The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 15, 1937, Page 6

Phantoms Win Third Strai THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1987 ght N. D. Independent ‘Crown \ ‘ws BSWARCK DEFEATS [Grafton Beats Underwood for ‘B’ Title; Tokio Wins in Consolidated WALSH AGGIES BRINGING FINE RECORD TO TOURNEY MADDOCK, 28 10 22; LAKERS TAKE THIRD Meinhover, Leading Scorer, and Tait Land Berths on All- State Team FIVE QUINTS GET PLACES Tournament Performances of Engen, Clausnitzer, Mar- tin Are Pleasing Bismarck’s strong Phantoms re- turned to the Capital City Sunday with the North Dakota Class A in- dependent basketball championship tucked away for another year. Playing with a trio of newcomers in the major independent circles, the Capital City club walked off with its third successive title by defeating the Maddock Stags, 28 to 22. in the final game of the annual state tournament at Langdon Saturday night. Trailing 12-9 at the intermission after having deadlocked the score at S-all at the end of the first quarter the Phantoms rallied in the last half with big Ted Meinhover setting the pace and pulled into a 22-18 lead at the three-quarter mark. ¢ Meinhover controlled the tip-off and when the Phantoms had pulled into # 26-22 lead with only two min- utes of play remaining, they kept of the ball until the final whistle, satisfied to add only two points to the winning margin. Meinhover Garners 17 Points Meinhover added 17 points to the 44 scored in the two previous tourn- ment games and copped off high scoring honors. Clarence Berga- gaard’s four field goals and two gift shots, for 10 points, set the Mad- dock scoring pace. Bismarck, Maddock and Devils Lake each placed two men on the all-state team, with Fargo and Lang- don also represented. Forward posts went to Omen. Nelson of Maddock, Harry Warner of Fargo and Bill Burckhardt of Devils Lake, Mein- hover and Leo Thomasson of Mad- dock were pidced at center with Harold: Tait of Bismarck, Vernon Melhouse of Devils Lake and. Wil- Nam Rueter of Langdon getting the guard positions. Named to the second team were Harley Dahl of Minot and Maurice ‘Nappen and Dick. Tabert of Lankin, forwards; Mort Fenstad of the Lu- yerne-Pillsbury Twins and Harold Reslock of Devils Lake at center, and Gordie Enge of Bismarck, Gor- don Nelson of Maddock and Cliff McKinnon of Fargo at guards. First-Year Men Deliver Particularly pleasing to Bismarck fans were the tournament perform- ‘ances of the three first-year men in the Phantom lineup. Engen, whose berth on the second all-state team was indicative of his tournament performance, Helmuth Clausnitzer and. Emil Martin—all three members of the championship Klein’s Toggery quint in the City League—all came through with flying colors to justify Neil Churchill's faith in the Capital City athletes, For the three veterans—Johnny Spriggs, Meinhover and Tait, who have played with championship high school, North Central conferences and independent teams for the past 10 years, it was “old stuff” winning the title, but to the three recruits it was someting new. Devils Lake won third-place hon- ors by defeating the Deep Rock Oilers of Fargo 39-22. The summary of the championship game: Nelson, Thom'n Nesee! G Nein Totals Cunningham, Romani Vie Twice This Week New York, Mar. 15.—(?)—The in- door track season reaches a smash- ing finale this week, when Glenn Ounningham, king of American mil- ers, and Archie San Romani, the heir-apparent, hook up in a pair of They are slated to meet in the 4 ae 3 te Pe we | e000 e201 946 tham, beaten only once at mile this season and then by his fellow Kansan, will be defending the laurels he won at the Casey meet last At Butler Indiana’s Don Lash and ,certain for regular mound duty. One of the finest season’s records of the eight teams entered in the ment here this week-end has been compiled by Coach Lloyd Falgren’s Ws River, pictured above, bowing to Grand Forks in.an overti @ record of 16 victories in 20 starts. ° Jamestown Blue Jays, 22-14. Only ninth is a sophomore, wyn Liddle, Rudolph Jensen, Capt. Reading, from left to right, they are: Back Dougherty, Lloyd Fernquist, Ludwig Johnson and Assistant Coach Fridjon Thorleifson; Lawrence Storey, Kenneth Williams and Clifford Nygesrd. (Juel Mar- Falgren’s veteran quint won eight straight ime game and went on from »They entered the tournament list two of the current Aggie squad TOW: ifjeren is not on picture.) Bees Will Carry Sting This Year Flock of ‘Ifs’ Dot Boston Ros- ter; Only Four Holdovers With Club St. Petersburg, Fla., Mar, 15.—(?)