The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-02-23
Franklin And
Morgan Cage
Stock Rising
RIVAL GAYLORD, BEL
VIEW AS FAVORITES
IN SUB-DISTRICT

Morgan, Belview in the "a"
bracket and Gaylord and Frank
, lin in the "B" bracket appeared
to be the favorites for sub-dis-
trict tournament finalists as doz-
en- coaches and 120 boys from IL
schools in four counties drilled
this week for the event which
opens at the high school gym here
March 3 at 4:30 p. m.
Belview and Gibbon will open
the meet in the afternoon game
the first day. Delhi and Morgan
will take over the floor at p. m.
In the second A bracket game. If
the dope is correct, Belview will
survive to play Echo March 3 at
p. m. and Morgan will come
through to meet Wabasso in the
second Friday night game.
In the B Bracket, Morton has
Walnut Grove as its first hurdle
In efforts to repeat as champion
in the p. m. game Thursday and
Franklin takes on Winthrop as the
first evening night-cap. A B
bracket game is scheduled for
Friday afternoon at 4:30 when
Gaylord makes its tourney debut
against the winner of the Morton
Walnut game. In the final game
Friday, Sanborn, where basket
ball was inaugm rated this year,
will play the F, nklin-W Winthrop
survivor.
This gives a game each after
noon and three Zach evening of
the first two days. Finals in each
bracket will be played Saturday
evening. The bracket winners go
into the district meet here the
following weekend, the A bracket
winner against Fairfax and the B
champ against Sleepy Eye.
Favor Redwood
Franklin added to its prestige
as a challenger Tuesday evening
by defeating Morgan 80 to 20 af-
ter its second squad had won IL
to IL. The teams are in different
brackets SO the Morgan victory
over Belview "a to 18 Friday
night was perhaps more signifi-
cant.
Although the coach and fans.
here are putting the soft petal on
Redwood will take the district"
talk, coaches of other schools are
consistent in giving Redwood the
favored position.
While some coaches avoided
m n III lot
naire sent out The Gazette this
week, on players, numbers and
records as well as best gueSses,
those who commented on the out
come all favored Redwood Falls.
''It's Redwood Falls in romp,"
according to Hilbert r. Sandholm,
coach at Gaylord, whose team is
a Sub-district favorite and one of
the reasons Coach Zimmerman
doesn't sleep too comfortably
nights. Built around John Nc
Graw, all-subdistrict star last
season, the Gaylord club has lost
but one district game this season
and that to Winthrop, a team
which it has since defeated Al to
II.
Gaylord has twice defeated New
Ulm and has two triumphs over
Fairfax and one over Sleepy Eye,
all teams slated in the district
meet. It's wins over teams in the
sub-district include two over Glib
bon and Morton and the Winthrop
game.
Players Suspended
Coach Sardholm isn't cocky at
all about his teams successes. He
picks Franklin to win the sub
district bracket in which his quint
is entered. Coach Ronald Fred
erick of Fairfax makes no sub
district representations but says
with NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Falls
in the district"
Games this week will throw a
little more light on the subject
of sub-district and district fav-
orites. Lamberton goes to Wal
nut Grove Friday night for the
second encounter of the teams.
e Continued on Page 81
-DnYcnko Dn,t March 1cf