Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-12-09
SPORTS

Six teams in the Northwestern
class B division will plunge into con-
ference play this weekend while the
others will see action against nom
conference foes. Friday night will
have Whitefish at Eureka and Sat
urday. it's Roman at Mission while
Thompson Falls moves into Libby
for their first hoop struggle in class
B.
Other games Friday night will
have Stevensville at Mission, Dillon
at Columbia Falls and Libby at Bon
ners Ferry, Idaho. Saturdays play
has Poison at Anaconda Central,
Dillon at Whitefish, Hamilton at Col
umbia Falls.
Hamilton Broncs, playing here
Saturday night, lost their season
opener to Corvallis 5O-41, won their
first game last week from Darby on
forfeit by a score of 20. It seems
as though Darby coach, Walter An
dersOn, was angry over what he
thought was an incorrect call by an
official and forfeited the game to
Hamilton by taking his players off
the floor with the score tied 34-34.
Hamilton has a new coach in Lar
ry McLatchey, who formerly coach
ed at Florence, with great deal of
success. The Broncs play Loyola
Friday night before making the trip
here Saturday. Loyola has lost two
games to Mission and a close one
to Poison.
After slow start with Fort Ben
ton, the Choteau Bulldogs of coacf
Chuck Peck, got on the winning
trail last week with a $3.50 win ovel
Harlowtown and a 55-41 triumph
over Fairfield
| Last week, we called Missoul;
over Poison, 60 to. 40 and Missoul;
won 1886; but the Pirates perform
ed well against the Big 10 class
Spartans. Whitefish was chosen owe
Columbia Falls in both games b,
scores of 56-47 and $3.50 and tn
Bulldogs won both, 1897 and 43-4
in overtime. Those we're tough, one
to lose, even though they were nor
conference. The number / baSke
ball topic in the Mission valley thi
week concerns the Columbia Fall
Wildcats. ''How about those Wilt
cats? They lost close one to CT
Bank, then dropped two to Whit
fish, which they probably shout
have won; look out, they're goin
to be rough" And that's the con
ment in Roman and St. Ignatius.
Mission was picked over Dillol
62-55 and the Bulldogs. won, 71-3!
Mission was picked over Deer Lod(
COST, and that ended with the Blu
dogs in front, 55-51, in close OF
just like we thought Poison W;
chosen over Loyola, $3.50, and Il
Pirates eked out narrow 81
victory; Thompson Falls was chose
over Hot Springs, SAL, and Il
Hawks won, 1888. One miss Ia
week as Thompson was also pick
over Plains, 55-42, but Plains wo
49-47, for the first time since 1852.
Back in 1899, the average SEQ
for a basketball game was s.
points and in 1855 the average W
121.1, which seems quite high,
though the information was obtain
from the 1855 basketball rule DO
and the National Rules Federati
which gathered scores from all oy
the nation. AS the scores grew hit
err, so did the number of fouls CO
mitted as there was an average
20.8 in 1889 and in 1855 an avera
of 349.
How many fans know about t
rule which appears in Section
Rule 2, of the 55-56 rule book?
1.-THE Officials shall penalize
unsportsmanlike conduct by
player, coach, substitute or te
follower. If there is fragrant cond
the Officials shall penalize by
moving any offending player IF
the game and banishing any offe
ing attendant or follower. Follow
the rule is this question, who
responsible for the behavior of 81
tators?" Says the rule book, :
home management or game c.
mittee, insofar as they can reas
ably be expected to control the 81
4.xorc Off;o;olc NOV COLL fouls