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THE BILLINGS GAZETTE Sunday, December 1, 1945 Page Eleven Six Collegiate Basketball Games Scheduled for Billings This Week E. M. N. S. Yellowjackets Open Cage Season Tuesday Billings Broncs to Play 18-Game illings Polytechnic, E.

M. N. S. Basketball This Week Big Sixteen Conference Schedule Cagers Will Play Opening Games MONDAY diet t-y An 18-game conference basketball i Billings gym until January 18 when Dickinson Teachers tt Billing! Poly schedule featuring nine home games they return home to play Sidney. technic.

2S-f ir A J4 at Bluings senior high school was announced Saturday by Coach Roy Tne cagers play two other games away In January, return for a two- TUESDAY at center. Bob Swain of Billing? and Lauren Hetland of Joliet in the guard positions. Eastern Montana Normal school officials reported Saturday no definite word had been received from Spearfish regarding a traveling squad or starting lineup. Colin. 13! S3 il r' Morin following a two-day session night stand, followed by three road Dickinson Teachers at Eastern Montana of Big Sixteen mentors at Missoula.

Normal. High School The league slate, along with the seven non-conference games sched Collegiate basketball makes its debut in Billings this week with six games on the schedule featuring teams from four states Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota and North Dakota. Leading the parade of college basketball teams to make their appearance here will be Dickinson, N. State Teachers college. The Savages play Billings Polytechnic institute cagers in the first of a three-game Montana-Dakota conference series at 8 p.

m. Monday night Coach H. J. Wienbergen will send Coinertovn at Plentywood. Hardin at Lodge Gross.

RapeUe at Absnrokco. Shepherd at Edgar. A Three Ties Mar WEDNESDAY t. IT. 4 i trips.

Starting February 15, they will remain in the home gym for five consecutive games before the start of the tournament grind. The conference schedule: January Olendlve. there. January 4 Sidney, there. January 10 Great Palls, there.

January 11 Lewlstown, thert, January Sidney, hero. January 33 Butt. Public, thert. January J4 Anaconda, January 11 Miles City, February 1 Olendlve. her.

February Livingston, February Bowman, there. February 11 Miles City, there. February 15 Anaconda, here. February 11 Butt. Public, her.

February Great Falls, her. February 38 Livingston, here. March 1 Boteman, March 1 Lewlstown, here. uled by Morin for December, will give the Broncs a 25-game program over a 16-wcck period. The Broncs will open play Friday when they engage Lovell, in a curtain raiser to the Montana State college-University of Wyoming game.

Saturday the Orange and Black will play Powell, Wyo. Following an idle week end, the team swings back into action when it is hast to a six-team basketball jamboree December 20 and 21. The Jamboree will include teams from Loop Standings Seven teams remain undefeated in three Billings Junior high school intramural leagues as the third week of competition gets under Billings, Roundup, Laurel, Red way Monday. Three clubs Alleycats, Kllroys dies Spearfish. 8.

Teachers at Eastern Montana Normal. Dickinson Teachers at Billings Polytechnic. High Rehooi Red Lodge at Park City. Joltet at Belfry, THURSDAY High School Lodge Grass at Ranchester, Wyo. Custer at Hardin.

FRIDAY Colics. University of Wyoming vs. Montana State college (Billings). High School Lovell. Wych, at Billings.

St. Patrick's at Worden. Mobrldge, S. at Lemmon, 8. Reed Point at Park City at Hardin.

Plentywood at Crosby, N. D. Rap.U. at RyegatV SATURDAY Lodge, Columbus and Hardin. and Wolverines are knotted for After Christmas Morin will take the cagers on a Wymoing tour with Coach Walter Zimmerman, (right), and Oscar BJorgum, athletic director, outline offensive plays on the chart-board- for Eastern Montana Normal school cagers as the Yellowjackets prepare for the season's opener Tuesday "with Dickinson, N.

State Teachers' college. Left to right, back row Lauren Hetland, Jim Swstfn, Bob Zupan, Frank Chase, Herman Mees and Mike Pekovlch. Front row Frank Wiley, Bill 'Harkovicftt Harold Smith, Marcel Fages, Kenny Rambold. Lewis Schuyler and Mike Korich. the ninth grade loop lead while two quintets are tied for top spot in each of the other two circuits.

