to Utah's 15-yard
line. when the first period ended. but
a 15-yard penalty averted touch
down. Sullivan planted the ball in
front of the goal posts with five-yard
sprint as the second quarter opened.
and from the 25-yard line Matthews
booted his second field goal. making
the score. Utah. Z: Montana. 6.
FuMbls Costs Score.
Utah tried vainly to advance the ball.
but was held stockstill. The Grizzlies
kept up steady hammering of the
line. using Bentz as battering ram.
and marched clear to the 10-yard line
before the captain fumbled and Utah
kicked out Of danger.
With the ball on the S5-yard line
Matthews tried another dropkick. The
wind was against him. however. and
the ball dropped against the crossbar
and bounced back into the field. The
half ended shortly afterward with the
score standing to in the visitors
favor.
Lose Ball Near Goal.
The second half opened with ham,
mer and tongs fighting. neither team
able to gain successfully. After an
exchange Of kicks which left them on
their own ground the foolhardy Griz-
zlies elected to try fourth down gain
of two yards and lost the ball on their
own 39-yard line. Peterson and Site
fel made 1t first down between them
and then Hansen sprinted % yards for
a second touchdown. Montana tacklers
missing him at every step. Stiefe1
kicked goal. Score, Utah. IA: Mon
tana. 6.
Almost a Touchdown.
The third period ended with the ball
In Montana's possession on the 45-yard
line. Utah held and Matthews made
his fifth try for goal. the ball falling
short. Utah failed to gain from the
20-yard line and kicked. A forward
pass from Matthews to Sullivan netted
the varsity IS yards and put the bal
on the 2S-yard line. Sullivan. Dris.
coll and Matthews made 1t first dowr
on the 15-yard line. sullivan ant
Driscoll contributed three yards apiece
Then. with the shadow of the goa
posts over him. Bentz tried forward
pass and the ball dropped behind the
line for a touchback.
The Final Disaster.
An exchange of kicks in which Mon.
| tana gained. two penalties uron thu
Grizzlies for holding and pretty 60
yard punt by Matthews across the limo
| put Utah back on the 20-yard line late
in the period and it seemed that al
| scoring was over. But Hansen 60
| away for an eight yard dash off RICH
| tackle and DOWNRIGHT sprinted 20 yards
| around Montanas loft end to the mid
die Of the field. Two assaults of til,
| line were stopped and then Stiefc
| slipped past ends and backs and ran 81
wards to the goal line. The SO-yart
| march had been accomplished in fly,
| plays. before Montana rooters coul,
get their breath. Score. Utah. q
Montana. G.
| fighting Intellectually in midfield. ex
changing punts and plays without ad
vantage toaeither side.
Montana Gains More Ground.
The yardagc figures are extremel.
| interesting. They show that al
though Montana was beaten nearl.
| four to one it carried the ball farthe
! from scrimmagc. The Grizzlic
| rushed 272 yards: the Utah Aggies, &c.
| Eliminating the three long sprints per
| mitte1 by weak tackling and the fig
| ures are Montana. o72. Utah IA, which
just about indicates the relative pow
ers Of the two teams-on November !
| Montana made first down from
| scrimmage IA times to Utah's four an,
| was penalizcd four times for an aggre
| gate Of so yards. while Utah was be
ing punished three times for Is yards
Montana tried the forward pass 81,
times and completed two for an ag
| gregate gain of 20 yards. Utah trie,
| the pass twice without success.
Matthews outkicked Stiefel Of Utah
but one of his punts was blocked. low
| ering his average. His II punts Gov
cred a total distance Of 400 yards
Stiefel kicked II times for an aggre
gate distance of $50 yards. A stiff
| wind helped the kickers.
The Lineup and Summary.
| Montana" 60 Utah (21)
Nelson -.--.-.......,..-.-,..-..,.....- Lindquis
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Dahlberg Twitchel
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| Van Horn NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Worle
| II. G.
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