The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 4, 1936, Page 8

SET FOR SATURDAY; SAINTS 10 GO WEST First Tilt Between Independent Teams Is Called for 8:15 P. M., Tonight SECOND TO BE AT MANDAN Maroon-Clad Cagers Prepare for Clash With Magicians at Minot Friday Bismarck’s hard court performers re booked for five tough games this ‘week, only one of which will be played on the local basketball courts. Tonight’s third encounter between the Phantoms and the House of Da- vid, called for 8:15 p. m., at the World ‘War Memorial building, is the only cage contest booked for the local hardwoods, but Capital City fans may see two more games in which local quints play by journeying across the Missouri river to Mandan. Thursday night the Ghosts will clash with the whiskered stars on the state training school floor in the fifth game of the series, and Saturday, Glenn Hanna's Demons wind up their regular season’s schedule against the Mandan Braves on the same floor. The Demon-Brave battle was post- poned from Thursday night at the request of Coach Leonard McMahon ot Mandan. Friday the Maroon and White quint will travel to Minot for a tilt with Harley Robertson's Magi- cians. St. Mary's, after a one-week layoff due to postponement of last week’s scheduled game with Dickinson, goes to the western city Friday in an at- tempt to halt Charles Denton’s cagers, unbeaten in 14 games with state foes. “Red” Johnston, speedy forward, whose uncanny ability at hittin the hoop from any angle accounted for the bearded stars’ first victory over the Ghosts, led the Benton Harbor colony team into Bismarck Wednes- day confident that the touring quint could win both games of the current series. Johnston is playing his third season with the House of David and was a former star at Central Normal College of Indiana. He is considered one of the most versatile performers among touring teams in the country. : Other members of the squad, which fs managed by George Johnson, are Charles Kebza, Henry Beelman, Jerry Martin and Slim Curtiss. The Phantoms will start Ben Ja- cobson and Don Arthur in the fore- court, Big Ted Meinhover at center, and Joe Satovich and Don Bondy at guards. - HE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, WELCNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1986 | Phantoms, House of David to Open W DRNON-BRAVE GANE |Silent Treatment of Dizzy Dean May Work Where Conciliation Failed 5 r Cubs’ Boss Leans on One Charley Grimm, manager of the Chicago Cubs, has indi: going to try to regain his old job at first base, and in pursuance of such ambitions has been working as hard as the lowliest rookie at the Cata. lina island training camp. Here he is getting a clean hit during a bat ting practice. (Associated Press Photo) Major Castoffs Try Association Spohrer, Weintraub, Stout, Betts Will Seek Berths in Double A Clubs Minneapolis, March 4.—(#)—The ups and downs of baseball have given the American Association its custom- ary quota of playing timber this year. Old-faces in new uniforms will dot the rosters of at least four double A clubs when opening day rolls around. Columbus heads the list with three players who last season frolicked on Big league diamonds. The Colonels will have Al Spohrer, catcher, who formerly wore the uni- form of the Boston Braves; Phil Weintraub, first sacker sent down by the Cards, and Allen Sout, former giant hurler. With The Majors (By the Associated Press) Stengel Gets Workout Clearwater, Fla—Casey Stengel is getting more exercise than his Dodg- ers, it would seem, With more than 20 pitchers in camp, including rookies, Casey hit more than 400 grounders to them with a fungoe bat, knocking down 20 for each one to field. Gehrig Misses Five St. Petersburg, Fla—Lou Gehrig was anxious to get the hickory in his hands at the Yankee training camp ‘Wednesdey to see if he could do a lit- tle better in the way of giving the ball a ride than he did Tuesday. Steve Sundra made Lou miss five successive balls that would have been called strikes in any league. Crowder Kinks Arm Lakeland—Alvin (General) Crowder is the first of the Tiger hurling statf to suffer wing trouble. The veteran, who showed up in camp minus his tonsils and ten pounds heavier, kinked his arm while trying for a double play in a scrub game. Veteran Haas Returns Pasadena, Calif—George Haas, vet- eran outfielder whose career appeared to be on the wane last season, has looked so good in training that he is expected to start the season in center- field for the Chicago White Sox. A’s Play Intra-Camp Tilts Fort Myers, Fla—The athletics planned their second intro-camp game Wednesday, with the “Reds” out for vengeance after their 11 to 0 licking at the hands of the “Blues” Tuesday. Indians Drill Long New Orleans, La.