The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 16, 1929, Page 8

‘| Bismare _| SPRIGGS’ FINE PLAY -T EBADS CAPITAL CITY GAGERS TO GONFALON Johnny O’Hare Plays a Fine Guarding Game; Ted Mein- hover Comes Through Mandan Outfit Was Master of the Situation for Almost Three Quarters (By WILLIAM S. MOELLER) Led by the gallant Eddie Spriggs, Bismarck’s Demons came from be- hind in the second half, overcame a 12 to 9 lead, and defeated Mandan's Braves 21 to 15 in a nip-and-tuck championship ba s- ketball spectacle last night. A With the victory went the title of Region C, the right to meet Fargo in the first round of the state tourna- ment next week, and credit for Bis- marck’s sixth win over the Morton county rivals in 15 Spriggs championship con- tests since 1914 * ‘The contest was staged at the state training school gymnasium in Man- | dan before a crowd of 2,500 shout- ing fans. Spriggs Was Superb Moving like a panther, as cool as a polar bear, Spriggs generaled the Bismarck team from the opening whistle, played » beautiful floor game, and scored four field goals and two free throws in as many chances for a total of 10 of Bismarck’s 21 points. He kept them in the gam: the first half, when Mandan piled up a 10 to -% lead, finally took the lead away from the Braves, and then stretched the lead to make it comfortable. Johnny O'Hare perhaps was the! man who gave Eddie the most valu- able aid. The big guard was master of the situation under the Mandan basket, taking the ball from the bankboard repeatedly and rushing the Mandan men when they at- tempted their few short shots. When Fay Brown hit his stride in the last quarter and Big Ted Meinhover be- came accustomed to the crowd after being substituted for Schwartz, Man- dan was helpless. Captain Ben Ja- cobson, a marked man, though ‘the didn’t break into the scoring column more than once, nevertheless played @ hard onset kept ows ees n guards = wor! overtime. us Schwartz, though he fought with all he ould‘ not hit his customary Shortly after the opening of the e, Old Mi took aseat in the, balcony. It was the time _ that’ many of the fans] had seen this gen- tleman. His pres: ence gave Mandan heart, and they ‘were masters of the situation until a point in the third quarter. His scoffs atfected the De- Mons _ noticeably, and they played miserable basketball the first half. But—displeased by the antics of the Demons in the third Quarter—Mandan's hermit friend made his graceful exit. Meinhover Came Through To Big Ted Meinhover must go a | good share of glory. Thcugh the big {fellow missed two or three setups un- der the basket in the second half, he was always a constant threat—and the psychology of this situation dis- red the Brave machine. Two little guards had little opportunity to guard him successfully. Whenever the ball went to center, Bismarck re- tained it, for Ted made good use of his height in getting the tipoff. It was Ted's first trial under fire and he came through in great shape. © For Mandan. the sharpshooting of Bill Russell and Dan Hudler was the feature that kept the Braves in the i until the final canto. Jack and Captain Phil Helbling I great games at guard, but they lorced to give way too great, vheight advantage. McDonald and O'Hare idge, substitute forwards, played games but had little advanta- result. Don Arthur was tire- : & constant threat under the bas- ket and all over the court. iit was a great game to watch—a Bismarck-Mandan champion- y struggle with the tables reversed é scoring column, veterans say. spirit to win, greater height and , and nice, bask TEAM HITS STRIDE LATE] mary: Jewelers (30) Haas, Pictured above is a fast foursome of roller-tennis .t Miami! Beach; ° It's lots of fun for those who can stay on their skates, but, as shown at the right, not everyone can. The pretty raqueteer found she couldn't stop after a fast trip to the net. a Schwartz. Russell scored a free throw on Meinhover's foul and the Braves left the court at the half with the lead of 10 to 7. Spriggs opened the second half with another long field goal and Mandan took time out. The score was 10 to 9 for Mandan. Hudler came back with another one to make the count 12 and 9, but John O'Hare chopped this-to 12 to 11 with a goal from side court. Lillibridge replaced Russell for Icandan. Meinhover tied the count at 12 when he counted the second of two free throws on Lilli- bridge's infraction. Helbling missed @ free throw on Meinhover's second foul but made it 13 to 12 for Mandan on Spriggs’ foul. Spriggs gave Bismarck the lead again with a field goal and made