The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 13, 1936, Page 8

‘Battle of Saints’ Opens ° JIMIMIES, BLUEJAYS WILL, INVADE LOGAi BASKETBALL COURTS . Leo’s to Seek Revenge for 1-19 Setback; Game Called for 8:15 P. M. ARTHUR JOINS PHANTOMS \ ee Demons Tackle Jays, Ghosts Engage College Team on Successive Nights i St. Leo's of Minot invades the Cap- ital City tonight, if road conditions permit, to engage St. Mary's in the first of three week-end games sched- uled on the local hardwood courts. Coach Ted Meinhover’s parochial School cagers staved off a fourth-| quarter rally by the Magic City team to annex a 21-19 decision at Minot two weeks ago and are confident they can extend their current wins to four Straight at the expense of the lone conqueror’s of the Minot Magicians. St. Leo’s handed Harley Robertson's ; aggregation its only defeat of the cur- Trent campaign in an early-season game and a close battle is in pros- pect here. : Tonight's game has been called for 8:15 p. m., at the high school gym- nasium and will be preceded by a réliminary between the Angels, St. lary’s reserves, and Wilton high school. Starting Lineup Given Norse Skater Beats Ballangrud to | | | Jack Johnson, responsible for the gloves of Charley Kosior, one o} and if the Brown Bomber takes September. It will be noted thi berets. Meinhover, forced to fill the gaps left by the ineligibility of Jim Hurn- ing, veteran guard who was forced out: of competition by the 18-year-old, eight semester rule, will probabiy start Nicky Schneider and Art Helbling at forwards, Arnold Anderson at center, and Dick Rausch and Kenny Hes- singer at guards. St. Leo's will have Dempsey and Cook in the fore court, Renwood at center and McGee and Mechler at guards. i ‘Two other games will vie for the Sports spotlight over the week-end with the Bismarck high school De- mons playing the Jamestown Blue- jays here Friday and the Phantoms engaging the Jamestown college Jim- mies Saturday. oach Glenn Hanna's quint will be out*to avenge a 23-22 decision won by the Bluejays last week in a game that went to the second overtime period. Both teams conquered Fargo and each bowed to the Valley City Hi- Liners but the Demons accounted for @ surprise victory over the highly Tegarded Wahpeton quint that stop- ped the Jays in a close game. Jimmies Rank High Leaders and virtual champions of the North Dakota Intercollegiate con- ference, the Jimmies promise to be @ worthy foe for the defending Class A titlists, who up to the present time have not hit the stride which car- ried them to the top of the state heap last_year. ‘The Jimmies have lost only one game this season, a 29-28 decision to the | Undefeated University of North Da- | Kota team which is zooming along to- || ‘ward a second North Central cham- | plortship. The addition of Don Arthur, former scar forward of the State Agricui- 5 ‘ural college five, and a memover o: | ‘ust year’s championsnip ciuo, may Provide the spark necessary to toucn off the potential scoring power of the Ghosts. The Demon-Bluejay game will be played in the new high school gym- masium and the Phantom-Jimmy con- Set for Minneapolis Minneapolis, Feb. 13.—()—Notice of sixth district Olympic basketball to be held in Minneapolis, will sent to all colleges and universities Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota within the next nk G. McCormick, dis- chairman said Thursday. tournament probably will be fheld in the University of Minnesota fieldhouse. All competition will be ‘under the national collegiate athletic association rules, according to official information. Under the N.C.A.A. rules _ are not permitted to com- pete. t elimination tourna- ments will be held early in March, (McCormick said. The deadline for istrict tournaments set by the na- ‘tional committee is March 21. The sixth district meet probably will be held the second week in March. In- ter-district tournaments must be com- pleted by March 28, with the five from ten districts meeting April 3, 4 and 5, at Madison Square Garden, New York. ‘The Olympic basketball committee by Dr. Walter Meanwell, sae zi i ae 63-25, TO WIND Emmet Birk Drops in 13 Field! Goals as Sioux Remain Undefeated Brookings, S. D., Feb. 13.