Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-30
Photo by Ileyn & hcerey
CARL THISTED. Tackle

Northern ana western ulStflcl
champions meet at Earring park this
afternoon at $50 when Great Falls
and Missoula play for er-district
honors and the chance to oppose Miles
City for the 1922 state inter-scholastic
championship next week.
1t was on the same field a year ago
that Missoula beat the Blue and White
out of the state title by q scant 3 to
0 result and the Crouch eleven is out
TO retrieve this defeat this afternoon.
Coach NJ. l.. Crouch of the Great
FaIls team is predicting nothing for
his blue-clad jerseys except that they
will be in the game 10 win if fight
can turn the trick. We are having
to start without Fritz Anderson at end
this week" he says. and this brings
down the weight ins the line. as also
does the substitution of Jenny for
Mike Harris at guard. Anderson
was hurt in the Harlowton game last
Saturday. Although his injuries are
not serious, the coaches are not will
ing to take any chances. This is the
first injury Of the season which has
kept a Great Fails man out of the
game the following week.
Equally non-committal was Coach
Miller's statement regarding the Pur-
pie and Gold chances. I'VE are not
talking about winning tomorrow, but
we are over here to pat mp the hardest
fight possible" was his comment.
With a dry field and a dry ball, we
will not be at 30 much disadvantage
because of the difference in weight
Coach Miller arrived at 800 We'd
nesday night with a squad of II and
immediately repaired to the Hotel
Rainbow. where he slowed his team
away for a nights rest as Dol as pos
sibIe. Two of the squad. Spencer, a
are on the injured list and canno be
used this afternoon.
Blue and White Heavier.
The Blue and White lineup for this
afternoon averages slightly beneath
153 pounds, while Missoula's starting
combination averages 14S, a difference
Of five pounds.
The field should be in the best of
shape for the game. After the fall of
snow Wednesday, two scrapers were
put on the gridiron and all the. snow
cleared. This morning the city street
sweeper will finish the job, so that Il
muddy playing ground is an impos-
slbility. In addition to this, the stands
will be cleared of snow. this 10 insure
comfort for the big holiday crowd
which viii be pushing back from the
turkey and fixins in time to get to
Earring park before Referee Steve
Sullivan sounds the blast which sets
- jerseyed athletes in full flight.
The ticket sale at the high school
has exceeded even last week and if at
tendance comedies with the expressed
interest in the game. a new record is
promised for this afternoon. Last
Saturday paid admissions were in ex-
cess of LOO, and the crowd record
ed as 200 at a conservative esti-
mate. The grounds are in such condi-
ton that the small boy and the indi-
vidual who begrudes the school his ad-
mission have no trobule in gaining ad-
mission.
The football to be used this after
noon is donated by the Murphy-Ma-
clay Hardware company and the XII
wants club. and viii be dropped nto
the gridiron at midfield from the air
just before it is needed. ST. Lynch
will repeat his gift of the ball from
the wing of Harold T. Vance's plane
as the aviator flies low over the field.
Streamers with the contending teams
coIors will decorate the ball, and the
portent Of the game may be read ac-
cording to which side of midfield the
ball comes to rest.
The entire student body will meet at
the court house at LILO this after
noon to fall in behind the band at
1870 and march to the field. In ad-
dition to the band, the high school
jazz purveyors will be on hand in their
truck bandstand for the afternoon.
Although football predictions are
most apt TO go astray, as this season
has shown in so many cases, Great
Falls ought to win. can the Blue and
White display the same brand of the
game as against HarIowton. Last Sat
urday the play was of collegiate cali
Der and only a meticulous techinician
would have found much to his dislike.
Kelly Missouia Star !
Quarterback Kelly is rated as the
particular Iuminary of the Garden city
eleven. He has been all state quar-
terback for two years and is playing
his last season now, together with
nearly all the visiting team. 1t was he
who flashed through the entire Butte
team to reap a 20 to - win over the
Mining city eleven this year and he
will bear watching this afternoon. In
the only game which Missoula has lost.
tn lewis and Clark high of Spokane.