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O’NEILL. NEBR., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 2. 1950—PAGE 9
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I St. Mary's Cardinals Win Holt Cage Title
I Defeat Surprise Chambers
Team, 32-23, in
Title Game
Tourney Roundup
FIRST ROUND
Tuesday, January 24
St. Mary’s 37 Atkinson 20
O’Neill 41 Stuart 37
Wednesday, January 25
Page 39 Inman 24
Chambers 19 Ewing 13
SEMIFINALS
Thursday. January 26
St. Mary’s 22 O’Neill 18
(' Chambers 25 Page 23
' FINALS
Friday, January 27
St. Mary’s 32 Chambers 23
By a Staff Writer
The favored Cardinals of St.
Mary's academy romped through
the Holt county prep cage tour
nament here last week to be
come the champions for 1950.
Coach Jack Arbuthnot’s kids
eased by Stuart, 37-20, in first
round play; bumped O’Neill, 22
18, in the semifinals, and plast
ered Chambers, 32-23, in the
finals.
Most of the games were close
and hardfought—as indicated by
i . the scores—and most games :
were played before a capacity
house. Schools entered were; ;
St. Mary’s, O’Neill high, Inman, !
Atkinson high, Ewing, Chamb
ers, Page and Stuart. Because
of conflict with the state Cath
olic prep meet at York, St. Jo
seph’s of Atkinson did not com
pete in the Holt tourney.
First Round . . .
In completing the first round
of the Holt county prep cage
tournament here Wednesday
evening, January 25, both Page
and Chambers upset the dope
sheet by turning in victories ov
er Inman and Ewing, respect
ively.
V Tuesday evening, January 24,
the opening night of the tour
ney, O’Neill dropped Stuart, 41
37, in a thrill-packed conquest
that was not decided until the
final three minutes of play. St.
Mary’s took the tournament's
opening tilt in romping to an
easy victory over the Atkinson
high school team, 37 - 20.
Complete details of both of the
contests played Tuesday, Janu
ary 24, were published in the
January 26 issue of The Fron
tier.
Page 39, Inman 24
Avenging the defeat absorb
ed during the Elkhorn valley
tournament earlier in January,
Page eased to victory over
Coach Darel Bright s Inman
A gang, 39-24.
Page reversed the tables on
the outcome of the game which
involved the two teams during
the Elkhorn valley tournament.
The result of that encounter was
Inman 44, Page 24.
Coach Tommy Huttons quin
tet was never in danger through
out title tilt. Page performed
with outstanding precision in
setting up plays and following
under both buckets.
Despite only a 2-point ad
vantage, 7-5, at the end of
the initial period, the Pirates
stretched their lead during
the second stanza. When the
intermission buzzer sounded,
H they were out in front of the
favored Inman team, 20-11.
Slow, methodical play char
acterized the third canto as the
Inman team could not match
the shooting accuracy nor the
I # r • .. ,
The Frontier's staff photographer, John H. McCarville.
caught members of the Chambers high school and St. Mary's
academy basketball teams in an informal session prior to Fri
day night's championship game in the Holt county tourney. The
height of the Page boys. As the
final stanza got underway, Page
held a 10-point lead, 26-16.
Hutton gave his boys the "go
ahead” signal and they poured
on the scoring heat as they
eased on to victory. Leading
the Pirates’ lethal attack were
Waring, Frahm and Graves,
each with 12 points.
Hartigan and Stevens shared
high scoring honors for the los
ing Inman club, with 8 points
each.
Chambers 19, Ewing 18
In the finale on Wednesday
evening’s tournament card, the
underrated Chambers quintet
edged its way into the semifin
als by squeezing past the Ewing
Tigers, 19-18.
The low-scoring thriller will
not easily be forgotten by
Chambers fans for many moons.
Nor by the Ewing people, eith
er. It was the first defeat of the
season for the Tigers.
The thrill-packed game kept
the overflow house of cage fans
on the edge of their seats and
the fans’ high-pitched enthusi
asm reigned throughout the tilt.
When the final buzzer sounded,
the Chambers fans virtually
Drought down the house with
joy as they could hardly believe
their underdog team had gained
the semifinals.
Some observers from the
Chambers community said
that this is the first time in
approximately 15 years that a
Chambers team had "faired"
well in the Holt tournament.
Coach Les Eckdahl’s South
Hoit club was in command un
til the waning moments of the
lively contest. With about 2
minutes to go, the count was
15-all. Mert Dierks, the rangy
slot man for Ewing, swished a
charity toss to put his team in
front for the first time in the
contest. Chambers came back
with a bucket to regain the
lead. Seconds later, Dierks con
nected with a pivot shot. But
Cloyd, a Ewing forward, was
cuilty of fouling Haake with 48
seconds to go. Haake calmly de
livered the two charities award
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ed him and put his team on top
with a victory.
