The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 19, 1937, Page 14

“PORKS-VALLEY Iry GAME OPENS 2-DAY Fargo: Minot, Wahpeton-Park River, Dickinson-Bismarck Paired in Openers ADVANCE TICKET SALE BIG Magicians, Hi-Liners, Wops, Demons Picked to Reach Semis Saturday Morning Play in the 24th annual state high &chool basketball tournament opens there today with eight stalwart North Dakota teams battling for the state)” Class A championship. Seasoned by four months of in- tensive campaigning and backed by |’; hundreds of loyal fans who thronged the Capital City, the cream of the| State’s prep athletes were ready for the start of the two-day classic from which will emerge the 1937 title- holder, Advance ticket sales, which Tourna- ment Manager H. O. Saxvik, reported tc be the best in the. event's history, indicated that every one of the 3,000 seats in the World War Memorial building will be taken and if the crowd runs true to form, several score of persons will be turned away from the finals Saturday night. Five ’36 All-State Players Are Back Three performers from last year’s first all-state team and a pair from the second honored five ‘were back here today ready to make their second bids for Class A basketball tournament laurels, ‘From the 1936 first team come Fred Gran and Bernard (Popeye) Monnes of the defending champion Minot Magicians and Lewis (Bud- dy) Beall of the Bismarck Demons, runner-up last year. Second team players returning this year are Robert Tavis of Bis- Marck and Sigvald Erickson of Valley City. Minot’s defending champions were odds-on favorites to repeat with Bis- marck and Valley City ranked as the major “darkhorses.” However, ever) new contingent of incoming enthusi- asts brought ardent backers for each Of the five other clubs, Paired in Friday’s first-round games ere: +Grand Forks vs. Valley City, 3 p. m. Fargo vs. Minot/4 p. m. Sidi! Wahpeton vs. Park River, Dickinson vs. Bismarck, + Fargo, survivor of the challenge found during which Jamestown, Wil- Uston, Devils Lake and Mandan was eliminated, were given only an outside chance of stopping the high-powered ‘Magicians and crane ae was not strong enougl overci ne ome the Basing the pre-tournament. predic- |. Restore Original - Performance—with a Factory Recon- 1 ditioned Engine CHARLES DENTON Dickinson EDWARD BOHNHOFF Grand Forks HARLEY ODER TON HENRY RICE Will, Association Bowlers Triumph Rigg’s Place, Blackstone Club Teams Lose Two Out of Three in Commercial Close games featured two matches rolled in the Commercial League ‘Thursday night with the Will Seed company and Junior Association of Commerce winning two out of three tively. Stolz for the Will Seed five toppled the maples for counts of 187, 173 and 172, a thrée-games total of 532, for .|the evening's top scoring honors in GLENN HANNA Bismarck tions on the teams’ season records, Wahpeton and Bismarck were being Picked to move safely into the second round and would meet in the second | * Saturday morning semi-final. Survivors of Friday's afternoon ‘games will meet in the first semi- final at 10 a, m., Saturday with the previous evening’s winners slated to take the floor at 11 a.m, The whistle for the championship game will be blown at 8:45 p. m., Saturday night. Hi-Liners Rate Edge Coach Joe Rognstad’s smooth Hi- Liners, molded around five veterans of last season and winners of 15 out of 19 games this season against the State's toughest opposition, appeared to be too much for the Redskins, who under Ed Bohnhoff’s tutelage won 10 out of 19 contests. is expected to start Capt. Wayne Zimmerman and-Dale Scott in the two forward positions with Ordean Olson at center and Robert Carter and Sig Erickson in the back court. Jacque Parish and Earl Leo are figured for the two forward berths for the Red- skins with Lyle Turner at center and Eugene Bogan and William James slated for the two defensive positions. Minot’s rangy six-footers, led by last year’s two all-state performers, Bud Monnes and Fred Gran, should have