ST. JOE COASTS
THROUGH CLASS C
No Competition Here
for Catholic Team;
Scott Averages 21
It wasn’t a question of “who’s
going to win?” It was a matter
of St. Joseph’s by “how much?”
The Josies. of Atkinson, breez
ed through the class C basket
ball tourney here last week with
out working up a first-class
sweat. They batted St. Mary s,
of O’Neill, 55-15 in the first
round, walloped Ewing 64-14 in
the semifinals, and buried Or
chard 61-14 in the finals. They
might have taken all three on in
the same evening and the out
conje probably wouldn’t have
been any different.
Seldom has any school estab
lished a more decisive superior
ity. The remarkable feature of
their exhibitions here was that
they buried their final opposi
tion deeper than their first- ound
opponent.
The Josies tutored by Mr
Thomas Slattery, nearly estab
lished a record in the state
from the scoreboard angle. Mr.
Slattery likes big scores so* he
seldom substituted until late.
In the championship bout, St.
Joe led by 10-1 at the end of the
first quarter; 30-4 at the half,
and 43-8 at the end of the third.
Redheaded Scott Redhot
j St. Joe’s redheaded Ed Scott
made a bid for state recognition
as he amassed 76 points in the
three-game run. He scored 30
points against Orchard.
Spaulding academy won third
place honors by handing Ewing a
49-29 defeat. Forwards Pfeifer
and Wray collected 13 points each
for Spaulding, and Center Duna
way fielded 16 points for Ewing.
Despite the fact that St. Jo
seph’s was a handsdown favorite
to win the title, customers near
ly filled the ONeill auditorium
for the Friday night finals.
The boxscore of the title game:
ST. JOE (61) fg ft pf pts
Kokes, f ___ 10 3 2
Mack, g _ 0 0 3 0
Schorn, f .. 2 0 2 4
O’Malley, c _ 0 0 10
Miller, f .. 1113
Scott, f .. 14 2 3 30
Berrigan, f . 7 0 1 14
Cellamer, g _ 0 0 0 0
Weichman, g _ 4 0 0 8
Judge, g _ 0 0 0 0
Tot&ls _29 3 14 61
j ORCHARD (14) fg ft pf pts
W. Young, f _ 2 2 4 6
Myers, f _ 0 0 0 0
S. Schleusner, f_1113
Spar, f . 0 0 0 0
L. Schleusner, g _ 10 12
E. Young, g -0 111
Cleveland, g _10 0 2
Thelander, g _ 0 0 0 0
D. Hemenway, g_ 0 0 0 0
Totals . 5 4 7 14
St. Joe Faces
Hartinglon in Playoff —
NELIGH—St. Joseph’s, of At
kinson, will face the Hartington
Wildcats here Friday night in the
■istrict class C playoff for en
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TOURNEYS
AT A GLANCE
CLASS C (O’Neill):
FIRST ROUND
(Wednesday, February 26)
Spaulding Acad. 30* Tilden 27
Orchard 32 _Spencer 21
Ewing 31__—. Lynch 24
St. Joseph's 55 St. Mary’s 15
* Overtime game.
SEMIFINALS
(Thursday, February 27)
Orchard 42 Spauld. Acad. 32
St. Joseph’s 64 _ Ewing 14
FINALS
(Friday, February 28)
St. Joseph’s 61 Orchard 14
DISTRICT PLAYOFF
(Friday. March 7. at Neligh)
St. Joseph’s vs. Hartington
CLASS D (Neligh):
FIRST ROUND
(Wednesday, February 26)
Chambers 14 — — Butte 10
Page 35 Ericson 7
Inman 38 Petersburg 19
QUARTERFINALS
(Thursday, February 27)
Chambers 43 Elgin 21
Clearwater 48 Naper 13
Inman 26 McLean 19
Page 37 Oakdale 11
SEMIFINALS
(Friday, February 28)
Page 35_ Chambers 29
Inman 33 ____ Clearwater 21
FINALS
(Saturday, March 1)
Inman 40 _— Page 30
DISTRICT PLAYOFF
(Friday, March 7, at Bassett)
Inman vs. Kilgore
trance into the 1947 state tourna
ment.
St. Joe sailed through the O’
Neill tourney, defeating Orchard
61-14 in the finals. Hartington
surprised a favored Laurel team
in the semifinals of the Wausa
tourney, and then clipped Mea
dow Grove 23-20 in the finals.
Both Laurel and Meadow Grove
were considered stronger than
Hartington in pretourney specu
lation.
The Wildcats will enter the
game decidedly the underdog.