—The Cleveland Indians had a long workout before them Wednesday as they began train- ing for their game Saturday with New Orleans of the Southern association. Newsom in Form Orlando, Fla.—Buck Newsom, in top pre-season form and smoking them over when Manager Bucky Harris isn’t looking, has been telling the lads around camp he will pitch the season opener April 13. Dizzy Shows Up Bradenton, Fla—Dizzy Dean, 8t. Paul will have a teammate of Spohrer's—Huck Betts, who once more will pitch for the apostles. He went to the Braves two years ago from St.; Paul. Gordon Slade, shortstop, will dis- card his Cincinnati uniform for St. Paul. Burleigh Grimes, the last of the outstanding spitball pitchers in the! majors, will pilot Louisville while Minneapolis is looking over Ray Prim, pitcher from the Phillies, and Blondy Ryan, the giant shortstop of last year. Tony Penna Annexes Hollywood Open Lead Hollywood, Fla., March 4.—(®)—A hundred professional golfers—most of; them wondering if Tony Penna would crack—set out ‘Wednesday over the second 18 holes of the $2,500, 72-hole| Hollywood open tourhament. The question was whether the 28- year-old Pensacola, Fla., player coul] hold the sizzling pace he set Tuesday when he toured the par-70 layout in 64 to jump three strokes ahead of the field. Closest to Penna, at sub-par 67's, were four good professionals, Johnny Revolta, Milwaukee; Bobby Cruick- shank, Richmond; Denny Shute, Bos- ton, and Lew Waldron, Chicago. FARMER TOBIN VICTOR Minneapolis, March 4—(#)—Farmer Tobin, 254, Presque Isle, Me., tossed Lou Plummer, 240, Baltimore, out of the ring to gain a fall in 23 minutes of their main event wrestling bout last night, SY Rowling Scores Capitol Cafe bowlers improved their second place margin in the City League Tuesday night by winning two out of three games from the Town Talk Cafe while the Economy Grocery was taking Coman’s Tourist Camp trundlers into camp by the same mar- gin. Toppling the uprights for three consistent games of 202-211-210—623, Adam Brown for the Capitol Cafe team annexed high total for the eve- ning. The scores: Capitol 7 Cafe 189-174-173— 536 160-221-171— 552 163-193-138— 494 202-211-210— 623 174-175-178— 527 888-974-870—2732 Town Talk Cafe Cervinski .. 202-167-135— 504 Baldwin . 159-158-183— 500 Smith . 170-167-181— 518 Larsen 127-155-191— 473 Goetz ... 147-118-171— 436 Handicap . 33- 33- 33— 99 838-798-894—2530 Grocery 137-171-116— 424 145-231-137— 513 175-177-238— 590 .165-123-169— 457 164-137-147— 448 7186-839-007—2432 Coman Tourist Court 147-160-183— 490 Prowlers Wallop Shamrocks, 60-28 Sorsdahl, Lee, Croonquist Pace Brilliant Last-Half Scor- ing Spree After a slow first half, the Prowl- ers really began to click at Mandan| Tuesday night and when the firing @eased they were in possession of a! One-sided 60-28 Shamrocks. Paced by Ollie Sorsdahl, former Bismarck high school star, who gar- nered 22 points for high-scoring hon- ors, the recently-organized independ- ent quint gained an 8-2 lead in the first quarter nad held a 17-13 margin at the half. Neil Croonquist, forward, and Frank Lee, guard, took turns with Sorsdahl in popping shots through the hoop in the final two periods to hang up the easy triumph. Croon- quist coilected 15 points, Lee 12 and Vernon Hedstrom 10 for the winners. L. House and H. House, forwards, were the outstanding performers for the Shamrocks. each counting four times from the floor. Definite announcement that the Prowlers will enter the state Class A independent tournament from Man- dan was made Wednesday by Bo Kanz, manager, following a telephone conversation with R. W. Johnston of Minot. The summary: Sha’rocks fg ft pf Prowlers fg L House, f4 0 2 Croonq't,t6 H House, f4 0 6 Sorsdahl, ¢ 9 Brunelle, ¢ 1 Schwa’z, c 0 Geiger, 5 1 Hedst'm, g 4 Dahiq’'t, ¢ 1 F, Lee, 'g 6 5 Totals 25 rs: 2 9 7-28 21 22—60 victory over the ft pt Totals 11 Score by qi Shamrocks Prowlers .. Referee, Kenyon. ‘Wild Bill’ Stops 304 42 13 22 00 10 10 1 4 “t 614 e 11 8 9 CARDINAL AGH SAID WILLING 10 ACCEPT | | $95,000 THIS YEAR’ Ferrell, Grove, Harder, @ridges All Figure to Win 20 or Better New York March 4.—(?)