little trouble with Coach Henry Rice's Midgets but may run into un- expected opposition. Although the Magicians rounded out one of the [}longest consecutive victory. marches in recent years by going 32 games without a setback while the Midgets were winning 10 and losing four, there was still considerable talk about an “upset.” ¥ Given Magicians’ Lineups Robertson plans on starting Gran ‘and Chetley Anderson in the scoring positions with the tall Jimmy Eide at center and Captain Monnes and Arnold Alger at guards. Rice's usual lineup finds Johnny Abbott and Os- borne Frederickson in the fore court; Robert Ulland at center and Arnold Johnson and Don Craig at guards. Most of the conjecture in the Capi- tal City as to possible first-round win-, ners centered around the Wahpeton- Park River game with Coach Marty Engh’s Wops rating the edge over the Walsh County Aggies, tutored by Lloyd (Pinky) Falgren. Playing tougher competition than their initial foes, the Wops won 13 out of 17 games and wound up the season by holding the Magicians in check until the final three minutes of a great defensive game, 3 The Aggies, winners of 17 out of 20] 99 starts this season, and victors over Jamestown in the challenge game, will have Kenneth Williams and Rudolph Jenson at forwards, Juel Marifjeren at center and Capt. Lawrence Storey and Clifford Nygard at guards. For Wahpeton the forwards will be Capt. Francis LaSota and Edlen Westphal with LeRoy Hausauer at the pivot post and Kenneth Butcher and Law- tence Cain in the back court. Dickinson Dangerous Twice victors over Coach Charles Denton’s western state quint, the Demons were picked to eliminate 1 Universal Motor Co. 122 Ist St. Phone 981 TWO PROPOSALS FOR CHANGING Dickinson but not without extending season, the Midgets were far from be- ing a “set-up” and can be counted on to put up a stubborn battle from the opening whistle. Hanna will have Capt. Bob Peter- son and Glenn Enge for the defensive work with Bob Tavis at center and Bud bagel Gilbert Olson in’ the scoring jons—a averaging well: over the six-foot mark. ‘Tanberg, capable ceriter, the vill have William George and Anderson at forwards and William ‘Spear and Edgar Agnew at guards. Dick Holzer of Moorhead and EB. L. Bersagel of Aberdeen, '8.-D., will offi- ciate at all of the tournament games. Gopher Prep Cage T cle ean ourney in Semis Virginia, Thief River Falls, New Ulm, Edison Win Opening Contests Minneapolis, Mar. 19 —(#)—Semi- final . playoffs in the state. high school basketball tournament are slated for tonight in the Minneapo- ‘A’ CAGE PLAN ARE DISCUSSED} Coaches Discuss Return to Orig- inal Eight. Teams, Divi- sion Into Regions ‘Two alternate proposals for chang- Besides ‘Midgets | cussion. Robert i E i petty uh = this department and Rohrer of the ’ aggregation recorded a 204 in the second game for single game hon- Riggs’ Place 138 146 148— 432 120 145 122, 387 170 "177 129— 476 183 158 145— 436 133 204 151— 488 132 160— 424 151 .174— 488 162 152— 438 187 147— 477 9, ee 7 130 741 TT3—2244 Club 137 165 182— 484 146 117 149— 412 169 142 112— 423 136 136 1 408 180 148 152— 481 Totals....... 768 .709 731—2208 land Indians, is happy. Not only did Bob Feller grant. New Orleans but one hit in three innings Thursday, but Willis Hudlin, who won only one game last season, yielded only two infield blows and exhibited perfect control. Avalon, Calif. — Joe Marty hasn't exhibited any samples of the hitting that gained him a .349 average at San Francisco last season, but he still is the Chicago Cubs’ number one center +) field candidate. lis. auditorium with Virginia and | Fargo, Thief River"Falls clashing st 8 p.m. and New Ulm meeting Minneapolis Edison at 9 p.m. Losers in first round ‘play ‘Thurs-|{ day will meet this afternoon in con- solation games, Farming and Ro- chester battling it out at-3 p. m. and Triumph-Monterey matching shots with’ Crosby-Ironton an hour] Loyd later. ‘There was plenty of stiff competi- tion Thursday with all eight teams in the