—()—North Dakota University despite recent travel hardships due to the weather, completed # successful road trip here Wednesday night by defeating South Dakota State, 68-25 in a North Cen- tral conference basketball game be- fore a capacity audience in Brook- ings high school gymnasium. North Dakota piled up a 22-3 lead with six minutes left of the first half, which ended 29-9. Free throws and! Diehl’s lone goal were State's sole} scoring efforts in the first half. Statc held on even terms starting the sec- Li’] Arthur Meets White Hope being groomed to lift the heavyweight crown from Joe Louis when Kosior is one of Jack Dempsey’s hopefuls. Stiman’s gymnasium, New York, NODAKS SMOTHER JACKRABBITS, __ Traveling Tennis _ Stars to Exhibit Different Styles |Vines Plays. Smashing Game; ' Lott Depends on Accuracy in Placements I Contrasting styles of championship jtennis will be seen at Mandan on \ Monday, Feb. 24 as four of the na- tion’s greatest professional players {stage two singles and one doubles ‘Match at the state training school gymnasium. Ellsworth Vines, whose smashing {Volleys and lightning backhand shots are known the world over, will lead the touring professional tennis troupe which include George Lott, canny veteran who depends on delicate tim- ing and accurate placements to win victories on the tennis courts. Traveling under the banner of Wil- jliam T. “Big Bill” Tilden’s stable, the appearance at Mandan is being. spon--| sored by the Mandan Tennis associa- ition. Lester Stoefen and Berkeley |Bell are the other two members of ‘the quartet. i Outranks ‘Big Bill’ NEARER 2ND FIGURE British Puck Team Assured of Place in Final Round of Tournament Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, (Feb, 13.—(?)—Clipping nearly two seconds off the Olympic ‘record! Charles Mathisen of Norway ‘Thurs- day won the 1500 meter speed skating title of the fourth Olympic winter! games. Mathisen dashed around the course in two minutes, 19.2 seconds to beat out his countryman, Ivar Ballangrud, winner of the 500 and 5,000 meter crowns, and eclipse Clas Thunberg’s Olympic record of 2:21.1. Birger Vasenius of Finland was; third and Leo Freisinger, 19-year old; Chicagoan, fourth. Ballangrud’s time was 2:202 and Vasenius’, 2:20.9. Freisinger turned in the highly cred- | Vines will ‘bring enough sensational i play to satisfy even the most ardent jfan. His speed and power exceed Big | Bill’s, according to -tennis experts, who rank him with Maurice Mc- | Laughlin, the’ California Comet. first white hope era, ties on the f the new class of white hopes it from James J. Braddock in at Li'l Arthur still goes in for The scene is a vicious, twisting service and deadly accuracy in placements for his tri- umphs. He is ranked by many as the world’s leading doubles player and, teamed with Stoefen, for many years carried America’s hopes in the Davis Cup competition. Lott has won the national doubles championship five times with three different partners. In 1933 and 1934 he paired with Stoefen. He also holds: four mixed doubles titles won before he turned pro. ¢ Stoefen Most Colorful Stoefen is probably the most color- UP ROAD TRIP Sports Round-Up By EDDIE BRIETZ New York, Feb. 13.—(?)—Freddy Steele, the boxer, passed up an offer to go to Japan as an instructor at $1,500 per month. . . . Freddy is the No. 1 man around Tacoma, Wash.... dee, the Tacoma News-Tribune is- sued a six-page section filled with ads from business houses wishing Freddy luck. . . . Dozens of other merchants called up to complain they were passed up in the canvass. “What about a sports writer making the socal register? . . . Just before his fight with Vince Dun-| pered ful player of the four. Six feet four inches tall, he is the Adonis of a game which is noted for its handsome men. ‘While lack of experience has ham- him in previous years, this sea- son is slated to see him at his best. The fashion plate of the tennis world, Stoefen is affectionately known }as “Little Rollo.” Opponents who have met his thunderbolt service a crashing.returns:tell a different story. He holds.a victory. over Vines, won last September. Vines later defeated him, but only -after five bitter sets. Only 24, he first played national itable time of 2:21.3 to earn fourth place. Fifth place went to Max Stiepl of Austria in 2:216 and sixth to Karl. Wazulek, also of Austria, in 2322.2. ‘ 2 Eddie Schroeder, veteran Chicagoan, tied with Karl Leban.of Austria for] Dummy Lott, in direct contrast, relies upoN/ 1911 in 9:24.3 while Bob ‘Peterson of|Handicap .. Milwaukee, and