—Cardinal strategy in dealing with the Great Dean reminds us of that pre-war col- legiate tune, “Ragging the Scale.” All! the notes, sour and sweet, have been tried over a five-year period. Perhaps the current use of the “silent treat- ment” will sttcceed where other meth- the Texas league, Dean popped off so much he exhausted the patience of Gabby Street and received a return ticket to Houston. He bounced righ: back the next year and promptly es- tablished himself, as the new National league strikeout king, which he still is, Dizzy’s friends insist he’s the “most misunderstood” player in baseball. His critics add it’s difficult to understan’ him because he tells everyone a dif- ferent story and is @ “sucker for a|/ suggestion.” Branch Rickey, the Cardinal busi- ness boss, suggested Diz make it wortn while as a holdout so the pitcher promptly demanded $40,000. But he will “compromise” for $25,000, which| he’s worth. There will be at least twice as many 20-game pitchers in the America? league this year as there were in the {1935 campaign, if the flingers make good on spring predictions. Wes Fer- rell, Bob Grove, Mel Harder and Tommy Bridges, the holdovers, all figure they will do as well or better. Buck Newsom promises he will make ° je Wason in Fifth Bismarck Scrapper Knocks Minneapolis Tourney Vic- tor Down Twice Fargo, N.D., March 4.—(4)—Wild Bill Hasselstrom, Bismarck, 188, made easy work of stopping Clyde Wason, &. Paul, 175, in the fifth round in one of the double windup bouts last night. In the other Mike Kanski, Fargo, 154, took every round to whip Johnny Moran, Fargo, 155. Both bouts were six-rounders. ‘Wason, victor in the Class B di- vision of the Minneapolis “white hope” tourney, was downed twice before he was felled for the count. Adolph Haavisto, Fargo, 165, pinned Gorilla Odell, St. Paul, 172, in a wrest- ling bout in 13 minutes, 59 seconds. Vines Beats Stoefen; Lott Conquers Bell Minneapolis, March 4.—(#)—Ells- worth Vines, world’s professional singles champion, defeated Lester Stoefen, fellow Californian, in straight sets, 7-5 and 6-1 in an exhi- bition match at the University of Minnesota field house Tuesday night. George Lott, Chicago, downed Berkeley Bell, Austin, Texas, 6-3, 5-7 and 6-4. Vines and Bell defeated Stoefen and Lott, 6-3 and 6-4, in a doubles match. 146-136-159— 441 153-166-134— 453 136-154-136— 426 191-107-182— 440 32- 32- 32— 96 165-755-826—2346 St. Paul Takes Over Crookston Ball Club 8t. Paul, March 4.—(?)—Crookston’s Northern league baseball team has been added to the St. Paul basebali club's minor league connections, Ldu McKenna, business manager of the Saints, announced Tuesday night. Completion of a working agreement with Crookston gives St. Paul outlets in Class A and D circuits for surplus material. Previously the Apostles formed a connection with Sioux City Sloniker Handicap . Totals....++.. in the Class A Western league. G Z SH-H~USH~ DONT SNAP HIM OUT OF rT! SAKES IN A TRANCE,TO PICK A showed in camp, shouting “I'll be around a few days, so if the officials of the Cardinals want to talk to me about a contract they can look me up.” 10,000 Sheep Insure Net Ace of Racquets New York, March 4.—()—It takes 10,000 sheep a year to keep Gregory Mangin in tennis racquets. Mangin, three times winner of the national indoor tennis championship and seeker after his fourth title, is the game's most prolific racquet con- sumer and that’s why the sheep raisers profit. The Newark, N. J., champion uses an average of 48 racquets a year and has each restrung twice. It sheep to produce the gut for and two strings are re- tennis bat, As a mat- A {$ ARE SUST AS OUR BOARDING HOUSE Faw STUFF AND NONSENSE! You ZANIES Cellar Dwelling Puck Teams Trim Leaders New York, March 4.—(?)—The third Place teams of the National Hockey League’ again find themselves but one point ahead of the cellar-dwellers. The Montreal Canadiens, counted out of the playoffs a number of times this season, took on the third place New York Americans Tuesday night and won 3-1, The Bruins managed to stay a single point behind the rangers in the Amer- ican division by getting a 3-3 tie with the Montreal Maroons while the third place New York team was playing a scoreless game with the Toronto Maple Leafs. The tie enabled the Leafs to keep one point ahead of the Maroons for the leadership of the international di vision of the league. y Ahern WOH C GERTY. FACELIFT-., \S GETTING BLURRED~ WINNER OF BEN HURS it 25 for Washington, Johnny (Foots) Marcum offers 20 winners for the Red Sox. Lefty Gomez of the Yankees, Schoolboy Rowe and Elden Auker of the Tigers all are aiming at “20 or better.” Venzke Is True Hero of Sports Miler Comes Back to Score Three Wins Over Consist- ent Conqueror New York, March 4.