The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 5, 1934, Page 6

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1934 Bismarck Teams Prepare for Tough Cage Battles This Week ST. MARY'S QUINT [CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL REGIONAL AND BISMARCK HIGH MEET WEDNESDAY High School Squads Will Play for Right to Enter State Tournament TOWN TEAMS PLAY MONDAY Prowlers Matched With Dunn Center Independents for Regional Crown ‘Three Bismarck quints will see ac- ton this week as the basketball sea- gon nears its climax with the approach of state tourney play. Monday night the Bismarck Prowl- ers meet the Dunn Center independ- ents for the regional championship; ‘Wednesday, St. Mary's plays its chal- Tenge game against the Bismarck high school; and Friday Bismarck high Plays at Minot. Possibly the Bismarck independent team also will play this week-end. ‘They will if they are successful in downing the fast Dunn Center aggre- gation Monday night. The winning team will be among the eight region- al victors which will battle for state championship at Minot Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The game will be in the World War Memorial building and play starts at 8 p.m. The chance of the Capital City be- ing represented at the Minot meet hinges upon the performance of John Spriggs, Arnold Schneider, Emil Mar- tin, George Hays, Jerry Griffin, My- ron Benser and 8. Olson. It was the outstanding play of these cagers that made possible the acquisition of the district championship title last week. Dunn Center, District 13 leaders, has the following men entered for tournament pla: H. Ebeltoft, P Dawkins, C. Carns, E. Ebeltoft, A. Summers, A. Hansen and Arthur Ol- gon, Stretch Hulbert Ml Members of St. Mary's cage squad ‘were given a real scare when Art. (Stretch) Hulbert, high-scoring cen- ter for the Saints, was taken to a hospital Saturday with an appendi- citis attack. For several hours it was not known whether an operation ‘would be necessary. However, Sunday afternoon “Stretch” was released from the hos- the attendant physicion. It is not known what condition the pivot man will be in for the game ‘Wednesday, but the doctor believed would be able to play. lass B team, issued to the Bismarck high right to represent this state tournament here Their chance of entering competition would be con- lessened with the lanky out of the line-up. ting Bismarck Demons are ball-handlers. The cagers have handicapped in games this sea- son because of size, but speed and pluck make them a hard crew to beat. High School Quints to Have Interclass Meet Baskethall tournaments are being held starting Monday at the Bismarck high school to decide the interclass championship team. Twelve teams, divided into two classes according to their standings in games already played, will bettle for leadership. Favorites as the tourney opens are the Sharks end Blue Devils, who have registered nine and eight wins, res- pectively, in 11 contests. However, plenty of opposition is promised by other teams in that class who have been victors in seven of 11 starts. ‘These are the Hawks, Reds, Sword- {Wops, Bobcats, Buzzards, Spiders and ASKETBAL @ | p HOUSE USE & BATH WATER, TUB TOO LONG ATIME—~SO £ AM GOING To YES—THE BOARDERS OF THIS INTIRELY TOO MUCH AND OCCUPY THE - 7 ATTACH MY BATH METER. To THE TUB—~YES—DEPOSIT A COIN SAY , 25¢—~-AND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF HOT WATER RUNS INTOZ —s THE TUB—THEN , AFTER TEN MINUTES, THE WATER ! ™ AUTOMATICALLY 1S DRAINED-— Ze UM-M—AN EXCELLENT \DEA 9 QccAsiONALLy WHY, YOU BIG PORPOISE!Y YOU'RE TH’ GUILTY ONE~ YOU SOAK IN TH’ TUB $0 LONG , YOU COME OUT COVERED WITH BARNACLES 0 WHAT THIS SOINT NEEDS tS ASEPARATE AQUARIUM, OR POND, For You! HE TAKES AN INTEREST INTHE HOUSE = ,.5 Officials at the North Dakota university are opposed to the playing of a fifth game between the Nodak quint and the North Dakota State college. Bismarck basketball fans had been looking forward to the pos- sibility of seeing these two quints, champion and runner-up in the North Central league, battle for state championship at Bismarck. Especially did many local peo- ple want the opportunity of see- ing in action, Ted Meinhover, formerly star athlete at the Bis- marck high school and for the last years, one of the outstanding athletes in the North Central conference; and Harold Tait, an- other Capital City boy who has been playing good ball with the Sioux cagers. But the university officials didn't approve. The contest was sanctioned by the Bison authorities Saturday, University Officials Oppose Game |Purdue Sets Big With Bison for State Championship) Ten Cage Record according to C. C. Finnegan, ath- letic director. * C. A. West, university athletic director, said Saturday that as far as the Sioux officials were concerned the basketball season was over and they saw no good Teason why it should be extended to a fifth game between the No- daks and Bison the evening pre- ceding the opening of the state Class A high school tourney at Bismarck. “Our squad has been through a long season and the boys have had enough basketball. We feel it would be an imposition to ask them to continue in training after the schedule had been completed,” said West. Neil O. Churchill, local sport enthusiast, has been contacting the officials of the two schools in an effort to schedule the con- test here for March 15. The final refusal was received by him in a telegram from West Sunday night. Reeder Cagers Take Region Championship Mott, N. D., March 5.