it 16 to 13 for Bismarck after a difficult shot after some nice work under the basket. Mandan took its third time out. The quarter ended with Bismarck leading 16 to 13. Spriggs then made it 18 to 13 for the Demons when he counted two free tosses on Helbling’s foul. Helbling had pushed Eddie from the court as he was dribbling in to the basket. McDonald replaced Hudier for Man- dan. Brown committed a foul but Hudler missed a free throw. Jumping ball, Brown and Lillibridge commit- ted a double foul. Lillibridge missed his and Brown made his, making the count 19 to 13 for the capital city lads. Brown committed a third foul under the basket and Arthur made Mandan’s total 14 with one of his two free chances. Russell went back in for McDonald. Brown made it 21 to 14 for the Demoris with a long field goal. Stephens made a free throw after Meinhover had pushed him. The ball dropped through as the gun exploded. Bismarck 21; Mandan 15. The summar; : Bismarck (21) FG FT PF E. Spriggs, rf 4 22 21 Jacobson, If 1 00 3 Schwartz, c 1 0-2 0 Meinhover, c o 12 3 OHare, rg . 1 it 0 F. Brown, lg .... . 1 1-1 3 Totals............ 8 5-8 10 Mandan (15) FG FI PF! Hudler, rf . 3 03 1 McDonald, r: 0. 0-0 Oo Russell, If 2 22 0 Lillibridge, 0 01 1 Arthur, c 07 12 °2 Stephens, rg . Oo 1-1 Y P. Helbling, lg o f2 61 Totals....... 5-11 ao fo Referee: Blume, Saalwaechter, N. D. A. C. JEWELERS 30; TRAINERS 28 Dropping in field goals from .all & 2 J ¢ 3 F a } THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE ~ k Defeats Mandan 21 to 15 Cincinnati Reds’ First A Brand-New Sport! Bismarck, Mandan Teams Split Even In 16-Year Period of 15 championship basketball games from Mandan in the last 16 years, each of the two teams has won 22 games from the other in the same period. This is revealed in a glance at the records of H. O. Saxvik, Bismarck su- perintendent of schools. Championship battle scores between the two teams follow: — Mandan 1914... 3 23 1915. 59 14 1916 . 43 23 1917 . 7. 20 1918 . eee 18 1927—(No chatapionship game be- tween the two teams. Bis- marck was defeated by Wash- burn in tournament). 1928 . 16 23 1929 . 21 16 Numbers of games won by cach team each season during the same Period follow: 1914 . 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 Hankinson, Cando Bismarck Mandan WH MONMENONOHEA HED CRP ROH ORM WNKOOO Places and positions and displaying an uncanny abilify to make good on apparent freak shots, the» Barneck Jewelers of Bismarck defeated the Mandan Trainers 30 to 28 in a pre- liminary game last night. The game was exciting, amusing, and spectacular. The Jewelers, play- ing with two new men, George “Shaky” Schaumberg, former James- town College star, and Schlosser, Bis- marck Phantom guard, resorted to the shooting game with ‘ccess when their teamwork failed to function smoothly. All men scored and it was difficult to tell who made the most sensation- al shots. The Jewelers led practical- ly all the way, 7 to 6 at the quarter, 19 to 17 at the half, and 26 to 23 at the third quarter mark. The sum- FT 0-0 igtee THEE id: ini mowed ~orsone FT PF; 0 Meet for Pennant Enderlin, N.D., March 16,— (4) — North Dakota's state independent basketball champion will be crowned tonight when the final game of the tournament is staged. The semifinal games will be played today. The title tilt tonight will be Preceded by a consolation game be- tween the losers of the contests earlier in the day. Cando defending its title, got into the semifinals by defeating Hills- boro, 36 to 21. Cando -neets Hankin- son victor over Osnoabrock, 35 to 32. The other game today paired Min- newaukan and Enderlin. The latter won from Sharon, 35 to 28, and Gran- pe fell before Minnewaukan, 18 Fidel LaBara Is_ Victor at Sydney 16.~(}—Fidel LaBarba, of Los Ange- les, former world’s flyweight cham- Though Bismarck has won only six ; Sydney. New South Wales, March | tim HAPPY HE HAS LONG TIME 10 TRAIN MEN Red Pilot Would Like to Twist Heydler’s Plan to Fit Backstops INFIELD TO REMAIN SAME Outfield Assignments Will Be Hard to Make; C: nian Good Recruit Orlando, |Fla., March 16.