The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-02-25
Wabasso and
BelviiewOpen
Meet Tonight
TWO WINNERS TO ENTER
DISTRICT TOURNEY
AT SPRINGFIELD

With IL towns sending rabid
fans instead of eight or less as in
other years, attendance at the
sub-district basketball tourna-
ment opening here tonight and
continuing through Saturday eve
ing is expected to be unusually
large if weather conditions are
favorable.
Also favoring strong support
of the meet from the general pub
lie is the prospect of many close
games as evenly matched teams
battle for twin trophies and the
privilege due the winner in each
of two brackets of taking part in
the district tourney at Springfield
next weekend.
The meet this year will take up
three evenings with three games
the opening night, four on Friday
nights schedule and two on the
deciding bill, Saturday evening.
Previously the meet has been run
off in two days, first round win
ners being required to compete in
both morning and evening games
on the second day.
Entered in the meet are the IL
smaller schools of district ten
which includes II teams with the
addition of Walnut Grove where
basketball facilities were provid-
ed with a school addition last
summer. Most of the teams ex-
change games during the season,
then meet here, on a neutral
floor, to decide all issues of abili-
ty in the heat of an annual tour
ney.
WabassO and BeIview will play
in the curtain raiser at 1870 p. m.
today in the Lincoln auditorium
and the winner will play Walnut
Grove, one of five teams which
drew first round "bye", in the
! p. m. game Friday. Delhi and
Morgan play at $3.50 tonight and
the winner takes on Winthrop in
the second round at p. m. Fri
day. The survivors among the six
teams in this bracket designated
as the "A" brackeD meet at p.
m. Saturday with a trophy and
entrance in the district meet as
the prize.
The "B" bracket includes five
teams of which only GibbOn and
Morton play the first night, at $50.
The winner will be matched with
Franklin in the 9 p. m. game Fri
day and Gaylord and Echo, both
bye teams, will play their first
tourney game at 10 p. m. Friday.
The "B" bracket winner will be
decided Saturday at 8 p. m. when
Gaylord or Echo takes on the sur
vivor of the trio which includes
Gibbon and Morton.
Gibbon captured the sub-dis-
trict meets in 1885 and 1896 when
only one of the teams went to the
district playoff. This year it will
be pressed by Morton in the first
round and if successful, must
beat Franklin and then the win
ner of the Gaylord-Echo game to
stretch its string to three. Both
Gaylord and Echo are regarded
as having strong teams.
The "A' bracket championship
many believe, may be decided
when Winthrop meets Delhi or
Morgan in the second round, Del
hi being favored to get by the
first nights elimination. However
no team has sufficient-edge to in
sure it against an upset if one of
the other teams suddenly "getS
hot on shots.
The winner of the "B" bracket
must play New Ulm in the
opening game of the Springfield
meet March and the "a" brack-
ct winner will play Fairfax in
the second game.
Redwood Falls opens its cam
paign for the district crown
against Springfield, one of several
district teams the Cardinals met
during the season, at
9 p. m. March 4 and Lamberton
battles Sleepy Eye in the night
cap game. March 5 the winners
in the first two games and the
winners in the second pair meet
in semi-final Examinations and
Saturday night the championship
and consolation titles will be de-
termined.
New Uln and Redwood Falls
who divided an exchange of
games during the season are gen.
orally classed as favorites all
though the larger sub-district
meet and the late season develop
ment of several other teams ser
We to insure against one-sided
contests.