—Reeder won the regional championship of the state independent basketball league here Saturday by defeating New Leip- Big, 46 to 38. The team was the fourth regional titlist to be determined. Lansford, Minot and Armous of Fargo were vic- torious in regional games Friday. Three other regional games are set iad Monday and a fourth for Tues- Officers Chosen for Girl Athletic Group At the regular monthly meeting of the Girls’ Athletic association, held recently in the high school auditor- ium, Grace Church was elected vice- president to succeed Eleanor Kjel- strup. Ruth Saxvik, secretary, pre- sided in the absence of the president, Susie Imus. - A program, conducted by Priscilla Hosie, included two piano solos by Audrey Warrior; the group singing of G. A. A. songs; and a tap dance by Priscilla Hoste, accompanied by Grace Church. Marian Schonert will be in charge of the March meeting. She will be assisted by Anna Mae Lips, Dorothy Lighthizer and Janet Sorsdahl. MINNEAPOLIS LEADS Minneapolis, March 5.—(P)—Scor- ing two goals in rapid succession, Minneapolis regained the Central Hockey league leadership here Sun- day night, shutting out the Rangers, 2-0, in a closely-fought contest, GIANT PITCHERS GOOD |. Miami, Fla, March 5—(?)—The |New York Giants have completed their \first week of spring training and Bill | Terry is convinced the world champ- ions will get better pitching than they did a year ago. Count 486 Points in Games This Season for New , Scoring High Chicago, March §—(4)}—Another western conference basketball season comes to an end Monday night, with Wisconsin making a bid for a tie for second place, meeting Minnesota in the top contest of a three-game layout. ‘While the Badgers shoot to move up even with Northwestern in second Place, Indiana meets Michigan at Ann Arbor, and Purdue’s champions play Tilinois at Champaign. Unless the lini arise to unexpected heights, Purdue will pick up the neces- sary points to put them past the 500 mark for the season. In whaling In- diana, 55-28, at Lafayette Saturday night, Purdue increased its total to a new record point collection of 486. The former mark was 474, set by Indiana in_ 1928. Northwestern defeated Chicago, 30- 22, to become assured of nothing less than a tie for the runnerup position. Wisconsin retained a chance of tying the Wildcats by conquering Iowa, 35 to 32. Ohio State will close its books after meeting Ohio Wesleyan Monday night, and Minnesota will finish up Saturday against Notre Dame. American Tennis Aces Lead in Bermuda Play Hamilton, Bermuda, March 5.—(?) —With the two singles titles safely tucked away, American tennis stars sought a clean sweep of the Bermuda tennis championships Monday. Finals in men’s and mixed doubles and semi- finals and finals of the women’s doubles all were listed for decision. In the men’s doubles, Lester Stoe- fen of Los Angeles, who defeated ‘Wilmer Allison of Texas for the men’s singles title Saturday, was paired with Bryan Grant of Atlanta against + Allison and Laird Watt of Montreal. | ouT OUR WAY By Williams | HAH? You DION’ NOTICE ANY O TH' OTHER KIDS QUITT'N,, WHEN THEY YEH, BUT IT DON'T SNAP THER PANTS INSIDE OUT, LIKE IT DOES WAS TH’ SNAPPER ON _TH' END OF TH WHIP! [ovesonRne HOUSE A A RAY AND SATURDAY DECIDE CHAMPION QUINTS State Basketball Tournament Will Be Held March 16 and 17 at Arthur DISTRICT CONTESTS CLOSE Winners Are Zahl, Grandin, To- kio, Medina, Beulah, Han- nah, Nome, Thain (By The Associated Press) ‘The field of eight district basket- ball champions to compete in the state tournament of the North Da- kota consolidated high school league at Arthur March 16 and 17 was com. pleted Saturday night when winners of seven tournaments joined a team which won district honors Friday. Named district titlists Saturday night were Zahl, Grandin, Tokio, Medina, Beulah, Hannah and Nome. Thain won its district event Friday. Spirited battles developed in the finals of practically every tournament with close scores and fast games in- dicating the league will present one of the best state meets in several years. Grandin came from behind in the last quarter to nose out a 19-17 win over Svea in the District 4 event at Cooperstown. Svea