The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 27, 1934, Page 6

_THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1984 Nodaks and Bison May Clash at Bismarck for State Championship M’GRAW LIKED COURAGE AND FIGHTING SPIRIT IN PLAYERS COACHES CONSENT TO BRING CAGERS | HERE FOR CONTEST Loop Leaders Will Meet for Fifth Game If School Officials Approve LOCALS PLAY WITH SIOUX Meinhover and Tait Have Help- ed University Five Chalk Up Fine Record North Dakota university and North Dakota State college basketball teams may play a game here to decide the (unofficial) state championship of North Dakota, according to Neil O. Churchill, who has been in charge of making arrangements for the Bis- marck baseball committee which ‘would sponsor the contest. A. C. West, head of athletics at the ‘university, and C. C. Finnegan, ath- letic head at the college, have agreed to bring the two top teams of the North Central conference to Bis marck, if they can get the approval of the officials of the schools, Church- ‘21 said. The proposed contest would be played sometime before the state class A basketball tournament which ‘will be held here March “, it is expect- ed. Meeting on a neutral court will establish a precedent for the two schools. Although the Nodaks won the con- ference championship this year, the two quints split even in their annual four game series. In two games at Fargo the Bison whipped the Sioux 36 to 28, and 28 to 21; at the university the up-staters reversed and set the Herd down 30 to 22, and 28 to 13. South Dakota university scored an ‘upset win over the state cagers to give the Sioux the edge for the champion- ship. The Bison, playing on a large floor all season, were under a handicap at ‘the Grand Forks series. If the teams play at the World War Memorial au- ditorium here in Bismarck, this diffi- culty would be taken care of. The Bismarck court is one of the best in the state. Nodaks Powerful Coach Clem Letich has one of the strongest university teams in the his- tory of the institution. The quint has been known as a “point-a-minute” team, having averaged, before the championship competition, approxi- mately 43-points per contest. Big Ted Meinhover, six-foot seven-inch center, and Herman Witasek, six-foot two-inch forward, have been the main cogs in the basket-scoring machine. The contest would have an addi- tional interest for local fans as Mein- hover and Harold Tait, forward, formerly played on the Bismarck high school team. The state hoopsters have develop- ed surprisingly this season. Starting the basketball year with a group of new men, Coach Bob Lowe's five took gome disheartening set-backs. In later play, however, the Bison show- ed unlooked for streng' The sea- gon was climaxed when the Bison clashed with their traditional rivals from Grand Forks to hand them the only two losses they suffered this season in loop competition. One factor favoring state would be the return of Russ Anderson, high- scoring center, to the lineup. He was out of the last three games in the classic battle between the schools, be- cause of injuries. Dunn Center High Wins Cage Crown County Consolidated School Basketball Championship Goes to Dunn Center 7. J. (Special to The Tribune) Dunn Center, N. D., Feb. 27.—The high school squad copped the Dunn county consolidated school bas- feetball tourney here Friday and Sat- urday, by beating Dodge 24-19 in @n exciting contest, The Dodge cagers staged a powerful rally in the second to bring their count from six to 19 in the final periods, while the gear boosted its half-way mark 1 Dunn Center took a 33-16 contest from Halliday in the opening game In the second game that eve- fing Dodge won 31 to 12 from Werner. In the consolation play Halliday had ittle trouble beating Werner in a 41-6 Foss and Larimer, both of State Teachers college, of- ficiated at the meet. The Dunn Center team is slated Be OUR BOARDING HOUSE AND , FURTHERMORE , YOU ARE A PAIR OF SMART ty ALEC YOKELS 9—ALWAYS ON THE ALERT TO SNOWBALL THE SILK HAT OF DIGNITY —YES~ PA COUPLE OF UNCOUTH HOODLUMS~~BLEMISHES ON M( “THE POLISHED SURFACE OF 24 2 (3D) ne OFF A DUCKS J), RERANEMENT J-<THATS (7, 37 EXACTLY PASPUTT spun AND TO CONTINUE , THE TWo oF You ARE~ Be. AW-NOW YOURE Lf DONT Quit, REPEATING ! You MASOR! ITs TOSSED SOME NICE { FASCINATING CANS AT US TH’ FIRST TIME UP TH WHEN You STOP To. ALLEY ~AN' Now {GULP AN” YOURE PICKING THE SAME ONES UP AGAIN g me A SWELL SHIFT YOUR TEETH BACK INTO PLACE 9 A Gar WHITTLING-BUT WE TEEL SLIGHTED- —YOU LEFT BACKe 2:2 CHAMPIONSHIP FOR M’LEAN FIVES GOES TO COLEHARBOR Expect Poor Gate for Championship Fight Between Carnera and Loughran Anticipated Receipts Compared With Millions Spent to See besten Titlists Take 36-13 Final From Max in Tour- | ney at Underwood | (Special to The Tribune) Underwood, N. D.. Feb. 27.