The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-11-16
ANACONDANS
TAKE STATE
TITLE, l4-O
COpperhead Backs Score Twice
In Hard Fought Game
with Glasgow
Winners Hold A Champion
ship for Second Year; Will
Meet Billings

Glasgow high school lost to Ana
conda high school, 14-0, in the state
A title football game on the field
here Saturday night before a crowd
of $500. 1t was a hard fought con-
test, as statistics demonstrate, and
the Scots gave their tough oppon-
ents few breathing spells.
Anaconda has challenged Billings,
runner-up in the state AA race, and
will meet the BroncS at Anaconda
this week end. Winner of this game
will play MiSsoula Thanksgiving
day for the Montana AA title.
Rugged line play by both teams
featured the game here, with the
driving Copperhead backs bringing
an edge for the visitors. Anaconda
got its first score late in the first
period. starting from the Glasgow
81 and aided by a 15-yard pass inter-
ference penalty. Midway through
the third, Gallagher, Doran and
Miles alternated in bruising line
smashes to march all the way from
the anaconda 40 to paydirt.
Recover tumble
Glasgow's break came on the kick
off when an Anaconda back fumoled
and Joe Luckman recovered for the
Scots ON the Copperhead 81. In three
line smaShes, Joe Fey made 1t first
down on the Anaconda 81, blu on
the next play a Glasgow tumble
was recovered by Normand OF Ana
con6a on his own II. Two plays
brought slight gain and the VS.
itors kicked, only to have the ball
iuggled in midfield, where Anaconda
recovered.
After one 1S-yard gain on a cut
back. a clipping penalty set the
Anacondans back and then Burt
Mann picked up another bobbled
ball on the Glasgow 43. /
II was after another exchange oil
kicks that Anaconda headed for a
score. Cordial's reverse went II
yards to the Glasgow SO. Gallagher
lost 3 at right tackle. One pass was
wide. Then interference was ruled
on another long toss, advancing the
ball 20 the Scot %. Two plays
brought a gain of 2 yards, then a
Gallagher-C Cordial pass gained IL
yards and gave the Copperheads a
frs. down OIL the Glasgow 8. Ana
conds was penalized 5 yards for off
side. Then Doran hit right end for
6 yards. Miles failed to gain. at
center. but Gallagher drove hard
over right tackle to goal. Miles
punched center for the extra point.
Glasgow Runs Ball
Neither team got within scoring
distance the second quarter, with
GLASGOW having the offensive edge.
Just before halftime, the Scots ran
off TWO first downs with Holland
and Luckman making gains.
After receiving the second hall,
Glasgow ran three plays and kicked
to the Anaconda 81 with a return
to the 40. 1t was from there that
the visitors drove to score with
three backs doing the rushing, a
whitening attack through the Glas-
cow line. With first and goal on the
GLASGOW 1-yard line, Gallagher
smashed over left guard. Miles
placekick was between the uprights
for extra point and it was 14-0.
Twice in the fourth period, the
Scots started rolling from their W
territory. The first time. with
Center-fullback Ole Hammerness
and Cole doing most of the packing.
GLASGOW ran the ball from their
own Is to the 40. There a Glasgow ,
pass was intercepted. Anaconda was =,
stopped twice at the line, but a )
Miles-Doran pass put the ball on {
the Glasgow 20. Two more line +
olays failed. then Joe Luckman z
IAN over fast and intercepted a :
C%opperhead toss on his own 20. One 6
GLASGOW pass was short, the next, @
rom Holland to Porter was good for {
/. Glasgow ran the ball again to its n
,wn 20 before it was forced to kick. f
The game ended soon after.
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