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SPORTS By LOWELL ANDERSON CENTRAL OUTSCORES LAUREL 45-35 IN ROUGH GAME LAUREL DOWNS COLUMBUS 45-33 Laurel won its fifth game of the season in 14 starts bp defeating Columbus on the Cougar court Jan. 19. Columbus put up a zone defense against the Locomotives, but the locals depended on the shooting eyes of Miller and Schrei ner for long distance shots. Schrei ner connected on five field goals, and six free throws to lead all scorers. Next in line was Miller who get 10 points, and at his post position Bangert collected nine points. For Columbus, Leo Lambrecht's unstoppable jump shot yielded him 15 tallies. At the beginning of the game Laurel boys found difficulty in accustoming themselves to the small court, but nevertheless jumped to a 13-7 lead at the end of the first quarter. In the se cond quarter Lambrecht found the hoop for. 10 points as he led the Cougars in a rally which found them four points behind the Loco ^ ...... . I motives 27 points at the interims sion. In the third quarter Laurel's offense began to click as the team looped in 10 points while holding the Cougars to five. With a 37 28 lead when going into the fourth quarter Laurel lost the shooting eye, and saw the Cougars come within four points of the Laurel score again. The score at the official time out read Laurel 37, Columbus 33 w'ith Laurel unable to score in the fourth quarter un til after the three-minute time out. Then the Locomotives poured on the steam by sinking eight points in the last three minutes, to win the game by a 45-33 count. Danny Freund did a trojan job of guarding Lambrecht in the se cond half as he only scored three points in the last two quarters. Laurel made an unbelievable re cord of 13 out of 14 free throw's in the game for a 93 per cent accuracy at the foul line. Schrei ner missed the hoop on one of his seven tries at the free throw line, but offset the miss which marred the perfect night at the free throw' line, by playing a bang-up game, scoring 16 points. Laurel hit for 31 per cent of their field goal tries, which was very good consid ering that practically all the shoot ing was outside the radius of the free throw line. Columbus hit 25 per cent of its shots even though constantly penetrating the Laurel defense only to miss closeups at the basket. TUBMAN'S FOOD T77T / //0 0 Are you new in Laurel? Come to this friendly store and get acquainted. If favored with your patronage we shall strive to please. Gerber's Baby Food, strained or chopped. RICE M. J. B., California Short, 2-îb. box ... 32c For Baby 3 25c cans for. RAISINS g 55 c Sugar $ jP * io io-îb. bag CRACKERS Premium, 2-Ib. box 47c Mirade Whip M. J. B., Folger's, Hills Bros., Butternut, Nash's; 1-îb, tin Coffee 84c Quart jar of this fine salad dressing for. 55c Bisquick 45 C SPAM or Treat Luncheon Meat, 12-oz. tin ..... 41c SARDINES Tomato or Mustard sauce. MILK, Surfine, 4 tall cans for . 51c 2 for 37c 15-oz. tins SYRUP, Log Cabin ; 24-oz. tin . 55c Washing Powders HONEYS 69 c 4b. All brands, large size Giant size .. 28c tin 74Ç Tubman's Food Mart Free Delivery 801 East Main Street Phones 44 and 45 In a game muck marked with rough body contact playing, the Billings Central Rams managed a 42-35 win over the Locomotives last Saturday night on the Central court. With the win Central hand ed Laurel its tenth defeat in 15 starts and also made it three in a row over the Locomotives this year. Two Locomotives left the lineup via the foul route, the two be ing Schreiner and Gass. Miller and Dantic had four fouls apiece,., but lasted the duration of the rough fray. Vincellete of Centrai also left the game on five person * als. In the fracas both teams made 13 field goals, but Central's curacy at the free throw line won the game. Laurel cooled off from the night before and could con nect with but nine out of 22 at tempts at the foul line, while Cen tra] made 16 out of 25 attempts for the win. ac I Laurel had a 8-6 lead at the en d of the initial quarter hut saw it vanish as Central had a three | point, 19-16 advantage at the half, j in the third quarter Laurel 1 tir.ued to keep pace with the Rams, con but were still three points behind at the end of the third quarter. With the score standing 30-27 in favor of Central going into the fourth quarter, the Rams gradual ly pulled ahead of Laurel as the loss of the regulars by fouls hurt the scoring punch of the Locomos tives. The final score read 42-35. Bangert led the Laurel attack with 11 points and Miller followed with eight. Dantic and