The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-13
Beat the Aggies."

Seat the Aggies.'
With this war-cry as n slogan for
the season, Coach Jerry Nissen Of the
State University basket ball team has
set about the difficult task Of select
ing quint from the material avail
able. which includes but few expert
enced men, the war-god having made
! heavy drains on what at the end of
the 1917 season promised to be one of
the best squads that ever turned out
| for basket ball at the institution.
But half a score of the candidates
| who answered the first call of the
coach last week have enjoyed real
| basket ball experience. Hop" Pres
colt played with the Bruin quint in
1914 and 1916, being out of the hoop
! game in 1915 and 1917 Chris Rentz
played five games at center last year
and was with the squad one year be-
fore that time. Sailor became a regu-
| lar in the last few games of the 1917
| season, and bids fair to cinch a posi-
J ton this year Larkin played cou-
| pie games at forward last year
Prescotts record shows that he
threw total of II field goals in 914
and eight field goals and five free
throws in 1917. Bentz, playing at
standing guard last year. failed to
score goal, while the year before he
| shot one field goal. Sailor scored
| one field goal in four games last year
He played his first basket ball at
| Havre.
| Promising Freshmen.
Cort Howard of Bozeman is one of
! the most promising candidates, for
| Coach Nissens team. Cort starred
| with Gallatin county high school three
| years ago at n forward position and
'as lost nine of his old class. Butter
| Driscoll, of football fame. played for
ward for the Butte high quint. winners
| " the state interscholastic champion
ship last spring, making total of 81
field goals and eight free throws dur
| ng the season. Steve Sullivan piayetf
, It guard on the Butte team last wear,
shooting 10 field goals. 1t was the
IRIS. year on che basket ball team for
| 10th players.
| Fox. who played with Missoula three
| wears ago Is out for "a good position, as
s Crouch, for three years Missoula
'igh's crack guard. Fox shot A. field
roals and made six free throws in 1915
With Missoula, while Crouch. though
Toying a guard position, WAS a fire.
luent scorer. making six field goals
asst year 10 goals in 1916 and Is in
'sls. Leahy, IA former Butte qua rd,
nd George May. who played center
OF SteEensvitie for a couple OF years.
nd later worked out with the Wiscon-
IN squad, arc also with the team.
| The Bruins last year won four
~ames and lost Ii. though they scored
total of i7s points to 4sS for their
>ppments. The uuint played it's first
ear as a member of the Northwest
onference, winning three games and
osing six. The Bruins won two games
rom Idaho. one from Whitman and
ne from the oklahoma NornaIs, and
ost four to the Montana Aggies. three
Whitman. two to Idaho. one to Ok
'ahoma and one to Washington State
oliege. In the latter game Nissen's
tuint covered itself with glory in de-
eat, given BOILERS team its biggest
care OF the year. the final score being
3 to p. Had Roy Boiler been cut
f the game. Montana would have won.
IS he scored Is points alone.
1915 Team Best.
| The 1916 team was probably the best
hat ever represented Montana State
| University, though 1t cid not have an
| opportunity To meet the Aggies Out
| If 10 games seven were Won and three
ost. the team scoring sol POINTS
'sainst PA for their opponents For
| he first time in history. Montana beat
| Washington State college at basket
ball, the score being % to u in one
| 4 the. most exciting battles ever seen
n Missouls.
In 1915, Nissen's first year as basket
,ail coach. the Bruins broke even. WIN
ng five and losing five. making total
core OF SIS points TO ESQ for their OPP
lonents. The team might just claim
he state title, as the Aggies refused
play off Il tie. after each qniat had
,een victorious in one contest. The
Srutns also played the world cham
,ion's Illinois Athletic club team OF
Chicago, being whipped. 81 Ia -.
In 1914 the Bruins won two and lost
line. making a disastrous trip into
Utah during which five games were
ost. The 1913 squad Won two games
md lost three. defeating the Agsies in
he opening clash of the year by the
score CT l9 10 10, only to lose the naxt