-—Cole- harbor Red Birds retained the cham- school basketball league by winning 36 to 13 from the Max quint in the tourney held here last week Clever ball handling and = sharp- shooting by the Red Birds featured] the contest harbor earned the right to enter the finals by beating Underwood and Garrison by 29-23 and 3 respectively. Max rallied to overcome a short lead after the intermission. Third honors for the meet went to) Underwood who beat Garrison 25 to 20. Garrison led 5 to 2, 10 to 2. and 18 to 11 at the end of the first three quarters. A tournament team picked by the cfficials included Loc! T. Saldin, and Carlson of Coleharbor; and Land- gren of Underwood. Second team Bokoray and Boettcher of Max Rupp, Garrison, Klein, Washburn; and Johnson, Underwood A county team, picked for season performance was selected | coaches, ineluded Lockrem, T Sal and B. Saldin, Coleharbor, Lar and Johnson, Underwood: Boe and Pfaffergut, Max, K’ ‘Freitag, & aa Bok Summaries for semi-fianl games: pionship of the McLean county high u In semi-final play Max and Cole- |S) Boettcher, ¢ . -17 counts Fe Barnick, & Totals. ..... Garrison 17) Vaught, f . Behiles, ¢ J. Rupp, & R, Rupp, 6 +. Totals. Coleharbor (36) 77" T. Si and Iverson (M game Cc. Lockrem, Carlson, g Zook .....+ Staflein, f . Pfaffergut, f burn; and J. Rupp, G Officials for the meet wi 8.T. Cc) Summary of the championship Coleharbor (36) Saldin, f Saldin, f Jensen, £ Saldin, g ‘Totals Garrison 11 Schmoll, t . PF Vaucht, f 0 Behies, ¢ 2 R. Rupp, g .. 1 J. Rupp. g TOUAIS, oeeere000 Max (13) ettcher, c Slroweue oS Seon sacs 6 El wowwond = aeweod 1 0 ny 7 Summary of the consolation game. FT 1 0 9 2 0 0 3 ae 0 0 0 0 2 Dempsey-Tunney Gos $!. Miami, Fla., Feb. 27—(P}—The ar- tistic success of Primo Carnera’s __ heavyweight title defense against 4| Tommy Loughran amid a background of palins seems assured, regardless of {the outcome, but from a financial standpoint the receipts Wednesday night probably will fade all the way back to the low records of boxing’s dark ages. As the huge champion from Italy and Loughran, his veteran challenger, were content Tuesday with light ex- ercise and rest, the training campaign over, if became apparent from lack of interest at the box office that the {match will not draw more than $75,- 000 in gate receipts. 2) Not since Tex Rickard came out of the gambling lands of the far west years ago to set new records for fight ‘receipts through a combination of pro- moting genius and the fighting abil- ~\ity of Jack Dempsey has the heavy- ; Weight championship fight business | fallen to such low financial state. Since early days heavyweight cham- pionships grew to be synonymous with millions. At the height of Rickard’s career—and the boom days—Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney drew $1,- 89. in their first match in Phila- delphia in 1926, and the top gate of all | boxing, $2,658,660 for their return match in Chioago the next year. Car- nera, the present champion, is form- ‘ally in bankruptcy. Odds on Carnera to retain his cham- pionship, perhaps by an early knock- ill hold at 3 to 1 and a few wag- HH seus 3g ve been made with the titlehold- er a favorite as high as 5 to 1. As the athletes finished hard train- ing Monday, the Miami boxing com- 12) mission named Colin McLochlan and | Roy Latham to judge the fight with Leo Shea previously appointed referee. PF The match 1s scheduled for 10 p. m. (ET. and will not be broadcast. [ouueeewtal -swuoodt ! CASEY TAKES CHARGE 2) New York, Feb, 27.—()—Casey “ Stengel, the Dodgers’ new manager, made up a Brooklyn delegation of one " was scheduled to depart for the training camp at Orlando, Fla., Tues- yy. Casey will look over the ground t before the arrival of his athletes. it tstiessceessces OO) (8 0 1 2 0 7 PF 4 0 a 1 3 Totals... 