The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 4, 1930, Page 8

eae | ] PLANSHOULDHEP (PURDUE DE ‘COMAINTAIN INTEREST | &. €, \ a» an * St AND LIFT RECEIPTS Drawings in Four Tourneys Since 1921 Discouraging to Business Managers TEAMS SEEDED IN ONE MEET F| Luck Favored Draw Twice, ¢ ‘ € 2 s éc « = tive of the state situation “tain views from all sections of the = state, reduce these deena While Two Other Draws NN Were Deemed ‘Acceptable By WILLIAM S. MOELLER With the 1930 North Dakota high * school basketball tournament rapidly approaching, it seems a proper time for a repetition of that suggestion— made often but in a faint tone—that entrants in the state classic be seed- ed before the draw is made. This plan, it seems, would help maintain interest in the tournament ~ until the final gun, would boost the * gate receipts in most instances, and at the same time would have little effect on the championship other + than making the titlist more repre- yy, Sentative in some cases. , , Of course, it would not do to at- tempt to seed all eight teams, but it would be practical and logical to place the two foremost pre-tournament favorites in opposite brackets. This, in its turn, presents the problem of who should do the seeding. This question might be answered by leav- ing the seeding to the state board of control of high school athletics. Even if the state board of control could not make a decision from its own perspec- its mem- ‘ bers are in a strategic position to ob- st a L 3 views to what they may seem worth, and select the most representative pre-tournament favorites. Officials Fudged In 1923 Only once in state tourney history, at Fargo in 1923, have teams been seeded, and it was not done in that case with the official seal. In four state tournaments since 1921 the draws proved weak from the interest and gate receipts points of view—at Fargo in 1922, at Valley City in 1924, and at Mandan in 1927 and 1929. ‘Two came out as well as could be ex- pected, unwittingly—at Valley City in 1925 and Mandan in 1926—while it is questionable if improvement could have becn made in the drawings at Minot in 1921 and Mandan in 1928 by secding. In 1923 at Fargo, if memory serves us correctly, officials fudged and drew @ second time in order to place Fargo and Mandan, the predominating fav- orites, in opposite brackets. And this, of course, brought the desired results —interest until the final scoring and swelled gate receipts, because Mandan and Fargo, as had been expected, were finalists. In 1921, Valley City won the cham- Pionship from Grand Forks in the final game, though the Hiliners had @ tougher time with Mandan in the semi-final. However, Grand Forks THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1930 Phantoms Swamp Hebron Five 52-17 | Trojans and Huskies in West Coast Final we Mele WASHINGTON al Zs) ‘These altitudinous pivot men will face each other when Southern California, southern division winner, meets Washington, northern division winner, for the the championship of the Pacific coast conference. in Los Angeles, beginning March 7. McClary is a mere six foot, six inches tall. vESSE MORTENSEN *. SOUTHERN CALIF..g—l They play a series and seeding do not mean as much as the average fan believes. And their best argument, of course, is that an accurate seeding would be hard to make. Be that as it may, if the teams were | seeded, would not the element of chance and the high school athlete's temperament still be there? Would it not be a better tournament if inter- est grew to a climax in the final game than if the two strongest teams in the event killed each other off in| the first round to enable a weaker team to step in and win the honors? Java Beats Selby For Title Honors) [Demons, Braves