The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 11, 1936, Page 8

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, W Two Games Wind Up Pre-Tournament Slate This Week DEMONS TO DEFEND «TOURNAMENT RIGHT , AGAINST ST. MARY'S ‘phantoms Will Clash V Will Clash With Sa- | perstein’s Harlem Gicbe Trotters Friday ‘OFFICIALS ARE ANNOUNCED ‘One Other Challenge Game Re- “ mains Before Class A En- trants Are Determined Two games are booked on Bismarck hardwoods this week which will bring the pre-tournament season to a dra- matic close. ,. Battling in the first of these tilts Thursday night for the right to enter the state Class A tournament will be Glen Hanna's Demons and Ted Mein- jover’s Saints, Class B challengers. Friday night, the Phantoms, inde- pendent state champions, will make their last home appearance, before fiefending their North Dakota crown tt Devils Lake, against A. M. Saper- tein’s Harlem Globe Trotters. Both games will be played on thy World War Memorial building floor, with the Demon-Saint fracas called ic 8 p.m. and the Ghost-Globe ‘otter tilt slated to get underway promptly at 8:15 p. m. Preliminary Slated Arrangements for a preliminary game between the Imps, undefeated Bismarck high school reserves, and the Papooses, Mandan seconds, are not complete, but the Angels will play the Leifur high school five in a pre- liminary to the independent tilt Fri- day. * Tom Scott of Moorhead, formerly a stellar performer with the Wichita Henrys and more recently a member of Claudie Millers’ Deep Rock Oilers of Fargo, and Clarence Omacht of Dilworth, Minn., will referee the chal- lenge game, Hanna announced Wed- nesday. Hanna's quint, through a pair of victories over the parochial cagers in regular season games, is favored to win over their Capital City rivals and Move into the state classic, which will be played here March 19, 20 and 21. Williston Survives ‘In addition to the Demon-Saini clash, one other challenge game, be- tween Grafton and Devils Lake, re- mains before the 12 teams to enter the major state event are determined. Williston, the third team to be chal- lnged by a Class B opponent, defeated Crosby to win a berth. { Grafton, defending champions, and Devils Lake will play at Larimore Friday night and the winner will join Fargo, Wahpeton, Dickinson, Valley City, Jamestown, Grand Forks, Devils Lake, Minot, Park River Aggies, Wil- liston and the victor in Thursday night's game here in the tournament. With The Majors (By the Associated Press) ” ‘Van Mungo Signs Clearwater, Fla—Van Mungo, who didn’t waste much time about coming to terms with the Dodgers after reaching camp, doesn't think the in- jured finger which gave him so much! trouble last year will Pitching this season. hamper his Hoag to Pitch St. Petersburg, Fla.—Myril Hoag, who has played in the outfield and at third base for the Yankees, gets his first competitive test as a pitcher ‘Wednesday. He is slated for duty in the Yanks’ first intra-camp game. Giants Carry 7 Infielders Pensacola, Fla.—Bill Terry, Giants manager, plans to carry seven infield- ers on his club this season. In addi- tion to four regulars—Terry, Burgess Whitehead, Dick Bartell and Travis Jackson—Sam Leslie is scheduled as| sub for the manager and Smoky Joe Martin for Jackson. Mark Koenig probably will get the utility job. Red Sox Smack Ball © Sarasota, Fla.—Joe Cronin of the Red Sox planned a “tonic” game ‘Wednesday after the lads swung ‘through what he called the “best bat- ting practice to date.” Jimmy Foxx hit two over the fence, Cronin almost cleared the barrier and McNair, Cooke and Graham were meeting the ball on the nose. Goodman to Sign * Tampa, Fla—tIval Goodman was expected to sign up with the Reds ‘Wednesday, but had a battle for his outfield berth in prospect due to the good showing of Hub Walker. 3 2 Cub Rookies May Stick » Avalon, Calif—Only two of the rookies, Third Baseman Gene Lillard , and Outfielder Johnny Gill, appear- 4 likely to remain with the Cubs this season. ba Indians Hort New Orleans, La.—Three members | | Of the Cleveland Indians bore marks + of an impromptu nine-inning game y. A line drive dislocated a ittle finger for Mel Harder; a foul tip it Bob Garbark’s right hand; Man- Steve O'Neill limped away after | he got a kick on the knee. Rookie Presses’ Owen Fla.