The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1947-02-27
Hardin to Play in Southern Division Meet
As Result Of Win in District Tourney Here
Forsyth Tdkes Second
Place in PlaY-OH
At Custer Monddy

Hardin and Forsyth. first and
second place winners of the
District Five basketball tourney,
will compete with winner and
second place WINNER of Dis
tricts 6, 7, and 8 in the South
ern Divisional tournament to
be held in Laurel March 6, z
and 8. Winner and runner-up
of this tournament will compete
in the state Glass B" tourTa-
ment in Glasgow.
The Bulldogs, with a strong
aggregation, is a favorite for
first place honors, but the dis
riot 8 entry, Holy Rosary, also
has a strong squad.
Other teams to compete in
play are Holy Rosary of Boze-
man, Klein, Helena Cathedral.
Harlowton and Joliet.
The Bulldogs will tangle with
Joliet at the second game ON
opening night scheduled for 9
o'clock. Forsyth will meet Holy
Rosary in the first game of the
tournament.
The tournament schedule
calls for IL games and a thir-
teenth may be played if the
loser of the championship con-
test has not met in the tourna-
ment the winner of the third
fourth place game. If such a
game is necessary it will be
played March 10, officials said.
Officials for the meet are
John l.. Jones of Billings and
Glen Lockwood of Helena.
Afternoon contests are sched-
uled for the three days of the
tournament and will begin at
2 O'Clock. Evening sessions each
1880.
At the opening games of Dis
trict S basketball tourney
wednesday evening g, Lodge
Grass came out on the long
; end OF a 59-to-28 score against
Rosebud, and Sumatra forfeit
6 ed to Custer. Rosebud and Su-
r matra were eliminated from
5 tournament play.
: The Forsyth Dogies got un-
DER way Thursday afternoon by
taking the measure Of Hysham.
43 to IS. Don Stewart was high
point man for Forsyth with
Miller collecting eight points for
the losers.
| First upset of the tourney
| was Colstrip's win over Worden.
/ Bliss led Worden with 10 of
! their 43 points, while Atkins
| paced Colstrip, chalking up IL
OF their 46 points.
: St. Patrickis of Billings made
l the game look easy by defeat
: ing Lodge Grass, 46 to 26. Dill
: lon laced 10 points through the
nets for St. Pats and Chand-
. Ter led the losers with IL points.
:, At their first game of the
tourney Thursday evening, the
: u~ndefeated Hardin Bulldogs
= were victorious over Custer
: winning by a 51-to-24 score.
Perkins had no trouble sink
: ing 10 points for the local lads
q while Edgil scored one field
5 goal and four free throws to
. ead the losers.
4 In the Worden-Hysham game,
5 Worden downed their opponents
to the tune of "a to "a. The
Project lads held the Hysham
score down by employing a
tight and effective man-to-man
defense which kept the oppos-
ing five from getting close to
= the basket Bliss toppled in II
y for the victors while Ferkovich
trailed with seven for Hysham
In a rough game slowed ur
s by the 81 fouls, Custer rackeC
: up "A points as Lodge Gras.
= Tailed only IL. Seven mel
re from the two aggregations wert
benched collecting five persona.
fouls each. High point man fol
Custer was Edgell with IL, ant
Chandler led Lodge Grass witt
lie four.
/: The Dogies of Forsyth tram,
d, pied the Colstrip five by
score o. "a to "a in the frs
game Friday evening. Forsyth
Is took an early lead and contin,
lie ued to hit the hoop Throughout
me game, although Parker O
ColStrlp Tailed 16 points. Hell
geson led the winners with Is
A smoothly fu%nctioning Bull.
dog five easily walked ava,
with the honors Friday nigh
d downing st. Patrick's of Bil.
n lrngs, 81 to %. It was in thi.
'e game that Tommy Perkins, di.
le mlnutive sharpshooter snagget
le 2O points for the local uuint
Hardin's stellar guard, Hammer
Ie took second place in scorini
honors with IS points. Hipf
point man for the Rams wa,
re Lambrecht with seven points.
r In a nip-and-tuck affair
Custer edged out the Colstrir
basketeers, 81 to %. Ruff let
% the winners with IL points, fol.
If lowed by Atkins with Ii 10,
the losers. -
Il Worden had no trouble sink.
" Ing 80 points a0afnsf az pok