Set for Fracas Bismarck After Revenge Game Today on Mandan ! for Previous Beating Bismarck and Mandan were astir today at the second basket- ball game of the season between the Demons and Braves, sched- uled for 5:15 o'clock this after- noon at the state training school, neared. i i Drawings for A and B Regional Tournaments at Mobridge Are Made (Tribune Special Service) and Mandan were quite even in strength and it didn’t make much difference. In the other draw of “questionable” result, Grand Forks, the ultimate + 1928 champion, defeated Mandan in the first round, and from the 14 to 9 score it would seem that it was the toughest game in the meet for the titlists, The champions defeated Valley City 29 to 18 in the final en- gagement, a game which might have been just as hard to win. Neverthe- Jess, if drawn in the other bracket, Mandan, the home team, might have gone through to the finals, Mandan ‘was @ favorite that year and the city of Mandan would have presented more cardboards at the gate the night of the final game if the Braves had been playing. Luck Appeared Twice In 1926, Fargo and Dickinson, fav- orites, were drawn went to the finals, while in 1925, Lake, the ultimate winner, mou have made but little differ- werd 1922 Fargo had a tough time beating Grand Forks 2 to 18 in the Interest waned with the semi-finals. defeated Valley City, and a favorite, 18 to Te a g ze is + E i 1 i 2 ze iE Mobridge, N. D., Mar. 4.—Despite Poor success in making free throws, Java defeated Selby 15 to 14 to win) the basketball championship of the! sixth district. Java made 3 of 13 free throws while | Selby made 4 of 7. Eureka defeated Herreid 34 to 27 to} win consolation honors. Selby had defeated Herreid 31 to 29 and Java had beaten Eureka 27 to 24. Drawings for the regional A and B tournaments here Friday and Satur- day follow: * Branch A Game 1—Wakpala vs. Java. Game 2—Dupree vs. Ipswich. Game 3—Loser of No. 1 ys. loser of No. 2. Game 4—Winner of No. 1 vs. win- ner of No. 2. Branch B Game 1—Selby vs. Ipswich. Game 2—Faith, vs. McLaughlin. Game 3—Loser of No. 1 vs. loser of No. 2. Game 4—Winner of No. 1 vs. win- ner of No. 2. Bcth teams were expected to have full strength on the floor for the start of the contest. Bismarck Was eager to avenge an earlier de- feat this season at the hands of Mandan, when the latter won by a 15 to 9 count. A preliminary game between the Imps and Papooses, Bismarck and Mandan seconds, was set for 4:15 o'clock. Charles Graves, Minot, and Randall H. Kratz, Bismarck, were to officiate. Jimmy and Sammy; Got $16,541 Each Bismarck Cagers Were Favor- BY STRETCH MURPHY ites Over the New Salem Eagles in Semi-Finals Glen Ullin, Victor Over Almont, Meets New Salem Hawks =| in Other Bracket i (Tribune Special Service) end os N. D. Mar. 4—Bis- marck’s hat swamped the Hebron Bobcats 62 to 17 in a first round contest last night, were over- whelming favorites to trim the New Salem Eagles in a semifinal contest this and advance to the fi- nals in the eleventh district amateur here. The two teams were to meet at 11 o'clock today while Glen Ullin and the New Salem Hawks, who drew a bye, were scheduled to play at 10 o'clock this morning. Results of the first round were: Glen Ullin 31; Almont Ramblers 19, New Salem Eagles 23; Almont In- dependents 7. Bismarck Phantoms 52; Hebron Bobcats 17. The consolation and chai mpionshij + Sames are scheduled for 7:30 and 8:30 o'clock tonight. Scoring 16 to 14 points respectively, Larry Kinn and Al Letich led in the Phantom scoring last night. Joe Schlosser, besides playing a great guarding game, scored 10 counters. Olson, Fay Brown, and Eddie Spriggs all played creditable basketball. Hoff- man, Ti and Kreuger were ioanares best performers. The first rou! Bismarck 62)— — rr 25) Tetich, ¢ Kinn, 3 3 Spriggs, t 0 1 Olson, ¢ ae eet Schlosser, g . Oo. 8 Brown, © «+006 ees | Totals. 