The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-03-13
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most points scored, and Jim
JeWett of Cathedral for highest
percentage of free throws made
The Hardin quint eased along
to take Joliet, So to SO, in the
first round. The issue was nev-
er in doubt after the first few
minutes of play and the Bull
dogs second string played most
of the last half.
| Johnson, sparkplug of the
/ Joliet cagerS, managed to keep
the game alive, and was high
point man for the game with
10. Tommy Perkins took scoring
honors for Hardin with IS,
closely followed by OFT with II
and Bob Saunders with 10.
It was Hammer who shot with
phenomenal accuracy from far
out that got a good share of
the credit for the victory over
the Cathedral GreclIes Friday
night. Most of his points, how
ever, were made in the first
half, and Bob Saunders went
on a scoring spree in the fourth
quarter to put the game on ice.
The first quarter Of the con-
test was close, with the Green
les ahead most of the time, but
with Hardin pulling ahead in
the final seconds to lead, II to
9. In the second frame, the
second frame, the Bulldogs
stayed ahead easily, with the
half ending 26 to II.
It was in the third period
that Hardin got a scare. Only
scores by the local lads were
goals by Perkins and Hammer,
while Cathedral's Pat Kelly
was sinking four field goals and
two free throws and Murphy
dumped in a couple more. The
Bulldogs led by a single point,
30 to 20, as the game went into
the final canto. Cathedral sank
one in the first few seconds, to
go into the lead, 81 to 30, but
the Bulldogs tied the score
shortly, the teams exchanged
baskets, and another free-throw
gave Hardin a one-point edge.
Saunders led the attack from
then on, with OFT, Perkins and
Hammer also scoring while the
best the Greenies could do was
three free throws.
Pat Kelly, with II, was high
point man. Hammer had 16,
Saunders 10 and Perkins 9.
The final game was another
thriller. The bulldogs had ap-
parent mastery of thu game in
the first quarter, running rings
around a Laurel man-to-man
defense to score almost at will
The first period ended with
Hardin leading, 10 to 8, and the
Locomotives trailed, 33 to 81, at
half ime. Laurel rallied twice
during the first half to draw
fairly close to the Bulldogs, but
each time were easily outdis-
tanced.
The Bulldogs lead was cut tc
43 to "a at the end CT the third
frame, and then Laurel, led by
Bill Sorg, put on a rally in thu
final quarter which brough'
the fans to their feet and made
pandemonium in the packed
Laurel gym.
The local lads still held onto
an eight point lead with five
minutes to go. Then Sorg anc
Void unleashed a ball-snatch-
ing attack, with Kimberly hit
ting the hoop, to tie the score
The pace was blistering anC
both teams began to tire rap
idly. The Bulldogs managed tt
slow the pace and bring theil
= margin back up to five point:
with two minutes to go. They
had control of the contest ir
the final minutes.
Tommy Perkins had an uner,
ring basket eye during most Of
the game and led the winner:
with 10 points. Hammer anc
Vernon OFT tied for second
with 10 each, ana Sorg wa
high for Laurel with IS.
Laurel had no difficulty de
feating Cathedral, CO to IS, If
the plavoff for second place a
Laurel Monday night, with thu
Laurel reserves playing a goot