Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-27
Great Falls MiSsOuIa
Game Will Be Played
Here Thanksgiving
Rival School Principals Toss Coin in Helena;
Miles City Wants Final Game
Played in Butte.


the championship of the Northern dis
trict. Coach NJ. l.. Crouch wired Pro-
fessor Walter Scott of the School of
Mines, under whose direction the in
terscholastic play is conducted this
year, asking if the game could be
played here. He advanced as reasons
for this that Great Falls had played
a much more strenuous schedule, was
having to play an extra game, and
that Missoula was enjoying a two
weeks rest betimes.
A Reasonable Request
Although Scott had indicated that
the game would probably be on the
Missoula field, he was impressed with
the facts presented and promised to
query Missoula, putting these facts in
their possession. Scott said, Il am
convinced that Great Falls has good
ground for the request and think that
Missoula can we'll do the sportsman
like thing and accede to it."
Attempting to call the Missoula
principal Sunday morning he found
that that gentleman had left the Gar
den city and was en- route for the
State Teachers meeting in Helena.
Before reaching Principal Ketcham,
Scott stated that in case there was a
dispute he expected to toss a coin this
morning. On talking to ketcham he
found that the Missoula principal was
expecting the game to be played in
Missoula. He was also impressed
with the reasonableness of the Blue
and White request, but did not like to
take action without consulting those
directly concerned in the Garden city.
Authorized by Scott
He finally fell back on the inter
scholastic association rules, which
| state that a coin shall be tipped when
there is a disagreement as to the place
Of play. The long distance telephone
was then invoked again and Ssott's
! permission obtained for the two prin-
cipals concerned to toss the piece.
Principal Millikin being on the ground
also for the teachers confabs. The
Great Falls principal wired Coach
Crouch of the suggested settlement
and the Blue and White mentor wired
his o. k. and then sat in suspense
| waiting for q verdict. 1t finally came.
just as this morning started by the
clock. bringing with it the game for
the Great Falls gridiron. Had tails"
been the read EN- and weep, the
game would have gone to Dornblaser
fleld III MISSOURI saturday, peceH-
Der =. The game could not have been
played in the Garden city on Thanks
giving. since the State university
meets Idaho in Missoula on that date.
Final Game at Butte
1t is almost certain that the final
| game will go TO Butte. Miles City,
| winner OF the Southern Eastern elm
~inat;on game Saturday over Livingston,
has written Scott saying that the east
ern school prefers the game there. in
d"icating that they would. not be willing
to play in either Missoula or Great
Falls. So far as Great Falls is con
cerned. should the Blue and White
beat Missoula, Coach Crouch has ex-
pressed unwillingness TO go to Miles
City. Neutral ground is the answer.
and Butte the most logical. especially
since the School Of Mines viii pay full
expenses for 1S players. n coach and
the high school principal of each Of
the contending eleVens. Desirable as
such a game might be to the football
loving crowd here-and there evident
ly is one, from Saturdays record at
tendance-it is extremely doubtful
whether it could be brought to the
Earring park field.