4 8 Hebron ( | Hoffman, f eee Reyers, f .. o 6 Tiedman, ¢ (ae Hirnine, = o 4 Krueger, & to Rott, & ... o 0 Totals..... 9 Referee, Saalw oat New Salem Eagles— Lennie, £ .. Diettman, f 4. Dietmar, ‘Tellman, 5 Schedel D. Dlettman, & Hoffman, g . Totals. 1. Tempe, © . Peterson, 5 McLarnin-Mandell Show Drew 14,866 Paying Witnesses; Gate Is. $76,080 Chicago, Mar. 4—( 4.—(?)}—Jimmy Mc- Larnin, the Dublin dynamiter, re- ceived $16,541.89 for beating light- weight champion Sammy Mandell, jin tho “rubber” 10-round bout in the Chicago stadium Saturday night. Mandell was rewarded with the same amount. The show drew 14,866 pay- ing witnesses, for a gross gate of $76,080.32. Karl Sarpolis, of Cleveland, conquered Nicholas Velcoff, giant Russian, Presa Charlie Strack of with Pat McGill, of Ireland, yd double main event ‘wrestling show here last night. KINN AND LETICH LEADERS/Gien Harmeson, Fast Forward, independent basketball’ tournament |- | Of business. 7 | 8tip on second place by scoring its LEGISLATOR-BOXER itchard, house of representatives, is a nifty | ¢; leather pusher. He is a at the University of South beg lr fighting as a heavy although within the light heavyweight limit, He is a law student. “SAY,MR. YooPLE ~WAN MORAIAS” LAST VEEK “THEY VoS A FALLER come ooP deRE WHEN I BANE CLEANIN’ OUT “TH” OWL CLUP/+~ WAL, HE SAYS To ME,“ARE You BAYLONG To THis CLUP 2 I SAY (No, I yust be NANITOR fae WAL “He SAYS, SAX TIMES I Be ooP HERE; BUT FIND TH’ DUMP LOCKED I aveTHEN HE SAYS de’ BE FROM RADIO STORE AN’ FoR“Wo MONTH ‘AIT VOS NO INSTALLMEMT PAY oN fA” RADIO fae AN? HE GOES “To “TH”? WINDOW ANS* WHISTLES ~~ OOP COMES “Wo MORE FALLERS AN’ BOILERMAKERS LED TO CONCLUSIVE WIN} Finally Hits Scoring Stride to Aid Center WISCONSIN DEFEATS OHIO}! Minnesota Falls Before Branch McCracken and His In- | diana Playmates By WILLIAM WEEKES H Chicago, Mar, 4.—(P)—Riveted to the Purdue flagpole next to the 1929 football championship banner, is the | pennant symbolical of the undisputed tae. Western conference basketbail high-powered tcam last night swept a better-than-fair Michigan team from its path for the victory necessary to clinch the championship—its second solo title in the last 10 years, along! with three ties for the top position. Wolverines Are Overwhelmed Coach Ward Lambert’s small but ¢ PE nhced arose to its greatest heights | ;! of the season to overwhelm the fight- ing Wolverines, 44 to 28, at Ann Arbor, leaving only the formality of iE defeating Chicago Saturday night at Lafayette, to make the season a per- | fect one. The Purdue victory was another triumph for Charles (Stretch) Murphy, Boilermaker center, who was amply assisted by Glen Harmeson, ! forward. Harmeson, rated as one of } the best in the Big Ten, functioned) well in team-play all season, but not until last night was he able to strike | f! @ high scoring gait. Harmeson and Murphy each counted six times from the floor. { After tieing with Wisconsin and | Mchigan, for the 1921 championship, Purdue came back the next season to' win an undisputed title. Again in: 1926, Coach Lambert's squad gained Michigan, for the 1921 championship, whacking up with Indiana, Michigan and Ohio State. In 1928, Purdue and Indiana made it an all-Indiana piece | Badgers Win Another H Wisconsin last night tightened its second triumph of the season over Ohio State, 32 to 23, at Madison. The triumph was number seven for Wisconsin, against two defeats. Indiana and its captain, -Branch McCracken, finished their season with a 31 to 25 decision over Minne- | sota, The half ended at 13-all, but Jhis athletes are dow i Howley, manager of the Cincinn: another catcher and more pitchei ROBERTSON STILL AWAITED St. Petersburg, Fla., Mar. 4.