The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-07
'NAl4AAN GETS REVENGE
Cutler Shoots Winning Goal
in Final Minute of Hard
Fought Contest.


ever seen on the university floor. the
Whitman team defeated the State
University five last night, when, after
the score had zig-zagged back and
forth during the last half, Cutler took
a pass from Dement, and scored the
winning goal in the final minute of
play. The final score was, Whitman,
81; Montana, 20.
h Neither team played as good basket
ball as the night before, hut the Griz-
lilies were the worst offenders, missing
dozens of easy shots and showing
practically no team work at all. After
the Missionaries had made what proved
to be the winning goal, the Bruins had
three easy chances at the basket and
missed them ALL. The game was fast
and rough. especially at the finish. and
several men were spilled or hurled into
the wall during the fray.
Dement, 10 Star.
Dement,, the tall, slim Whitman GEN.
ter, was easily the star of the game
shooting eight field goals and passing
excellently. He was in every play and
frequently passed the ball to q team
mate If he did not have a clear shot.
There was very little dribbling and the
passing was poor. AS an artistic
game it was a fizzle, but the closeness
of the score made the contest one we'll
worth seeing. I.
The whitman team surprised the
Grizzlies with the sound of the whistle,
and scored nine points before the home
team was able to count. Dement,
scored three field goals, all of them
long Shots and Cutler also put the ball
in for basket Clerin converted a
foul, and finally after the Bruins had
made many wild heaves at the basket
from the middle Of the field, Frank
Johnson threw the ball through the
net Whitman passed in far better
shape than in the previous game and
had the ball well under the basket be-
fore they took a shot. At the end Of
the half. the Missionaries were on the
long end of a 10 to IA score.
The intermission helped the Bruins
a lot, for they came back and tied the
score early in the second half. john
son, the little Helena speed ball had a
run-in with Wilson soon after the
score was tied, and was put out Of
the game by the referee.
Dement, tossed one in, and then
Newman scored, tying the count. De-
ment proceeded to put the Mission
aries in the lead with two long field
goals. This fellow showed up in all
Northwest form throughout the entire
game and was wonder on long shots
from the sidelines. Newman converted
two fouls and the score was again
even, but the same tall Dement, proved
a regular hoodoo for he threw another
one from the field and whitman was
score for the 'teenth time, and then
the all too efficient Dement, grabbed
the ball from the floor and passed 1t
to Cutler, who with nobody near him,
took his time and dropped the decid-
ing score into the basket. During the
last minute Montana had the ball
down near her own goal all the time,
and Sanderson missed two and Larkin
one easy shot for the basket. A dou-
BILE foul was called, and after each
team had failed to convert. the whistle
blew and the first series Of confer
ence games ever played in Missoula
was over, with each team having a
victory to its credit.
First in Action.
Montana and whitman were the first
of the Northwest conference teams to
get into action, and 1t looks as though
they will need all the practice they
can get, as the other members of the
conference all have good teams.
Next week the University of Idaho
comes here for a two game series, and
according to all reports the Muscovites
have fast team, and have already
| won two games.
Lineup and summary:
Montana (29N Whitman CID
+. Johnson Cutier
TAFT E,or1varI