—It looks like a dog _‘Mgbt between Marvin Owen and re- : Tuesday and poled sevy- | eral to far corners of the lot, only to hee Ross, who came up from Beau- font, pick up flash chances one af- another. : Cards Open With A’s Bradenton, Fla, — The Cardinalh Btarted one of the hardest pre-sea- Schedules yet attempted with game against the Athletics Wed- They face two games each with the Athletics, Phillies, Dodgers, _ | selves. {manage affairs from his regular third Gregory New York, March 11.—(4)—Winning the United States indoor singles tennis championship isn’t Gregory Mangin. It’s work now. nah and still champeen,” other championship triumphs. The scores were 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, ducer who is rated 24th. Mangin emerged from Tuesday night's final round match with Leonard Hartman, a former Columbia university athlete, but it wasn't the breeze like some of his sixth-ranking player of the country over an unorthodox stroke pro- Mangin Retains Indoor Singles Crown Mangin [Hetherington, Hasselstrom Win at Fargo Hetherington of Bismarck, 155, gained an easy decision over The Ace of Spades, Minneapolis Negro, 159, in a six-round boxing match Tuesday night. In another six-rounder, Puglisi, Duluth, 161, Angelo knocked out jJack Raleigh, New Richmond, Wis., 161, in the second round, and “Wild Bill” Hasselstrom, Bismarck, 190, de- cisioned Rudy Offt of St. Paul, drop- ping him for long counts in the fifth and sixth. Adolf Haavisto, Fargo, 165, pinned Earl Nelson, Great Falls, Mont., 160, in 12 minutes 11 seconds in the wrest- ling feature. Four Duos Gain Tourney Semis | Revolta - Picard Combination) the old officers of the Bismarck Favored to Repeat Win in Four-Ball Classic just reereation any longer for | “the win- 6-3, representing a victory of the Chicago Manager Picks Boston, Detroit, Cleveland, New York as Tough Pasadena, Calif. March 11.—(®)— Jimmy Dykes isn’t kidding himself or Chicago fans into believing the White | Sox will win the American League pennant this year. “But give us a falr break,” he pre- dicted, “and we're liable to sneak right in and wind up in the first di-| vision. “I'll be tough going, because you take Boston, Detroit, Cleveland and New York—understand I’m hot pick- they get to’ battling around the top, someone is going to get knocked down, and—we might sneak in our- It can be done.” Pitching Satisfactory He is pleased with progress of more than a reasonable amount of confidence in any department it’s the pitching staff. “It's funny, just to show you how things can go in baseball, but last year I figured our pitching was going to be the chief worry. And look how it turned out. Teddy Lyons came back and won 15 games, Johnny Whitehead, a rookie, won eight straight and finished with 13 to the good. Vernon Kennedy won 11, and the rest of the boys were fine. This year they're all back.” Although a little too early to get a definite line on the rest of the club, it’s certain Dykes will continue to base position. First base seems a problem, with Zeke Bonura absent pending salary adjustment. ‘Mule’ Fills in At First “The Mule,” said Dykes, referring to George “Mule” Haas, “looks pretty good at first.” Luke Appling, one of the club's leading hitters with a .307 last year, will be back at short, and Tony Piet has been handling second in the ab- sence of Minter Hayes, another hold- out. Dykes figures Mike Kreevich, ac- quired last year from Kansas City, to fill in at right field, and Ray Radcliff possibly in left. George DYKES NOT SAYING WHITE SOX WILL WIN AMERICAN PENNANT ing them to finish in that order—if | spring training here, and if he has | Wishek tournament Friday by defeat- Savages Reverse Tables on Comets Dickinson Teachers Avenge Miami, Fla. Mar. 11—()—Only story-book scores looked good enough for victories Wednesday with four able teams entering the semi-fina!s of the international four-ball golf tournament. Ranking as favorites to repeat their 1935 triumph, Johnny Revolta of Mil- waukee, P. G. A. champion, and Henry Picard, of Hershey, Pa., were paired against Willie MacFarlane of; Old Oaks, N. Y., and Willie Klein of Wheatley Hills, L. I. Gene Sarazen, Brookfield Centex, Conn., and Jimmy Hines, Garden full with Tommy Armour of Boca Raton, Fla., and Bobby Cruickshank of Richmond, Va. Revolta and Picard decisively trounced Victor Ghezi and Wood of Deal, N. J., 7 and 6, Tues- day. MacFarlane and Klein won in 37 holes over Frank Walsh of Chicago Previous Defeat With 23- 20 Cage Triumph | Dickinson, N. D., March 11.