—(NEA)—A fel- low who can take a stiff punch on the chin and rise from the floor to go on and stage a winning rally is the most courageous figure in sport. Such a gent is Gene Venzke, the Penn miler who, after eating the dust of Glenn Cunningham for three years, has cured his chronic habit of running second and soundly lam- basted the barrel-chested Kansan in three indoor meets this seasqn. So far has Gene returned that he once again is the promising runner he was when, as a high school boy in 1932, he turned in an indoor mile mark of 4:10 that set a new standard. The other night during the Na- tional A. A. U. games in Madison Square Garden, the slim shadow, native of Minnesota and adopted son of Boyerstown, Pa., defeated Cun- ningham in the 1500-meter event, registering the world record time of 3:49.9, breaking Glenn’s former stan- dard. Previous to that accomplishment, the Quaker comet had defeated Cun- ningham in the Baxter mile, clock- ing 4:10.2, and nosed out his arch rival in running second to Joe Man- gan in the Wanamaker Mile of the Millrose meet. Record Speaks for Itself It has been rumored that Venzke has been going to his old high school mentor, Mike Sweeney, of Hill School, Pottstown, Pa., for pointers, having been discouraged with the progress he was making under the direction of ‘Lawson Robertson, Penn coach and Olympic mentor. But Gene dqnies this, and says that Robertson is' responsible for his fine showing this year. It has been said that Cunning- ham’s defeats by Venzke can be laid to the fact that three years of cam- paigning on the boards and outdoors has sapped the Kansan’s system of that great energy necessary for a miler. However, when you realize that Gene broke a record to win the N. A. A. U, 1500-meter event, and that that record was one Cunningham set at his best, you realize that this reason- ing is a myth; that the lad really is better than he ever was. The reason behind Venzke's fall following his meteoric rise in 1932 probably lies in the overstressing of his prowess. After setting an indoor mile record, he rudely settled back to earth when Cunningham defeated him in the Olympic tryouts at Palo Alto ‘that year, and the reversal probably preyed on his otherwise calm, methodical German mind. Lacked Will to Win Gene vows he has forgotten those defats by the Kansan through the last three years, and that he is out to avenge that Olympic tryout upset and win a berth on the squad this year. Knowing him to be a determined youth, one can realize that he means what he says. He is in the best shape of his career, comparable to that period prior to his 1932 record. eek’s -Game Slate LEAGUERS OF ’%s HAD MORE FIGHT, LESS (By the Associated Press) Leos Angeles—Charles Coates, 176, Akron, ©., stoppe Georgie Turner, 18414, Tulsa, Okla., (3). Kansas City—Jimmy Garrison, 136, Kansas City, outpointed Joe Ghnouly, 133, St. Louis, (10). Seattle, Wash—Henry Woods, 137, Yakima, Wash. and Cecil Payne, 136%, . Louisville, Ky, drew (10). —— Fights Last Night SCIENCE-WAGNER | Conferences No Longer Devoted to Spiking of Foes; Game Mapped Out Editor's Note: This is the sec- ond of a series of articles by Honus Wagner, famous old-time Pirate shortstop, on baseball conditions today as compared with those of yesterday. By HONUS WAGNER Sports Round-Up By EDDIE BRIETZ St. Petersburg, Fla., March 4.—(?)— Around and about the grapefruit Bill Doak, the old Cardinal pitcher, is a golf pro at a Braden- ton club... . Bill has a 14-year-old who can go around the) old man’s course in par or less like nobody's business. Al Simmons is get- ting good results from a lighter bat over at Lakeland. . +. Boston base- ball writers can't get used to calling the Braves “Bees” . Kid Elberfeld, who started all this baseball school , has, cpened another one— league: son, Bobby, & AD Simgions to save their life. . business, in Atlanta. Jimmy Foxx says the short left field fence in Boston should be right down his alley. ... A statis- ticilan reports Jimmy’s ten-year average at Fenway park is just -188,.. . You pay your money and you take your cheice. . .. Just like Tom Yawkey did. Bobby Jones has gone back to At- lanta after burning up the Florida courses. .. . Watch him in the invita- tion tournament at Augusta next month. ... Sam Narron, Cardinal catcher, {s the only baseball school graduate with a major league team. ... He’s a product of the Ray Doan method at Hot