—(7)}— Manager Bill McKechnie of the Bos- ton Braves was upset at other things tha: he wnseasonably cold weather od: Gene Robertson, former Yan- keo third baseman, who was expected to put in a strong bid for Lester Bell's position, has yet to put in an appear- ance, although he Was duo Friday. HOWLEY WANTS CATCHER Orlando, Fla., Mar. 4.—(®)—Now that to work, Dan Reds, is going to look again for mo: strength, Howley feels he must ha’ EVANS IS OPTIMISTIC New Orleans, Mar. 4 spirit of optimism prevailing among the Cleveland Indians has spread te ily Evans, general manager of t tribe. Evans saw the Indians for the first time this season yesterday and —The rookie hurlers, to enthuse over. Ti) Elias Funk, er, came to the | Detroit Tigers. ftom Hollywood, was a center of attention today ay the Tigers went f full team pra camp here. ing’ Catcher Roy Spei to ucceptan of terms, Manager Walter Johnson opened this week's training by t of his attention to two y ki gM es Por ihem wilt Teport In a few d necording ager Gabby Stre Thirty-seven were in uniform yester- day. - BROWN sQU. West Palm Be: Fresh uniforms, the second contin Browns 3 and fielders were due to join their battery mates in spring tr: BOBRY DIVIDES squ Clearwater, FI ee _wit- bert Robinsy: Iyn Robins, has. sep the goats for p: the high-priced Pacific reeruits, Mickey Finn and manager of the Bro ed the sh ‘actige purpose pas leagu Bory. SORE {| the last two seasons, found much, especially some of the | Whi t hand’ before the le} = ly | chance “of inj . | hands, and h fi fe, find themselves in the lat- ment of sore muscles, it appeared to- day that none of them last three Heinie consequently none of ners boys is homesick. KAMM IS HOLDOUT San ‘Antonio, ‘Tex., Mar. 4.—(?)— ‘There is more than a suspician in the camp of the Chicago White Sox train- ing camp that Bill Kamm, leading third baseman in point of fieldin; is a. holdout Kamm is one of four athletes who have not yet appeared, and no word has been received from him concern- “ling his intentions. Winter Haven, Fla., Ma (P)— eer Burt Shotton of the’ Phila- ‘atios Cy mood nt the Phiities training ‘ve just got word that Pi has’ signed. his contr Whitney is the kingpin. of my team, I consider him one of the best third basemen in the game, and I just had to have him.” SIMMONS Is DISCUSSED Fort M 4.—( whether At mons is a holdout OF y prolonging his stay at, Hot continued to be 2 tople of ale among the Philadelphia ‘Athletics. to Manager Mack de- clined. to irm a rumor, that his tar outfielder had not signed a con- ract, and intimated he would be on nd of the week. BABE | St. Petersbur Babe Ruth's r netory. ‘The Babe w pecially over the fen He is still unsi noon, HI HowER Paso Robles, Ma’. () The boys in the. Pittsburgh ’ Pirate training camp here are still: talking today ubout the one Al Bool socket over the fen esterday. It takes a mighty wallop to lift one over the znd Al's drive was by far 1 Brame hit une over the fence several days ago. MGRAW LIKES PARMALEE Sun Antonio, ‘Tex. Mi ‘ ne r t New ver since Manager John is quite some pitcher. Harmatee and Karl Hupbelt piteh BOSOX MUSC! ss —— P) — Al~ though Sox squad have experienced the usual spring ail- for the regulars against the rookies yesterday “and won a six-inning tilt, 7-1. With Conservatives Confident, It Looks as Though Chi- cago Will Run Show LYNN NELSON LOOKS GOOD Boon es 9 6 the Hoosier leader personally as- Reem e's 1 _3{sumed charge and scored seven of Total: nes 4 _14|his 17 points, during the last four Referee, Saalwaechter, N. D. A. C. | minutes, to assure Indiana of victory. Al R: mG Four games remain on the Big Ten sioeckel F Ty P| schedule. Wednesday night Tilinols ay aut, 2 1 1) will invade Chicago for its final con- perenaas $ ¢ 9) test, while Chicago jwill finish up at limpe, & © © 3!Purdue Saturday night. Indiana and A. Felana, 0 1 _3| Wisconsin also will close out Satur- Totals. . “3s "3 ie} day night in the second meeting, at Glen Pun Qn— Madison. Indiana and Minnesota apnea sy . s 2| will play the finale at Minnesota next Hoare e ¢ 3. 