The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-03-03

Half q dozen teams loom as danger
Gus contenders for first place In the
state basketball tournament at Living-
ston, which win begin next Wednesday.
Helena. until last year a consistent til
tle-winner. has ono Of the best teams
that ever represented the capital city
high school. while Big Timber. Billings.
Boseman. Fort Benton, Missoula, Liv-
all be contendern in what Is expected to
be the most desperately fought tourney
ever staged In the state.
The Missoula quint. despite the fact
that It has met defeat in six OF the II
games played. has an equal chance with
any team with the exception of Hele-
ma, in the belief OF those who have seen
the Garden City boys play at top form.
II Garrison's quint drops into one OF
the frequent slumps with which the
team has been affected during the past
few weeks at intervals, It viii not place,
even. but with every man on the team
In condition to do himself justice. the
opposing quints will have a hard time
keeping the Missoula boys down.
| The Garden city team has defeated
| Hamilton. Corvallis twice Butte and
Dillon. and in turn has been whipped
by Anaconda twice. Helena. Great Falls
| Dillon and Hamilton. Missoula has
scored total of ESQ points. including
exactly 100 field goals and IS free
throws. as against 2s2 points rolled up
by their opponents.
I Helena Undefeated.
Coach Thomas Helena team has
practiced together since last Septem-
Der, though the team did not engage in
any interscholastic contests until the
district tournament was staged, on ae-
count of the quarantine which has
proved n great arfliction to high school
basket ball teams in the state during
the past winter. Helena has four men
from last Year, ,Iorgcnson. Barbour
| Mapes and Cain, together with Davis, 4
new forward. who has displayed ahili
~ on IL par with that of his team
mates.
Coach Oft Romney at Billings has q
team which has repeatedly defeated
CUNTS IN the central part of the state
victories over Big Timber, Great Fall.
and Livingston being among the fore
most achievements of the Sugar Cit,
boys. billings has two fast forwards
in Morton and Bowman and a fin
guard in Aigeo and must be reckone,
among the top notchers In the inter
scholastic basket ball field.
= Big Timber Dangerous.
The Sweetgrass county high schoo
! nT oh
+ suddenly as the dark horse of the stat
y tournament, once carrying away tn
honors, and being handed a two poir
. defeat by Helena after n most desper
. ate battle in another tourney, is prob
% ably Helena's most dangerous opponen
u Big Timber has defeated Bo2eman
J. heavy quint, has whipped Livingsto
. twice and Townsend once and has VIC
other victories from various teams. il
lone defeat having been sustained
the hands of Billings, IS to 81. II
Colvin brothers and Sandsness are Il
mainstays Of the Big Timber bunch
V| The fast. husky five representa-
Gallatin county high OF Bozeman whit
last year gave Butte a hard battle f
~ state honors, Is also very much in Il
nd running. The Bozeman boys play
in rough and tumble game. the team he'll
X composed entirely of the husky foe
ball stars who won the state gridir
i'll title last year, Machemer. McDons
and Kirk being among the mainstays
ur the aggregation. Bozeman has down
ny Butte. Billings. Anaconda and Dill,
let and has been defeated by Butte. In
game played in the Purple and VII
L. gym.
| The chouteau county high sch