The Independent-Record from Helena, Montana • Page 7

MONTANA THE HELENA DAJLY INDEPENDENT, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1940 Thirty- Two High School Teams A wait Opening Tourneys iisp A LAST LAP III HOOP SEASON IS ON TODAY TEAMS IN CLASSES A AND TO BATTLE FOR TITLES B7 Thl AUKllUd Preu Thirty-two Montana high school basketball teams, still In the running for the IttO championship, strained at the barrier this morn- Ing as they awaited the start ot play In tour divisional tournaments. Tho teams had final yesterday afternoon and today were on the tournament scenes In Great Falls, Shelby, Butte and Billings. Play will start late this afternoon at all four centers. Four of the 32 clubs, one winner from each division, will advance to the state championship round-robin tournament at Livingston March 14. IS and 16.

Wolf Point, Choteau, Chinook. Wbitefish, Shelby. Denton, Poplar and Scobey will battle It out in the northern Class meet at Shelby for the Class title held last year by Brockton. At Great eight northern division Class A Palls, Helena, Lewlstown, Glasgow, Mlsaoula, Butte Central, Kalispell and Havre--will be playing for the championship won last year by the Bisons. Over In Bntte, Anaconda, Bozeman, Billings.

Livingston, Butte, Sidney, Miles City and Glendlve are after the toga copped last year by Livingston's Rangers. The southern district Class meet at Billings will find Big Timber, Dillon, Miles City Sacred Heart Hardln, Door Lodge, Red Lodge Superior and Klein after th Bearcreek took in 1939. The two Class divisional winners of 1930, Bearcreek and Brockton, both dropped from the championship train by absorbing district tournament defeats. Havre, Mlssoula, Miles City and Billings, by virtue of records compiled In Class A (Big 16) conference play during the season, have ooen Installed as the favorites in the "Big Brother" play, but any one of the other 12 entrants are fully capable of coming through to victory. Wolf Point bis been nominated the favorite among the Class club of northern Montana, while In the southern division Big Timber, Deer Lodgo and Dillon appear btrongest.

Upsets are the rule rather than the exception In this class, however, aud any one of the 16 teams lu divisional play are po tentlal champions. FIrat round schedules: Northern Class A tournament at Oreat Falln: Helena vs. Lewlstown, 3 p. Thursday; Mlssoula vs. Glasgow, 7:15 p.

Thursday; Havre vs. Kalispoll, 8:30 p. Thursday; Crest Falls VB. Butte Central, 9:45 p. Thursday.

Northern Class B. tournamen r.t Suelby: Wolf Point vs. Choteau, 2:80 p. Thursday; Chinook vs. Whitefish.

p. Thursday; Shelby Denton, 8 p. Thursday; Poplar vs. Scobey, 9 p. Thuisday.

Southern Class A at Butte: Miles City vs. Glcndlve, ra Thursday; Anaconda vs. Boze nrnn, 7:30 p. ra Thursday; Bll- Hngs vs. Livingston, p.

m. Thursday; Butte vs. Sidney, 9:30 p. Thursday. Southern Class at Billings: Big Timber vs.

Dillon, Thursday; Hardlu vs. Mllei City Sacred Heart, p. m. Thursday; Deer Lodge vs. Red Lodge, 8:20 p.

Thursday; 8u perlor vs. Klein, p. Thursday. Pigeon races have been held In England with many as 10,400 1'omlng pigeons competing. Amazing Growth Of Hoop Game in Popularity Told By BILL WHITE New York, March Is 60 years old, but it attracting more and more attention.

In answer to an Associated Press survey on what Is what In the cage game and why, the nation's coaches ind observers all agreed on one hlng--the growth in popularity of he game Is the molt encouraging md universal sign noted. As a prime example, the collegiate doubleheaders in Madison Square garden this year played to basketball's biggest rowd, the 18,318 for the New York uulverslty-St. and Long Island doubleheader was surpassed only once all winter and that by a fight mob ot nearly 20,000 that turned out to see Lou Ambers give Al (Bummy) Davis a boxing lesson. Even Promoter Mike Jacobs was willing to give way to the game, and was considering postponing the Valentin Campolo-Buddy Baer fight so that the Metropolitan tournament could have tbe garden floor on a Friday. But Campolo cut his eys training and the fight had to be postponed anyway.

It shows that asketball can Just about name Us own ticket in the biggest sports palace In town. In tile New England area there las been Increased Interest both number of spectators and schools playing the game. Holy Cross has put a quintet on the floor now, and Boston college will follow suit as soon as it has a gym. Other New England schools to take up basket- iall recently are Maine, Bates, Colby and Assumption college--and the Maine colleges have been playing .0 packed houses all this year. Possibly the next most important growth of the gamo has come In he southwest.