With three wins in as many games the Mustangs and Dead Eyes top the eighth grade cagers while tRe Hot Shots and Hellcats share lead games slated for December 26, 27 and 28 before starting the conference siege. The league slate, which opens January 3 when the Broncs travel to Glendive, keeps them out of the Sports Slanis Recreation Loop Slate Announced ership of the seventh grade league with two victories and no losses. Jim Noe is high scorer in the ninth grade league with 38 points in three games. Strutz leads' eight grade scorers with 30 points Collegts University of Wyoming vs. Montana By DON JEWELL Army's tussle with the Navy Cadets at Philadelphia Satur his team against Eastern Montana Normal school in another league tilt at 8 p.

m. Tuesday and finish up with the Crusaders Wednesday. Coach Walter Zimmerman and his Yellowjackets will be hosts to Spearfish, S. Teacher's college in the E. M.

N. S. gymnasium for the other Montana -Dakota intercollegiate loop ame scheduled Wednesday. Friday Coach Ev Shelton brings the University of Wyoming Cowboys to town for a two-game stand with Montana State college Bobcats in Billings senior high school gymnasium. The Dickinson Savages opened their 1946-47 campaign Tuesday by drubbing Glendive.

junior college, 67 to 48, in the Dickinson gymnasium. Discussing his squad Saturday, Wienbergen summed up the situation with, "The squad lacks experience, but shows promise." A probable starting lineup averaging 6 feet, 1 inches has been named by the Dickinson mentor to open the battle with Poly. Included in the starting five are Mike Cuskelley of Dickinson and Gott-hold Ottmar of Elgin, at the forward positions. Dick Mueller, 6 feet, 3 inch freshman from Hettinger, N. probably will start at center with Ramond Beaver of Manderson, and Bud Ripley of Dickinson at the guard posts.

Coach George B. Fielding announced Saturday the Crusaders in three games and Dean Phelan Stat college tBIlllnsi), High School Powell. at Billings. Willow Creek at White Sulphur Springs LewistowD at Roundup. has racked up 20 in two games in day was a far cry from the first meeting of the two service teams 56 years ago on Nov.

29, 1890, at West Point. There were many differences besides the fact that Navy won that the seventh grade loop. The standings: first game. I Billings Bowlers Hold Lead in Doubles Meet Marge and Frank Wagner of Billings have taken a long lead in the Babcock alleys tournament which ends Sunday night, topping their nearest competitors by 102 pins. The Wagners hold a 1,268 score with J.

A. Wiley and S. L. Wiley in second place with 1.164. Betty Hol-bert and Marge Welch are third with 1,160.

Chemical bombs weighing 450 pounds will be used to attack forest fires In Australia, Four games are scheduled for the first week of play in the Billings Recreation basketball league which gets under way Monday at 7:30 p. m. in Billings Junior high school gymnasium. In announcing the loop schedule, Walter Zimmerman, city recreation NINTH GRADE LEAGUE Alleycats L. Pet.

The Army line of 1890 averaged all of 184 pounds, which was con 1.000 1.000 Kilroys Wolverine Cometi sidered remarkably heavy. A reporter RENT A CAR 1.000 .667 .667 .133 .333 Dribbler! Whizzen Professionals Shadows Eagles ber to win a place on the mythical eleven. Schrumpf, who copped state-wide scoring honors with 114 points during the season, sparked Coach Forrest D. Wilson's team through an undefeated season in which it ran up to a total of 237 points in eight games to opponents 30. The 13-to-12 victory over Butte Central for the Montana class A Championship was doubly sweet for Wilson because it was the Butte club that dropped Glendive 6 to 0 iiAhe 1945 state finals at Glendive, at Middletown, Conn.

The Cardinals completed an undefeated and! untied schedule this year but school officials declined bid to participate In the Glass bowl In Toledo and the Tobacco bowl In -Lexington, Ky. Wilcox, who was graduated from Weslevan la 1910 plaved varsity football In 1908 and 1909 as well as varsity basketball In 1909 and 1910. In an effort to appraise the game director, pointed out it was for tne period of December 2 to December 18, inclusive, and that the league play would be discontinued during the recreation department holiday tournev tentatively scheduled for Things W. 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 w. 3 3 3 2 3 0 0 0 STEP IN December 20 through January 4.

Opening the league Monday night will be Shadoan's Men's Store and By the Boar, Day Week LEE'S DRIVURSELF for the New York Herald observed that the Army linesmen were "quick and active in spite of their bulk" and of the 174-young Navy line he opined, "such players as these need only practice to make them equal to a first-class college eleven." The headline which topped the two-column story in the Herald read, "Sailor Laddies Beat Soldier Boys." Nowhere was the final score given. Other accounts, however, give the final count as 24 to 0. Apparently a touchdown counted four points In those days and a conversion was created as two points. The players wore cone-shaped for a slick Ribtlls Shieki EIGHTH GRADE tEAGlE Mustangs Deadeyes Kllroys Imps Wolves Devil Dogs Musketeers Globe Trotters SEVENTH GRADE LEAGUE would average "a little over 6 .333 .333 .333 .000 .000 Pet. 1.000 1.000 .667 .667 .667 .000 .000 .000 Pet.