— Some of those National League base- ball clubs are a cinch to get stung in that Boston Bee Hive this year, The two big keepers of the Bees nudge each other when they. talk about 1937 prospects. And when Gen- eral Manager Bob Quinn and Man- ager Bill McKechnie get happy for publication about baseball chances the honey is in the comb. “We asked waivers on the cellar year and got them,” said Quinn. “This year, we're asking for waivers on the second division and maybe we'll get what we want again. We don't like the accommodations in the second division.” The Bees appear to be the darkest of dark horses of the National League pennant fight. A flock of “ifs” dot the roster, but if a few of them have the right answer, the Bees will be; tough. Only Four Players Back Quinn has pruned his Bee hive thoroughly since 1935. Only four players—Wally Berger, Bill Urban- ski, Bob Smith and Baxter Jordan —are leftovers, To fill the ranks he has combed the minors and made trades, Pitching is the big question mark. McKechnie has 17 pitchers but only the veteran Danny MacFayden is Best of all the prospects at this writing are Ira Hutchinson, who won 13 and lost 8 for St. Paul in ’36, and Bill Weir, a 24-year-old southpaw who copped four and lost three for the Bees last season. Lou Fette won 25 games for St. Paul in ’36 and is pretty sure to get a full chance as a starting regular. Two New Infielders ‘Two new faces are expected in the infield—Elburt Fletcher, a good-look- ing first-sacker who clouted .343 for Buffalo, and Vince DiMaggio, broth- er of the illustrious Yankee Joe, who looks like the third baseman. Jor- dan, a holdout, expects to land first, but is going to have trouble remoy- ing Fletcher. Tony Cuccinello, at second, and Hal OUT OUR WAY M’Guiness Rated Gopher Prospect Minnesota’s Big Ten cham- plonship basketball team, losing only the veteran Dick Seebach from the 1937 co-titlists, is ap- parently headed for another big season in 1938 and one of the chief reasons for optimism in the Gopher camp is the” promising group of graduates from the. freshmen ranks. Included in this group, which Freshmen Coaches Mike Cielusak and Earl Loose, say is the best in some time not even excepting the contribution of such men as high school scorer last season as a member of Glenn Hanna's run- ners-up to Minot in the state tournament, He 1s considered one of the best frosh prospects for a berth on the first squad next year, according to a recent story in the Minneapolis Star. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs, J. W. McGuiness of 1007 Fifth St. Gordon Holds Singles Lead in Pin Tourney Minneapolis, Mar. 15.—(?)—Harry Gordon, veteran Minneapolis bowler, who is rolling in his tenth Tribune bowling classic, was in first place to- day with a sensational 900 score foll- ed Sunday. night. His counts were 224, 214, 201 and 270, for the total. Gordon’s score knotked Herman Schultz of St. Paul, who held the top spot for about an hour Sunday night ‘with @ 897 count, into second place. Joe Ochtering of St. Paul, in second place Saturday, was forced to be con- tent with a tie for fourth place with A. Telle of Grand Forks, who scored an 862 Sunday. front Fenske Noses Out Don Lash in Mile Feature Big er’ Ten Meet Won by Wolverines and field title will run for another| year. The powerful that He Warstler, at short, will complete the probable infield. Wally Berger and | closed their Eugene Moore are fixtures in the out- field with Frank McGowan, who hit 358 for Buffalo and won the most valuable player award of the Inter- national League, almost a certain starter with them in the garden. Wolverines, showing Des Lacs Bows In Final of Con- solidated Event at Car- rington, 25 to 18 Fo Hi i te we H & fi F 7 it : A t I i I oe E ii al | gf svt i oF 3 a 3 yi ° 1 oti ® Iv Engr g 0 Totals 15 Totals 7 18 i Bcore by periods: On + Falr’ount tj Birtel, leon, Re ee nl Bal enue _ eat é Ht te E i 5 : ie a8 oy BHR ti Bl ermmmne All-State Team Selections COACHES IN BIG TEN ABANDON CENTER JUMP, VOTE UNANIMOUS National Collegiate Association Gives Consideration to Rule Change ? i g g tl i [ E H i i i | E ? gE I E z | g & EEF ge uy il i i | i He E 3 5 [ Te tal fy i ae az uy 2 g : g i g g ol E I E i i E i gf E é g : Es iG ir ag Hi ret AL etl gF i ive ; A.A.U. Cage Tourney bah Winter ()—Word is going the Grapefruit League that the Cincin- nyse 2 FE HI ie eb-aseedl i i i 8 ; | Hil i § g a i ag ai ih, g 2 EE g i [ E il : ae FF é 3 g ui nfl iF i x88 Ee “i i i Hs tE Hi sz any ee E E g ¥ F i H i 3 7 EE t i i Has Collegiate Flavor Denver, Mar. 15.—(#)—The men’s U. basketball tourna- ment had a collegiate Monday 3 piben we lone ens ot ee Logic Is Lacking When Fight Fans Hunt Excitement Moderns Would Rather See Heavies Than More Scien- tific Smaller Men (This is another of @ series of scientific standpoint, neither was & good match, but both fights drew well over $1,000,000. , himself, was 80 fearful biggest that time—1921—that the promoter pleaded with Dempsey before-hand to “go easy.” Firpo, strictly a slugger and lacking experience, balked at being rushed in- to a match with Dempsey in 1938, but yielded to Rickard’s persuasion and lure of $1,000,000 in cash. financial possibilities in size reached a i | : F i Hp Mi announced he would sign his contract, Outfielder Roger “Doc” Cramer, In- fielder Johnny. Kroner and Pitcher Jack Russell are the only other hold- game with the American Leaguers, and won, 9-4, a Lakeland, Fla.—A Detroit Tiger deal to get. Pitcher Buck Newsom from Washington, was reported to have met with failure Monday. A lion won't attack anything that looks formidable and often will desert |@ lioness in a fight. “NORTHERN” Pike, Pickerel, Halibut, Salmon at Wholesale Prices In net less than 100 Ib. boxes. Jack Rabbits and rabbit skins, We “NORTHERN” wt We