Tbe tip-off that basketball has finally reached an unquestioned status there are those crowds ot 7,000 that filled the beautiful new Texas university field louse all (reason. Great Combination "BACKUP" BILL SAYS: Learn to young. It that you your life, healthful, out. However, young op you! bawl when you'ro will a will enjoy all of bowline hot not too itrenn- you don't to to learn the and let I BOWLING VALLEYS MO If. JMfcMO 8t.

Leading Coaches In Southeastern Zone Will Move By KENNETH GREGORY Atlanta, March 6. (JP -You can leave It to the Southeastern conference not to be outdone in disturbing the peace and quietude of the football coaching profession. The football is good, corapcll- keen In this "BlK 13" and only twice--1916 and 1937--In the last 23 years have all the presont mem- lers of the conference gono from one season to the next without some coaching ehlfts. In all, there liave been 74 cliRiiges since 191G. Just when it seemed even-thing set for 1940, up popped two resignations in head coaching ranks to strengthen this league's reputation as one -where the ax falls suddenly and oUcn.

Surprise resignations that shook the rafters were those of Ray (Aerial Circus) Morrlion at Van derhllt and Josh Cody ot Florida Their departure was unexpected yet the tenure of office of the two head coaches hod been anything but pleasant. Morrison, one-time ace quarterback at Vanderbllt. quit to accept the head Job at Temple and the eastern school asked Cody's sen- ices as lino coach, so genial Josh terminated a rocky stay down here to join Morrison. Cody, a tackle and Morrison both were all-South era players at Vanderbllt. Although Vanderbllt eiperl enced one ot its worst seasons history last fall, sources close to tbe situation reported Morrison would remain at tho Institution.

On the other hand, Florida had its beat te'am in 10 years, after sev eral lean seasons, and Cody's con tract bad another year to run. It WM learned on food authority ROT 17 K. (Red) LouUl sna State backfleld coach and him self a former Vanderbllt star, was In line for tho Job Morrison left Florida's situation brings Haroli" Williams, aaslstant to Cody, int possibility picture. Last December Harry B. (Hek Clark resigned at downtrodden Bewanea and J.

E. Gllltm a former Sewanee star and Blrm lifhaa-Soothern coach, was. a source ot Iron and copper In the diet, oysters rank only to calves' liver. Otwrini, I bines At Morttn pQAtf Sbop BSS-R BIG CHIEF GELHAUSEN CALLS TRIBAL COUNCIL MEETING AT HILLTOP FOR ALUMNI GAME A prldeful handful on either side of him, Charles S. Howard, owner of Seablscuit, left, and Kayak II, admires his one-two combination In the recent Santa Anita, $100,000 derby.

Beablscult established a new all-time winning figure with the victory Kayak II didn't cost a cent to eater. PATTY BERG AMOHG FAVORITES WHO STICK IR GOLF TOURREY St. Augustine, March --California's Elizabeth Hicks was he only favorite who had trouble staying In the annual Florida east women's golf tournament here today. She eliminated Elizabeth Wing of Evimstou, 111., 3 and 1, in first- round competition but had to stage a real come-back to do It, while the other favorites--National Champion Betty Jameson of San Antonio, Texas, former Champion Patty Berg of Minneapolis, Clara Cullender of State Bowlers To Compete in Billings Meet March 6. The Montana straightaway singles bowl- Ing championship tournament will be rolled on the Arcade alleys at Roundup March 23 and 24, it was decided In a drawing for the 1940 meet here today.

Vlnce Cebuhar of Roundup, the 1938 winner, will receive I277.S6 for returning his medal to competition In the 1940 meet. The 1(40 winner gots the msdal, second place 1138,95. third place J83.36, and fourth $65.60, The winner this year will return tho medal in 1941 and receive as his award one-half of the 1941 entry fees. tourney will be run In two shifts each night. Paired for the opening night are Walter TUBS of Great Falls and Steve Barac of Roundup, alley Chuck of Miles City and Bosklll ot Billings, alley Lyle Manry ot Bozentan and a pacer on alley Tornmle Camttron of Billings and Bud Brenner of Billings, alley F.

