The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1946-02-28
Winners, Runners.up Of -Four Districts
To Appear In Divisional Tourney Here
Columbus Roted Stronq
Fuvorite To PlaY-offs
Here Mdrch 2. s. and 8

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The winners and second place
teams in Districts S, 6, z and
8 will appear in Hardin March
z, 8, and g when the divisional
Glass B tournament is held
here.
Columbus, spanked by all
state Jimmy Graham, Is a fav-
orite for first place honors,
but the other District 6 entry,
Laurel, also has a strong
squad. The Locomotives have a
reputation of showing best in
tournament play and have in
the past pulled some surprising
victories out of the hat. The
fact that they lost the champ
ionship of their district to
Columbus places them below
the Cougars in the odds, but
possibilities are excellent that
these will be the two teams
which reach the finals.
The District 7 contenders,
Roundup and Klein, have not
shown too much ability against
teams outside their district
during the regular season, but
Roundup is said to be a much
improved aggregation since its
appearance here, which was
not impressive. The Klein quin-
tet does not approach in talent
some of the great Klein teams
of the past which reached the
state meets.
i Little dope is available local
ly concerning Belgrade and
Cathedral of Helena hailing
from District 8. Columbus has
defeated Belgrade in regular
season play but Belgrade is
said to have an aggressive quint
employing an effective fast
break.
t Chances for Hardin and
Worden cannot he rated too
high on the basis of informa-
ton available. The Bulldogs
appear to have at least an
even chance against all en-
tries except those from Dis
trict 6. Columbus has stopped
: the local lads twice during
the season, and the Bulldogs
: have also bowed to Laurel.
e Fans, at least some coaches,
: and officials place the prob
f abilities for final ratings as
Columbus first, Laurel second
and Hardin third.
o. Drawings for the meet were
t held in Billings in the office
/ of M. c. Gallagher, superin-
t tendent of Billings schools, on
. Tuesday afternoon. Elmer Skeie
: represented Hardin. MI. Gala
! CHER supervised the drawings
/ as representative of the state
board of control.
Columbus and Hardin were
coded at opposite ends of the
2 bracket. Roundup was drawn
in the upper bracket with Col
! umbus and Belgrade in the
S lower bracket with Hardin. The
: second place teams in the var
ious districts were then drawn
e to the four champs. Hardin
meets Klein at 9 pm. Thurs
day, Columbus meets Cathedral
at 8 pm, Belgrade meets Lau-
rel at 3 pm. and Roundup and
Worden meet at 2 pm. In the
semi-finals Friday night the
winner of the Hardin-K Klein
game will be paired with the
victor of the Belgrade-Laurel
tussle and the top teams in the
Columbus Cathedral and the
: WOrden contests will
. meet.
g Losers will be paired in al
= : ternoon sessions for eligibility
t in the consolation play-off.
Divisional tournament regu-
lations call for the placing of
+ the district meet runnerup
quints in opposite brackets
from their respective tourney
winners.
n Referees for the tourney will
n be H. C.. Sadler of BoZeman
S. and Mike Henry Of Forsyth.
e. Hollis M. Johnson and w. r.
Klies are scorekeepers and Ed
Holland is timekeeper. Elmer
Skeie is tournament manager.
e MI. Gallagher will present
L, the awards on behalf of the
IS board of control after the final
10 contests Saturday night.
e Most players will again be
r. housed in private homes. Sew
4 eral hosts to team members fol
the district meet have express
ed their satisfaction with and
appreciation. of the good be-
havior of the boys who stayed
at their homes and have said
e they are glad to be able tc
help with the divisional tourn-
= ament.
o.. Season ticket sales are being
n handled by the Big Horn
: County Chamber of Commerce
and are available both reserv-
Is ed and not reserved. Reserved
VI seats NAV be purchased only
!, in conjunction with season
tickets.