Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-02-28
COMPLETE PLANS
FOR STATE EVENT
Reed Assigns Teams for Opening
Play in High School Basket
Ball Tournament.
OMAHA TO COMBAT DODGE
nr LAMEs n. LAWnENCE.

NY JAMES ~. LAWRENCE.
LINCOLN. Feb. 15.-(Spccial)--Results
OF drawing for the first found Of climina-
ton IN the state high school basket ball
tournament. March 10, n. Y and IL. the
assignment OF teams IN divisions aud all
of the remaining arrangements for the
biggest event in high school athletic
circles we're completed by Manager Guy
T.. Reed today. In accordance with pre-
liminary plans, Reed arranged for two
divisions, with the teams of the larger
town in one and those OF the smaller in
Glass b.
Glass a consists OF twenty-five teams
and the games start In the university
armory at > O'Clock Thursday afternoon
The teams In this class have been picked
on tho basis Of the seasons records. the
number of boys In the high school, the
size OF the city and the records made by
them In past tournaments. The losers Of
each match ON the fret round win go
into Glass G OF the consolation tourna-
mcnt
Omaha In Class 4.
These are the tepms which Reed as
placed In the first or Glass a division:
Lincoln, wibcr. Oakdale. Geneva, Broken
Bow Beatrice. Hardy, Pierce. Platts-
mouth. Columbus, Nebraska city, Hast
inEs, crete, stanton south omaha.
Auburn. P,aiuvicw; Kearney Omaha,
Dodge, University Place, Merna. Central
city, Scotts' Bluff and York.
/ The committee had little more diff
flculty In making up it's Class d division,
which contains many fast fives and
which win start playing Wednesday even
ing In both the armory and tho chapel
| The loser in the first round of Glass r
will be transferred to Glass c, there to
| fight out the consolation tournament
These are the teams in class b Elmwood,
Ainsworth, Seward, Wymore, Shelton,
liimball, Friend, Wahoo, Hampton,
Genoa, Hebron. Madison, Creighton,
Bethany Alexandria, harrington. Falls
city; West Point, Osceola, Pawnee City,
Harvard, Arlington. Cozard, Minden,
Fullerton. Hnvelock, Arnold. Nearney
Military academy, Newman Grove.
Papillion. Fairmont. Lexington, Chadron,
Ohiowa, De Witt. Humboldt, Stromsburg.
Kenesaw, Ravenna, Ewing and Exeter.
The committee In charge of the general
tournament includes Dick Rutherford,
Harold Corey and Hal Charlesworth.
Bud lSearns will have charge of the Glass
e games or consolation tournament The
prizes for Class A and Glass will be
exactly the Same except for engraving.
Large silver cups will so to the cham
pions OF each division, with a pennant for
the runners-up and bronze medals for the
members OF the championship five The
awards in the consolation tournament
r win be the same as last season.
. Following Is the schedule for the first
; round Of elimination as arranged by the
q committee and announced by Manager
0 Reed
= CLASS a.
I Division III lincoln vs. wllber: 2
Broken Row. s. Beatrice vs.. Hardy 6
r Pierce vs.. Plattsmouth; Z. Columbus
!. u,yel s. Nebraska city vs. Hastings
Division 81, Crete VS.. Stanton; .
I Plainview VS. Kearney; S, Omaha VS.
A Dodge; 8, University Place VS.. Merna; Z
Central City (Bye) S, scottS Bluff VS.
D sswSra i " E 2TMOSS vs. Ellsworth
( kimhall; e.. (Bye); e. Friend VS.. Wahoo
q SBye); q Hampton vs.. Geneva; 5
Division 2--l. Hebron VS.. Madison, .
/ (Byel; Q, Creighton VS. Bethany: & Hiex
andria vs.; Harrington; s, Falls City VS.
west Point; g. (Bye) Z Osccola VS.
rf piyIs,oD city HHe Ivn vs.. Arlington.
Fullerton VS.. HaVelock; 3, CBye1: I
Arnold W.. Kearney Military Academy;
! newman Grove VS. Papllllon: g. (Bye1
p pfStirmont vs Lexington; 5 GBye)
ohiowa: g. CBye); I. Dewitt us. Ord.
6 tBye); g. Humboldt VS. Stromsb,IrS. !
b hhe sn, vs. Ravenna; s. Ewing vs.