held the lead through the first three quarters but allowed Grandin to gain a 17.17 tie late in the last period. Jghnson, tall Grandin center, dropped in a field goal with a few seconds left to play. Tied at the end of regular play, the finalists in the District 1 tournament at Berthold battled two overtime pe. tiods before Zahl defeated Coteau, 16 to 14. Coteau beat Van Hook, 23 to 22, in the semifinals, and Zahl turned back Hartland, 26 to 19. Tokio went on a last-quarter scoring spree to defeat Logan Center, 33 to 15, and win the district final at Lakota. The two quints battled on almost even.terms until the last quarter. In the semifinals Tokio beat Lakota, 27 to 15, and Logan Center won from Kloten, 21 to 16. Displaying great defensive ability, Medina held Steele to nine points while scoring 23 to annex the District 6 title. Steele advanced to the final by a 29-16 win over Strasburg and Medina defeated Wing, 40 to 11. A bitterly-contested tournament at Beulah went into an overtime period before Beulah outscored Dunn Center, 22 to 19, to win the championship. The score was tied at 18-18 at the end of the regular playing time. ‘Nome defeated Mapleton, 29 to 22, to win the District 5 championship. Thain high school basketball team defeated Amidon by a 31 to 19 score at New Leipzig Friday night to win the district tournament and be the first quint to advance to the state tourna- ment of the consolidated league. eb of She comsnlieaeb RINE j 29 Colleges Enter J Men in A.A. A. Meet New York, March 5.—(?)—The indoor track and field whirl reaches its climax so far as cole lege athletes are concerned Mon- day night in the 13th annual in- tercollegiate A. A. A. champion- ships. Twenty-nine colleges, mostly in the east, have nominated ath- letes far the meet which will be held in Madison Square Garden and under the metric system for the first time in history. The milers have been the big box office draw all through this campaign and tonight will be no exception for Bill Bonthron of Princeton and Gene Venzke of Penn are to renew their rivalry at 1500 meters. Winnipeg Boxers Will ’ Meet Nodak Fighters: Grand Forks, N. D., March 5.—Af- @ crediteble showing in University of North Dakota boxing’ team returned to work here, preper- ing for its next team match. A team of amateur from Winnipeg has been invited to meet the strong Sioux warriors, and a tentative agreement has been reached, ‘Donan Sarena cae has not been det as ye ‘The university team, coached by Howard H. Russell, won four cham- pionships, as well as four runner-up positions, in the North Dakota golden gloves tournament. of the WEST SAXONS, 871- 901, who expelled the Danes and became RULER OF ENG- LAND. A WHITE HOOD, Mned with the college colors, tops the gown of Doctor of Arts and Letters. There are more than 565,000 civil service em- ployes.in the U. & Regional Championship Game Bismarck Prowlers vs. Dunn Center (WINNERS IN DISTRICTS 18 AND 14) LEADERS SET FOR MEET Choose Three Nodak and Three Bison Cagers in All-Conference Selection VALLEY CITY HIGH CAGERS RALLY TO DEFEAT MANDAN Hi-Liners Overcome 10-4 Lead ‘at Half to Win 15 to 11 From Braves Valley City, N. D., March '5.—After) trailing at half time, 10 to 4, Valley City high school came back with 8 strong defense that held Mandan to Braves here Saturday night. Slettein, Codding and Scott were Prominent in the last period attack of the Hi-Liners. They scored 14 of the 15 Valley City points, Stumpf, Mandan center, was out- standing for his team. The summary: Valley City— Sletten, Spt wlococoune af cccwound elocomnmoom #1 Corncony aslosowowne | Comune d Minot Quint 26-14 Midget Crew Undefeated in State Basketball Compe- tition This Season Fargo, N. D., March 5—Fargo re- mained undefeated in state competi- tion by defeating a strong Minot quintet, 26 to 14, in a game here Sat- urday night. For Minot, recognized as one of the outstanding challeng- ers for the state title, it was the sec- ond defeat of the season, Grand Forks having turned back the Magic- jans earlier this year. ‘The 10-8 score favored Fargo at the intermission. Minot led only twice during the contest, for a five-minute Period in the first quarter, and for seconds only in the second quarter. Vincent Crary was the outstanding player on the floor for Palmer Kreutz, Floyd Clements, Art Olson and Charles Nelson also played good ball for the Midgets. Donn Robertson was Minot’s high scorer. He counted three times from the foul’ line for seven points. Donald Papke played a nice game for the Magicians at guard, and Magner Mu- us, forward, performed creditably. wa 4 4 | wonoonwe Totals .ccccccccscee 4) loonmns © wlooonon | commoonn Slvwenno ol ons | ——$$—___—__—______¢« t Basketball Scores | Northwestern 30; Chicago 22. Purdue 55; Indiana 28. Rochester 27; Hamilton 17. West Virginia 57; Bucknell 18. Creighton 46; Oklahoma A é& M 27. Washington 33; Delaware 30. bed York U 24; College of New York ‘Union 48; Renssellaer Polytechnic In- stitute 33. Albright 42; Drexel 22. Rice 39; Baylor 32. Lehigh 32; Lafayette 29. Syracuse 56; Itacha College 28. Cornell college 43; Monmouth 25. Oregon 24; Oregon State 21. Wyoming 41; Colorado Mines 16, Montana U 31; Montana State 28. Loyola (Chicago) 26; Detroit 25. ee Teachers 35; Colorado col- Dartmouth 46; Harvard 28. Valley City 15; Mandan 11. Fargo 26; Minot 13. Linton Takes Easy Win From Napoleon (Special to the Tribune) Linton, N. D., March 5.