—(7)—Man- ager John Hendricks of the Cincin- nati Reds is glad that the National league season will not open for a full month and that he will have 60 days after that to reduce his active per- sonnel to 25 players. Manager Hendricks also would like to know how good Val Picinich will be in 1929. The clever catcher had his best year in 1928, catching nearly 100 games and batting over .300 for the first time in his major league ex- perience. If Picinich can repeat his last year’s performance Jack believes his club is as good as in the first division. Would Twist Heydler Plan Swatting FliesalaGehrig __ “Here's how!” If those aspiring and perspiring Yankee rookies want to play with world champions they have to play like world champions, And in this action photo from the New York Americans’ training camp at St. ‘traordinary, Petersburg, Fla., you see Lou Gehrig, batsman and fielder ex ’ teaching the young baseball idea how to shoot up in the air and spear infield flies that go buzzing by. Christiansen, . A. Outen, and Gehrig. Left to right are Ed Berggren, Bill .j inch of the way Fort Yates 8 37 to 14 Count teams met in the semifinals A hard-fighting team of Fort Yates Indians dropped its chance to com- Division Aspirations Rest on Picinich’s Bat MANAGER HENDRICKS Cagers Lose to Champs in Consolidated Meet Lankin Wins Feature Game in State Tournament With ‘These this pete further in the meet when it lost to Lankin, champions of 1928, by & score of 37 to 14. Although unable to sink their shots, the Fort Yates and cagers fought every ed @ very clever team lead by Schoenhaut and D. Howard, the former being one of the cleverest centers and all-around men in the tournament. The game was nip-and-tuck at the outset but the eagle eye ee the two by @ score of 17 to 7. This game was the feature game of the tournament and igre th quints dis- Played the cleverest Bismarck Indian Girls Leave for Rapid City Meet 13 Girls, Superintendent and Coach Depart on Last- Minute Notice With the meet postponed until Monday and Tuesday of next week, 13 Bismarck Indian school girl bas- ketball players left at 3 a.m today by automobile for Rapid City, S. Dak., where they will compete in the all- Indian tournament there. The girls were accompanied by C. B. Dickinson, superintendent; Bruce Doyle, coac! nd Miss Dorothy Stev- enson, Y. W. C. A. worker in the fed- eral Indian service. Plans for attending th: tourney were abandoned by the Bismarck team Wednesday because of inclem- ent weather and the poor condition lof the roads but postponement of the} | meet made it possible to reach Rapid City in time if the team left this morning. They made their departure after Superintendent Dickinson late last night received word of the post- Ponement. / The local girls will compete with six other girls teams at the meet, in- cluding teams from Pierre, Pine Ridge, and Rapid City, S. Dak. Competition in the Class A boys competition for senior championship starts Monday afternoon wher Flan- dreau plays Pieire and St. Francis clashes with Rapid City. In the B division, Fort Yates, N. Dak., plays Roseburg, S. Dak. and Pine Ridge meets Holy Rosary, Girls who began the trip to Rapid City as team members follow: Alice Slater, Mary Slater, Marie LaFrance, Mary Little Chief, Rose Sea Walker, Gladys Smith, Louise Goodreau, Alice Horn, Marie Duchaine, Lillian Starr, Bernice Starr, Evangeline Gillette, and Velva Lock Wood. Nodak Grid Outfit Begins Spring Work Grand Forks, N, D., March 16.— Biding their time until the-weather improves University of North Dakota football men were going through pre- liminary grid work this week under the tutelage of Coach Jack West. Drill in. fundamentals, blocking and tackling has been taking place in the University armory and stadium. in- terlor preparatory to getting outside when weather will permit. When the field dries up and the weather becomes more settled, Star- beck declared, intensive drills would be given all the candidates. Spring work will be stressed, he said, to aid in getting the men in shape for the heavy schedule next fall.. Return of all candidates earlier than usual this coming autumn was also announced so that the team would round into shape for early season contests with Creighton and the Haskell Indians, If President John A. Heydler’s pro- bosed pitchers-batsmen plan could be applied to catchers Cincinnati would have no further worries over com- pleting the staff to assist Picinich. Leo Dixon, great de- fensive catcher could do the recei: ing, with Hugh M Mullen, able bats- man, doing the hit- ting. This, however, would make no pro- “| vision for Clyde Sukeforth, who was on the club last year. No change will be made in the infield. Long George Kelly will play first, un- threatened by his coworkers of last season, Wally Pipp. Hughey Critz, Promoted to captain of the ship, at second, and Horace Ford, at q will have a chance to break their record-breaking double play perform- ance. Charlie Dressen is the leading candidate for third base, in the ab- sence of Joc Stripp, convalescing from an