The Hardin tribune-herald., 1946-03-07
Southern Division Basketball Meet
Gets Under Way This Afternoon
Roundup. Worden Clash
To Initidte Tourney
Here This Weekend


The Southern Division Class
"B" basketball tournament got
under way here at 2 pm. today
as Hardin played host to seven
teams, which with the Hardin
high school Bulldogs, are vying
for the championship and ell
gibility to contest in the state
tourney to he held two weeks
hence at BOZeman.
Roundup clashed with Wor-
den in the first game of the
meet and Belgrade met Laurel
at 3 pm. Tonight Columbus
plays Cathedral of Helena at
8 and Hardin meets Klein at
Elmer Skeie, superintendent
of School District 17-H and
chairman and general manag-
er of the tournament, is being
assisted with the management
by H. R. Salyer, high school
principal.
Other officials include Mike
Henry of Forsyth, and H. e.
Sadler of Bozema:n, referees;
Hollis M Johnson and William
Kleis, scorers; Ed Holland and
Arthur Platz, timers; and Ray
Rimel. superintendent of teams
Hardin high school and the
Big Horn County Chamber OF
Commerce are hosts.
Carl Carter's high school
band is the official musical
organization for the meet and
a tournament dance will be
held on Saturday night.
Pyrotechnics are expected as
some of the best players in
state high school circles will
demonstrate their ability for
the fans, and some of the af-
ternoon sessions may be as full
of suspense as the featured
evening attractions.
Though Columbus and Laurel
remain best possibilities to
come through to the finals,
high school teams often pro-
duce the unexpected in tourn-
ament play and one of the
least favored of the squads
may always get hot. Upsets are
the rule rather than the ex-
ception in high school meets.
Teams that will appear are
as follows:
The Locomotives are coach
ed by T. H. Bennett and cap
tanned by Jim Sherrow, a SEN
ior, who plays guard. Their
uniforms are purple and gold.
The players roster includes
Leo Wagner, senior, forward;
Leo Fink, senior, center; Joel
Roth, Junior, forward; Bervyl
Kimberly. junior, forward;
J i'm Kiedrowski, Sophomore,
center; Paul Wold, sophomore,
forward; Bill sorg, freshman,
John Barovitch coaches the
Cougars, who will appear III
green and white. No captain is
listed. Players include James
Graham, senior, center: Ruby
Marvin, senior, guard; Bob
Miller, sophomore, forward:
Don McClintock, freshman,
guard; Harold Nckelson, and
Ted Rieman, freshmen for
whom no position is listed;
Bill Scott, senior, forward;
Frank Scott, junior, guard;
Paul Shields, junior, guard;
Vern Yonce, junior forward.
The Red Devils of Huntley
Project will wear white and
maroon. Marvin Klampe is the
coach. Players listed are Her
man Bliss, junior, forward,
Walter Cleveland, senior, for
ward; Fred Good, junior, cen
ter; Donald Jones, senior, cen
ter; James Lechner, junior,
forward; George Reiter, senior,
guard; Bob Sherman, senior,
forward; Lester Sherman, soph-
omore, guard; Allen Propp,
soph more, guard; Doyle
Chenowith, freshman, guard.
Cathedral
Another green and white
team is the Cathedral Greenies
coached by Coley Vaughn. Pat
Mckenzie, senior, guard, is
captain and others on the
squad are Jim Flynn, junior,
forward; Pat Kelly, junior, CEN
ter: Jim Jewett, junior, for
ward: Mike Murphy, junior,
guard; Joe Flynn, junior, guard
Dave Romaski, sophomore, CEN
ter; Bill Mahony, senior, for
ward; Jack Kelly, freshman,
forward; Joe Reardon, junior,
guard; Phil Maronick, soph-
omore, forward; George Dona-
hue, senior, manager.