Miller of Laurel held the high scoring combination of Studer and Costel lo at a minimum as the duo only I Vincel made 14 points together. Icte led the Central scorers w'ith nine points before he left the game on fouls. LAUREL "B" BOWS TO BILLINGS "A The Laurel Cabooses stepped out of their class when they tackled the tall Billings "B" Colts Sat urday night. Laurel kept up w'ith the lanky Colts for three quarters when the height of the Colts began tc tell the difference. The Ca booses held a 9-5 first quarter lead but then fell behind the next quar ters. Things picked up in the third cant, w'hen they came within two points of the Colts, but still were behind 30-28. In the fourth quarter the Colts completely out " scored the locals 14-4 to win the game 44-32. LAUREL "B" DEFEATS 'iEARLLNGS 35-31 1 The Laure! Cabooses snapped the Yearling 17-game winning streak Jan. 17 by handing the Billings senior high quint a 35-31 j defeat. The Laurel team had slim leads at the ends of all four quar- ! ters although only four Cabooses ! contributed to the scoring. Frank j led the scoring with 12 points, j followed by Schreiner. Rider, and | Meyers with eight, seven and six j points respectively. INTRAMURAL STANDINGS By DICK WILLIAMS , I™ 6 &y mnasi um, Jan. 21: ™ . . A , A „ ,, Tv e Wolverines beat the Gold en Gophers 16 to 10. Ronald Behm was high point man for the Wol verines and Charles Mathis was high for the Golden Gophers. The Rockets edged out a victory when they defeated the Blackwid ows by a score of 10 to 8. It was an overtime game and Dick Fritz ler made the winning points. Dick Fritzler and Jerry Vogel were high for the winners and Jay Kaiserman for the losers. The Junior Elks were bye. The following is a report of the results made by the seventh and eighth grade intramural teams at > CLASS B The Dodgers overran the Bob . cats by a score of 22 to 12. Jim Kaiserman made 11 for the win ning team and Jim Sturtevant made eight points for the losers. The Beavers played the Light nings and wei'e defeated by a very close 13 to 11 score. Lee Byrd was high point man for the winning Lightnings and Elmer Brown was high for the losing Beavers. The Rattlers were bye. The referees were Jack Heebner, Lowell Anderson, Harry Hodges and Jim Gass. I Class "A" (Junior Elks Wolverines The standings as of Jan. 14 are: Won Lost 3 0 2 1 Golden Gophers Rockets Blackw'idows Class "B" Dodgers Beavers Lightnings Rattlers Bobcats 2 2 1 2 0 3 4 1 2 2 2 2 i 2 i 3 LAUREL TO PLAY ROUNDUP AND HARDIN THIS WEEKEND Laurel will play in Roundup with the Panthers in a conference game Friday night. Laurel w'ill be seeking its fourth conference victory in seven starts in this (Additional Sports Next Column) vu > 11 Zk m t-jf 3? it 3 \ i BOYS' Pants Sizes BOYS' BOYS' Sweaters Two Tone CHILDREN'S Shirts Hats Broad cloth $■ 14 & 16 $ mostly $■ i Not too Sizes many. Wool and Cotton. So Some smaller 4 to 16 Hurry ! Supply Limited ! Washable LADIES' Purses Coveralls and Corduroys FOR CHILDREN Bib Play Pants CHILDREN'S Flannel PJ's 1 1 Sizes FOR CHILDREN Supply Limited $ Broken 50c 1 But A Real Buy LADIES' Rayon Panties CHILDREN'S Cotton Panties ONE RACK Ladies Goods CHILDREN'S Cotton Panties *1 $ 1 Dresses ^ 1 ! 4 5 6 ! and - For For For Slacks ■ BABY Nite Gowns LADIES' Rayon Panties Remnants Ladies Hose 3 $ 1 1 4 For *1 2 For *1 3 2 Pair For For For ONE GROUP Ladies Shoes ONE GROUP Ladies Shoes Many Items Not Advertised at One Dollar; Values $ But We'll Have a Sign on Them in the Store. 2 Values 50 »2 To To SAVE DOLLARS ON ALL ITEMS. $7.95 $4.98 JÂ hTt ■U">i—< ■—-J V f\ m o. Wi m V II I I I * Company wf A game. Returning to the home court Saturday, Laurel will play the strong Hardin Bulldog aggrega tion in another conference game. The meet the Roundup and Hardin in the pre liminaries. s'' squad of Laurel will B" squads of both 4< The Outlook Says: Mr. and Mrs. Louis Price are parents of a daughter, bom in a Billings hospital Monday. Among college students home for the week end were Janie Lock wood and Frances Freed of Car roll college in Helena and John Cmdorff from Bozeman. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Fisher and Mrs. Christine Keck were dinner guests Sunday at the ranch home of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Freed. Bobby Shay, 14-months oM son of Mr. and Mrs. Neil Shay, turned Sunday from a Billings hos pital where he had been under treatment several days last week. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Roseberry left Sunday for a three-week tion trip to California, re vaca-