The Tigers were able to gar
ner only 4 points during the en
tire first half as they went off
the floor trailing, 4-11.
Bruce Grimes, a small Cham
bers guard, was virtually the
whole show for his team. He
racked up 10 points. In spite of
his small stature, Grimes is a
smooth ball handler and a cool
shot under the basket, many
fans agreed.
Semifinals . . .
In Thursday evening’s cur
tain-raiser, the O’Neill gymn
was packed to capacity to see
the intercity contest between
St. Mary’s and O’Neill. St.
Mary’s won the battle, 22-18.
Chambers, again the underrated
team, came through to down the
Page Pirates, 25-23, in a con
test that was not decided until
the last 35 seconds.
St. Mary's 22, O'Neill 18
O’Neill grabbed a 1-point lead
ing the intercity tilt, but Hank
Mangan potted a short, 1-hand
er from the corner with less
than 2 minutes gone to put the
Cards ino the lead. From this
point on the Cards held the lead,
but never more than 6 points.
Don Godel and Don Wagnon
saw limited service during the
encounter. Godel committed 3
fast fouls in the first period. He
was yanked and did not return
until the latter part of the third
canto. Wagnon suffered a twist
ed ankle midway in the second
period. In the absence of the 2
first stringers, Tiny Layh took
over and kept the Eagles in the
contest.
As the second quarter got
started, St. Mary’s held a 3-5
lead. Miles and Pat Hickey
teamed to give the Cards a 13-10
margin as the teams went to
the locker rooms for the inter
mission.
Play was slow and meth
odical during the third period
in which a total of 6 points
were scored. Coach Jack Ar
buthnot's boys hit a bucket
and a pair of free throws
while the Eagles tallied one
basket.
Mangan and Johnny Uhl con
nected for a basket apiece in
the early moments of the final
stanza. Then as the official 3
minute timeout rolled around,
Coach Howie Dean’s pupils
started a rally and pulled to
within 3 points, 18-21, of the
victory-bound Cards.
Hickey, ace Card ballhawker,
topped the scoring column with
a 10-point total. Best for the
losing Eagles was Layh with 7
points.
Boxscore:
ST. M. (22) fg ft pf tp
Hickey 3 4- 5 2 10
Miles 1 1-353
Gatz 0 1-521
Wills 0 0- 0 0 0
Mangan 3 0-016
Uhl 10-312
Totals 8 6-16 11 22
O’NEILL (18) fg ft pf tp
Godel 1 0-1 3 2
Calkins 1 1-423
| Porter 0 0- 0 0 0
Lindberg 1 2-344
Layh 3 1-247
Wagnon 1 0-1 0 2
Totals 7 4-11 13 18
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Chambers 25, Page 23
The final game on Thursday
evening’s agenda provided many
thrills which characterized the
entire tourney play.
Chambers nipped Page, 25
! 23, in a tussle that was not de
| cided until the dying seconds
! of the engagement.
Coach Les Eckdahl’s crew,
playing without the services of
B. Butts (he made 27 points
! against Orchard in the Elkhorn
valley tournament) was in com
1 mand of the contest up until
O'Neill parochial quinl won the finale, 32-23. Shaking hands
are Guard Farrier, of Chambers, and Center Jack Galz, of St.
Mary's. Flanking the honorary captains are the Chambers Coy
otes (at left) and Cards (at right).
All-Holt Tourney Fives
The Frontier presents its mythical all-Holt county tourna
ment basketball team. The selections of the players were based
on performances in the annual tournament which was held last
week here in O’Neill.
FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM
HICKEY, St. Mary’s_ F _ MILES, St. Mary’s
GODEL, O’Neill-F _ HARTIGAN, Inman
FRAHM, Page .. C_LINDBERG, O’Neill
GRIMES, Chambers ..G HAAKE, Chambers
UHL, St Mary’s_G WARING, Page
Honorable Mention
Forwards: Fink, of Page; Stevens, of Inman; Calkins, of O’
Neill; Wilbern, of Atkinson; Seger, of Stuart; Jarman, of Cham
bers.
Centers: Gatz, of St. Mary’s; J. Christiansen, of Chambers;
Dierks, of Ewing.
Guards: Graves, of Page; Layh, of O’Neill; Farrier, of Cham
bers.
midway in the third stanza. The
lead see-sawed and at the offi
cial time out the count was
Chambers 23, Page 23. J. Jar
man, substituting for Butts,
drove in and connected with a
lay-up shot with about 35 sec
onds to go. This spelled victory
for the Chambers outfit.