—()-- The Dickinson State Teachers college, basketball team defeated the Mayville; Teachers 23-20 Tuesday night, even-| ing the score in a two-game series.| The ed won 30-26 cae night. | Dutra Hurt, One Man | Killed in Car Mishap Chandler, Ariz., March 11.— (#) — Mortie Dutra, Detroit, Mich., golf pro- | fessional, was recovering Wednesday from injuries suffered in a motor car | collision in which one man was killed} and another seriously injured. Barnardo Valles, 28, Goodyear,! Ariz., driver of one of the cars, was| killed. A. P. Lauer, Detroit, Mich., was in-/ jured seriously, while Dutra, Mrs.| Lauer and Charles Sommers, assist- ant to Dutra, suffered minor hurts. Napoleon Girls Win Tourney at Wishek Napoleon, N. D., March 11.—Na- poleon’s high school girls basketball team won the championship of the Bt ing Braddock, 23-16, and Wishek,| 31-19. Ashley was eliminated in the first round play. Coached by Miss; Louise Grunefelder, the Napoleon team showed good teamwork, fast Passing and fine sportsmanship! throughout. SPEER, KUSS DRAW Indianapolis, March 11.—()—Frank Speer, 236, Atlanta, Ga. and Otto| Kuss, 228, Pine City, Minn. wrestled 30 minutes to a draw in a preliminary bout last night. City last year, may land the center | 8 garden spot. Two of the three catchers’ jobs are open. Luke Sewell has the first. Frank Grube, Mervyn Shea and Har- Stumpf, who hit .322 with Kansas old Ruel are after the other two. YOU PUT A ON HIM AN* COLLECT TH ‘Yankees, Tigers and Red Sox. Single = ‘wil be played with the Braves, f (Senators and Cubs. COUPLE BUTTONS H1dO PAYOFF? OUR BOARDING HOUSE \F YOU KNEW THAT LONGSHOT HORSE, DARNED HEELS, WAS SUCH A SURE BET, WHY DIDN'T {the |Schnei’r, g 1 EASILY ELUCIDATED, MY BOYS-=NOT BEING A GAMBLING MAN,1 NEVER WAGER IN ANY FORM, EGAD!—— Now, and Wiffy Cox of Bethesda, Md. Sar- azen sank an eight-foot putt to give his side a one-up decision over Harry Cooper of Chicago and Jimmy {Thomson of Ridgewood, N. J., and Horton Smith of Chicago and aaa Runyan of White Plains, N. Y., jbefore the relentless play of Cruick- shank and Armour, 3 and 2. Angels Rally in 2nd Half to Defeat Wing Rallying in the second half to over- come a 14-11 margin, the St. Mary’s Angels defeated the Wing prep \cagers, 25-23, here Tucsday night to} the clubhouse with wall board, avenge a previous defeat at the hi of the Wing quint. The game was close all the way and lead changed hands several times before the Angels finally pulled out ahead. Johnny Entringer turned in the best performance for the Angels but trailed D. Kusler, Wing forward, in the scoring column, Fargo N. D., March 11.—(#)—Ernie GOAL OF CAMPAIGN IS $2400 CAPITAL, NECESSARY IN WORK Reduced Cost: and Improve- ments on Course and Club- house Are Major Aims With $2,400 set as & goal, 12 mem- bers of the Junior Association of Commerce began Wednesday the sec- ond leg of their drive to secure 300 season memberships in the Bismarck Municipal golf club. Under the general supervision of Fay Brown, chairman of the Junior association’s athletic committee, the members set out on the second day of the city-wide canvass, which, if suc- cessful, will insure Capital City nih- lick wielders of the season playing cards at only two thirds of the cost last year. Through the plan worked out by the board of park commissioners and Country Club, which last year deeded | all of the golf course property to the \ON HALT 1936 ‘Jinx’ That Stopped Participa- tion in 1916 Threatens Again This Year New York, March 11—(7)—It will take’ another European war to the remainder of the 1936 Olympic program, ‘slated for the fitst two weeks of August in Berlin. ‘That's what prevented the games the last time they were awarded to the German capital.” The World War, however, broke out in 1914 and by the time 1916 rolled around no one was giving the Olympic situation much thought. It wasn’t until the third Olympiad after the conflict ended that Ger- many was welcomed back into the in- ternational fold. The Teutons re- turned to action at Amsterdam in 1928, made an excellent all-around showing and promptly pushed their bid for the 1936 games. The “jinx,” so far as Germany