Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-29

Helena high fell a victim to the on
slaught of the Blue and White eleven
| Saturday afternoon at Earring park,
losing 81 to O.. The heavy Great Falls
! team had no trouble in gaining ground
with straight football, and resorted to
| the aerial route only for diversion at
times. Hober, Sohl, Woodahl, Ander-
son and Jaeger all had plenty Of chance
to carry the ball as backs, and
| Quarterback Murphy called Baier and
Thisted on tackle around plays at reg
ular intervals. e..
Murphy started as quarter and went
the whole route, running his team with
admirable smoothness, using his head
on plays, and keeping the Blue and
| White backfield on the jump through
| out the game. He was used to save
| Charters, who has a leg a bit off. and
| Coach Crouch can be thankful for
| posse ssing a quarterback nearly if not
altogether as good as his first string
man.
Helena had no adequate defense
against the Great Falls line smashing
offensive. nor were the backs usually
stopped until the secondary defense
was reached. Early in the game
Murphy located a weak link in the left
side of the Helena line and kept drlv-
ing plays through a hole which was
never plugged.
Good Helena Passes
Helepa's only offensive was on for
ward passes. Here the inexper1ence of
the Blue and White showed up, the
wide spread formation used by Helena
for masses allowing them to complete
nine ont of 10 attempted. 1t was not
until the second half that Great FANS
linemen had the urge to rush the
nasser to break up the play and the
defansive backs covered properly. Once
Great Falls got used to the Helena
formation. the locals settled down ana
the Helena passes ceased 20 .pe
dangerous. several of them beng IN
Great Falls made a total OF 30
wards to Helena's 90, but D OF the
Helena total was made by 1oT"aLo
masses and therein is revealed me
failure of Helena to gain ground IN any
other way. Great Falls made double tue
f;rst downs. registering IS to s for
the Red and White. Sohi had Inc ne
better of the punting. averaging ~
Yards on four kicks. while Harold
yarney for Helena got but = yards
average out of a half dozen. Sohl had
no luck with his dropkicks. much OF the
fault being with poor passes from
Alison. and resorted to placements Tor
the uoint following touchdown, with a
pleasing reversal of results.
Coach Grant Hess of Helena team
had the poor grace to rush out onto
the field on several occasions and
mingle with the players. a bad proceed
ing for any mentor n one Wfleh
ought TO have brought at least a repr1-
mand from the officials, If not serious
penalty.
Quite a delegation of Helena rooters
was on the sidelines and supporting
the Red and White. Three Great Falls
cheerIeaders in blue and white clown
suits made a colorful display in front
of the high cheering section. A notice.
able Improvement was the absence OF
a crowd of camp followers running up
and down the field on the stands sec
ton of the field.
Baier Makes First Score
The trend of the game was evident
shortly after the initial kickoff. Great
Falls took the ball straight down the
field in quick march time and Captain
Baier swung around outside of right
tackle for the first touchdown. Straight
line bucks and tackle around plays
were used to take the ball from mid
field. Sohl's drop kick went to the left
Of the bar.
A few minutes later, after Hober had
intercepted a Helena pass, and Great