The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-02-28
DRAWINGS MADE
FOR TOURNAMENT
Miller Must Play Elimination Game
With the Canning Team AT
10 A. NJ. Thursday

With the Canning Team AT
10 A. NJ. Thursday
Drawings for the seventh district
basket ball tournament to be held
mere March s and z, were made on
Tuesday, Miller drawing an elimina-
tion game with the Canning team at
ten o'clock Thursday the opening day
of the tournament Single admission
to this game will be rs cents.
The afternoon games will begin at
$50 and will be played between the
following teams:
Onida versus Blunt.
Winner of WITHDRAWING gam va
Pierre.
Admission to the afternoon games
will be thirty-five cents.
On Thursday evening, at s o'clock,
the following teams will compete:
Rec Heights versus Highmore,
Harold versus washington.
An admission charge of SO cents
will be made.
Fridays schedule is as follows:
1000 A. M.-First round of conso-
1ation games; two games to be played.
2:30 p. M.-Three games; two semi
finals and the consolation final.
500 T. NJ. Losers in semi-finals and
the finals.
Single admission to all the games
would amount to $3.50. Tournament
tickets may be purchased for Sr.75.
a aayiup NJ Or copfus Cn,voo;s ~
books will be given free to every hold
er of a tournament ticket. The books
will sell for ten cents to non-holders
of tournament tickets.
Three trophy awards will be made.
One to the winner of the tourney:
a loving cup to the team showing the
best sportsmanship and a basket ball
to the runner-up.
SOME TOURNAMENT DOPE
Wherever you see a group of people
on the street, you will no doubt find
the topic of conversation to be the
one absorbing question: Who Will
Win the Tournament.
1t is apparent that practically any
one of seven of the teams entered will
grab off the honors, for the old dope
bucket has been upset so many times
that 1t is is a hard question to answer.
However, we dope it out like this:
Highmore defeated Pierre In the first
game. on the Highmore floor, but lost
TO them on the Pierre floor. Highmore
defeated Onida in both games: beat
Miller once and lost to Miller. That
makes them on a par with both Pierre
End Miller, but superior to Onida.
Pierre defeated Miller in both games
although by scant margins each time,
and lost and won against Highmore.
That makes them a little better than
Miller. and the equal of Highmore.
washington defeated Miller in the
first struggle but lost the second, so
Miller and washington rank about the
same, al between the two.
We haven't seen any accounts of the
Blunt or Canning games, but il is
figured that the latter is rather weak.
1t is doubtful il either Harold, Rec
Heights or Canning will get much far
Their than the first round.
Henry defeated Miller by three
points. Highmorc by two points, and
Pierre by seven That shows High
more to be a shade the better of Mil
Ter, and several shades better than
Pierre. IL also shows Miller to be a
little better than Pierre even though
the latter took both games from us.
SfIn n rninp M, fhic prilnnnA "a
as though the winner lies between
Pierre, Highmore and Miller, and Pos
sibly Washington, although we doubt
IL Washington could make much of
a stand against the Henry team.
But-how about Blunt. There's the
dark horse, and they may come down
and clean up.
With the situation existing as it
Goes, the tournament committee need
have no fear that there will be any
wagering done, because IL would take
a better gambler than could exist In
bets.
According to the drawings, High
more seems to have the advantage, in
that their fist two games will be
against two conceded weaker teams.
Miller seems to have drawn the heay-
Ter allotment and will have to use
much OF reserve power to be at all
fresh and strong for the finals In case
Of previous victories.
The situation resolves much the
same as the tournament in which the
writer was interested last year, when
the easily conceded two strongest
teame were eliminated In the first
games. awhile the next to conceded
weakest team came through and lost
the final and championship by but one
point.
In spite of the previous games In
which Miller has participated, snd re.
CARELESS of the drawings, we believe
honestly that Miller stands as good q
chance of any team, IL the boys will
keep up their morale and play the
game of which they are capable.