The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-02-14

VOL 5-No. 40.
BEARCREEK CAPTURES
COUNTY TOURNAMENT
Basketball fans had their appetite
whetted to high degree last week,
due to the approach of the Carbon
county tournament Friday and Sat
urday. The sub-district tourney was
held in Fromberg and the scores of
the various games were reported by
Coach Hartwig and were posted in the
windows of the Carbon County News.
Phone No. was about the busiest
number in Red Lodge on Friday and
Saturday nights.
The placings of the eontesting teams
at the close of the tournament are:
First place. Bearcreek
Second place Lodge
Third place ...........-.........-..... Belfry
Fourth place Fromberg
Fifth place ce.....................E Edgar
Sixth place. Joliet
The first game was played between
Edgar and Joliet and the Edgar team
emerged victors by 1910. The second
game, Fromberg against Belfry, was
won by Fromberg by 1910. Accord
ing to the drawings, the winner of the
Joliet-Edgar game had Red Lodge as
an opponent. Red Lodge won over
Edgar by 23-11 in the final game of
the Friday afternoon session. The
local boys held Edgar scoreless the
entire first half. Hannula was high
point man for Carbon, with r.
Friday night Bearereek swamped
Fromberg by 27-7 in the fourth game
of the tourney. The fifth game was
between the losers of No. and 2,
which were Belfry and Joliet. Belfry
was victorious to the tune of 21-7,
which put Joliet out of the running.
Saturday mornings game was be-
tween the losers of the Red Lodge
Edgar game and the losers Of the
Bearcreek-Fromberg game, which re-
suited in Fromberg nosing out Edgar
by one point, the score being 1919.
Saturday afternoon the winner Of
Friday nights Belfry-Joliet game
clashed with the winner of Saturday
mornings Fromberg- Edgar game and
Belfry took Fromberg into camp with
1913 score.
Saturday night was the time of the
championship game which was game
No. s, and was between the winners
Of games 8 and A. which were Red
Lodge and Bearcreek. The game was
won by Bearcreek by 1913 in warm
contest This game won the champion
ship.
The ninth and final game of the
tournament was between Red Lodge
and Belfry for second and third place,
and was won by Red Lodge and gave
our team second place, the score be-
ing 1910. Two extra three minute
periods were played. Hannula, Red
Lodge forward, made all of Carbon's
IL points, with five baskets and a pair
of free passes. Hannula was substi-
tuting for Martin who is quite sick
The girls teams finished as follows:
Bearcreek, Belfry, Joliet, Fromberg
and Edgar.
Games and scores summarized are
as follows:
First game, Friday forenoon, Ed
gar 10, Joliet 10.
Second game, Friday afternoon,
Fromberg II, Belfry 10.
Third game, Friday afternoon, Red
Lodge %, Edgar II.
Fourth game, Friday night, Bear
creek 27, Fromberg z.
Fifth game, Friday night, Belfry
21, Joliet Z.
Sixth game, Saturday morning,
Fromberg 10, Edgar 8.
Seventh game, Saturday afternoon,
Belfry 10, Fromberg 3.
Eighth and championship game, on
Saturday night, Bearcreek II, Red
Lodge 13.
Ninth game, for second and third
places, Red Lodge IL, Belfry 10.
The Beartooth Boosters club gave
a handsome Is inch sterling silver cup
as trophy to the winning team, 1t
must be won for three different years
before permanent possession is given.
Last year the teams finished in the
following order: Bearcreek, Red
Lodge, Fromberg, Edgar and Belfry. |