appendicitis operation. The outfield assignments are not so easy. Three recruits have shown ability, and five of last year’s out- fielders are back. Only one, Hack Hill, a California university player, seems a year or two away. Crabtree, Swanson and Shaner certainly have @ chance to push the former regulars completely out of the picture, al- though the ability of Curtis Walker to play the treacherous Cincinnati right field places him in better po- sition to defend his place’ than his fellows. Hendricks fornia, the Pirates will meet some of Five Veterans Back Ethan Allen, Marty Callaghan, Bill Zitzmann, Pid Purdy and Walker are the veterans back. Cincinnati lost the services of two good pitchers, Red Lucas and Adolph Luque, from last season, and Manager Hendricks thinks it unlikely that he will be visited by such a catastrophe again. Pete Donohue was late start- ing, and Jack thinks the Texan will be able to move off in high gear this year. Eppa Rixey, tallest of left- hangers, Jackie May, an south- Paw, much lighter than a year ago, and Ray Kolp complete the veterans. Bill Kenner, who pitched for New Haven last year and was almost over- looked by. the majors, “was brought from Newark by Cincinnati and has Al Singer Defeats Bud Taylor Again New York, March 16. — (AP) — Al Singer, east side featherweight, has taken’Bud Taylor's measure, and, has proved his gameness. two premier grid outfits of the mid- |son Square Garden last dlewest. Following spring practice Starbeck said he would select two teams and let them battle the regulation game e, ‘ Assisting in the work ‘this spring will be Jack West and Clem Letich, Omabs, Nebr, March 16.~Tom Hol- the flying: too much first-day hard BASEBALI ‘TRAIN PREDICTS SUCCESS Washington, March 16.—(7)—Man- but considering, the showing of his Washington Nationals in their first three exhibition games, he m admitted that if his pitching holds up he may finish’ in the first division. BOSOX PITCHERS ACHE Bradenton, Fla., March 16.—(AP)— There is.an epidemic of aches in the hurling arms of Red Sox pitchers. says it is @ case of throwing. JOHNNY COONEY GREAT St. Petersburg, Fla., March 16—(P) —In one sense, at least, yesterday's PIRATES RENEW ACQUAIN- TANCES Paso Robles, Calif, March 16—(7) —While browsing in sunny Cali- their old teammates. the Million Bells Frisco St. Pat- Heceisind the ig will renew ac- quai es with Eddie Mulligan, “Long John” Sherlock, infielders and Pete . Scott, fly chaser, all former Corsars. VANCE STARTS WORKING 8 ay ? i i town. The Phillies outhit the Mack- men in both battles, but the latter won. PHILLIES PRACTICE HARD —The Phillies were ordered out for a long batting and fielding practice t preparatory to tomorrow's game with the St. Louis Cardinals. INDIANS STILL ‘RESTING New Orleans, La.,,March 16.—(7)— The week has passed without a day’s work for the Cleveland Indians in Preparation for their first exhibition game today with the New Orleans Pelicans. Rain repeated for four days, and yesterday Heinman Field ‘was too soggy for team drill, but dry soll scattered around the pitcher's er Permitted a little batting prac- REDS -ACE YANKEES Petersburg, Fla., March 16.—(?) sizzling workout at Water- front Park here, the Cincinnat counter with the world’s champion Yankees today. The Red Legs wit- nessed the game between the Yankees thelr courage was belaered whey they courage was wi saw their league mates give the cham- pions a close contest, which the New Yorkers won, 5-4. Gotham Bowlers Scoop U p Prizes Chicago, March 16.— (AP) — New York’s master Bowlers swooped down 2, Cleveland, O., was chosen the 1930 tournament city at the annual busi- OE ——————— | Fights:Last Night ‘ (By the Associated Press) FG a alecoans el cooucey z Georgia Is Prov tion of Georgia at « baseball f: Baseball Hotbed Atlanta, Ga., March 16.—()—Men- fanning FT PI ct wlooroued nleocce bee naturally turns the conversation to Tyrus Raymond Cobb, possibly the greatest Sergi Player of profes- sional baseball: But Georgia’s baseball reputation amazing has not been built on the feats of the Royston veteran alone. birthplaces of some Retracing the of the outstanding ball players of the Jast two or three decades indica’ can be built from the native born Georgians who have won fame on the skinned diamond. They are: Catchers—Ivy Wingo, “Jumbo” Barrett. ‘ Pitchers—Sherrod' Smith, Rucker, Erskine ley, Ed Lafitte, Tiny Osborne, Sparks, Phil las, Nap Mayer, Weldon Hen- Frank Kellar Hasty, al coounod al oocconen _SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1929; After Uphill Titular Battle