The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-03
MlssoulA QUINT
PROSPECTS FAIR.
Has Downed Valley Contend.
ers; Awaits Butte, Helena
and Others

During the past week the Missoula
county high school contenders in the
Montana state interscholastic basket
ball race have played their first big
games of the season. at Dillon ana
Anaconda, after concluding success
from the Bitter Root valley.
The renewal Of basketball competi-
tlon with the valley teams after a
lapse of a year was pleasing to west
ern Montana fans. Missoula won two
games from Corvallis. undoubtedly the
strongest quint In the valley. and broke
even with Hamilton In Il two-game
series. losing one game ut Hamilton
because Of the absence OF Captain
Schlossberg. pilot and pivot of the
team, and the only veteran on the
quint. ST. f..
Corvallis Valleys Best. 49,.
The scores against Corvallis were
- to IS and &c to II, in favor OF the
Garden city boys. Corvallis was de-
feated on its own floor In 1916. by
the score OF Sc to 10. though the team
that year was one OF the best ever
turned out from the valley,
Hamilton was downed In MissouIa,
10 to 10. and that score about expresses
the relative merits of the two teams,
despite the fact that Hamilton won
by two points at Hamilton. On total
points Missoula has, a big advantage
and can, well claim the title. even il
the two Quints should not have an
other opportunity to meet Oh the
courts.
a game between Missoula. aud Ste
sensyille, II arranged, would undoubt-
eddy prove interesting, In the days
when George May and the Lockridses
played on the valley team. it made
things hot TOR any auint In the, state,
and though Missoula won every game
played between the two teams. the
Garden city boys We're forced to play
real basketball all the time in order
to come off on the long end of the bat
tie. During 1915 and 1916 Missoula
won from Stevensyile by the scores
of % to Is. 81 to 10. SO to 81 and SO
to II. -. ,--. ,,
Sehedu in the Air.
Future games for the Missoula team
are somewhat unsettled. Butte. Hell
ena. Anaconda and other teams have
been asked for games. but due to the
plaques in the way Of diseases which
have prevented the players from these
towns from meeting out of town squads
the probability OF obtaining the con-
tests are uncertain. Neither Butte or
Helena have played in Missoula for two
years. and either would draw a large
crowd here. the rivalry being unusually
4 NJ L., a
teams.
Helena has nearly all OF the players
of last years team back. Warner Met
len, the great little forward being eX-
cepted, and will doubtless prove Il
dangerous contender in the state race.
and at the Eozeman tournament.
The Big Timber team. as usual. is
mighty good. and liable to upset some
good teams. while Miles City. Living
stoR and Great Falls are represented
by fast qu!nts. Anaconda has a team
of veterans. who should plow through
the most of their opponents with ease,
while Butte. II the team survives re-
cent faculty raids. has a fair chance
of winning the tournament again. 1t
seems almost certain that The Mis-.
soula boys will get n chance to go 10
the state basketball tourna ment,t as II
is probable, that the Team will sur
vive the elimination tourney, which is
10 he staged at either Butte or Helena.
Two teams from the mining districts
are TO be invited. besides III, TWO teams
with the highest percentages in the
lprelininaries. and therefore Missoula
lis almost assured of a place. ~.
The failure OF the Garden city IaiHt
to qualify last year was Il sdisappoint-
i. ment to all concerned. as MfssouIa has
always put up a desperate battle. be-
ing third in rank III the tournament in
1915. and second in 1915 and 1914.