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

section were Butte Central, Dillon,
kalispell, Butte, Stevensville and Hell
ena. All of these schools had seasons
which were somewhat disappointing
due to various conditions which pre-
vailed. Butte Central. under Steve
Sullivan, crack back at the Montana
State university, started out with a
green line and an experienced back
field. The loss of Meglen who became
of age in midseason, deprived the Cath
olics of O sterling punter and Splinter
and broke up Sulliyan's combination,
after which the eleven found the going
more difficult. Central gave Great
Falls her hardest early game, losing
by the narrow margin of a field goal.
10 to Z. Later 90 ties were played
with Dillon, Anaconda and Butte and
a final contest with Anaconda was lost
1916, this result being partly due to
the absence of Keyes from the lineup,
a halfback who stood out in all the
other battles.
This year the Central athletic direc-
tors set out to live down the reputation
the school had earned for lax enforce
ment Of the scholastic rules and won
much comm endation for their sports
manship and clean play. Butte high,
always a feared contender in football,
along with Great Falls, Missoula, Bill
lings and several other of the large
schools, was very hard hit by the new
eight semester ruling which went into
effect last fall, preventing the use of
men who had been in attendance eight
semesters. Harry Dahlberg, q former
Butte and state university tackle of
note, came from Hamilton to assume
the coaching job. and did well consider
ing the inexperience of the men with
whom he had to work. Early victories
were won over Bozeman, Dillon and
Stevensville. Then Missoula, in a see
saw contest in Butte, won out, 20-15,
and the season was done as far as
championships were concerned. The
season wound up with defeats by Great
Falls and Billings and a tie game with
Butte Central in a great battle which
drew an attendance Of over 1000 spec
tators. Next year with a nucleus of
trained lads on hand Dahlberg should
make a record with more victories.
Dillon and StevensyiiIe
Dillon and S%tevensville which both
started out with hopes Of finishing
well towards the top in the state race
because each had excellent material on
hand wound up as disappointments.
The Beaverhead fans can blame the
failure of their eleven on one or two
stars who refused to train properly
and on a coach who wished to be
popular and allowed his men to do as
they wished. Nearly every game played
saw Dillon gaining u first half lead
which was lost in the second half be- |
cause the men could not stand the
pace. At that it was probably the best
team Dillon has had and deserves
credit for having both a strong defense
and n sturdy defense. Beaverhead lost
to Butte, the champion Idaho Falls, |
Idaho. team, and to the Montana State
freshmen, tied with Butte Cen
trail and Anaconda, and won from
Whitehall and Twin Bridges.
Stevensville, as has been her custom
the past few years, cleaned up the
championship Of the Bitter Root valley
by downing Darby and Hamilton. Early
in October Coach Babcock's lads lost
to Missoula, or rather to Kelly of
Missoula, 30-6, after leading col
three quarters. In the final
ten minutes Kelly broke away for runs
which resulted in five ~touchdowns, in
it's way almost a record in the annals
Of Montana football. Later the Bitter
Rooters were overwhelmed by Ana
ronda $3.50 showing no ability to stop
The smashing and varied offense the
Smelterites developed In November.
Kalsspell, for the third successive