Springs... . Dizzy Dean’s home at Bradenton remains boarded up. .. . Jimmy Foxx can drive a golf ball almost as far as he can; clout the horsehide. . .. But his work falls off as he nears the greens. . . them. . training. for the dining room and call for “mess of grits.” Pepper Martin is a “hig shot” with the kids at Bradenton. .. . They've formed their “Pepper Martin clubs” and turn out in full force each Saturday to whoop things up. ... The Cardinals have two Moores, two Martins, and two Browns in camp. greatest scholastic gridders to come out of Florida in years, is going to Duke. Ouch! ... Begins to look like Ach du Leiber means business, at that... . Those tobacco-chewing Car- dinals have even got J. Roy Stockton, scholarly baseball writer of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch a-doing it. . sun the other day... . Business other without Tooms. wiring ahead high school’s cagers from coming Aberdeen for a scheduled inter-stal was cancelled. here next Wednesday. Cardinal twirlers have started curving . . Never saw a team better advanced with less than ten days of . Frankie Frisch says the weather and hard work did it.... The first thing Johnny Marcum did on reaching the Red Sox camp was head When good old Josh Cody arrived to take charge as head coach at Florida he learned Ed McCollum, Tallahassee high end and one of the the reason, Brother Stockton and your corre- spondent enjoyed a quiet chew in the terrific all over the state... . You don’t dare go from one town to one for 8. D, March 4.—(P)\— Blocked roads prevented Valley City game Tuesday night and the contest The South Dakota team will play Wahpeton, N. D., high Outside of the fact that players probably were rougher and tougher, baseball at the turn of the century was about the same as it is today. “Get there at any cost,” was our slogan 35 years ago. And by that we meant that if it were necegsary to spike two or three infielders on a trip around the bases, that was fine and dandy. You don’t see so much of that rough stuff today. The game is cleaner, but, just as hard-fought as it ever was, without resorting to dirty tactics. Nowadays, before a game, nearly every team has a meeting in the club- house to discuss its opponents, just as we did in the old days. But here's the difference: We'd go into the clubhouse and our manager, Fred Clarke, would take a scorecard and start reading the op- ponents’ player list. “Here is Smith,” Clarke would say. “He tried to spike you yesterday, Honus. It’s up to you to get him .to- day. Either you do it or it will cost you some dough.” And so on down the list. We'd go out on the field instructed to get the other fellows, sometimes with a prom- ise of a box of cigars if we won the game and also did a good job of cut- ting up the opposition. Today we have meetings in the club- house—but how different! Now every opposing batter is discussed, and the pitcher for the day tells how he is going to pitch to that particular man. ‘Then we decide on defensive tactics; how far this way or that the outfield- ers will move to play each particular batter, and s0 on. Praise Brings Abuse If a certain opposing player has been hitting our pitchers too fre- quently, we pay particular attention to the matter of stopping him. But the rough stuff is out. I was in the National League sev- {za years before a rival player ever | | spoke to me. But one finally did, and here’s how it came about. Jot Goar hit two home runs against us on his first two times at bat one day. I thought that was something to talk about, so when I passed him on the field I said: “Nice hits, Goar.” “Go to—!” he retorted. Pitching in the hig leagues today is tougher than it was in the old days. The old-timer could use freak deliveries, such as the spitball, emery ball, etc., to help him. Those deliv- eries today, of course, are taboo. As @ result, a pitcher must have perfect control. They're smarter today, too, than the old-timers. A pitcher is under such a strain that a club now must carry eight to ten to allow each to get proper rest. When the freak stuff was in, four or five pitchers were all any club car- ried. Sliding Art Declines Base-stealing seems to have be- come a lost art, and I believe I know ! The kids in the bush leagues are not being taught how to run bases and how to slide, as they were in my day. Seldom is time spent ‘| now in a major league camp teaching a player how to hook slide, for in- is| stance. ‘The lively ball also has influenced base-stealing. Managers—most of them, at any rate—prefer to play for @ flock of runs in an inning, count- ing on a long hit or two, rather than for one run. In other words, the per- centage is against base-stealing. Of course, there are some excep- tions. The Cardinals have a great young infielder in Lyle Judy, who stole more than 100 bases in the Western Association last season. I think that type of player is still val- uable to have around. INTRA-STATE GAME CANCELLED Aberdeen, to te Swing’s the Thing, Patty Berg Avers Corrects Flat Swing, Then | Drives to Finals of Seven Major Tourneys Minneapolis, March 4.