2] Monday night. Tavis, & . 0 0 1 Geck, o 0 06 F me 7 «|Blackhawks Face Refere DAC. SARPOLIS BEATS VELCOFF N Y rk Seattle, Wash. Mar. 4—(P)—Dr. lew ro ers Game Is One of Four Tonight, All of Which Have Bearing on Finish Order New York, Mar. ‘4.—(?)—The Chi- season ht in of four on tonight's schedule, all of which have bearings on the order of the finish. Owner and Manager Feel That National Champions Are 20. per Cent Better \ (Note: This is the third of a | series of first hand Associated Press stories on major leaguc baseball prospects.) BY PAUL R. MICKELSON Santa Catalina Island, Calif., Mar. 4.—(P)}—When two such conservatives WRIGLEY AND M’CARTHY FEEL CERTAIN CUBS WILL WIN AGAIN, insas City Alias Ed Lautenbacher, year giant recalled from Read- ing, Pa., farm, and Al Shealy, who cost a big slice of Wrigley coin to get away from St. Paul. « The infield and outfield carry no worries for the Bruins as the same 4 performers—Rogers Hornsby at sec- ond; Captain Charlie Grimm at first; Elwood English at shortstop; Hack Wilson in centerficld; Kiki Cuyler in right, and Riggs Stephenson in left, along with Bell at third, are expected to do even better than last year. ‘Phelan Starts Husky Practice LaMont, Collins, Wilcox, Welch, Spellman and Graves Assist Him —= as William Wrigley, jr. and Manager Joe McCarthy come out together with flat statements that the Cubs will win the National League champion- | 2P¢! ship in 1930, it looks as if the Heydler circus will be a one-ring show this year. Never before have these two base- ball minds been so certain of winning and from past performances and the successful raids they have made over the winter on the ivory markets, they have just cause for their unbounded onal hockey league tonig! boxing star thelr final game of the year with the optimism. Players Have Everything “It will take a world war with Plenty of conscription to beat us out of the pennant this year,” said Wrig- Seattle, Mar. 4—()—Jimmy Phelan Washington's new football coach, has opened practice at the Husky school. More than 130 men were put through a stiff practice yesterday. Dan Lamont, former Loyola univer- sity, Chicago, mentor, and Ed Collins, Notre spain end, took. over their as- t coac! positions today. Col- lins will handle the ends and Lamont the linesmen. “Cotton” Wilcox, due, backfield. - Purdue, will coach the freshmen. formerly at Pur- ‘Fhe two left over assistants from | Coach Enoch Bagshaw’s staff of last year are Bart Spellman, line mentor, ‘The Montreal Maroons, leaders of |ley as he watched the team finish its) and iad graves, freshman in-} the International group, play the Place Ottawa Senators; Montreal, second ee holders of the division, ey the Boston Bruins and the New York Americans go to Toronto for a game which may see the Maple Leafs lose their last mathematical chance of finishing in a playoff position. Gopher Athletic - : Probe I Is Opened | win Fights Last Night (Ace) wai. seacuee Philadelphia WM a Bei ‘Minn—Fred Fulton, and Tom Havel, Pine InHaskell Lee, out Ace Judkins, first week of practice on his magic Les island. “My players Dare event that makes a super-chi club—pitching, fighting spirit seldom seen in base- ball. They are all youngsters too, averaging around 25 years. We are 20 per cent. than in 1929.” In addition to the