Great Falls tribune., 1922-03-11

/ Bozeman, March 1O.-The semi finals
in the annual state high school basket
ball tournament will be played here
! Saturday morning, with Missoula, Bea.
verhead, Darby and Sweet Grass in line
! for the championship play. and with
Havre. Billings, Forsyth and the win
ner of the Helena Custer game Sat
urday in line for place. Prizes go te
the first eight places.
Fridays games brought some thrill,
ing scenes for the spectators in the
state college gymnasium. Missoula
continued in line for the champion
ship by defeating Great Falls. 20 to Is
in an extra period Of play, while Darby
! staged enough sensational passing to
eliminate Helena % to 20. Beaver
head also remained in the counting for
| final honors. putting Havre away. Is to
IL. Sweet Grass is still a champion
| ship prospect by victory Of "a to IL
over Custer.
The night games were losers games
played by teams that had lost in morn
ing or afternoon matches. Billings
took game from Manhattan. q to 13,
,, and Havre defeated Great Falls. Ii
to 8. after holding Great Falls score
less in the first half. Forsyth took a
hot game from Gallatin, II to 16. This
morning Gallatin eliminated Flathead
20 to 10.
Fine Basketball Exhibition
The defeat of Great Falls by Havre
was q fine exhibition Of basketball,
with both teams doing stellar guard
ing. Shaw, Great Falls guard. was able
to play but few minutes, having an
injured tendon that kept him from NOV
ing about the floor freely. Gonser could
not connect for Great Falls until the
final few minues of play, Mayer and
Schroeder won for Havre. Mayer by
three long shots and Schroeder helping
with five free throws. In the first half
Havre made five points and Great
the first time in the tournament that
team has been held scoreless in any
half. Mcdonald and O'Brien did great
guarding for Havre.
Forsyth nosed Gallatin out after the
lead had alternated between the two
teams eight times. The final score
was II to 16. with the teams both
battling hard for extra points at the
gun. Gallatin had the lead by two
points at the end Of the half and came
back strong in the second. Forrand,
Forsyth forward. had been unable to
get the ball into the hoop in the first
nAlf Dut IN the second Cnecke0 Win
two pretty shots, Hartwig adding two
more to win the game.
Billings Defeats Manhattan
Billings and Manhattan played an
even game in the first half. the score
being one point in Billings favor at
the second start. Near the end of the
last half. Barney and Wilson cut loose
for three baskets each. Manhattan was
unable to stop the Billings forwards
when they once got started on their
scoring streak Smith. tall negro guard
for Manhattan. again staged some SEN
sationa] jumping, once jumping up to
the basket and knocking out Of the
hoop a ball that had started to fall
through. The goal was allowed to
Billings because it had moved more
than half way into the ring. White
was the point maker for Manhattan.
The college gymnasium was packed
for the games. Space for the cham
pionship games Saturday night, and the
semi finals Saturday morning was sold
out Friday evening with scores of re-
quests for extra tickets coming in dur
ing the late evening.
Saturday afternoon the basketball
players will rest while extemporaneous