13 By Williams S| SPEARIN’ FROGS 2? C'MON— CA -MON! GIT OUTA THERE, BEFORE SOME GUY, AS NUTTY AS You,‘ COMES ALONG AN’ SPEARS YOU FER | By Aner |IMATHEWSON, YOUNG BASEBALL FAVORITES OF LITTLE NAPOLEON Famous Diamond Strategist Held Hans Wagner Greatest All-Around Player ALL-STAR TEAM IS NAMED Handling Eccentric and Trou- blesome Players Speciality of Giant Manager 4 Miami, Fla., Feb. 27.—()—Fighting spirit and courage were the two qual- ities that appealed most to John Joseph McGraw in the host of great players he handled or developed, California Wins Polo Series bought or traded, during a life-time} of spectacular baseball achievements. ‘That was why two players stood out, as coming closest of all to the affec- tions of the old master—the immor- tal Christy Matthewson and Ross Young, the Texan that Mac developed into one of the great outfielders of modern times. Both are dead now | McGraw’s Wife Was Right-Hand Helper New York, Feb. 27—(7)—A few days ago Mrs. Blanche Lindall McGraw was known as just the wife of baseball's most picturesque character, = Tuesday intimate friends re- vealed that she, unknown to the public in general and the sporting public in particular, played an important role in his management of the New York Giants for 30 years. Edward T. Brannick, assistant secretary of the club, who started at the age of 12 as an office boy and in his 29 years association grew to look upon McGraw as a father, spoke feelingly of the cou- ple’s private life. “They were a devoted and lovable pair,” Brannick said. “Mrs. McGraw was his best com- panion. When the team struck a losing streak John would become blue. She was the only one able to console him. “Mrs. McGraw, you know, is an ardent baseball fan. In the twen- ties she rarely missed a game played at the Polo Grounds. Often he discussed baseball strategy with her and he listened carefully to her criticism.” It was to her McGraw spoke his last words, and if there’s a Valhalla where the heroes of baseball gather, they will have a welcome for their former chieftain. “Mathewson,” McGraw once said, “not only was a master craftsman in the box but he had the heart of a lion. No greater pitcher ever lived.” During his life-time McGraw al- ways ducked the issue of picking an all-star team from the Giants he di- rected over a 30 year period, but it can be told now that Terry was his choice for first, with Frank Frisch, Dave Bancroft and Arthur Devlin completing the infield, Young, Mike Donlin and George Browne in the outfield, Matthewson and Bresnahan, the number one battery. Hans Wagner was McGraw’s idea of the greatest all-around player of all time and none of Babe Ruth’s ex- ploits ever made the old man change his mind. To him the base was just, a slugger. These two outstanding figures, Ruth and McGraw, waged & battle of power and wits during the 1921-22-23 world series with honors about even. McGraw had a reputation for being able to handle eccentric or trouble- some players. “Bugs” jond, Larry McLean, Heinie Zimmerman, Chief Myers and Jim Thorpe were some of the more colorful characters the handled. y|Jimmies Win from Dickinson Teachers Jamestown, N. D., Feb. 27. iP) — Jamestown college defeated the Dick-| Dobler, ¢ inson State Teachers college in a state intercollegiate conference basketball wen here last night, 36-21. The Jimmies jumped into the lead at the start and never were headed. Reserves carried the burden for the Jimmies for all except the final eight minutes when the regulars assumed. their roles. The contest was rough, with the Barneee losing three performers on fouls. ‘The Jimmies held a 17-7 lead at the alt. a od Elebeccsnscttluu-sose-ut Led by Eric Pedley, one of three 10-goal ranking polo players in the country, a hard-riding California polo team beat a picked Texas squad in the final of a three-game classic staged at Los Angeles The above photo shows Rube Williams of the Texans, batting in one of his team’s nine goals—which was one leas than California's total. LINTON BEATS STRASBURG TO WIN EMMONS COUNTY MEET Braddock, Hazelton, Hague, Temvik Also Make Try for Basketball Title (Special to the Tribune) Linton, N. D., Feb. 27.