Hellgate High School - Halberd Yearbook (Missoula, MT)

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gridiron battles Wallace With an impressive 25-0 victory over wallace, many Missoulians thought they saw in the power- ful line and the strong backfield a championship team . . . we had the flashy Madsen, whose broken-field running was a beautiful sight under Dornblaser's new lights fin their first testj . . . then there were such individual powerhouses in the line as Clawson, Dratz, and Halttunen . . . Wallace's spark-plug, Franklin, needed a cleaning and got it . . . what an opening game! Helena In their first out of town game, the Purples scored a decisive victory over the heavy Helena Bengals . . . outdistanced on the ground, the Spartans took to the air, using the Campbell to Clawson passing combination . . . Madsen, with his flashy end runs, contributed to Missoula's final 21-0 victory . . . the collapsing of the grand- stands was the feature of the game . . . this re- sulted not from an earthquake but from excess ponderosity. Butte Public Abruptly shattering the Spartan's winning streak, Butte Public, Missoula's age-old rival, scored a 26-19 victory on the home field . . . the Purples were soon giving in to Butte, but the Chinskemen retaliated brilliantly to tie the score 19-19 in the third period . . . after Missoula failed on a trick kick, Butte again took the ball and marched down the field to score the winning touchdown . . . al- though hopes were dampened, the prospects of a good season still loomed high . . . star of the game was Butte's huge, tough Naranche. Whitefish Touring to Whiteish, Missoula scored an easy victory over the Fishers . . . the Whitensh team was sadly deficient in weight . . . even the heavi- est players were overwhelmed by the giant Spar- tans . . . in spite of the weight disadvantage, I-Iileman of Whitefish repeatedly hit the Missoula line for heavy gains . . . the final gun sounded after Missoula had piled up the lopsided score of 20-0. Butte Central Coach Zupan came with a team of light foot- ballers to play the Purples on Dornblaser field . . the Maroons were ready, willing, and able, but they did not have the required umph to capital- ize on any decisive gains . . . this 20-6 defeat of Butte Central proved to be a colorless game with both teams playing below par. 22 Kalispell In the third home game, the Flathead Braves threw a tomahawk in the aerial attack of the Pur- ple team . . . led by a dusky comet, captain Mike Gibbs, the Kalispell team ran and passed their way to a 12-0 decision over an over-confident and very soon completely bewildered Missoula eleven . . . the vaunted passing attack of the Missoula team failed disastrously . . . chained lightning in the person of Mike Gibbs proved too hot for the Spartan line and secondary to handle . . . the moans of disgruntled Missoula fans could be heard from here to Kalispell, to the delirious de- light of the Flathead rooters. Great Falls Coach Chinske pulled the proverbial fast one by starting the entire second string against the raging Bisons of Great Falls . . . the Bison's rage changed to apprehension when this second team led at half-time 7-6 . . . however, failure of the lighting system during the half caused a delay of over an hour, and the inspired Bisons came back to push over 13 points in the second period . . . final score: Missoula, 75 Great Falls, 19 . . . al- though Missoula objected to the rough Great Falls' tactics and voiced the opinion that Sea- linger, Great Falls' all-state back, had been knocked out of bounds on one of his goalward jaunts, the officials disallowed the protests. Anaconda As the final gun sounded, the Spartans meted out a 19-O shellacking to the Anaconda Copper- heads on chilly November 5 under the lights at Missoula . . . Avery's sensational pass-catching contributed two of the Missoula scores-Roberts and Doug Campbell looking good in the role of passers . . . Nladsen made the third touchdown by appropriating one of Anaconda's passes and absconding with it to the goal-line 50 yards away . . . Cub Potter broke up a last quarter rally of the Copperheads by stealing three passes in quick succession . . . this game not only concluded the '37 football season for Missoula high, but also wrote finis to the high school football careers of 15 Missoula seniors.

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grid-bits Avery-all-round athlete, dis- played his football ability as a fast end. Bauer-an aggressive guard, George graduates this year. B. Campbell -- no relation to Doug, ended a successful career as a blocking back. D. Campbell-captain-elect, is generally conceded to be one of the best passers in the state. Clawson-huge Gene was the re- ceiving end of the famous Campbell to Clawson passes. Dratz-one of the best centers in the state, will be greatly missed next year. Duncan - anticipates another promising season at the tackle position. Gray-capitalizing on his unusual height, Don proved very elli- fxg I ,Tcient at snagging passes. iHallowell-a burly tackle, rated the great falls opponent team. Halttunen-proved to be anxexg cellent guard and angfkkceuent captain. Hilhnan-a promising blocker and kicker, he will take the ton-the center position was filled with much ability by this tall junior. Holfman-usually known as Bruno, Bob concluded his football career playing in the end position. X ace of Strong next season. Kirkpatrick-already a promising guard, will be a mainstay on next season's team. . sf' WN 1. . -. Lv: football Avery D. Campbell Gray Hillman Kirkpatrick Bauer B. Campbell Dratz Duncan Hallowell Halttunen Hinton . Hoffman Jim! 'S ff J iff! J , bij H , , Vi rl u ff'-fi Lf! J LAL