The South Holt quintet bag
ged the first bucket with less
than a minute gone in the first
period. But the Pirates retaliat
ed with a foul circle shot to
knot the count. Chambers made
a 4-bucket spurt to hold a 10-6
lead at the quarter. Each squad j
collected 5 points in the seconu i
period as play slowed consider- |
ably.
it was midway in the third
period that Page caught the j
South Holt kids and the scoring |
fireworks began to pop.
Boxscore:
CHMBRS (25) fg ft pf tp
•Farrier . 2 1-305
Jarman 2 0-134
Christiansen 0 0-1 1 0 j
Rasmussen 0 0- 0 0 0
Grimes 13-515
Ilaake 5 1-2 2 11
Totals 10 5-12 7 25 !
PAGE (23) fg ft pf tp
Fink 1 0-1 2 2
Waring 3 1-337
Frahm 3 2- 3 3 8
Graves 1 0-1 12
Neubauer 2 0-124
Totals 10 3- 9 11 23
b inals . . .
St. Mary's 32, Chambers 23
With a torrid third period aid
ing the cause, the St. Mary’s
academy Cardinals Friday cap
tured the Holt county tourna
ment crown from the Chambers
Coyotes, 32-23, before an over
flow crowd at the public school
gym.
The finale of the tourney fea
tured a close ball game up until
the thrid period when Coach
Jack Arbuthnot’s charges pull
ed away from the ailing Coy
otes. Coach Les Eckdahl’s kids
were unable to work the ball in
close and were forced to do most
of their work from far out.
The South Holt gang jumped
to a 2-point lead with about 5
seconds gone. Cardinal Hank
Mangan potted a 1-hander from
the corner and then the teams
traded a bucket apiece. With 3
minutes and 15 seconds left,
Jarman, a forward, ripped the
net with a long 1-hander to
give his club the upper hand go
ing into the second period of
play. The score: Chambers 6,
St. Mary’s 5.
The lead changed hands three
times and was tied twice during
the second period. As the teams
left the floor at halftime the
score was knotted at 12-all.
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Coming back after the inter
mission, the Cards set out to
lake the championship tilt.
Led by Shorty Miles, the boys
on the hill tallied 12 points,
while the Chambers outfit
managed 8.
Going into the final quarter
of the title tilt, the scoreboard
read: St. Mary’s 24, Chambers
20.
The championship - bound
Cardinals continued to poke
through the bucket during the
last canto to wrap up the crown.
Miles walked off with high
scoring honors for the title tilt
as he slipped in 13 points.
Grimes was the best for the run
nerup team making 11 points.
Boxscore:
ST. M (32) fg ft pf tp
Miles 5 3- 6 2 13
Wills 12-214
Hickey 1 0-022
Gatz 2 1-13 5
Mangan 1 0-022
Uhl 3 0-016
Totals 13 6- 9 11 32
CHMBRS (23) fg ft pf tp
Farrier 0 1-5 0 1
Jarman 3 1-5 3 7
Christiansen 0 0-1 0 0
Rasmussen 0 0- 0 0 0
Grimes 5 1-1 3 11
Haake 12-414
Totals 9 5-16 7 23
O'Neill 34, Page 30
In the preliminary game on
the final evening’s docket, O -
Neill came from behind dui ing
the last 9 minutes to slip by the
Page Pirates, 34-30, for third
place standing in the tourna
ment.
Boxscore:
O’NEILL (34) fg ft pf tp
Godel 8 2-3 2 18
Calkins 0 1- \ J i.
Porter ? ® ® ®
Lindberg - f- 6 1 b
I avh 4 1-13 9
Wagnon
Totals 14 6-11 12 34
PAGE (30) fg ft Pf tp
park 0 1-111
F?nk 12-44 4
Waring J J- 2 0 4
Frahm 2 1-2 5 5
Graves 6 4* 1 „
Neubauer 00-210
Totals 1° 10-16 12 30
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BLUEJAYS WIN'D’
CATHOLIC HONORS
St. Joe Annexes Third
Crown in 4 Years
At York
ATKINSON — St, Joseph’s,
of Atkinson, Friday annexed
the class D. championship of
the state Catholic tournament
from St. Joseph’s, of York, 32
29. The state parochial meet
was hold last week at York.
It is the third Catholic tourn
ament title t h e Josies haye
copped in four years. They cap^
tured the 1947 and 1948 crowns
but were unable to enter the
1949 tourney because of being
snowbound.
The Bluejays knocked off St.
Boniface, of Elgin, in the open
ing round on Wednesday eve
ning, January 25, and then
blasted their way into the fin
als by trouncing Sacred Heart,
of Norfolk, 56-35, Thursday eve
ning.
In capturing the class D Cath
olic top honors, Coach Lewis
Wewal’s Josies sped to an 8-4
lead over the York club in the
initial period. As the team went
to the shower rooms at half
time the Atkinson parochial
quint had stretched its lead to
20-9.
However, me power nu non
county club was obliged to
whip up a rally In the final
65 seconds to cop the final.