Allan Potts of Brook- lyn, the other American starters; fin- ished well back. Peterson’s time was 2:25.4, Potts’ 2:31.2. Peterson was 17th in the final standings. Delbert Lamb of Milwaukee still uffering from a cold, scratched as he did Wednesday in the 5,000 meters. Norse Skater in Form Senja Henie of Norway appeared headed for her third straight Olympic figure skating title when she finished with the highest average in the schoo! figures event. The free-skating part of the cham- pionship will be decided Sunday. The: judges announced Cecilia Magdalen, Cooledge of England was placed sec- ond. Maribel Vinson of Boston, the Fears American contestant, finished ixth, Great Britain’s hockey team, sur- prise conqueror of Canada, defeated Hungary Thursday, 5 to 1, and fin- ished the second round robin series in the Olympic championship tourna- ment with: five points. After nosing out Canada, 2-1, in a He's Eddie Murray, recruit on the ond half, scoring 9 to North Dakota's Evening Post. ... Jimmie Foxx is 8 until Birk hooped four in a row championship tennis at Forest Hills|smashing upset, the Britons were in 1932. The intervening years have|held to a 1-1-draw by Germany in a to widen the gap. North Dakota was at home on the small high school court but State was handicapped. Birk was high scorer with 29. N, D.U, Birk, ¢ Finne'n, t Rober'n, ¢ Aamoth, & Rorvig, Lemair, & Burich, ¢ Muus, f Kittle'n, g 0 27 we] coscHowwe > s 8. D. State fe ft pt Diehl, g 1 Darr, & Lassen, Bartling, f 1 Pylman, ¢ 0 Barber, f 0 roromeson ere ° on | arsescsescs meses Totals 1 1 3 1 1 3 4 0 1 t) 1 Bo | powerancooes Totals 5 Referee—Galvin (Stviator); u! —Coffey (State). Alamo Cagers Chalk Up 18 Straight Wins Alamo, N. D., Feb. 13—Leonard Bol- gen’s high school basketball team with a record of 18 consecutive vic- tories since the season opened is at- tracting considerable attention in this section of the state, and looms as a strong contender for the Class B honors. Featuring the six-foot Harold Bol- gen at pivot, the team has run up a total of 533 points to 210 for the op- Position, averaging nearly a point-a- minute. Victims of the local Green Wave include Bowbells, Mohall, Ray, Ep- ping, Tioga and Watford City. Other members of the high-scoring squad are Clarence Sateren, Orville Sateren, Lester Lohse, Herman Sogard, Doug- 1 ire off to Florida by boat to become dean of home runs in Max Carey’s Jack Dempsey and family will vacation abroad this summer. . . Ralph Metcalfe, Marquette sprinter, rode 1,000 miles each way to run in Boston last Saturday night. seen him maturing in experience and skill. : Berkeley Bell, the “Texas Ranger,” is the hurricane of national tennis. His whirlwind attack begins with the: first service and whips tl th un- til the final point is made. He never slackens his pace. He is noted as the most daring volleyer in tennis and believes a good offense is the best When the original Celtics bobbed defense. up with a center standing six feet, eight, Miami (Okla.) junior college totted out Slim Freeberger whose height is 6 feet 8% inches... Any other candidates. Joe Engel, president of the Chattanooga Lockouts, is loose again .. . Once he signed a girl pitcher and arranged for her to fan Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. . . Another time he traded a ball player for a turkey. ... He'll hang cages of canaries in his grandstand. ... And if the game is dull, he'll pep things up with pigeon races. ... His latest stunt is-a pip... This year he’s going to give away a $12,000 house with a@ baby grand in the drawing room. ... And a lot with a garage on it and a car in the garage. United States 1; Austria 0. England 1; Germany 1; (tie). Czechoslovakia 4; Sweden 1. BOB SLEDDING Four-man championship, won by Switzerland (Pierre Musy, pilot); U. 8. {sleds piloted by Stevens and Tyler, fourth and sixth. SPEED SKATING 5,000 meter championship won by Ivar Ballangrud, Norway, time 8:18.6 (breaks Olympic record). No Amer- icans placed in first six. SKIING 18 kilometer cross country race i} ! Odds and ends—Stan Kostka and Sheldon Beise, fullbacking twins of the 1934 Minnesota eleven, are play- ing pro basketball together. . . Ivory billiard balls, such as the: profes- sionals use, are seasoned for five years after they are turned out. . . Al Mamaux may shift Alabama Pitts to Albany's Harrisburg farm in the (combined event with jump)—won by Arthur Larsson, Sweden ,time 1:14.38. Americans far behind. FIGURE SKATING Sonja Henie, defending champion from Norway, held lead when com- game that went three overtime per+ jods. Thursday's victory assured Eng- land a place in the final round. Czechoslovakia earned its second victory:in three starts in the’ second round robin series by turning back Austria, 2-1. It was Austria's third de- feat. Annexes Ski Title Oddbjorn Hagen of Norway today won the combined cross country- jumping ski title. Hagen, ‘second to Artur Larsson of Sweden in the 18-kilometer run Wea-|Kinzer nesday, finished with a winning total of 430.3 points for his performance in the run and in the jumping Larsson did not enter the combinea event. Hagen’s jumps measured 42 and 46 America’s four entrants again were shut out as only Frantisek Simunek of Czechslovakia could break into the Scandinavian monopoly on this type of ski competition. Second place went to Olaf Hoffs- bakken of Norway, with 419.8" point third to Sverre Brodahl, Norway, 4084; fourth to Lauri Vilonen of Finland, 401.2; fifth to Simunek, 394.3; and sixth to Berndt Osterkloft, Norway, 393.8, Norway Takes Lead Norway moved to the top team standings in the fourth Olympic games Thursday as Charles Mathisen captured the.1500 meter speed skat- ing. crown and Oddbjorn Hagen led the way to a virtual sweep las Arnold and Kenneth Wecker. New York-Penn League. Upon completion of the new Ger-| WPA funds in the amount of $2,- man Zeppelin LZ-129, construction of | 800,000 have been appropriated for im- its sister ship will get under way. | provements at the Cleveland airport. OUR BOARDING HOUSE SORRY, MR.SPOOGELTHURR BUT T HAVE NO MONEN TO INVEST IN YOUR WHISTLE LOLLIPOP COMPANY / DONT MISUNDERSTAND ME, SIR —BY NO MONEY, I DO NOT MEAN THAT YES, BUT SURELY Ly yy of Wisconsin athletic di- Farm Girl Shatters Women’s Shot Mark &t. Louis, Feb. 13.—(7)—A lady streak of lightning from Missouri, who first brought the name of Helen Siephens into the headlines just a year ago, looked Thursday toward the Olympic games as the final step to the top of the track world. ‘The Fulton, Mo., farm girl celebrat- ed‘the first anniversary of her track stardom Wednesday night by tying the world record of 6.4 seconds in the run of the national A. A. U. indoor track and ‘field meet TL HAVENT ANY UM MAN OF YOUR MEANS, WOULDNT MISS $200, INVESTED pulsory figures completed with 251.6 points; Maribel Vinson, le: American, sixth with 231.9 points. The United States contains more than 60 species of mosquitoes. By Ahern DONT LETM FAN NOU. WITH J THAT, GUS~ B4 HES SES GOIN’ } ON PARADE! J WHEN FLUSH, + HES GOOD FOR ABOLIT 97 remained unchanged. A fourth place for Leo Freisinger, 19-year old Chicago youngster, in the 1600 meter test enabled the United States to pick up three points and gain sixth position in the team stand- ings with 13% points. You're Tellin’ Me Hornsby is going to give Al a free agent in 1935, a chance to pitch for the St. Louis Browns this season... . It costs big league clubs between $25,000 and: A AW ME~WHAT T COULD DO WITHHIOCO <) ras BUT, I ONLY INVEST IN THE HIGHEST IN’ MY BUSINESS! $6200 WOULD BE MERE MARBLES TO Nou, Ss! ny 20 MINUTES \N A PENNY ARCADE | TYPE OF SOUND secures! (hr 000 to train. .. . Eddie Meade is San Francisco with three boxers... . The rotund manager's Paul Pirrone engages Fred Apostoli there Feb. 28. .». Tom Casey, Chicago Cub pitcher, is one of the best known shots in Geor- gia. ... The Oklahoma Aggies have ual meet great distance runners of the day, all use Paavo Nurmi’s style in varying degrees. Waldorf to Rest. Digestive Organs ) Win 1,500 Meter Speed — SONIA HENIE MOVES | | ‘TITLE AT OLYMPICS} BELATED RALLY \ Bismarck Bakery trundlers swept all three games with the Highway Department crew and the First: Na- tional Bank won two out of three from the Bismarck Tribune in Com- mercial League matches rolled Wed- nesday night. Joe Patera for the bakers mowed down the uprights for counts of 165-204-178—547' to annex |: the evening’s high three-game honors and Gordon MacGregor for the Tribune collected 214 pins, for the top single game. The scores: Tril Moeller Ottum ... MacGregor . Hauch 189-151-177— 517 167-129-148— 444 138-141-144— 423: First National Bank Haney ......... ©. 140-171-128— 439 Samuelson . 121-155-206— 482 Lawyer 108-113-142— 373 Boese 111-151-144— 406 117-117-117— 351 ‘T2- 72- 72— 216 Totals........ 