Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-29
Capital City Team Has
No Defense Which Can
Stop Blue and White
Crouch Eleven Uses Straight Football Whole
Game; Murphy Plays Heady Contest
at Quarter.

Falls had punted the ball well dowr
into territory and recovered by holdins
Helena for downs, Sohl tried q drop.
kick from the Is yard line. The kicl
vas blocked and Sohl recovered Line
plays brought the ball to the three
yard mark and Murphy, the slim little
quarterback, went hurtling we the
wreckage for the touchdown. SohIs
drop kick failed.
Helena got away for a spectacular
forward pass after the next kickoff
Harold Varney to Kahn, gained &C
yards and put the ball on Great Falls
10 yard line, Sohl dragging the fleet
Helena end down from behind. An
other Helena try for forward pass
was intercepted and Sohl punted
Helena put the ball into play on the
80 yeard line, where the punt had
rolled out of bounds, but chose to try
line plunges and the ball went over
A Great Falls pass, Sohl to Woodahl
and a line plunge by Murphy put the
ball On the Helena three yard mark
as the first period ended.
When the field changed, Murphy
took the ball over center again for
a touchdown. Woodahl tried to loon
around left end for the point but was
downed.
Helena Passes BeWiEder
Helena received the next kickoff
! and the bah went into PLAY on her
IS yard line. Here the Helena for
ward pass attack opened in earnest,
and the situation resembled a fourth
quarter situation with a team making
desperate passes against time. Great
Falls was beWildered, and the Red
and White completed four passes out
of six for a total of 53 yards, Erick-
son heaving the oval to Woody end
Kahn and Varney tossing aerials to
kain. a seventh attempted pass.
Erickson to Varney, fell into the hands
of the enemy, Hober int%ercepting and
running 80 yards to Helena's 40 yard
line before he was tackled. Thisted
and Woodahl were used to bring the
ball into striking distance and Woodahl
struck through left tackle for the
score. Sohrs dropkick again went
astray.
Helena could not gain following
Kickoff and puntf1. Line smashes
took the ball down and Hober went
through center for the touchdown.
Sohl's dropkick was low. Another
Great Falls kickoff was followed by
d Helena tumble. After several line
bucks here, Lowry was called around
right and fell over the line as be was
tackled. Sohl here changed TO place
ment kicking and got the first extra
point scored. Helena completed a IL
yard forward pass after the next kick
off and the half ended with the Red
and White in possession of the ball
on its own 81 yard mark.
Great Falls kicked off at the open
ing of the second half and Helena
punted from her IL yard line. Great
Falls rushed the ball to the s yard
distance and Baier crashed through for
the score between left tackle and
guard. Sohl repeated his placement
score.
Clever SIdeline Play
Great Falls used a clever play a
| few minutes later that deserved sue
cess. With the ball on Helena's 40
yard mark and close to the sideline,
the entire interference swung for a
right Off tackle play while Anderson
took the ball from the center and went it
alone through the line, straight down
the field and just inside the boundary.
Unfortunately, he stepped outside en-
route and otherwise had a touchdown
on as pretty a play as has been seen
here this year. The score was made,
howevr, a forward pass, Sohl to Low
nv being the modus operandi with Sohl
adding the point by place kick.
Helena failed to hold the ball fol-
lowing kickoff. Hober intercepting a
pass on the Helena 80 yard line and
running down the left side Of the field
for a touchdown. Varney made The
tackle just as Hober went over tn
final tape and both men were out colt
! for the next few minutes. Sohl added
his point with place kick.
Following the next Great Falls kick
off. Helena made two first downs, one
| from a Great Falls Is yard penalty
| and the other from a run around end
by Kahn on a criss cross play for ~
Yards. A forward pass netted a third
| first down and then Helena fumbled,
| recovered and punted over the goal
| line. giving Great Falls the ball or
| her 90 ward mark. as the third quar-
ter closed.
Oneslse Kick Falls
An exchange of punts gave the
ball. to Helena on Great Falls 30
yard line when Great Falls fumbled
the Helena kick. Helena here at
tempted an OnSlQe KICK. UFeaI dHS
recovering on her 2S-yard line. Jaeger
got away for a pretty 20-yard jaunt
outside left tackle by Great Falls
wass penalized Is yards on the play
for holding. Sohl then punted.
Great Falls recovered a Helena fun
bic and Thisted was picked, after
two line bucks, to take the ball around
left end and over. An attempted for
ward pass for the extra point failed:
Great Falls kicked off to Helena and
the ball was returned to the 36-yard
line. Helena here made a last minute
attempt to score by trying three for
ward passes, all Of which failed. A
punt to Great Falls 30-yard line was
returned to midfield as the game
ended.
The summary:
Great Falls (64l Helena l0)
Lowry. Woody
Baier fCapt.) ...l. t.. Varney (Capt.)
G. Anderson ....l. .Coar
olson Herman
Nj. Harris .-.....r Robertson
Thisted. ........r. Thompson
| Shaw. ......... ........... Kahn
Murphy acknowledgements owand
Hober. h. b...... Erickson
Sohl............f. b.. Harold Varney
Score. Great Falls. "a: Helena. @.