De Young of Helena and Cebuhar. alley Freddie Llnd. ot Roundup and Fred Qrlsham of Billings, alley two pacers on alley Wilhur West of Billings and "Spud" Vallclch ot Great Falls, alley 4. The straightaway Blay off is conducted by the Montana bowling alley operators In an effort to determine a "true" state champion, rather than a bowler who "hot" in one cession end sets up a score for others to shoot at. Long Beach, Calif, and others-were advancing easily into tho sec- ind round.

Tomorrow Miss Hicks play Irwln of Montclalr, N. who defeated Janet Younker nf Vhlte Plains, N. 3 and 1. today. Miss Berg, who won the i i ment hero last winter, hardly got varraed up before her match with Mrs.

A. S. Tate of St. Augustine was over. Tbe red-haired Patty won, 9 and S.

Her opponent tomorrow -will bo Trances Owen ot JatKsonville, who jllmlnaled Mrs. C. H. Harbaugh of Cleveland, Ohio, 1 up, iu a 20-holc match. Miss Jameson bent Mrs.

M. O. ot Orlando, 6 and 5. ler second-round opponent will be Mrs. Freda Nolan of Pittsburgh, who downed Mrs.

Al Nelson of 'onte Vtedra Beach. Fla and 4. Miss Callender, Miss Jameson's roommate and tlie i for medal honors yesterday, ousted Mrs. T. K.

Scbuldcnherg of Baltimore, i and 6. Tomorrow Miss Callender will play Mrs. Helen Hoclrenjos of Lake N. who defeuted Mrs. Myron Davey of Washington, D.

and 2. Bimelech, Also Andy Will Be Seen This Year New York, March Bimelech and Andy K. parties of the first and ascend part la the hottest Juvenile racing of 1689. will pick up agate tali son right where they left eft. Tha first list of announced for BON Important slakaa ot this sprint ihowtd today Col.

E. R. Bradlty'i taoaaua "Blmmle" and Tony PeUetMt'i colt-that-couldn't-run-stralght a slated to look each other In eye again In both the Within mile ant elaasie Belmont and a half at Belmont park. Tbe for Kentucky derby and Freakneu. which, with tht Belmont, make Urfi trlpl crown" for tn pected within aat WMk.

aai probably will flat ketk eligible for rtck well. CHARLRS Toronto, Mwefe KendoR 71, well-known fight Ban ager and tralBtr handled oeorgie Pace ot Clmtaod tor world bantamweight kou last Monday. ta hospital today following a heart at lack. Carroll college alumni Brines i hold a pow-wow w.ir dance In the council hulls at tbe collete tonight at 7:30 o'clock to idepiire for their Friday eve battle i tho basket-snooting lillio on tho Hilltop. The pow-wow been called "Bis Chief' i a who stated yuterday tmt he W-anti all local BravM at as all who rldo in from tribal ns.

The Brnves are on rampage and I to plrk up a few Saint alps Frlduy, and have enlisted over 30 flrtt-eluu ball players tn their already. The five. "Clilef" Gelhaustn, "Klaan" Nllan, "Streak" Smith, "Stuff" Keane, and "Sizzle" Smith, Will bt relieved, it necessary, by such aces of former Cart oil and St. Charles squads as HnroUl Kichman. Jack Hollow.

Howard O'Connell, Bill Alan Murphy. Steve Sulll- an, Mai co Mayer, Jim Conway. Fuzz Dolnn, Andy Richardson. Art 0 McKlnnon, Kenny in. "Stacks" a Red Haggerty, Purcell, Percy Evans and John Good.

Added Fcatnm Coach tfrt SJmonich of Carroll Fliles tlmt he i have a highly hit (if a for between i a i ot the Saint- A i cl-LRb, i should be worth the price of admission alone. The preliminary game i pre- the C.ithedral hlKh squtul. champions In the A i i I hlpli school lour- nev, against the Helena a i a The Gi-cenles anil the squad a i throe times i 5c.non. i each pension belne a hot and one, CalhedrM nrjuad i and loMnj- once, with i ot and 4 9 3 8 i i squadb GiSXETlL F1LS North Dakota 49; North Dakota State 2S. MACKME.V AT PRACTICE Anaheim, March irle Brucker, first strlui; catcher while Frankle Hayes Is holdout, paced the Phlladelpnlu to a 12-to-3 vlctoiy over Portland of he Pacific Coast leagui in an ex- ilbltlon game here today.

F. GUPS ill CONTIMCTpl Taconia, TVaih Mareh proposals through whlcli seven AT of L. guilds will seek revisions in with the Northern Pacific railroad and tcre announced to night by Mark Houston of Spokane, prosidf.nt of system federation number sevin which Includes unlta si far east us St. Paul. The federation's three-day convention closed today.