They’ve had a good season, but
not nearly as impressive as St.
Joe. The Josies have lost only to
Creighton Prep of Omaha, a class
A school, and that decision was by
a narrow margin. They already
hold the state Catholic, Holt
county, and O’Neill class C titles,
and if successful here Friday
night, they will go on to Lincoln
to defend the state C title won a
year ago.
Francis J. Gilz returned Sun
day from a two-days’ business
trip to Omaha.
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CARDINALS CLOSE
WITH A DEFEAT
Tempers Flare as Sacred
Heart Wins 35-21
in Finale
Finis was written on the 1946
’47 basketball season here Sun
day for St. Mary’s academy when
the Cardinals dropped a 21-35
decision to Sacred Heart, of Nor
folk, in a post-tourney game. The
tilt was originally scheduled fo”
February 9 but it was postponed
because of adverse weather.
It was the season’s finale, too,
for the visiting Knights, who I
have won 11 and lost four.
The Norfolkans fashioned a 6-4
frst-quarter lead, stretched it to
16-11 at the half, and 26-15 at the
end of he third.
Jim Stinson, Norfolk guard,
and Shorty Mil«s, Cardinal for
ward, were ejected by Refeie<
Kelly Saindon after they had
brushed each other the wrong
way.
Don Kellogg and Bob Manioi
led the Norfolkans’ scoring with
13 and 10 points, respectively. As
usual, the Cards’ scoring was ev
enly distributed.
Kellogg was the only Sacred
Heart performer who’ll return
next year. The Cards, on the
other hand, were satu:ated with
freshmen and sophomores.
In a curtain-raiser, the Cardi
nal reserves nipped the Sacred
Heart sconds 20-19 in a dingdong
battle.
The boxscore oi me mam
event:
SACRED H’T (35) fg ft pf pts
Kellogg, f ~~ 5 3 2 13
Crotty, f __ 0 0 0 0
Carney, f - 2 0 4 4
D. Manion, f —. 0 0 0 0
B. Manion, c - 5 0 3 10
Corkle, c - 0 0 0 0
Stinson, g - 2 0 4 4
Juve, g 0 0 0 0
Harrison, g - 2 0 3 4
Johnson, g - 0 0 0 0
Totals _16 3 16 35
ST. MARY’S (21) fg ft pf pts
Hickey, f - 0 12 1
Harty, f - -. 0 0 0 0
Miles, f - 12 4 4
Gatz, f _ 0 0 0 0
Hynes, c _ 0 111
Koci, c - 0 0 0 0
Behn, g _ 2 0 0 4
Marne, g - 2 115
Tomjack, g - 3 0 0 6
Donohoe, g - 0 0 0 0
Totals - 8 5 8 21
Technical foul: Harrison.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dexter
visited Mrs. Dexter’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence Rothchild, of
Chambers, Sunday.
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DIAMOND SHAPES
Bing Crosby and Bob Hope
take a detour from “The Road
to Rio,” to do a little bragging
about their favorite outdoor
sport. Both baseball owners,
they look askance at each oth
er as they exhibit what the
well-dressed baseball player
will wear on the diamond this
season. They seem to have for
gotten their horses and golf in
their new-found love. Pitts- .
burgh Pirates and Cleveland In- j
dians may ask them to be act
ive in management of clubs
next summer.
INMAN TIGERS
WIN ’D' TITLE
Defeat Page 40 - 30
in Finals at Neligh
Playoff with Kilgore
NELIGH — Supt.-Coach Ralnh 1
Gray’s Inman Tigers won th«
class D basketball title here Sat- j
n’dav ni?ht b>r drf',nting Page I
40-30 in the championship mate''.
The Tigers, a pretouiney favor
ite, probably had the hardest
row-to-hoe in the entire tourney
and emerged with a hardearned
crown.
The Neligh laurels were added
to already-won Elkhorn Valley
conference and tourney honors.
The Tigers weie feeble at the
freethrow lane in the Page game,
missing all 10 chances. The gift
points were desperately needed
until late in the fourth stanza
when the Tigers built a five-bas
ket lead.
Inman’s high-scoring Center
Mossman was limited to six
points, but Guard G. Sholes and
Forward Heck came through
with 12 and 10 points, respective
ly
Forward D. Heiss was best for
Page with 10.
The score was knotted at eight,
at the end of the first quarter.
The Tigers held a one-point lead
at the half and led 26-23 at the
beginning of the fourth.
A moment before the third
stanza ended. Forward Heck sus
tained a left-ankle injury, but
was back on the floor shortly af
ter play was resumed in the cru
cial final period of play.