The York quint closed the
gap during the third canto to
trail by three points, 21-24, as
the final stanza got underway.
With a little more than a
minute to go, the York team
slipped into the lead, 29-28.
Atkinson regained the lead
35 seconds later when Bill Dex
ter connected witha long shot.
He sprung loose in the last
three seconds to cash in on a
setup to tuck away the crown.
Tom Slattery, ace forward
for the Bluejays, copped high
scoring honors with 10 points.
Boxscore of final game:
ATK. (32) fg ft pf tp
Troshynski, f 2 2- 3 3 0
Slattery, f 5 0- 0 3 10
Vogel, c _ 2 1-215
Tushla, g - 0 1-4 3 1
Dexter, g .... 2 0- 0 4 4
Schaaf, g _3 0-116
Totals _ 14 4-10 15 32
YORK (29) fg ft pf tp
Barry, f_ 4 3- 6 2 11
ROsenquist, f 2 0- 2 3 4
Hurley, c ..... 14-526
McCormick, g 3 0-216
Otoupal, g 10-312
Totals \Y 7-18 9 29
IY1 ore SPORTS on
Page 4
BUTTE ANNEXES
BOYD CROWN
Knocks Off Lynch, 38-29,
In Finale; Spencer
Places 3d
BUTTE — Butte high school
walked off with the Boyd coun
ty cage championship here Fri
jday night after romping to
two successive victories in the
two-day meet.
Friday evening Butte whip
ped Lynch, 38-29, for the title
and soundly thrashed Naper,
52-5, in the opening round
Thursday, January 26.
In the championship contest,
the victorious Butte outfit held
at 6-2 advantage going into the
second period of play, and when
the intermission buzzer sound
ed Lynch closed the gap to 12
14.
Bjornsen, the Lynch slojt
man, fouled out in the third
period. This aided a scoring
spree for Butte. During the
third canto, the Butte gang
tallied 16 points. At the end
of the third quarter, the score
board read: Butte 30. Lynch
18.
Kelly Liewer, of Butte, pep
pered the hoop for 17 points in
the title match to cop high
scoring laurels- Close on Liew
er’s trail was Mally, of Lynch,
with 16 tallies. Mally connected
for 14 of his total during the
last half.
In the evening's curtain rais
er to decide the third place
team Friday night, Naper re
versed its form of the opening
night’s 52-5 loss, to give Spen
cer a real battle. The spirited
Naper team lost to the Spencer
aggreation, 28-27, only after the
Spencer club was forced to go
into overtime. The count at the
end of the regular game was
knotted 27-all.
In the opening round of the
tournament Thursday, the
Lynch “5” mustered a rally in
the final stanza to drop 15 points
! and defeat Spencer, 33-23. Spen
cer was out in front at the end
of the first two periods of play
and the score was tied 18-all at
the start of the final period.
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iMHNEMMnMRHMMi
FOURTH ANNUAL SALE
OF THE
Holt County Aberdeen-Angus
Breeders’ Association
O'NEILL LIVESTOCK MARKET
O'NEILL. NEBRASKA
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7TH
Show at 10:90 A.M. — Judge: Charles Reece, Simeon, Nebr.
SALE BEGINS AT 1:00 O'CLOCK P.M.
65 Head 45 Bulls, 20 Females
All T.B. and Bangs Tested
SPECIAL FEATURE OF THE SALE
There will be 10 of the above females entered for one
specific purpose, namely, for purchase by 4-H Club Mem
bers and FFA Members only. These are the pick of the 1949
calves and local 4-H and FFA members and those from sur
! rounding counties and stales, with proper credentials from
their counly agents or club leaders, will have the privilege of
bidding on these for their own foundation stock. Free First
t Service to any sire owned by the members of the association
will be available to the purchasers of these club heifers.
There will be 30 mature bulls, 10 junior bulls and five
1949 bull calv,es entered. The good rugged and popular kind.
The Fourth annual sale will contain some of the best An
gus for the rancher and breeder of this wonderful breed.
The O'Neill Chamber of Commerce is presenting a loving
cup to the Grand Champion Bull if bred by exhibitor.
On Monday evening, Feb. G, there will be an Angus ban
quet at the American Legion hall, and showing of the film
; "Angus Trails." There will be a special youth table.
HOLT COUNTY ABERDEEN-ANGUS BREEDERS' ASSN.
For catalog write to Ray Siders, O'Neill, Neb., Sale Manager
or Leo T. Adams. Chambers, Secretary-Treasurer
Send mail bids to Lawrence Buller, Nebraska Farmer; A Neil
Dawes, County Agent; Jack Miller. Journal-Stockman; or
Mr. Cooper, Angus Association Fieldman
COL. EDWIN THORIN. Auctioneer |