1.000 1.000 .500 .500 .000 .000 Phon 9-1231 104 N. ISrd bird production in Iowa the state conservation commission has "asked pheasant and quail hunters to mall in the right leg of each pheasant and the left wing of each quail shot PALACE HAIR CUT YX TIM In undeclared war with France, 1791 to 1801, coast guard cutters operated with the navy for the first time. L. 0 0 L. 0 0 1 1 3 3 OPEN SUNDAYS 28174 Second Ave.

N. Palace Barber Shop at 7:30 p. m. Stockman will play Q's Sport Shop in the afterpiece at 8:30 p. m.

Wednesday the Latter-day Saints will mix with Lake Elmo in the 7:30 p. m. game and Jaycees will play the Youth Council at p. m. The teams will continue to play a round-robin schedule each Monday and Wednesday nights with the final game on the 1948 schedule listed for December 18.

through the coming season. Study of the size, shnpe and hardness of the spur on pheasants feet." Named to start for Poly Is Alex LaForge and Ben Pease of Lodge Grass at the forward positions. Oliver Pease, also of Lodge Grass, is expected to get the nod at center with Bill Three-Irons of Crow Agency and John Hormann of Bismark, N. pairing as guards. W.

3 3 1 I 0 Hot Shot Hellcats Deerslayers Zombies Champs Nameless Sight caps with short tassels, looking a and the shape of primary feathers on quail wings will reveal ratio of young and old birds. Hunter of Klein advises the Klein independent bas bit like today's ski caps and wore shirts buttoned close under the Just the Thing for Santa's Pack Zimmerman has announced he will open with Marcel Fages of not unlike the modern day Billings and Bob Zupan of Roundup Alligators less than four feet long may not, by Florida law, be possessed, transported, or sold. basketball shirt. One favorite play close of the tournament. as forwards, Jim Battln of Billings ALL NATURAL RUBBER RAYON CORD CARCASS ketball team Is "ready to go" this year and la seeking games for the current season.

Interested managers have been requested to contact Hunter at Box 22, Klein, Montana. Seventeen football lettermen have been named by Coach Arthur A. Boettcher at Sweet Grass county high school in Big Timber. Seniors receiving awards were Captain Bill Bill Sargent, Jack Peterson, Donald' Duncan, Norman Prevost, Charles Pahlgren. Juniors were Duane Tollefson, Jack Blair, Dwight Seymour, Clifton Bryan, LeRoy Esp, gud Arneson, and Bill Campbell.

Soprjomore included Svend Mau-land, Eddie Gunderson, David Duffy and Leonard Mahlum. Everett' T. (Ev) Shelton, University of Wyoming head basketball roach, Informed the Montana Officials association Saturday that he will take part In the basketball rules clinic scheduled for December 7 In Billing. A lingular honor wa accorded Jim Schrumpf, senior halfback for the Glendive Red Devils, by his selection to the Associated Press all-state Montana high school grid team for the speedy wlngback becomes the only class A team mem was a line buck formation in the shape of an Inverted with five men on each side and the fullback in the center. The most frequent other formation was a seven man line, then the quarterback and then the three backs in a horizontal row.

Halves were 45 minutes, there were no quarter periods and a forward pass; was still illegal. Probably the biggest change Is found in the Army team. In 1890 the Herald commented the Wert Pointers "don't know how to play the game very welL Today, the touchdown twins Felix (Doc) Blanehard and Glenn Davis Vare on almost every All-America team In the nation. Navy, too, has made a few changes in- style. The Middle quarterback 'gave the signal for play by shouting, "Clear ship for action." Spectators, however, are the same.

According to the report. "The pretty girls outside the ropes exclaim, 'How cute' or Horrid' according as they sympathize." MAIL BOX Henry C. WTIeox postmaster at Joliet, proudly proclaim the football feate of hit alma mater Wesley nivewlty 117 1 A HIW, HARWOOD CONFORMER PAJAMA Revamping Your Military Rifle? Drop In and tee our new line of Hand-Rubbed Walnut Stocks for Mausers, Enfields and Springfields. Military Reconversions a Specialty with J. W.

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