Laurel outlook., 1949-02-02
WEEK END SERIES
Of 3 GAMES SET
FOR LOCAL TEAM
Locomotives To Play Sidney,
Roundup, Hardin-MOve
To Class A Football

A three-game series is slate,
for this week end for the Lo
comotives that will put them Il
the rigorous schedule of three
games in three days that paral
lels a tournament condition. Will
the Sidney Eagles here Thurs.
day, Roundup here Friday anc
a game at Hardin Saturday the
opposition is as formidable as
one would want to meet.
Laurel holds a clean slate to
date over Big 16 opponents and
with two more to go hopes to
keep the record that way. The
Eagles are at the bottom of A
school league, but have played
some close ones proving that
they are capable of good basket
ball. Local fans will see the
Sidney team for the first time
in basketball and can also get
a preview of the material that
will face Laurel for the next
two years on the gridiron. Lau-
rel has been transferred to the
Eastern Division in class A foot
ball and for the next two sea-
sons will meet the Sidney Eagles
on the football field as well as
Thursday nights game. Sidney
is reported to have a roster al
most void of seniors.
Friday nights game has built
up to being an important game
when the Roundup Panthers
meet the Laurel club in their
second meeting this year. The
Panthers have handed Laurel one
of their three losses by Montana
teams so far, and with a decis-
i've % point, as to GO count. In
addition they hold wins over the
Rams from Billings, and the
Bulldogs from Hardin. They are
perennial winners of late in their
district tournament which makes
them almost a cinch to be n of
the eight teams in Laurel for
the divisional tournament in
March. The Roundup club boasts
of three men all capable of hit
ting for 20 points besides being
close to the six foot mark. The
best will have to come out of
the Locomotives if they are to
even the series with Roundup.
A curtain-raiser is called for II
with the B club meeting Joliet
in a non-conference game.
Seven games remain on the
Laurel schedule before tourna-
ment time with five of them at
home. After this weeks games
the team will be at home twice
next week, Friday against the
Red Lodge Coyotes, the only
undefeated club in this part of
the state, and Saturday against
the Miles City Cowboys. Laurel
lost to Red Lodge in December
when the Coyotes caught fire to
win easily by "a points, and a
week later edged Miles City
away from home 80 to 40. Both
games promise to be some of the
best ball to be seen this year at
Laurel as tournament time nears
to find the clubs polishing up
their attacks for their final fling
at the coveted tiles.
The final week before the
tournament a renewal of the
between Laurel and the
Billings Rams will see Laurel in
Billings Thursday with the two
teams meeting in Laurel the next
:
ROLL TO TWO WINS
The Locomotives definitely,
built up steam last week end in
-wo conference games piling up ,
1874 points as they rolled to a
TO as victory over Bearcreek
1T home and then travelled to
the next night for a :
81 to As win. This series of !
games showed that Laurel have :
63.3 points per game in !
he last three as their fast break l
to take shape. Probably :
he best feature of the latter I
was the scoring power $
shown by all of the starting .
i've. In the Columbus game all S
i've reached the double digit !!
and against Bearcreek /
tx members showed sizeable fig '
Tres in the score book. {
The double conference win c
faces Laurel back near the ton e
f tri-county standings and with J
ne game remaining against the
Red Lodge team next r
Laurel will have a chance \
tie Red Lodge for the lead +
rship with one loss each. A o
rim for the Coyotes, however, l!
rould throw the number one po- n
ition in the tournament draw
o them. The members of Dis o
riot six meet Sunday, Feb. 10 S
o make the draw. Tournament t
ates this year r February % o
inclusive. I