The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-09-23
Libby Terriers
Open Season

The Libby High School Terriers
open the conference football sea
son against the Columbia Falls Wild
cats in Columbia Falls on Saturday
afternoon, September Is The Ter
riers have been preparing for the
season the last three weeks under
the able direction Of Coach Ken
meth Card. Card a Montana State
College graduate has been drilling
the boys very hard on badly needed
| fundamentals and the T formation.
This year will bc the first time
that Libby teams have used the T
formation. Coach Card has a big
rebuilding job to do in order to
field strong team this year The
boys who turned out for football
this year were lacking in funda-
mentals and game experience Only |
one letterman of two years ago re- |
mains in school. Others on the squad |
were out last year and no games /
were played. Game experience is
very essential in building a foot
ball team The Terriers may be
slow in starting the season but
with game or two under their
belts the Libbyites Will be a hard
team to beat Little is known re-
garding the strength of the Colum- p
bla Falls team but it is believed j
that the Wildcats viii field a strong
cr team this year than in the past
due to the increased enrolment in {
the Columbia Falls school The en- !
rollment in Columbia Falls is larger
than that Of the Libby High school /
and the Wildcats should have 3
larger squad from which to pick s
4 starting lineup Coach Card has
lot Indicated who will compose the
starting lineup for the Terriers in J
Columbia Falls. Three boys who '
we're almost certain to start have i
)een ruled ineligible for this week t
Tue to poor work in studies. These 9
'oys should be ready next week
providing they hit the books and
atch up in their studies The squad I
making the trip To Columbia Falls b
will be chosen from the following g
oys centers, Bob Conn and LLOYD p
1ldyett, guards. Don Darsow. Art v
'olette Allen Engle, Don Dolezal. n
larry Read, Ray Dedic and Paul /
'eccafi; tackles Eugene Hamann.
ill Smart, Don Shea, Bob DeRosia T
nd Alan Sherman ends. Dean p
iadison Keith Walsh Hugh Swim b
~, Bill Lamey and Don Curre: d
uarterback Bob Potter and Har- il
ld Gompf. halfbacks Bill Luschcr {,
-cne Hamln Richard Bacth b
oyer SWItzer and All Ayers. fun n
ack, Bob Volkenand and Dale =
homson Card expects TO take %
layers and a manager TO Columbia +,
allS for the game
On the following Saturday Oct.
the Terriers have a game tenta- A
vely scheduled with the Flathead .
eserves in Kalspell No confirma-
on has been received todate on
us game however The first game n
II the Terriers at home is against NJ
nc traditional rivals the Lincoln al
ounty High School Lions from in
ureka on Saturday, October Q. The fl
Ill schedule is listed below ST
Sept 25 Columbia Falls at Colum- NJ
ia Falls; Oct 2-Flathead Reserves te
Kalispell tentative; Oct g. ii
lincoln County High at Libby, Oct s.
j-Whitefish High at Libby; Oct c
}-Polson at Poison; Oct 29-Ro- to
an at Libby; Nov 5-Bonners
cry Ida, at Libby S;
It is hoped that the field lights II
i'll be completed in the very near p
lture so that some or all of the fl
ames may be played under the Il
ghts r,