The battle between Page and
Chambers in the semifinals was
the second time this season the
two quints had met in tourney
play. Page led all the way, win
ning 35-29. Forward D. Heiss
scored 16 points for Page while
Guard Walter led Chambers with
12.
Clearwater s team was outsized
bv Inman and the Tigers won 33
21 in the other semifinal match.
Inman led 11-3 at the quarter;
32-6 at the half, and 30-13 at the
third-quarter mark. Forward
Heck paced Inman with 12.
In the third place race. the
Chambers Covotes measured
Clearwater 39-22. After the op
ening minutes the outcome was
never qustioned. Chambers Cen
ter Cooke scored 16 points for the
winners.
The boxscore of the title game:
INMAN (40) fg ft pf pt<
Heck, f 5 0 2 10
Clark, f 0000
Hartigan, f ... 2 0 14
L. Sholes, f - 0 0 0 0
Mossman, c _ 3 0 2 6
Sobotka, c 0 0 0 0
Blake, g 4 0 2 8
Gannon, g 0 0 0 0
G. Scholes, g ... 6 0 2 12
Hutton, g 0 0 0 0
Totals 20 0 9 40
PAGE (30) fg ft pf pt
D. ITeiss. f 4 2 1 10
Taylor, f 10 0 2
Cunningham, f 3 0 16
Trowbridge, f 0 0 0 0
R. Heiss, c _113 3
Buxton, c 0 0 0 0
Hollidav, g _10 0 2
'NAME' WRESTLERS
ON LEGION CARD
Nebraska’s Own Pesek
and Dusek Coming'
Next Thursday H
Guys and gals in northcentr®
Nebraska and southern Soutfc
Dakota, who like to watch first
class wrestling, have the Ameri
can Legion here to thank for lay
ing on a topnotch card neat
Thursday night.
The three-event program wifi
bring to town at least two “name"
grapplers—Nebraska’s own John
Pesek and Joe Dusek—and four
others who know their way
around in the mat business.
Pesek, the 53-year-old Ravent*
powerhouse, is recognized as the
“uncrowned champ’’ in heavy
weight wrestling circles. He
will go two - falls - out - of - three
against Jack Conley, of Denver,
Colo. Pesek weighs 205 pounds;
Conley, 228. Theirs will be the
j main event with a 90-mirute
time limit.
In the semiwindup. Joe Dusek,
of Omaha, will face Abe Cole
man, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Dusek
i will Weigh in at about 230; Cole
1 man at 227. With a 45-mhute
time limit, they will do two-falls
out-of-three.
In a special preliminary, Frank
Taylor, of Toledo, O., weight 229,
will face Cal Reese, of St. Joseph,
Mo., weight 227. This will be a
one-fall exhibition in 30 minutes.
Pat McGill, of Omaha, well
known Midwest figure in the ref
ereeing business, will officiate.
The Legion placed tickets on
sale Saturday *t Pat’s bar, Mac’s
bar and the O’Neill Drug. All
seats am reserved.
The event, which will be held
in the O'Neill public school au- *
ditorium, will begin at 3:30 p.m.
Robinson, g 0 0 0 0
Kennedy, g 3 12 7
I’aek, g 0 0 0 0
Totals. -.13 4 7 30
American Legion, Simonson Post 93
-- presents -
wrestlinQ
Thursday, March 13
O'Neill Public School Auditorium
BEGINNING AT 8:30 P. M.
Main Event
(WEIGHT 205) (WEIGHT 226)
RAVENNA, NEIJR. DENVER, COLO.
2 Out of 3 Falis, 90-Minute Time Limit
k. '
_ * *
JOHN PESEK
SEMI-WINDUP
JOE DUSEK
WEIGHT 230 — Omaha. Nebr.
VS.
ABE COLEMAN
WEIGHT 227 — Brooklyn. N. Y.
2 Out of 3 Falls, 45-Minute Time Limit
SPECIAL EVENT
FRANK TAYLOR
WEIGHT 229 — Toledo, O.
VS.
CAL REESE
WEIGHT 227 — St. Joseph, Mo.
1 Fall. 30-Minute Time Limit
PAT McGILL — Referee
mrnrn ' -
JACK CONLEY
AKif1 RINGSIDE—$ 1 .75 RESERVED-$1.25
Tickets on Sale
IN O’NEILL AT
PAT’S BAR — MAC’S BAR — O’NEILL DRUG
For Reservations Write
AMERICAN LEGION
BOX 405
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA