The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 15, 1936, Page 6

‘ THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1936_ Demons Bow to Hard-Driving Bluejay Two-Man Bobsled Team Wins First Olympic Championship for U. S. ART SCHAUER BACS 2 POINTS 10 LEAD | JAMESTOWN TO WIN Maroon and White Misses Serv-| * ices of Bob Peterson, Buddy Beall |ISITORS TAKE EARLY LEAD imps Hang Up Eighth Consecu- tive Win at Expense of Fledglings Art Schauer, cagey forward, led the lamestown Bluejays to a Class A vic- | ory over the Bismarck Demons here ‘iday night, 24-16. Paced by the speedy Schauer, who ored half of the Jamestown points mm swift breaks under the basket Coming U. U.S. 8. Champ | ‘| o— Klein's tae ane to Play James- town College Reserves in Preliminary ee | Upset by the surprisingly strong ; Dickinson State Teachers quint, the Jamestown college Jimmies step out of the North Dakota Inter- jcollegiate conference tonight to play the Bismarck Phantoms here. A premilinary game between Klein's | Toggery, leaders of the City league. and the Jamestown college reserves has been called for 8:15 p. m., with the 'main attraction scheduled to go on {shortly after 9 o'clock at the World ‘War Memorial building. The Jimmies’ surprising reverse at college Jimmies, Upset by Dickinson Peds, AMERICANS EMERGE Will Play Phantoms Tonight WINNERS IN CLOSE SY Bowling | Scores, Quanrud, Brink and Reibold trund- lers won two out of three games from Easy Washers in the only match rolled in the Service League Friday night, Engler for the winners toppled the uprights for counts of 173-150- 190—513 for high three-game total while Patera’s 208 in the first was the best single game. The scores: Tryn ve RACE WITH SWISS + Canadian Puck Team Swamps Czechoslovakia, 7-0, in Final Round | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Feb 15.—(#)—Ivan Brown and Alan Washbond of Keene Valley, N. Y.. Sat- | urday won the Olympic two-man bob- sledding championship and with it America’s first gold medal of the in- ternational winter games, Brown and Washbond, the leaders after Friday's first two heats, cap- tured the tit’ in a thrilling and dra- {corner of his Fort Morgan, Cage Quint, 24-16 Kearns, Dempsey |SPEARS, MEANWELL DISMISSALS Ex-Champ, Manager np, Manager Exchange Greetings Before Burman Outpoints Bath Chicago, Feb. 15.—(#)—They prob- ably don’t plan to go into the fight business together again, but Jack Dempsey and his ex-Manager Jack Kearns at least were on speaking terms Saturday after Dempsey’s boy Clarence (Red) Burman decisioned Kearns’ Hank Bath in ten rounds Friday night at the Chicago stadium. Instead of the promised “battle of glares” as the former heavyweight champion seconded his young Balti- more prospect and Kearns was in the Colo., hope, they shook hands and ex- changed greetings. Since their split up 13 years ago, the famous Jacks Both ‘Bounced’ Break Long Feud| ASKED BY REGENTS’ COMMITTEE ‘Definite Action Follows Inves- tigation Into Badger Athle- tic Troubles Madison, Wis., Feb. 15.—()—Over- riding sentiment of the faculty board, University of Wisconsin regents voted 10 to 2 Saturday to oust Att Athletic Di- rector Walter E. Meanwell and Head Football Coach Clarence W. Spears effective next July 1. ‘The regents also notified ‘Trainer William Fallon that he is through and precipitated a general house- Cleaning in the athletic department to end the strife that has divided the university into two warring factions. Fallon’s dismissal likewise will be ef- fective July 1. The drastic steps followed 10 weeks ihe Jays jumped to a 10-5 lead in the st quarter, maintained a five-point margin at the half time and then held the hands of the Savages was only ‘their second defeat in 17 starts this season. The first setback came in the matic duel of speed and skill with the — ‘Washer Price .... . Swiss sled piloted by Fritz Felerabend 130-174-148— 452 194-151-122— 467 have had little or nothing to say to each other. of bitter controversy touched off by publication of charges that Meanwell ff an erratic Maroon and White at- lack in the fourth period. The Demons sorely missed the serv- of Bob Peterson, stellar guard, vyho was confined to the bench dur- ing most of the game with a torn leg lauscle, and Buddy Beall, veteran for- vard, who was on the sick list and hot in uniform. ‘The lead changed hands three times luring the opening period, but late in the quarter the visitors took com- inand of the situation and were never serious danger of being beaten. Demons to Play Midgets Tonight they move across the Mis- youri to engage the Mandan Bravi While Coach Glenn Hanna takes his Injury-ridden squad to Dickinson fur game with Coach Charles Denton's pirong Midgets. | Schauer broke loose under the bas- ret to give the Bluejays a two-point fead at the outset, but “Peck” Mc- Biuiness knotted the score a few min- ites late: and then put the Demons ut in front with a conversion at the free throw line. | Bob Tavis made it 5-2 with a neat itch from the side but Don Ingstad jooped in a long toss and Schauer pucketed another one from close range and the Jays went out in front © stay. $Glenn Baker, forward, and Lippert, guard, each broke into the scoring ‘olumn with field goals, Schauer add- ‘d two more and Ingstad collected ine to give the Bluejays a 16-11 mar- Freckled Patty Berg pauses dur- ing the Miami Biltmore women’s tournament, in which the 19- year-old. Minneapolis miss was medalist, to jot down her score Miss Berg, runner-up to Mrs Glenna Collett Vare in the wom en's national last fall, generally is ‘considered the brightest femi nine eee in 1 slg Bowman High Trims Rhame Cagers, 28-15 Bowman, N, D., Feb, 15.—Paced by Pollock, center, the Bowman high school basketball team defeated! Rhame, 28 to 15, in a Southwest Con- ference game played here Tuesday. Pollock was high scorer with five field goals while Bingham, guard, garnered game with the University of North Dakota by # 29-28 margin. Jamestown led 16-14 at the half but a closing spurt by the Savages put ,them out in front by two points Ja) before the final whistle. Until Friday night, the Jimmies were undefeated in the state college conference and still loom as the prob- able winners of the loop champion- _| Ship. Four former Bismarck high schou) stars return here tonight as members of the college team. They are Eddie Agre, Gus Schlickenmeyer, Ernie Manney and Billy Owens. Strengthened by the addition of Don Arthur, high-scoring forward of last year’s state championship aggre- gation, the Phantoms look to the Jim- mie game tonight as an opportunity to become reinstated in the ranks of North Dakota's ranking independent quints. Arthur will team with Frank Lee, former St. Mary's star, in the fore court with Big Ted Meinhover at cen- ter and Ben Jacobson and Don Bondy at guards. Probable starters for the Jimmies will be Agre and Westby at forwards, Peterson at center and Thunem and Schauer at guards. Summary of the Savage-Jimmie game: Dickinson fx ft pf Jamtown fe ft p Stumpf, n Bag’oss, {1 16 Part'ge, c 1 0 Rob'son, & 9 Craw’rd, g 2 gre, Westby, Peter'n, ¢ 1 Thunem, g¢ 3 Schauer, g 2 -118-149-120— 387 114-191-119— 424 151-147-157— 455 54- 54- 54— 162 Totals. ‘761- 866-720-2347 Quanrud, Brink & Reibold Neibauer 158-132-189— 479 Engler 173-150-190— 573 Bosch . 131-137-177— 445 Patera 208-146-153— 507 Zahn .... 117-204-147— 468 787-769-856-—2412 iCarrall .. Handicap ... Totals... | Week rea Capitol Cafe Gamble Robin Klein's Toggery . Woolworth’s 0, H. Will C Robertson's Town Talk Coman's Tour! Seanon’s Records High team, th W High individual, three gam Hummel .. High individ’ Winistorf Nordlund . F, Hummel D. Schneide: Baldwin . Larsen Nelson nine points. Flash and Erickson were ; the best performers for Rhame, The summary: Bowman sin at the intermission. Check Scoring Threats *Pield goals by Tavis and “Fat” El- »fson and vift shots by Johnny Ab- yott and Evan Lips comprised the valance of the Demons’ scoring dur- ng the first half. The second half opened just like] Fi she first with the Jays’ hard-charg-| “Vf 5 ng offense getting in closer for} *"'¢’*' fl 0 1 ‘pitches while the Demons were miss-| Totals 12 4 10 ng what chances they did get. rore ~ quarte ,A free throw by Elofson was all the Fi the Demons did in the third quarter and the Jays piled up an im- 20-12 margin before the period |. Each side scored four points the final stanza. » Schauer, outstanding offensive ;hreat for the Jays, garnered 12 its for top scoring honors, followed McGuiness, Tavis, Ingstad and Ba- er, all with four. i and Ingstad were the chief jays stars on defense while Baker burned in a nice floor game. Elofson, and Clausnitzer turned in phe best games for the Demons. | Imps Win 8th in Row | Paced by Spangler, Enge and Burck- hardt, the Imps hung up their eighth consecutive victory, a 27-19 triumph A over the Jamestown Fledglings, Blue- Jay reserves. | The Imps scored 11 points in the first five minutes of the initial pe- fti6d and were never serously in dan- wt after that. Spangler collected 11 points on four | $2! eld goals and three free throws for | scoring honors. The summaries: lam'town tg itpf Bismarck fe ft pf er, f Abbott, f. 0 Yeasley, f 0 Rish’th, f 0 MeG'ess, ft 1 Bowers, £ Tavis, ¢ Elof'on, & Clau'er, & Welch, Lips, & Peter’n, = Connor, g ry oS Rhame F f f 1 3 34 0 0 1 «| coosonnes | coctstetse Junior High High es Trounce St. Mary’s The Aces, an eighth grade team from the junior high school, defeat- ed the St. Mary's eighth grade team in a game played at the parochial school gymnasium Thursday after- noon, 31-10. Edgar Schultz, Harold Schultz and Al Mozer led the winners while William Bobb was the best for St. Mary's. The summary: St. Mary's fe ft pf % Dohn, ¢ 1 Schultz, @ 4 Nicola, 'g 1 Meininger 0 i Sees 5 eiessouss Totals 15 Totals Score by period! SAINT SIX BEATEN Wichita, Kas. Feb. 15.—(#)—St. Paul's league leaders bumped into trouble Friday night against the Wichita Skyhawks, losing a 1-0 over- time battle in the American Hockey Association. . more; jer, meer, eucwowcwos eHowore Hootancooo ol cocsecccce In 1860 Mark A. Cooper erected a| monument at Cartersville, Ga. inj} honor of 38 friends who had endorsed notes for him. “ & al oneconwe Totals McGuiness 1, Elofson ee Petatiem ise 2, Lips Baker i, Joyce '1, Lippert 3 Referee: Leonard McMal ‘Fay Brown. ' Jamuon « See & Totals Score by pv: jamestown Kraft, g 1 Asel'ine, f 0 R39 UM-~THIS Totals 12 HOOPLE,I Shamrocks, 39 to 23 Jake Stocker and Allen showéd the *way as the Paramount Theatre team from the City League bre2zed through to a convincing 39-23 victory over the )Snamrocks, Mandan Independents, ‘in a game played here Friday night. |. The theatre cagers piled up a 11-6 ‘dead in the first quarter and added four points to their lead to hold aj 20-11 margin at the halftime. Stocker, former University of North (Dakota center, dropped in seven field goals and a free throw for 15 points, } and allen collected 12 points on six E from the floor. |; SBrunnells, guard, was the best per- |sormer for the Shamrocks. The sum- Para’ount f Mandan Wetch, f 3 ° ont ml eooneS el pocer |langrud, Norway, time 17:24.3. OUR BOARDING HOUSE OH-HELLO, MARTHA~ ULP-—4.SAY~AHR-LM OW, EXCUSE ME- MWR. SPOOGELTHURP MARTHA-~ MRS Holen, c 2 Sch’yer, g 0 Manney, & 0 Amdahl, f Doering, ¢ Ross, & A, Schneider Klein Walery Davis Huss . M. Hummel . Harnish Magnuson ... 1 0 0 0 1 pened Wedel eed a Hrrcurscnm 1 1 4 1 2 0 1 0 Totals 8 x Ruden; umpir a Totals Referee: Richards, | Olympic Results le BOBSLEDDING United States — Ivan Brown andj Frick Alan Washbond lead after first two heats of two-man competition, time 2:43.52. Second U. 8. team (Colgate and Lawrence) third. i v Thompson . Bates Stolz Walke: Essert . Coman Anstrom| Sloniker A. Ericks Bailey . Dettman [Basketball Scores | (By the Associated Press) LaCrosse 47; Stout Institute 18. St. Cloud Teachers 48; Bemidji 38. Cornell 35; Carleton 30. : Monmouth 35; Ripon 33. Virginia Junior 33; Eveleth 21. Superior Teachers 37; River Falls 35. Dickinson Teachers 28; Jamestown 26. Big Ten Co-Leaders Seek 8th Victories Chicago, Feb. 15.