Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-17
FORMER HIGH
PLAYER STARS
FOR CONZAGA
Matt Bross Leads i'm Dazzling
Offensive Against w. S. C..
Saturday.
Special to The Tribune.

Special TO Inc ITIDuHe'
Spokane, Washington, Oct. 16.-I
The name of Matt Bross, of Great
Falls, is on the lips of every football
fan in eastern Washington today, fol-
lowing the sensational playing of
Bross as right halfback on the Con
zaga university Bulldog eleven that
Saturday Afternoon fought the famous
Washington State college Cougars to
a s~tandstill. losing by a 1917 score
when Hickey of w. S. G. booted a
goal from placement. Saturdays game,
played in the new 100000 Gonzaga
album here. is being spoken of as
one of the greatest football battles in
the history of football in the north
| west. for the Gonzaga eleven, of I'm
| known ability. suddenly came to the
| fore against the w. S. c. eleven and
| outplayed them in every department
| of the game. The outcome of the game
is easily analyzed-Gonzaga scored by
end runs and forward passes from her
own 40-yard line while w. s. G..
| scored through an intercepted pass and
a place kick.
But Bross stands out as one of the
| stellar performers of the game. Coach
| Charles f. Dorais, (Notre Dame), the
Gonzaga mentor, held the little Great
| Falls PLAYER on the bench throughout
| the first quarter. Then. after W. S. G.
intercepted a Gonzaga pass and con-
verified it into a touchdown, with the
score 10 against Gonzaga. Coach
Dorais gave the word for Bross to
replace Clarity at right half. The en-
trance of Bross into the game was the
signal for the beginning of a dazzling
offensive campaign. Starting on their
own 40-yard line, the GOnzaga Bull
dogs rushed towards the goal. On the
first play Bross slipped through left
tackle for eight yards-side-stepping
CAPTAIN Ford Dunton, w. s. G.. all
northwest tackle. A forward pass from
Stockton to Needles for Gonzaga net
ted - yards. Bross circled left end
for five yards.
Gets a Is Yard Pass
On the next play Bross brought
5000 people to their feet cheering
when he pulled a Is yard pass from
the air. with Hickey of w. s. c.
clutching at his feet for the tackle
that brought him down. The ball was
now on Washington States five yard
line and the air was rent with the
pleas of 600 Maroon and Gray rooters
TO keep the Bulldogs from a touch
down. But the Blue and White machine
was moving with speed and precision.
Lining up quickly they tore into the
Washington State line while Bross
weayed through the center of the mass,
r~aining three yards. On the next play
Stockton took the ball and circled
right end for the touchdown. He
kicked goal.
Throughout the second and third
charters Bross was the favorlte OF the
crowd. and the most dangerous mar
that w. s. C.. had to contend with.
Rross played on the Great Falls high
team last year and was known for Q
fast man, but since he came TO Con
zaga Coach Dorais has taught him the
tricks of shifty running that made him
Dorais. an all-American quarterback
BrOss wormed. lodged. weaved anc
circled the Cougar line for long gains.
The Washington Skaters realized nm
for n dangerous man and in the third
quarter when Rross was tackled, he
yas iarked off his feet with a thud
and two ". s. G. linemen pounded
down on top of him. Bross was II
conscious for several moments, while
no crowd cheered him. He staggered
to his feet and was helped to walk
about, In another moment the plucky
little Montana grabbed his helmet anG
nut it on his head. while he was still
r~ropgv. The stands rocked with the
Cheers of the crowd for the nerve
Bross was showing.
An Ovation From Crowd
But Bross was all in-for thai
game. And after several plays Clarity
went in to take his place. Bross CRIED
on the shoulder of Captain Nicl
Busch. as they led him from the field
and the crowd gave him a standing
ovation.
Rross is showing up as a grea'
player. He is 1.-THE as n young girl
he is not heavy nor excessively fast
but Dorais has found him to be ma
teriai for a shifty-runnng halfback, II
the first game of the season, agains
the College Of Puget Sound in Ia
coma, Bross contributed to the 35-(
victory by twice worming through
broken fields for 50-yard runs Il
: ~touchdowns.