The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-02-13
Teams
Will Compete
InTournanent
Big Basketball Event Will
Be Held in Kalispell
February 20 to %.
BROADCASTS ON
AIR DURING MEET

TROY, Feb. 8.-Superintendent H.
A Veeder of Big Fork, Superintendent
!. E. White Of Poison and Superinten-
dent A. l. Dean of Troy composed
committee which met in Kalispell Feb
ruary l and made arrangement for the
district basketball tournament.
The tournament will be held in Kali
spell, February 20 to % inclusive, be-
ginning Thursday and lasting through
till Saturday night. 1t will be held in
the new .Flathead County High School
gymnasium at an expense of
around $3.50.
With eight teams participating, this
will be the biggest tournament that dis
trict No. 5 has ever had The committee
made the drawings which resulted In
the following matched games in the be-
ginning of the tournament. Troy drew
Somers for the first game at seven
o'clock Thursday evening. Libby drew
Eureka for the second game at eight
o'clock and Poison drew Big Fork for
the third game at nine o'clock Within
the last day or two St. Matthews Cath
Iolic High School of Kalispell has been
permitted to enter and its team has
been matched with Columbia Falls.
Games will be played Friday afternoon
beginning at two o'clock and again at
seven o'clock in the evening, and also
Saturday afternoon and evening. 1t
will be tournament of IA games and it
will be a double elimination tour
|nament Each team must lose twice be-
fore it is out. A team may lose once
and still have chance for the cham
pionship providing it loses no more
games.
The season tickets went on sale Fri
day, Feb. 7, at o'clock at the very low
price of 50 cents for students and $1.OO
for adults The ticket sale began at
Kalispell and tickets were sent to each
school for sale to those who wish to
buy them.
There will be nineteen 1O0-word
broadcasts over KGEz at Kalispell
Names of players, names OF coaches,
and the athletic records of players and
coaches will be featured in these
broadcasts Besides these, there will be
ten 25-word flashes interspersed be-
ginning February 10 to %, and there
will be additional flashes over the air
telling results Of the games
The tournament bids fair to pay out
this year" This opinion was expressed
by AL Johnson. president of the Com
imercial club at Kalispell. in a converse
ton with Supt. Dean. "Don Treloar,
manager of the broadcasting station,
says that he thinks there is no doubt
that it will pay out and possibly pay
dividends to participating schools"
says Supt Dean. This is very crafty
ing, especially to those who live so far"
The proceeds Of the tournament, if
there is any profit, will be split nine
ways-between the eight participating
teams and one equal portion going to
the Flathead County High School for
the use of the gymnasium. The COM
mittee selected five referees, all Of
whom will be asked to make bids, and
two will be chosen.
The teams winning first, second and
third places will be awarded large ban
ners donated by the Kalispell Mer-
camille, the Carey Motors and the Mark
en- Clothing Co. Of Kalispell. These will
be presented Saturday night after the
final game by Principal Payne Temple
ton of the Flathead County High
School
Also at that same time Principal
Templeton will present the champion
ship award to the Poison football team
for winning first place in the north
western conference class B last fall
The. Poison 60-piece band will make
its appearance at the tournament, as
well as the Flathead County High
School band Of more than SO pieces
There may possibly be another band.
| This will be the first basketball tour
nament that Kalispell has held and it
| fittingly inaugurates the new gym
nasium
| Recent information from a tourna-
ment committee, on account of st.
Matthews high school entering. states
that it may be necessary to have single
elimination instead of double eliraina-
ton, or if the double elimination is re-
tanned 1t will be necessary to play four
games on Friday instead Of three games
as previously planned. An attempt will
be made to stage the games in which
Columbia Falls, Somers and St Mat
thews play on Thursday evening and
perhans Friday and SATURDAY. evenings