660-779-809—2257 Bismarck Faubel . 181-166-149— 496 Hektner 160-156-184— 500 Baker 138-181-168— 487 165-204-178— 547 ! 158-158-158— 474 150-140-157— 447 141-160-146— 447 155-158-151— 464 115-161-111— 387 147- 141 «..-161-128— 289 34- 34- 34— 102 142-814-72T—2283 DEPT. TRUNDLERS IN VICTORY -Bank of North Dakota Collection department bowlers won two out of three games from the regular state bank five in a Service League make- up match Wednesday. Magnuson rolled 185-209-148—543 for top three game scoring total. The scores: Bank of North Dakota «+ 185-209-140— 543 129-133-118— 380 117-154-140— 411 138-139-137— 414 '80— 457 4 12 Smith Handicap Totals . rs 153-149-138— 440 166-176-130— 472 128-143-140— 411 153-146-152— 451 136-135-190— 461 'T36-749-750—2235 Track, Girl Trouble Bothers Berwanger Chicago, Feb. 3—@—tt you were & great football and track star and or competing in a dual track meet, which would you select? Jay Berwanger, University of Chie |La Rue, cago star, had that problem to solve but it turned out easy. Jay was to have competed with the Maroons in a dual meet with Iowa on the night of Feb. 21. He also was named to lead the university's Wash- ington prom. What to do? The University of Iowa provided the solution by moving the track meet up to the night of Feb. 20. Fights Last Night | -—_—_________ 186, Pittsburgh, and Eldred Dav- enport, 145, Ware Shoals, S, C, drew, (10). OUT OUR WAY \ Toni ENABLES BISON © Maranville Signs | Anderson Leads Herd to Sth|‘The Rabpit’ Wil Conference. Victory “in . Manager of Elmira Club. . Closing Spurt in-Minors ; Pag Whey ots Si 13.(7)—| Rochester, N. ¥., Febo 13.—()— ort rallied in the last] Walter J. “Rabbit”. Maranville, vet- Sant tb ein or eirae we eran of 24 years of major league base- strelent North} yan, welcomed: ‘Thursday. what- most 5 Central Conference basketball -victory. = |ball players considerthe beginning of by defeating ‘Towa Stats “Teachers 35-15 “ehd=& step-down tote fe od Midway in the secofid. halt the |eagues. Teachers pulled up to & 22-Ml tie. At this point the game idled until with five minutes left to play, North Da- kota State put on its victory streak. The Bisons flipped in five field goals and a free throw in the last five minutes, with Anderson, center, finding the basket from all corners of the floor. ‘ The visiting team had been travel- ing for the last three days, spending most of the time snowbound en route here from Sioux City. The game orig- “I consider it a stepping stone to _Maranville. __the New... York- ieee league. + The doughty Rabbit predicted he | would be in 100. games: as.a player 4 With Elmira. Last year, after a sea- jah ’s ‘layoff because of his Jeg injury, Totals 10 ae Jhe signed a player'’s.contract wit Dakota State} Braves but appeared Bettsch’n, Totals 13 Hrwenoote Towa State Teach: ‘8 6. s Officials —Raftensberger (lowa: Strobridge (Western State). 1928, in’ his y days, he mianaged the Chicago“ Cubs for a Piggly-Wiggly Pulls|:=== Into Tie for Third Sasketball Scores| Defeats Co. A Quint, 33-27;' (By the Associated. Press) Klein's Increases First Manlosies a: Be Jame a .N. D..68; & D. 8 25. Montana 49; Billings Poly. 31. MEL HARDER. SIGNS 923] Cleveland, Feb. 13.—()}—With Mel .769|Harder, veteran pitcher, signed for . 383 |two years, Cleveland baseball club of- Place Margin cay pulled into’ a |¥as.arranged with third-place whe ‘Gonpeny - in $15,000 a year. League standings Wednes- Piggly-Wisgly - tle was overwhelming the “Knights Columbus quint, 52-28. me Paced by Cliff Morlan, Heiser and Cummins, the Piggly-Wiggly .club deadlocked the fight for third place at seven victories and five defeats. Mor- lan bagged six field goals for the win- ners with Leon Doerner collecting six from the floor and.a gift shot'to lead the Company A five inthe scoring column. : Johnny Yeasley led the high-scor- ing Klein’s quint: as they racked. up of ~ Fl ccsremee rs orscece sl Slow ft 2S | toca Records. from 27 stations in North Of 18.7 inches for .1935 as compared with 108 inches in 1934. The normal precipitation’ in the state is + In England, it is still illegal to make @ mince pie, have a Christmas dinner of more than three courses, amoke a cigaret in the streets, or play billiards on Sunday.-A Law Society conferenc: unearthed these obsolete laws. 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