—Linton high school team are the champions of Em- mons county after they won a 38-23 game from Strasburg in the final play | of a county ‘basketball tournament, held here Friday and Saturday with teams from Linton, Hazelton, Stras- burg, Hague, Temvik and Braddock competing. Strasburg earned the right to enter the final contest by downing Hazelton 32 to 20 in the semi-finals. Linton counted victories over Temvik, in a 61-12 game, and Braddock, 56-16 in the semi-finals to enter the title play. In play the first evening Hazelton outpointed Hague 32 to 7. Consola- tion honors belong to Temvik and Hazelton by virtue of wins over Hague (24-14), and Braddock (24-18), res- pectively. Below are given the summaries of the semi-finals and the final game: Linton (38) FG FY PF Dobler, { ... 2-8 Graf, f 4-6 Bosch, ¢ . 0-1 Balliet, g 1-3 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 8-14 . SlonunwaotSl s-nomuow 1-3 1-1 1-2 1-2 1. 2 0-2 of Peer rerge On monuwen “(Braddock); umpire, | #488, Sulliven (NDS). Braddock (16) a: aE 4 0-0 looonoron “1 2 0-0 Monteith, g ... Shea, g ... Chalfin, g Gontka, f ... Totals .... Strasburg, Ga" Brickner, f Lynch, f .. Lauinger, c . ‘Wagner, ¢ Lipp, g . Dillman Bowman Wing 20 to 15 Game from Scranton |Kercn (Special to the Tribune) Bowman, N. D., Feb. 27.—Scranton independent cagers added one more to the long string of victories the lo- cal town team has chalked. up this season. In a game recently the Bow- man boys edged out the Scrantonites 20 to 15. The 7-5 score at e 3 Eliseeceen F&F wileecueaud alescoun’ Scranton (15) Nibble, f ‘Totals ... Linton, (6) anodtlonouonne as lg al onnmooe wl ownocoe Blewsnoow Referees, Clementson, Haynes. @ Breakneck speed around a turn of the Los Angeles municipal airport race track brought grief to Chuck Gardner and his m: chanic, Johnny Ree. Their car two racers being hastily dumped. Apjured. ‘was serlously | turned turtie—and there are the on the dirt’track. - Neither Purdue Wins Big Ten Championship _ By Defeating Wisconsin 37-25 Boilermaker Clinch Title Al- though They Will Play Two More Loop Contests Feb. 27.—(?)}—Purdue’s Boilermakers Tuesday owned another ae ih a unticoel basketball title, eir un ited championshi| in the last five years. ‘s Purdue demonstrated its right to the honors Monday night against Wisconsin, by a 37-25 triumph at La- fayette. Purdue Tuesday had nine victories and one defeat, and even by losing its Temaining two games, could not be shaken out of the lead. Northwest- ern was in second place Tuesday. The Wildcats scored their seventh victory in 11 starts Monday night, a 20-25 de- elsion over Michigan. Indiana moved into a tie for third by defeating Chicago's sophomores, 39-30 at Bloomington. Illinois pulled Towa down to a tie for fifth place by trimming the Hawkeyes, 35-31, at Champaign. The season will close Monday with Purdue at Illinois, Minnesota at Wis- consin and Indiana at Michigan. Bismarck Will Open District 14 Tourney Bismarck Prowlers end the Stras- burg team will play the opening game in the District 14 independent basketball tournament that starts at the World Memoria! auditorium at 7 o'clock Tuesday night. Other teams matched for play Tuesday are Mandan Braves and Napoleon Lions, and Linton and Ft. Yates. Tn play that will end Wednesday the representative quint for District 14, at the regional meet March 2, will be decided. Bismarck players include John Spriggs, Arnold Schneider, Emil Martin, George Hays, Jerry Grif- fin, Themar Simle, Myron Ben- ser and 8. Olson. Marmarth Cagers Win Twice in Week (Special to the Tribune) Marmarth, N. D., Feb. 27.—Mar- marth high school cagers worked themselves out of a mid-season slump last week when they won from Bucyrus and Camp Crook, (8S. D.) in games on the opponents’ floors. The local squad nosed out the Bucyrus quint 23-15, and Saturday they handed the Camp Crook boys a 27 to 7 lacing. Friday Coach Theodore M. Bergum takes his Marmarth five to Haynes for the last regular game scheduled. The team is practicing now in pre- paration for the district basketball tournament that will be held in Het- tinger March 9 and 10, The locals will play Gascoyne for their first competition. The team won 10 of 17 games played this season. Summaries of the Camp Crook and Bucyrus contests: Marmarth (27) FG FI PF Abel, f . 3 Leary, ¢ . ] ererrersy wloorne Ex} Camp Crook (7) E. Cordell, f . Plumkett, f elosorce | monn os ee Soa oa grr Qe 33e Referee, George ¢ Grooters, Rha Marmarth (23) Walsh, f Sl owomnn wl ooonns nloonce a eearers wo oa | me meces 5 Bueyrus . 6 a Referee, ‘Bergum, Marmarth; pire, Mekvold, Bucyrus. Sleacee a! ~ee wivcoce wl cncony wlonnon el wonnnd