Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-12-24

| declSiVely. IhPSe cams Sflotiln rank ii
the order in which they are named
The FIatheaders had a heavy, fast line
a speedy. tricky backfield, and an un
usually good quarterback in Bessey. Al
fair minded sportsmen regret tina
Kalispeli is so located that it is diff
ficult for them to meet the stronger
elevens in the western district reg
ularly. AS it is there is always {
| question just how good the teams il
that section really are. Probably an
other year will see Missoula or Great
Falls on k%alispel's schedule and Their
there will be IA better opportunity tc
judge the Fathead quality of play. Witt
an attendance of over 600 students anG
much fine material it should be pos,
sibie to turn out good e~leyens provided
the men could be given the necessary
competition to bring out their ability
Coach Grant Hess at Helena had to
develop nearly an entire new team,
considering which his lads did not do
SO poorly. He also had difficulty lining
up a good schedule. Helena lost de-
cisively to Great Falls and to Missoula,
gave Anaconda q harder though losing
fight, and won from Deer T4odge,
Boulder, and Mt. st. Charles Academy.
The last three named did not ATTEMPT
much in the way of schedules and
failed to make much of a showing.
Great Falls Best In North
Up in the northern district Great
Falls had things pretty much her own
way except for Harlowton and Lewis
town. Neither of the latter were in
quite the same class with the runner
up for the championship. The Fergus
county high eleven ut Lewistown came
along slowly but managed to end the
year with but two defeats, one by
Harlowton and the other by Great
Falls. The most satisfactory contest
of the season for Fergus was the 90
tie with Billings. Coach Day had Il
few of the men back who were promin-
ant on the 1921 machine but failed TO
find enough new material to replace
the men who were lost. Next to the
three schools named should be ranked
Fort Benton. The Chouteau county
team did not attempt a heavy SEIZED
ule and steered clear of hard competi-
ton but succeeded in cleaning up the
lesser opponents along the high line
and as far as | can learn, ended up
without ii defeat. ~IIavre, Big Sandy,
Stanford, Winnett, Belt, judith Gap,
Geraldine and several other schools
maintained elevens but showed no
very great strength. Big Sandy being
the best.
The teams of the southern district,
aside from Billings and Livingston,
were rather below the average. Liv-
ingston has a right to rejoice over
their season because in the second
year of football after 10 years or so
of banning the game the Park team
won the district honors. The deciding
was evidently the one with
Billings which Joe Bush's men won
II to II. Bozeman was rather easily
troumced, as was Belgrade, Whitehall,
the only other strong team in the sec
ton, had n game listed with Park but
was first postponed because of a
blizzard and later called off entirely
after Whitehall dropped her contest
with Bozeman.
GaiIatin Still In Slump
The GalIatin county high aggrega-
ton continued in a slump which has
lasted ever since their 1917 eleven won
the state championship. Just why a
better team cannot be whipped togeth-
nr is a puzzle to outsiders. Whitehall
did not seem to be up to her 1921
standard probably because Of the loss
Of material. Worden, Roundup, Col
umbus. Twin Bridges and one or two
more schools In the district had teams
but sent In no report. The failure of
Big Timber and Red Lodge to take up