is concerned, still holds, even if the record - breaking 1936 entry answers the roll call at Berlin. Disputes re- sulting from the Hitler government's Policies on racial and religious issues city, season memberships are being sold for $10 to adult men, $5 to wom- en and $3 to children under 16 years of age. Drive Members Making the solicitation are Brown, R. F. Krause, R. E. Middaugh, A. A. Mayer, R. H. Barry, K. A. Simonson, Dean Butler, Glenn P, Kennedy, i 8. Moeller, Arnold Van Wyk, W. Glitschka and A. J. Scott. All reported an excellent response jto the first day’s drive. A preliminary check revealed over 100 season mem- berships either sold or promised to the dozen solicitors, All golfers, who are not given an opportunity to buy a membership City, L. I, figured to have their hands from one of the association’s mem- | strugg! bers, are urged to go to either the Bank of North Dakota, the First Na- tional or the Dakota National banks, where they will be given deposit slips for the amount of the fee. To Finish Second Nine Work on the extra nine holes will be rushed to completion as soon as weather permits, according to Tom O'Leary, veteran club professional, who is supervising the WPA workers in laying out the longer course. Leveling and sanding of the greens and the levelling off of the approaches constitutes the major share of the work still unfinished, Gordon Moore, county WPA work relief director, states that all of the work of remodeling the clubhouse will be completed by the time play be- comes general on the course. The re- modeling work includes the installa- tion of showers and general renova- tion of the locker room and the cov- ering of the entiré inside walls of Tampa, Fla., Mar. 11.—()—Mickey ‘Cochrane is tickled pink with the way Sports Round- Up| By EDDIE BRIETZ have not helped foster international athletic good-will. Current sabre- rattling abroad hasn’t helped the sit- uation, U. S. Had Close Call The American A. A. U. barely squeezed through a vote of confidence in its Olympic program. The British A. A. A. has been lukewarm in its at- "{titude toward the games. French ge brcreped authorities, freely admitting ’8 @ political issue, now have passed ee to the government the question of tricolor participation. Olympic financing is at stake in all three countries. The goal of $300,000 or more needed to send complete U. 8. teams to the summer events, will not Led reached without a terrific le. Regardless of all difficulties, haz- ards or bones of contention, the fact remains the games will go on, barring another general call to arms. Many Still Unsigned With the middle of March at hand, only five of the 16 major league base- ball clubs report all hands signed for the coming season. The holdout sit- uation is unprecedented, no matter, how much longer it lasts. Cincinnati tops the list with five; unsigned players, including Ernie| Lombardi, Babe Herman and Ivan Goodman, all front line men. Others stubbornly demanding more pay in- clude Hank Greenberg of the Tigers; Hank Leiber of the Giants; Ben Chapman of the Yankees; the Dean brothers of the Cardinals; Pinky Hig- gins of the Athletics; Bill Werber of the Red Sox; Zeke Bonura of the White Sox and Joe Stripp of the. Brooklyn Dodgers. | alineh P Virtually Clinch Playoff Berth New York, March 11.—()—The unique situation of the New York ——— Americans being in the National Hockey League playoffs and the New York Rangers being out, seemed about In a preliminary game, the 8t.!a1 Simmons is looking over at Lake-|to become a fact. Mary’s eighth grade defeated the Junior High team, 20-19. Monday night the Angels lost a 34-13 decision te the Fort Yates team, district con- sclidated champions, at Fort Yates. The summaries: Wing fi Kusler, f Harvey, f Len, ‘¢ Scatfon, pane s Angels t% ft p Canim, £ 0 Simon‘h, © 2 Entri'r, Heiser, c Brown, & Sehnet'r, f 1 one ecee f 0 2 A 0 0 1 2 C) Mecluy’ g 0 10 el cooonno? al conomenS Totals al omonoonwe: Totals 10 Angels Wing Referee: -6 5 5 9 4 5—23 Goetz, M. Entringer. 4 8 % pt £3 Angels fx Bet. fo . Yates f Becker, © Totals Referee: esconocce= 2 | ccosmen0! Totals § mevaughiin, S| cconmorsnoes Angeles a 13 Fort Yates . 