Idaho at Montana

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  The daily star-mirror, October 18, 1923, page 1

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  ALL MOSCOW and UNIVERSITY READY FOR “. S. C. GAME; STORES TO CLOSE The University of Idaho will send more than $500 Vandal supports to Pullman Friday for the annual foot on Rogers field. All Moscow stores will close for the afternoon. Idaho’s team will be ready for the Cougars and Idaho supporters are confident of victory. The confidence of the Idaho crowd was Jared Thursday, however, by the announcement that “Syb” Kleffner, halfback and end, would be unable to play on account Of injuries. Coach Mathews will send in his strongest team and the Vandals expect hard, close-fought game. Coach Mathews would make no pre-game statement and the players are not saying thing. Idaho students are optimistic, however, but what little betting is being done in Moscow is being done on an even money basis. Kleffner’s Loss Hurts The loss of “Syb” Kleffner will be felt He probably would have start no lineup has been announced but Vesser or Kinnison will play fullback Fitzke, Davis or Cameron will be at the halfback positions, Stivers or Davidson at quarterback, in the back fled. Nelson Vesser, Huefner or Reamer will play ends, and Hausen, Quinn, Marker or W. L. Fiat” Stephems, will play tackle positions. Dusty Kline will play center and Buckin and Taper viii probably play guards. Abe Goff and Ray Stephens may be called to the cent of the line as guards or center. Student enthusiasm will reach it’s height Thursday night in the annual Pullman game rally. Freshmen, busy in spare hours for the past week in gathering wood will touch off an enormous bonfire just prior to the arrival of Idaho students in serpentine formation. Speeches will be | given by President A. H. Upham, Coach Mathews, Talbot Jennings, | president of the student body, sever al prominent students and number Of Idaho graduates including former football stars. CO-eds to Parade Idaho co-eds will parade through fraternity houses and mems dormi tories earlier in the evening or dur ing the dinner hour and will later Join with the mems serpentine at the Fairgrounds in the pre-game celebraion More than $500 people are expected % arrive on the special train being ‘un from Moscow. The train will stop At the foot Of the w S. @. campus md depart from the same point The rain leaves at 1 o’clock and returns It $50, after the game. Idaho sup ,orters will be seated in the bleach RS on the north side of the field. Tickets for the game are being sold at Terry’s. Idaho’s crack pep band of 5 pieces will accompany the crowd. Cougars are Heavier Washington State College will prob IDLY have a decided advantage in weight, which will be considerable dvantage if Rogers field is muddy , ‘riday afternoon. The fact that Washington State has been most sue : essful in the past 25 years of foot , all relations is not of serious conequence to Idaho players and sup ! orters. The w. S. G. game is the big : anne for Idaho and the Vandals will ! e prepared to fight to a finish. 7 Idaho in two games played this ! eason has been successful, winning ‘om the College of Idaho, S3 to 0, and lie University of Montana, 40 to 0. 9 Opens Coast Schedule :. = The game marks the opening of :, lie Pacific Coast conference football ! ! ,hedule. Washington State has won :, ON Idaho for eight years in regu- ! r college games. Idaho’s S. A. T. G. 6 am won from the w. S. c. army h even in 1918, but the game has not i zen considered in the regular stand g between the two institutions. . The last time that an Idaho eleven !, on from the Cougars was in 1913, = hen Jim Lockhart drop-lzicked Idaho = to a 80 victory from the 35-yard ne. Last year Idaho players were “ asters for three quarters only to Sc the game in the last quarter.

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Idaho leads 39–⁠22–⁠1 in 62 meetings, counting the 58 since this game.