—()—Northwest- ern and Ohio State face great oppor- tunities to become famous in 1936 Big Ten basketball tonight—just by taking falls out of Purdue and In- diana, respectively. The undefeated neighbors from the Hoosier state figure to boost their strings of conference triumphs to eight straight each but may run into more difficulty than the records in- dicate. The schedule includes two other championship games. Chicago, still after its first conference victory of the season, meets Iowa at Iowa City, while ois and Wisconson, co- champions with Purdue last season, clash at Champaign. Michigan goes to East Lansing for a non-conference battle with Michigan State. By Ahern Brown . Cervinski . Winistorfer Frolund SPEED SKATING 10,000 meter race won by Ivar Bal- (New Olympic record): Only American finisher, Eddie Schroeder, eighth. HOCKEY England 5; Czechoslovakia 0. FIGURE SKATING Men's championship, won by Karl Schaefer, Austria, 422.7 points: Lead- ing American, Robin Lee, (twelfth). cma | Fights Last Night | oO (By the Associated Press) Chicago—Clarence (Red) Bur- man, 17814, Baltimore, outpointed Ed Hank Bath, 184, Fort Morgan, Cole., (10); Johnny Erjaver, 180, Duluth, knocked out Eddie Boyle, 173%, Cleveland, (1). Philadelphia — Al Ettore, 189, Philadelphia, stopped Billy Nichy, 174, Pittsburgh, (8). Utica, N. ¥.—Lou Ambers, 135, Herkimer, N. Y., stopped Eddie Marks, 142, Brooklyn, (3). Milwaukee — Oscar Rankin, 161%, Los Angeles, outpointed toe Terry, 159, Trenton, N. J. Ye San Francisco — Phil Brubaker, 192, San Francisco, outpointed King Levinsky, 199, Cnloago, (10). YESO—WELL, WHATS ON YOUR MIND, SAKE? CHARMED, MRS.HOOPLE! LOVELY HOME You HAVE > —~SoO cozy! YES ~TO A MAN LIKE ME- WHO LIVES IN HIS SUITCASE, AS \T WERES HEK . \s MEAN- Evoy’s English sled in 5:40.25; fifth to (0|Hans Kilian of Germany in 5:42.01 4 in 5:44.71. 1|7-0, in the final round-robin hockey Saturday's final two heats developed the most sensational tussle of the win- As they entered the ring Dempsey er Olympics +s the Americans finally won out by the razor-edge margin of 1.35 seconds in total elapsed time for | four trips down the 1,600 meter Olym- Pic chute. Third place went to the second American combination of Gilbert Col- gate, Jr., 0? New York and Dick Law- rence of Branchville, N. J. America, retaining the title the Stevens brothers, J. Hubert and Cur- tis, won at Lake Placid in 1932, thus picked up 14 points in the unofficial team standings to swell its total to 29%. Brown and Washbond finished with total elapsed time of 5:29.29. Their in- dividual heat clockings were 1:22.50, 1:21.02, 1.9.39 and 1:20.38. ! Beats Own Record Feierabend, who smashed his own chute record 01 his final descent with @ spectacular 1:19.88 performance. wound up with total time of 5:30.64. Colgate and Lawrence finished with 5:33.96. Varying their technique, both Brown and Washbond pushed the sled away to a running start. They whizzed past hazardous Bavaria curve at a dizzy clip to the accompaniment of lusty cheers. They slid into the straight- away safely and dashed across the finish line in one minute, 20.38 sec- onds to capture the title. Brown and Washbond’s victery en- 3 {abled the United States and Switzer- land to split the two Olympic bob- \sledding ¢’ ampionships. The Swiss finished one-two in the four-man championship with America fourth and sixth. Fourth place went to Frederik Mc- and sixth to Fritz Grau of Germany Canadians Triumph Canada swamped Czechoslovakia, Series Saturday. The Canadians, still hoping to get into the running for their fourth suc- cessive Olympic championship, scored four goals in the first period and thei eased up. The victory gave Canada a record of one triumph and one defeat in the final round robin series under the dis- puted Olympic system. The Canad- jians’ surprise 2-1 defeat by Great Britain in the second round was car- ried over to the finals under this ar- Tangement. The Americans won't actually start final round play until they mect Great Britain tonight but their sec- ond-round victory over Czechoslovakia was carried over to the final round standings. Swedish Skiers Win Sweden's long distance skiers swept the first four places in the 50 kilo- meter cross-country Marathon. Apparently able and ready to tour the course again, Elis Viklund, Axel ‘Wikstrom, Nils Englund and Hjalmar Bergstrom smilingly crossed the fin- ish line in