Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-02-18
HIGH TEAM
TOO MUCH
FOR CONRAD

On Friday night the fans saw al
exhibition which for speed and skill
has been unexcelled this season. Tn,
Belt boys have been enjoying a res
from hard games and have been put
ting a little fat on their ribs as q
reserve for the big tournament Wis
itors from Stockett and Great Falls
got an eye-full as they viewed the
speed Of the local forwards and the
clever blocking of the guards.
Conrad was worthy opponent,
They were big and strong and mature
weighing probably Is pounds to the
man more than the locals but when
the ball started travelling faster than
the eye could follow the visitors were
lost.
The official score was 26 to u il
Belts favor.
"a. The first quarter opened with a
rush and nervousness caused our for
wards to miss a number of close ones.
Belt made field basket but Con
rad came back and Gagged pair ana
then got a gift from the foul line as
the quarter ended with the visitors on
the long end Of a 5 to 4 score.
When they lined up for the sec
ond quarter there was a confidence il
Lowry,s boys that showed that they
had tried out their opponents and
knew just how fast they could travel.
The local hoopsters travelled just
little faster than that and the guards
cut down many promising play foi
the Pondera county aggregation.
Every one Of the Belt forwards re-
quired watching and when they were
covered the guards brought the ball
down with rush and broke up the
defense.
Tucker played consistent game at
center, getting the ball on most of
the tip-offs and giving the smaller
boys Of the team protection because
of his weight and reach. Probst play
ed stellar floor game and made pos
sible the approaches which Leland
converted into baskets. The latter
clearly demonstrated the value of one
handed shooting in tight game. ST.
monis as running guard got into the
passing game with an occasional
chance to score and returned rapidly
on defense. Nohl played basket guard
most Of the game in a mastery man
ner and was quick to get down the
floor when opportunity offered.
The guards are to be, congratulated
upon their excellent work which al
ways has as much to do with win
ming q game as the more spectacular
work of the forwards.
The Belt boys were in the pink of
condition. rarin' to go, and their
work showed it. The addition OF
Tucker to the squad has materially
1t and now If they can !
maintain their form without injuries 9
until tournament time they viii be
able to make Harlem travel faster {
than they have stepped this season.
Lineup follows:
Belt Conrad
Leland TIL. C. Webster (6) :
Right Forward .
Probst (s) ....-............. M. Webster (3)
Left Forward Z
Tucker (6l ....-....-.- Thompson
Center
Nohl ...........................-... Axtel ~ G
Right Guard s
Simonis -......-......-... Killion
Left Guard
Belt, Jewell for ST. G
nonis, Choteau-Riggs for Thompson. :,
Belt made thirteen field baskets.
5onrad made three field baskets and G
tx from the gift lire.
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Last night the boys and girls teams
'layed basketball at CenterviIIe. The !.
ocal teams were successful
q both games, the boys winning by =
score Of II to 10 and the girls by
s 70 z. MotiI star center Of the Stock
tt~Saud C0uIee team IS out Of fhe
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