Houston paid tho agreement revision proposals Include a 40-hour week i 48-hour pay and twr weeks' uimual vacation with pay He snld tl'9 proposals, worked on' by coinnntfts of the sevfn gulldi "in line with the natiom policy of 21 Rlaudard railway labo IHES Denver, March A Sendahl. 77. pioneer Colorado rail- load worker and a one-time gold seeker In the Cripple creek district, died today of a heart ailment. Pivot Man la This Corner RED-HOT ROOKIES fly Art Mran HACK IS ONE CUICAO cue OUTFIELD SMALLEST -LAST yeAf! HE VON COfT LEAGUE 7 PlTcH To IS MDICATdD BALLS 6IVEN HM IN 39- RAY BLADES BELIEVES ALL OF SIX CLUBS HAVE CHARGE THIS YEAR TO TAKE RATIONAL FLAG By WHITSEV MARTIN St. Petersburg, Fla March Blades appreciates the compliment Inferred in the choice of the Cardinals by many to finish 'Irst In the National league, but If he critics had Juit picked his club as "Miss St.

Louis" or "Queen of he Corn Festival" he'd feel much better about It all. This "thanki very much, the pleasure Is all youis" attitude spiouts from Ills belief that any one JOE NIECE one of the mort promising of Carroll starfl who scored 20 points In of his final home games. How They Rolled LA1T NIGHT Otlr AA LttfUt High Ja4lvldiui Park, Mich Mrtti, JI0 Kith tMtn itTnt. Butlwf. 1,011.

HUh Mrici, VnUrtri. 2.H9. CUT A Ktfh Individual fune, 244 Hish itwJividiul itriM. Ler.h»rl. 600 Hifh IMDI BM iiith Hiciim.

3,131. FOR TONIGHT LtUfM-- T.M AUllo vi. Ttrlor TAXI. I BUU NurMrr n. Eddy Goco Colt.

The Ohliln WeiUrn Uff Opp utd Conrtd TI. Beer. n. Olub Lounit AA DICK GROCERY-L. JohnMn Merenecf Bam Andenon ToUll Dickey Lenhart Olion Oe ToUll BflADY'B Comrmd Park Ill 145 329-- 64 J70 713 IIS-- 171 U3 14ft-- 41 1U IH 1)1-- 41 300 113 111-- 54 110 IM MJ-- 3133 Ill 111 IM-- t0 314 174 174-- SI3 Ill HI 177-- soi in-- IM lt 1CII ToUll KZaBI.n Ooecka ll 111 301-.

333 111 301-- MJ 311 311 III-- Ul 1S7 m- 471 307 171 173- HI 193 911--3711 Ill 30S 301 IIS 551 317 141 111-- 560 Ill I 179 113 303 170-- 534 IM) 911 915--31 HELENA HARDWARE- 15P 111 HI 47i nrau 159 "oi 170 ill 1 7 0 i DlckM 170 315 117- XUt III HI-- ToUll 905 901 874--: GREAT BECK-- cw "i Medwick Holding Out; He's Enraged At Card Manager St. Louis, March 6 Medwick, leader ot the nation's holdout division, flew home from training camp today, a disgruntled, dissatisfied ballplayer but certain St. Louis Cardinals would not let his 1200,000 talents remain idle. In a because Branch Rickey, vice president of tlie Cardinals, had fnllod to meet him yesterday to discuss salary terms, the slugging outfielder left St. Petersburg, Fla where tho team is training, and came to St.

Louis by airplane. A die-hard holdout, he said he Intended to remain here at his home and carry on a fireside sit-out i club officials came to him with a suitable contract for the coming season. lU'coi-rt Fluo The hot-teinpeied player, has linrf ninny altercations, on the field said he was In good shape and ready to play, but lie snw no reasou for remaining at St. Petersburg while unsigned. He has never hit under .300 during bis league career Medwick would not disclose the details of bis snlary squabble i the club, but It was understood he wns asking fnr $20,000, which Hie J2.000 cut look last year when he signed for $18,000 after a lengthy holdout.

of six clubs have a chance to win he pennant. The Phillies and the Bees, he figures, have last enough trengtb to hold up the tail of he league. He reclined on a dressing table his two-by-four loeker from be- ween the dally double practice ses- ilons. Coach Mike Gonzales flashed a gold-toothed smile, dressad hnr- iedly and left for nourishment. But Blades just rssted and pondered, explaining ha wasn't lunch- ng these days.