—(#)—The swing’s the thing in the golf game of freckled, red-headed Patty Berg, the modest youngster of the links from Minneapolis, who, with one slight change in her style, went south to win two major tournaments from some of the best women players in the ne- tion, Chosen for the United States Cur- tis cup team, the youngest, player ever to win that honor, Patty has set some sort of a record by driving to the finals in seven major tournaments this year and last. Patty decided her swing was a little too flat, that it should be more up- right or perpendicular. She exper- imented and the results were en- couraging, Jim Pringle, junior pro- fessional at Interlachen, said. Hooks disappeared and Patty got more power and length to her drives. A finalist in the trans-Mississippi last year, Patty has gained the finals of every major tournament she en- tered since that time, finishing first in two this year. MINNEAPOLIS STAR WINS MEDALIST HONORS St. Augustine, Fla., March 4—(}— Patty Berg, the 18-year-old Minneap- olis star, held medalist honors Wed- nesday as she teed off with Mrs. C. R. Harbaugh of Cleveland for an- other round of the Florida East Coast ‘Women’s golf tournament. Patty's card, showing 74, was two strokes better than the medal round of Mrs. Maureen Orcutt Crews, last year’s champion, who took a 76 for second place. Patty's driving was good Tuesday, her second shots long and straight and her approaches accurate, but the putter was shaky, else she might have bettered the 72 record set by Mrs. Crewe for the St. Augustine links last year. | You're Tellin’ Me Gus Greenlee, manager of John Henry Lewis, light-heavyweight champion, is trying to get Jack Black- burn, trainer of Joe Louis, to condi- tion John Henry for his coming bout with Jock McAvoy. ... Pedro Mon- tanez, the Puerto Rican lightweight challenger, has a passion for auto- mobiles and good clothes . . . but Jimmy Bronson, his American man- ager, won’t let him meddle with fast buses, allowing him to splurge ov fancy raiment, however. .. . Roberto Estabella, the Cuban infield recruit with the Washington Senators, calls his manager “Buck Harry.” ...Benny Leonard is handling a lightweight whom he believes will develop into a title contender soon. . . . He is Eddie Dunne. .. . Arky Vaughan now holds the all-time Pirate home run record, having pasted 19 last year. . Jack Davies Reaches Finals in Tournament Minneapolis March 4.—(#)—Jack Davies, Bismarck, N. D., will meet Bob Klosterman, White Bear, Minn., in ithe lightweight final of the University of Minnesota’s annual All-Uiversity boxing tournament tonight. WINS TRAPSHOOT Kansas City, March 4.—()—Sam Jenny, Highland, Ill, amateur, de- parted with the $755.70 international flyer championship prize money Wed- nesday in the 32nd interstate trap- shoot tournament. The Illinois vet- eran led a field of 24 contestants, in- cluding Ted Renfro, Dell, Mont., former world champion, to clinch the coveted title with a score of 94 Tues- day. BEAVERS TRIUMPH Minot, N. D., March 4.—()—Minot Teachers college turned in one of its greatest basketball performances of the season to trounce Valley City {Teachers 52-30 in an Intercollegiate jconference game Tuesday night. The Beavers led 30-11 at the half. OUT OUR WAY HAINT Venzke has been termed a picture runner, ® name fitting his style of action that is pretty to watch. He has an excellent judgment of pace, and all that he seemed to lack until Hie Srerone PeAPRIER. wae He 1D SP Apparently he has located that foremost requirement of a distance runner. SAINTS NEAR TITLE St. Paul, March 4.—(P)—St. Paul ‘Wednesday was oné game nearér to clinching first place in the American Hockey Association. The Saints downed Kansas City last night 3 to 1. SAY, COOKY, WHUT/RE YOU PUTTIN’ OVER ON US? THIS THAT , TOO, FRESH COFFEE ! THE CHEATER ~~ By Williams I KIND O THOT BUT WITH TH’ WIND OFewiuams © 1006 BY MEA SERVICE, WIC. TM. RED. U. 8. PAT. OFF,