8—34 By Ahern IZ \ WRN \F YOU. GENTRY Wish »TO BET A FARTHING,1 SUGGEST WATCHMANS SLEEP, IN THE SIXTH RACE ON THE MORROW! WHAT RWHY THAT TORTOISE CANT BEAT ANY HORSE, EXCEPT AT RUNNING land, where the Tigers are getting! ready for their third straight . Mickey wishes someone would tell him how he’s going to keep Rudy York, the Beaumont infield- er, out of the reg- ular lineup . . Rudy is knocking the ball a mile and a half, and sad one of those good Coct old Atco, Ga., rane country miles, at that. Even Simmons stops to look when the youngster takes his cut. . Mest of the big shet women golfers are over around Belleair. . Bill Brandt, who beats the tom toms fer the National League, has. opened headquarters here. President Ford Frick is due from the coast Sunday to give the boys the ———= lonce over. . . At St. ePte the other night they were talking about fast ball pitchers . . . Joe McCarthy sur- priséd by saying Grover Cleveland Alexander, in his prime, was the fast- est he ever saw. . . Baseball scouts who may be interested in Rube Rub- insky, Temple's hard-hitting first sacker, need not be alarmed about his bald head. . . The kid is only 23. . . Football tip: Watch Ray Hapes, a halfback with Mississippi university next season. . . They say he's the berries, plus. . . Col Jake Ruppert of the Yankees is heading south to take personal charge of the Charlie Ruf- fing holdout situation. .. Ben Chap- man may come down from Birming- ham to talk with the colonel. Charles C. Peterson, one of the best of the billiard trick shot art- tists, is off on his annual tour of colleges and universities. For years the Americans have groveled at the bottom of the league, watching their co-tenants in Madison Square Garden sail into the play- offs. Tuesday night the Americans downed the Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-2 in New York, thereby going five points ahead of the Montreal Can- adiens in the standing and virtually clinching a playoff berth. Montreal went into a tie with the z|Leafs for thé international division leadership as a result of their score- less tie game with the Rangers. Paul Runge, slashing away at the puck in a mass play, poked in the goal that gave the Bruins their win over Detroit 1 to 0. SAINTS CLINCH TITLE St. Paul, March 11—(#)—St. Paul clinched first place in the American Hockey association, by crushing Tulsa, 10-2, in the record goal spree of the | pit season Tuesday night. St. Louis drop- ped out of the fight for first place by losing to Wichita, 4-3, in an over- time game. OUT OUR WAY THERE GOES SADDLE, IC Mark Roth, Yankee secretary, was|- arguing with a rookie over an expense account. . . “Why, @ glass of beer costs the train.” said the .... “You shouldn’t drink beer,” replied Mark. “What, not even Col. pert’s?” asked the youngster... Mark didn’t have an answer for that one and paid the kid off. . . California continues to lead in producing big league ball players. . . Of the 225 listed in the new “Who's Who in Base- ball,” 22 come from California. . . Ill- inoils and Texas are next with 18 each, followed by New York with 15: North Carolina with 13, and Okle- homa and Ohio with 11 each. . . Pennsylvania contributes 10 and New Jersey, Louisiana and Massachusetts are represented by eight each. Of the 30,000 students enrolled at the University of Paris, about 2,000 Americans. js OLYMPIC GAMES| , Dizzy Cracks Back At ‘Nose Punchers’ PRB bedi dt Bhos mearbranls Bradenton, Fla., March 11.—(#) —Diszy Dean cracked back Tues- day night at Tony Faeth, former St. Paul pitcher, who wanted to “sock the dizzy one on the nose,” declaring Faeth also “wanted to be a pitcher” but was still “deep in the bushes” with little possi- bility of getting out. “Why he can’t even get any publicity unless he talks about me,” said Dizzy. Dean apparently did not know Faeth gave up pitching some time ago. Bierman Birthday Tribute Planned 1,000 Fans, Big Ten Coaches to Attend Party for 42- Yeat-Old Mentor Minneapolis, March 11.