fact that they won the championship last season by @ large margin, the big developments came in favor of the Cubs over the zaa'*|Workmen Clos Close Year Wednesday |": Meet Wilton in ‘Grudge’ Battle; Invaders Won First Contest Samet Bismarck’s A. 0. U. W. basketball team will close its season here Wed- nesday fl z COLLEGE # HOCKEY, - Minnesota esote 3; Marquette Univ, 2, would suffer from netalgia. The weather here, the fays has been as cold as an April day, at Fenway ae ors ag n that Roy Purmalee, To- | will assist Phelan with the) “Pest” Welch, also of; Se Seeding of Two Favorites in State Basketball Tournament Urged - FEATS MICHIGAN 44 TO 28 TO CLINCH BIG TEN TITLE | TRAINING CAMP SHORTS [Negro SetsMark — Sets Mark By Staying With Primo Six Rounds Roy (Ace) Clark Even: Scars Carnera; Venetian Ends: Bout as Eye Closes Philadelphia, Mar. 4.—(?)—Primo Carnera, the man mountain from Italy, had another knockout victim to his growing list today and was some $10,000 richer by reason of his victory over Roy (Ace) Clark, towering negro. Clark, an inch and a half taller ?ithan the ‘ambling Alp, though 37 .| Pounds lighter, was rocked to sleep in the sixth round last night when Primo's ponderous right crashed against his jaw. Twice in the fourth Carnera had found the range and Clark went down for counts of eight and nine. Carnera found Clark tougher than any of his seven preceding opponents, all of whom he knocked out inside of two rounds. Primo took a ‘consider- able pasting himself from’ the hard- hitting negro and in the fifth and early part of the sixth when the battle seemed to be going against him, t| kept boring in with both fists flying. Two vicious rights closed Primo’s “| left eye completely, but he merely grinned and kept on trying. Between rounds the club physician examined the damaged optic and said he would let the fight go one more round, de- .| spite Carnera’s protest that he was all right. Half blinded he shook off Clark’s heavy shots when the sixth —|gpened and, as the fans shouted to stop the fight, he waded in and ‘ked | smothered Clark with pile-driving blows. Ace wilted under the attack and a savage hook knocked him off his feet. Clark was through and the Venetian, battle scarred for the first time since his American invasion, had shown. that he could “take it” if necessary. |Herman Fouled By Bob Laurant | Moorhead Boxer Gets Decision; Jackie Sharkey Trounces Quina Lee Minneapolis, Mar. 4. — () —- Out« fought and: outfinished, Quina Lee was defeated by Jackie Sharkey in the headline six-round bout last night at the Minneapolis Athletic club, Sharkey punched his way to a clear decision over the southerner. The semi-wind up between Baba Herman, Moorhead, and. Bobbie Lau= rant, Duluth, ended unexpectedly in the first round when Laurant fouled {Herman. The Duluth boxer landed an unintentional but powerful punch {to Herman's groin and the Moorhead {boy had to be assisted to his corney ‘after collapsing. | Herman volunteered to continue if ‘ablebut after several minutes rest it i was decided he was in no condition to resume:-and he was awarded the de« cision on a foul. In other bouts on the card Honeys boy Conroy knocked out. Ted Lacy int one round; Harry Muller outpointed Joe Kels in four rounds; Billy Mc- Cabe,; outpointed Jimmy Becker in four; Johnny O'Hara outpointed Ed« die Besner in four, and Buster Madi- gan outpointed Jackie Clark in four. 350 to Compete In Big Ten Meet University of Minnesota Field House Will See First Con- ference Affair i | | Minneapolis, Mar. 4.—()—Approxis mately 350 athletes will participate in the Big Ten indoor track and field nights, Coach Sherman » Min- nesota, announced today. This is the largest entry list yet | Severe, - r a » 9 ‘ ay a ae