Hungry Horse news., 1955-12-16
SPORTS.

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Whitefish, Mission and Libby broke
out on top Of the Northwestern class
B basketball race last week with
opening conference wins. Whitefish
notched 5944 win over Eureka,
Mission d0wned cold shooting Ro-
nan team, 1924 and Libby squeezed
by Thompson Falls, 51-47.
All the teams have conference
games this week. Columbia Falls,
winners from Hamilton and Dillon
last week, plays at Eureka Friday
Whitefish will travel to Poison, to
play the pirates who downed Ana
conda Central, 70-52, Libby is at
Mission, Dillon returns to this end
of the state for a game with Roman
and Thompson Falls hosts Bonners |
Ferry, Idaho. Saturday, Poison heads
for Eureka, Thompson Falls goes
to Mission and Libby moves into
Roman.
In Big 10 high school basketball,
Flathead Braves who dropped two
last week to Livingston and Boze-
man have two more at home this
weekend. The Butte Central Mar
oons are at Kalispell Friday night
with the Great Falls BiSOnS coming
Saturday.
Montana Grizzly hoopsters who
have defeated Idaho twice while
losing to Whitworth by two points
entertain the Washington State Cou-
gars Friday night in the MSU Field
house. Next Tuesday night, Dec. 20,
Gonzaga is at the Fieldhouse for a
go with the Grizzlies.
The Whitefish Bulldogs of Coach
Rolin Schauble have been playing
without first stringers Jack Frazier
and Jim Baker, benched for a
month.
| Coach Bill Racicot's Libby Loggers
have won four straight games, de-
feating Eureka, Bonners Ferry and
Kendrick, Idaho and Thompson Falls
despite the fact that Racicot was
waving the crying towel at the start
of the season.
The Poison Pirates will host an
invitational basketball tournament
next Thursday and Friday Dec. o.
% with Mission, Roman and Charlie
competing along with the Pirates
This will be the first meeting of the
Mission Bulldogs and Poison wht
. are both rated top contenders in th'
Northwestern class B race.
Sugar Ray Robinson became tn
first man ever to twice win back th'
world middleweight boxing title a
he scored SECOND round knockou
> over Bobo Olson Friday night. Rob
!, inson regained the title in the sam
,. Chicago ring where he first won tn
!; title IA years earlier by beating Jak
:, ! LaMotta. At IS, he is the oldest MAJ
u to hold the middleweight crown sine
Tommy Ryan retired undefeated i
: 1907 at the age of 81. It was ser
, sational comeback for Robinson VIII
& once ruled the welterweight divisio
= as well as the middleweight.
Many fans smelled a rat in til
t. Olson Robinson championship figh
n thinking possibly the bout was fran
n ed. You can draw your own conclu
ions. Should there be a rematch
'r will be more than interesting to Sc
n what happens We wonder just no
le many fans would turn out to see
n fourth fight between the two. You
or remember that Robinson, whi
&c champion, defeated Olson twice b
fore this fight.
n, Montana's duck hunting seas
a. comes to a close next Wednesd;
e; afternoon, Dec. q, at 4:49 p. m.
OF This weeks predictions Columt
nd Falls 81, Eureka a.; Poison IS, Ell
t.; eka Al; Poison 60, Whitefish SIS; F
l.; nan 54, Libby so; Mission 60, Thon
d., son Falls 40; Mission 81, Libby
Butte Central 81, Flathead As; Gre
zen Falls 54, Flathead 49; Helena
,irl Missoula 49: Montana u. SO. Wa
ed ington State IS.
ort Rumors out of Butte have it Il
es, Butte Public football Coach, Hal
ley (Swede) Dahlberg, is expected
OF resign possibly within the next WI
rtn or two. Swede who has been at
OF Butte school for better than 80 We
will probably step in as athletic I
ere ector. He is one of the top h
school coaches in the state, highly
spected by others in the trade,
had some great teams at Butte P
lie high school
While in Butte last week, we W
nor told that only 400 fans turned ou
Her watch the Butte Bulldogs play G1
les Falls in the final football game
arS the season.
frs.
Butte sport fans are in do,
,ere about their venture into the Pior
orn, baseball league next season. M
luth claim the nights are too cold
ter. night baseball
esh-
mo- Coach Kedric Flint's Bigfork
of ings took a narrow win over A
ohm last Saturday, will host the
Springs Savages this Saturday
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