Some ball clubs lould take away a manager's appe- Ite, at that, although the Cards aren't that type. "I don't like It very well," lie protested, referring to the rating given his club. "Any one of six clubs, if it gets the breaks, could win. and Cincinnati certainly is the to beat. "Our pitching should be all right, i Curt Davis, Bob Bowman, Bill MrGee, Morton Cooper.

Lon Warneke. who was handicapped by the (lu last year." and others." It was recalled that Blades orked his pitchers In shifts last year, with comparatively few going the route. It looked like a shuttle relay race between the bull pen and the mound, and not very many fumbled the baton, at that. The system was both praised and cri- ticised. The Cards finished a booming second, but whether they have finished first or fourth under a different system Is a question that never can be answered.

"That's the system I followed for several years, and which I'll continue." he srgued. "Win today's game, I figure. Tomorrow it migat ralu." tSTH IS ID RIDE OTHER HO Agus Onlienle, Mex March Wcslrops ar.rf Karl Dew were named lodiiy us Jorkeys for the in.iralhiin mutch hero Sunday between Kato-7 and Bin Kd Dew, whr-se home is In Sac, Iowa, wui a-'-iKr-'d to Joe Knton. He has ridden Joe E.ilon In the horse's five coasecutivo i here West, ope. wlio halH from Baker, will bo i for his paroniii.

His mother owns Ed, and the horse is tr.ilncd by NVeitropn's father. The four-mile match 1'iis been billed an "lr.icrnatloi.al championship" iraralhon event. Tucker. in 111-- 4M Sco- 301 II4-- Camming 1 I I'S "l- S7i Total! 951 HO--3127 TELEFROiri CO. IBC Dr.

SUinU 133--483 US-- IX) 447 "1 iTM 4'l Viru Jobnom Tal.lt WllffICK IQOIPMCIfT-- IXatMf IM Id m-- HI wtbi no 117- "3 A-rflTMII Ill IS3 KOTTlJ 177 ITI IM-- MO W4M 2 SM Ml 111 njcs GLOB-- Brytnt BuMrrr Juitlee BrKlr TaUll 154 in-- 196 IS8 Ml-- 154 111 JIM 151 77 711 TM I3S-3SH oixjiBino-- 115 1S7 144-- 311 IM US-- in 175 IM Dl Id IM-- st otrm.ln joan J13 IS1- 5V) IM-- 553 in- TWH. MO TCZAOO- 5I4 1SS- 511 Johiuon IM IW in- Ill (BTW. ar IM 173 111--451 hl 171 171 179-- 133 TO HE BEffl TONIGHT Detroit, Murrli 6 ing's jrealc-st i the a a American rongrcfcs a ment opcnk ot the a i Collsrum her" tomorrow niglu i .1 i a a prize 2 4 0 0 0 0 For t2 i oiifc-utive a i May 7 3 0 0 0 0 keslr-s i auiu 10 i i a a Forty A a a Legion teams of retrolt t'ociprise first i -Vot i Friday th? icgulars get a a at tho i The defeildmc team a i Is the Ooebel i ot i toppled 3,151 Pins at a last year tlie colors of the File Electric company. Oklahomans to Make Big Jump For Hoop Game Stlllwiter, March --It's a long jump between New York and Oklahoma City, but the Oklahoma Aggies--fast enouga to show their heels to their basketball In 25 fames-- are KOlng to romp In Madison Square Garden and Oklahoma City's auditorium on successive nights. Coach Henry Iba, who must have h's Missouri valley champions back (n Oklahoma City March 16 to meet the Big Six conference winners in the i district A A.

playoffs, accepted an Invitation today to play In New York's metropolitan tou nament, March 11 to 15. Iffl'S OF 1ST IS TO HOT TO 111 San Francisco, March won a three-mile race last night after warming up for It by i a couple of practice miles, Talsto Mak', the Finn Flyer, was relaxing today--by running. Greatest long distance foot racer in the world. Makl and the countryman In whose steps he ii following, Paavo Nurail, held a donble workout in preference to a round of entertainment ottered members of the local Finnish colony. WITH San Antonio, Texas, March (jpj--Despite the fact many playert on the St.

Louis Browns' squad at i spring training here are young men, Manager Fred Haney aays he will not try any radical changes In their stsle. EXHIBITION FOR BEDS Tampa. March Manager Ti'il McKcchnie. always tbe rookies' friend, today announced he to send a crew ot fledgl.ng Reds Into an exhibition a here Kr.dav with Brooklyn. ail MO In nn Hi te-ms, the small boat for a captain's use Is known as a "gig." within oi panel This wluikc? i )ttn oU', A I A I I PRODUCTS CORP, Y.

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