that order as America’s team of four finished far behind. Viklund was timed in three hours, 30 minutes, 11 seconds; Wikstrom in 3:33.20; Englund in 3:34.10 and Berg- strom in 3:35.50. Fifth place went to Klaes Karppinen, of Finland, in 3:39.33, and sixth to young Arne Tuf: of Norway in 3:41.18. Crown Prince Gustav Adolf of Swe- den witnessed the Swedish triumph. Karl Magnus Satre of Salisbury, Conn., led the American team of fone. in 3:58.45. Birger Torrissen of folk, Conn., was clocked in 4:07.44; Rie aes of Norfolk in 4:29.30, and Richard Parsons of Salisbury in 4:11.08. Elgin High Defeats New Leipzig, 15 to 9 Elgin, N. D. >. Feb. 15.—Elgin’s strong prep cagers won a 15-9 victory over the greatly improved New Leip- zig quint here Wednesday. Reinke, Elgin center, bagged four field goals and three free throws for top scoring | aniy The summary: gin fe ftpf New Lizig fi Wikiner,f0 00 Miller, t LaMarre, f 2 Schultz, ¢ Reiger, Frobom, ¢ Storm, & Hertz, f ‘e 3 Hooom, strode over to Bath’s corner to Grasp Kearns’ hand and say “How's tricks, Doc.?” “O. K., Jack,” Kearns answered. ‘They posed for photographs with hands clasped and appeared to do it with a minimum of effort. Burman won the decision in a bruising, if not particularly enter- saining bout, largely due to a rousing assault in the last four rounds. Amidon Is Defeated By Buffalo Springs Amidon, N. D., Feb. 15.—Buffalo Springs defeated Amidon, 23 to 18, leading all the way in a closely con- tested game. Underall was high point man for Amidon while Hubbard hit the hoop most frequently for the Dukes. The summary: Amidon te ft pe Buf. Sp'gs fi Marian, ¢ Hubyrat 2 Underall, f 2 Roberts, c 2 Largis, g Knut'n, & Edmond Knutson Lypist Totals 7 Score by quarters Amidon Buffalo S| Refere Revolta’s 69 Takes | Open Tourney Lead) Thomasville, Ga., Feb. 15.—(7)—By virtue of a surprising 69, three under par, Johnny Revolta led the field into the second 18-hole round of the $3,000 Thomasvilie open golf tournament Saturday. ‘The national P. G. A. champion showed the form that made him lead- ing money winner last year. Tony Penna of Pensacola, Fla., with a 70, and Ralph Beach of Baltimore, 71, were the only other sub-par Scorers. Dickinson’s Class B Drawing Date Is Set Dickinson, N. D., Feb. 14.—(P)— Drawings will be held Feb. 18 for the pairings of nine teams entered in the tenth district Class B high school basketball tournament to be played here Feb. 28 and 29. Already entered in the tourney are Beach, Sentinel Butte, Belfield, Taylor, Hebron, Dickinson model high; As- sumption Abbey, Killdeer and Golva. Tournament directors are Harry Weinbergen, Dickinson, chairman; H. W. Pearson, Belfield, and I. G. Grindstuen, Beach. Williston Conquers Glasgow Quint, 35-32 Williston, N. D., Feb. 15—()—Stag- ing a 12-point rally in the last five minutes of the game, Williston High school defeated the Glasgow, Mont., basketball team 35 to 32 here Friday night. -In a preliminary game Wil- Uston Reserves defeated Alexander, 44 to 14. CAGE GAME POSTPONED Ellendale, N. D., Feb. 15—(®)— {esse gedessos Sleseeteos Epa ei Sl puedawas Totals = if © \ te 3 Snow blocked roads caused post- ponement of a North Dakota Inter- collegiate conference game scheduled here Friday night between Valley ae. Teachers and Nor- OUT OUR WAY Metz, & Totals wl coouce | commrone: | oomonn wleoe tT Brother and Sister Seek Blade Crowns St. Paul, Feb. 15.—()—A brother and sister from Sudbury, Ont., were in St. Paul Saturday, one to defend his North “American indoor skating title, the other to seek the same hon- ors in the women’s bracket. ‘The brother, Alex Hurd, will com- pete tonight and Sunday with a fast field of 20 blade artists from all sec- tions of the United States and Canada. Florence Hurd took the quarter mile and mile events a year ago. Most serious threats for the title are Maddy Horn of Oconomowoc, Wis, and Dorothy Praney, St. Paul, national outdoor champion. a DR. CLARENCE W. SPEARS DR. WALTER E. MEANWELL | Class A Results Cando, N. D., Feb. 15.