—(#)—Ber- nie Bierman tonight will deny that Minnesoia’s galloping Gophers will win a third Big Ten crown and an- other national football championship —a safe prediction when he is sched- uled to speak. It is the Gopher coach's 42nd birth- day and 1,000 fans plan to attend a huge “birthday party” and listen to Bernie’s mourn- ful forecasts—and not believe any of them. Major John L. Griffith, Big Ten commissioner of athletics, is sched- uled as the prin- cipal speaker at the dinner and Coaches Clark é Shaug retoaard of _ Chicago; Mc- B.W. Bierman viitian of Indians, and Ossie Solem of Iowa indicated they would be present at the kickoff. It is the fans’ tribute to the Minne- ite coach for leading the Gophers through 24 consecutive games without defeat and 17 wins in a row. Minne- sota has not been beaten since 1932 but was tied in 1933, The fans, used to Bierman as a “Blues Singer,” will discount his pre- dictions and recall he has a heavy roster of veterans and likely looking recruits to draw on this fall to con- tinue the Gopher march. ! | Crows’ Destruction Urged by Peterson An open season on crows, that black marauder and arch enemy of song and game birds, was declared Wed- nesday by Arthur I. Peterson, state game and fish commissioner. “Now is the time when an impor- tant step must be taken toward as- suring an increased game crop—the control of the crows that annually come in great numbers to North Da- kota,” Peterson asserted. “Crows raise their young on and young of other birds,” he said. “So the fewest possible number of these may be sacrificed this spring, it is essential that the crows be discour- aged now.” Peterson pointed out crows should be controlled in early spring during the migrating season. They can be shot from a blind, with the use of a live or stuffed owl as a decoy, he said. ‘The commissioner said these birds should be destroyed persistently on areas where game birds are being preserved, COLONEL HURLER QUITS GAME Louisville, Ky., March 11.—(®)—Of- ficials of the Louisville Colonels re- ceived word Wednesday that Jim Peterson, whom Manager Burleigh Grimes had counted on as one of his itching mainstays, had abandoned baseball in favor of a lithographing business in Philadelphia. He won 12 games for the eighth-place Colonels last season. Junior Association Launches Drive ive for 300 Season Golf Memberships LY EUROPEAN WAR COULD Two out of three wins was the best Klein's Toggery and Town Talk Cafe trundlers could do against the Co- man’s Tourist Court and Economy Grocery teams, respectively, in City ‘League matches rolled Tuesday night. Orrie Baldwin for the Town Talk chefs blasted the pins for counts of 211-183-181—575, the evening's top three-game total. The scores: Toggery 169-161-201— 531 173-148-170— 491 170. 27— 497 143-142-172— 457 ++ 210-161-167— 538 865-812-837—2514 Coman’s Tourist Court sees 161-194-148— 503 soos 216-152-162— 530 157-141-158— 456 160-142-167— 469 126-135-175— 436 41- 41- 41— 123 » 861-1 805-851—2517 Town Talk Cafe «+ 171-168-167— 506 (211-183-181— 575 173-146-180— 499 174-128-168— 470 50— 494 879-819- 846—2544 Economy Grocery see 146-199-150—495 ++ 138-188-155— 481 sees 156-142-167— 465 «+ 166-198-191— 535 158-192-155— 505 14-14- 14— 42 ‘T18- 923-832-2543 Nelson .... Roehrick Erickson Coman 'Sloniker Handicap Stanley Tournament Reaches Semi-Finals Stanley, N. D., March 11. — (®) — Play in the combination eleventh and twelfth district of the North Dakota Independent Basketball League moved into the semi-final round today. Paired are Stanley Red Birds ver- sus Powers Lake and Crosby versus Stanley Cardinals. The tournament champion, to be determined tonight will be the regional representative go- ing direct to the state tournament. Quarter final results are: Stanley Red Birds 51, Shell Creek Cowboys 25; Powers Lake 55, Berthold 25; Crosby 31, Parshall 19; eae Cardinals 54, Van Hook 36. | Elgin, New Leipzig Reach Cage Finals New Leipzig, N. D., March 11.—()— {Elgin and New Leipzig advanced to the championship finals of the dis- trict independent basketball tourna- ment being played here. . Tn the semi-final round Elgin elim- inated New Salem 38 to 28 and New Leipzig whipped Selfridge 44 to 12. The district titlist will meet the win- ner of the Hettinger district tourney in a regional playoff. Fights Last Night | > (By the Associated Press) New York—Charlie Badami, 13514, New York, outpointed Dave Fine, mee England, (10). rita, 145, Los Angeles (10). MILLERS DOWN STAGS Minot, N. D., March 11.—()—After trailing until near the end of the third quarter, the Dakota Millers rallied to defeat the Minot Stags, 36 to 30, in a basketball game here Tues- day. The Millers were scheduled to play the Bismarck Phantoms but the latter team was reported unable to make the trip here because of im- passable roads. YORE KE By ‘ile