—Staging = fourth quarter rally the Linton high school cagers more than doubled their score for the first three periods, to swamp the Napoleon hoopsters, 43-11 in @ game last week-end on she N¢ poleon floor. Play during the entife contest was close until the final period. The locals had an eight-seven lead after one quarter; both teams were credited with 14 at the intermission; and with 21, Linton had a five-point advantage at the end of the third. Dobler led the wild counting in the final minutes, his total for the game being 17 points. He was followed by Graf and Bosch who counted 12 and six respectively. Swenson and Atkins, Napoleon for- wards, were high for the losers, tally- ee in order, seven and nine points. jummary; Linton (43) al coconcmuds! Henonwasd Mythical North Central Loop Basketball Team Chosen by Sport Writers Fargo, N. D., March 5—Three plays ers from the University of North Da~ kota, North Central conference ah ketball champions for 1934, an edu number from the North Dakota Aerl- cultural college, runnerup and titlist the previous two years, and one each from South Dakota State and the University of South Dakote are ine cluded on the LET stone lection of the Fargo Forum. at forwards are Herman Witasek of North Dakota, Wilbur ce Mar- uardt of N. D. A. C., an Dehnert of South Dakota State. The centers are Ted Meinhover of North Dakota, Russ Anderson of N. D. State. The guards are Bernard Smith of North Dakota, Charles (Acey) Olson of N. D. State, and Bobby Buck of South Dakota. Eight men are picked on the squad, giving the team an alternate at every position, The men were picked by Eugene Fitzgerald, Forum sports wrie ter, and Lloyd Hagan. sports editor of the Sioux City Tribune. ‘The excellency with which he guid- ed the Nodaks prompted the choice of Smith as captain of the mythical quint, Fitegerald said. Upsets Feature Four-Ball Meet Tommy Armour and Craig Wood Eliminated by Young New York Golfers Miami, Fle, March 5—(}—With half of the four seeded teams elim- inated, survivors of the opening round of the $3,500 international four-ball golf tournament at Miami Country club buckled down Monday to the serious business of warding off a similar fate. One of the finest of the handpicked teams, Tommy Armour of Chicago, twice co-holder of the four ball crown, and Craig Wood, of Deal. N. J., fell before Henry Ciucl and Mike Turnesa, youthful metropolitan New York pair, by two and one, over 36 holes. % The other seeded pair to fall was Gene Sarazen, the P. G. A. cham- pion, and Joe Kirkwood, They sur- rendered to T. Phillip Perkins, of Cleveland, former British amateur champion, and Ralph Stonehouse, of Indianapolis, three and one. The defending champions, Paul Runyan, of White Plains, N. ¥., and Horton Smith of Chicago, were car- Tied to two extra holes by a straight- shooting Long Island, N. Y., pair, Willie Klein and Jimmie Hines. Willie MacFarlane of Tuckahoe, N. ¥., and Johnny Revolta, of Milwau- kee, the remaining seeded team, fought a nip-and-tuck battle with Abe Espinosa of Chicago, and Reggie Myles of Cleveland, before winning Ls ais on une 36th green, ‘alter Hagen, coupled with Tom .Creavy, of Albany, N. Y. dew feated John Golden, of Noroton, Conn., and Bill Burke, of Cleveland, former national open champion, four and three, in fairly easy fashion. New England Whist Club Beats Belfield (Special to the Tribune) Belfield, N. D., March 5.—Belfield ‘Whist club goes to New England Fri- P| day in an effort to stop the list of That 9 situation which leaves the intercollegiate | ®ccumulating for over two years. standing in the state conference Referee, Ernie Al State Teachers; umpire, Glenn Han-| 1% na, Valley City Teachers. ° Lehr Beats Wishek In Challenge Game (Special to the Tribune) consecutive wins the New England grand-and-nulla artists have fo In a game here recently the cham- jaard, Bel- field, the Belfield ion te elated wer the fact that they have given the champs the closest competiti they have had since the string of vee Yehr, N. D., March 5.—Lehr high| Vikings must forfelt a game played| tories was started. ’ the challenge|®eainst the Ellendale Normal Dusties| ‘The local following of the old Nor- Play on & i isk ii E zi before Christmas, used an ineligible. player. 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