—(#)—Devils Lake's Class A cagers suffered an un- expected 22-17 reverse here Friday night at the hands of the Cando Cubs in a bruising battle. The Lakers, whose late arriyal de- layed start of the game one hour, led until the final minutes. Primeau, big center, paced the late Cando rally while Bob Gilliland was best for the invaders. Minneapolis Job Open To Coach Frank Cleve Minneapolis, Feb. 15.—(2)—Frank Cleve, athletic director at Concordia college, Moorhead, will be tendered a contract as baseball and basketball ginia, coach at South high school, it was dis- closed unofficially here Saturday. It is understood the matter of salary is the only question. SETS GOLF RECORD Litchfield Park, Ariz, Feb. 15.—(?) —Vernon Allen, Minneapolis pro, turned in what is believed to be one of the lowest 18-hole golf scoring rounds on record—60 strokes, 12 under Par, on the standard course here, The course is 6,328 yards in length and par is 72. FRICK TOURING CAMPS New York, Feb. 15.—(#)—Ford Frick, National League president, prepared to leave for his spring tour of major league training camps Saturday, leav- ing behind the usual presidential pre- conan of a close race for the pen- nant England has two of the fastest bat-| ing tle cruisers in the world, the Repulse and the Renown, each having a speed of more than 31.5 knots. encouraged a football squad member to get rid of Spears and by subse- quent charges that the director, the coach and Fallon all had given liquor to players. Ignore Faculty Board A regents’ investigating committee of five filed a report Saturday on which the action of the board was based. The committee tossed aside the recommendation of the faculty board that Spears be fired and Mean- well be retained. Immediately after the regents’ de~ cision was announced four of the fac- Hea board announced their resigna- ‘The regents were said to have ob- tained assurance that by taking mat- ters into their own hands they would not jeopardize Wisconsin's position in the Big Ten. Russell’ Rippe, freshman football coach, was mentioned as a possible successor to Spears and Guy Sundt, varsity backfield coach, was men- tioned for the athletic directorship. Climaxes Strife Final action by the regents brings to a climax long strife between Mean- well and Spears that burst forth last December when the football captain- elect charged Meanwell had promised him jobs and other favors if he would petition squad members for Spear's temoval. An investigation by the athletic council produced no proposals for personnel changes and mildly rebuked Meanwell for his part in the petition movement. Dissatisfied with this in- quiry, the regents began ther own and learned: That Meanwell gave liquor to two players after a game last season. That had come to Wiscon- sin from Oregon with the hope of be- ing-named athletic director. a job that went to Meanwell instead. Had Secret Pacts That Meanwel] had secret agree- agreements allowing him to discharge coaches without avenues of appeal on their part. Meanwell became basketball coach at Wisconsin in 1911, produced an un- defeated team the first year, coached eight western conference champions and influenced the development of the game through his system. Meanwell became athletic director in 1933, two years after Spears came here from Oregon. Spears had been an all-American at Dartmouth, where he later coached. He turned out pow- erful teams at Dartmouth, West Vir- Minnesota and Oregon, and his first year at Wisconsin was the best since the Badgers won their last con- ference title. MINOT BEATS POPLAR Poplar, Mont., Feb. 15.—(#)—Scor- ing five points in the last three min- utes of play, the Minot, N. D., high school basketball team defeated Pop- lar’s strong quint, 21 to 18, here Fri- day. Poplar is the defending Class B champion of Montana. The North Dakotans play at Glasgow tonight. POSTPONE SKI TOURNEY Devils Lake, N. D., Feb. 15.—()}— Officials of the Lake Region Winter Sports club Saturday announced postponement of their fourth annual ski tournament to March 8 because ot the severe cold wave. SKI JUMP IN LOOP Chicane. 2s Feb. Pigg rare aki-jump- tournament tall bylldings instead of trees and hills for a back- pone. will be presented at Soldier field Sunday.