first round playing careful, basketball, but when ..the) New Ulm,.29, Triumph-Monterey Edison 38, Crosby-Ironton 27. The finals, will be played Saturday night when Friday's. winners . will clash for the state championship. SAINTS DOWN. TULSA - &t.. Paul, Mar. 19—(P)—3St.. Paul finighed.its AA hockey season Thurs- day night by defeating Tulsa, 4-0. Flood scored two gosls and Téel’ and Burmeister one each. ~ DuBOUC TAKE A STROLL THROUGH PEACOCK ALLEY. eS HETT BRANDIS NORTHWEST BEVERAGES, INC. drawn up. Principal objection té the pldh came from Marty Engh of Wahpeton, Charles Denton of Dickinson and Falgren of Park River. They said such a system would not bring the eight strongest teams to the tour- nament.every year, which they be- Meved was the ultimate aim of the ‘any elimination system. Supporters of the proposal’ argued, that no system would land the eight strongest teams in the tourney every year, but. that the plan would come nearest to it, year in and year out, Apptoved by the coaches was Han- Na’s proposal to pick a three-man ad- visory committee of coaches to’ confer with: the ‘state high school league's board of control on matters pertain- ing to athletics, ‘The coaches also voted to begin work toward having » permanent sec- retary of the state high school league. ‘Other actions by the board included voted unanimously to outlaw the bas- ketball which has been picked by the the official high school league .as tournament ball; favored a three-day tournament over the present two-day ‘Big Four Quints Go Into Meet Semi-fin >F § Epes ie Hi Daytona Beach, Fla. — Although Manager Frank Frisch had his Cardinals a day of rest Friday, the 12 to 4 beating the New York Giants administered Thursday may change his plans. Orlando, Fla.—Jim Wasdel, a $20,- 000 first-baseman, headed for Chatta- nooga Friday with the blessings of ‘Weshington’s Manager Bucky Harris. | Harris indicated the hard-hitting Minneapolis boy would stay on the Nats’ farm this season. Joe Kuehl '| will keep his first-base post. ace. Detroit Tiger hurler, which was diagnosed by.a physician here as her- nia, The slender righthander may be out of action for a month or six weeks. East’s Catholic Fives Clash in Major Game Chicago, Mar. 19—(7)—A speedy band of sharpshooters from Tennessee E i ike Hig i u Dizzy Dean’s Holdout Siege at End; Cardinal’s $25,000 Offer Accepted Confabs- with the missus, BROOKLYN'S CHANCES OF FIRST DIVISION BERTH ARE REMOTE Breadon, Rickey Columin- ’ ate With Agreement the | right side of the won and lost column anyway.” ~ "| Mungo predicts he'll win 25 games. camp, , club president, tel . “I’m well satisfied with the salary agreed upon,” Dean said later. “Mr. even don has treated me extremely well.” The talkative hurler, who won 24 ‘and lost 13 games last season, planned to leave early Friday for Daytona Beach to start training. Immediately after announcing he had signed, the irrepressible Dean proceeded to win the National League pennant verbally for himself and as- sociates. “I've already said I would win 25 or minute,.I’m lable to top my best figure of 30 games made back in '34,” he chortled. ‘B’. Independent ' Drawings Made Underwood, New Salem Paired in Opening Tourney Game Monday at Stanley day night against the winner of the Kloten-Adams game ahd Stanley will clash with Buffalo in the final game of the, first round. Semi-finals will be held Tuesday night and the title match is slated for Wednesday night following the playoff for third position in the Johnson said . regional playoff gard and Miss ‘Vila George of Hills- boro, Underwood went on a scoring spree to defeat the Makoti independents, 71-29, to win the sixth district Class Carson Prep Athletes Take to Cinder Paths Carson, N. D., Mar. 19.—(4)—Carson cagers hung up their basketball suits after closing a season with 15 victories out of 24 games and Coach P. W. Johnson was ready Friday to start his tracksters on the cinders next ‘The Carson quintet scored 564 points 560 by their op- Dodgers Have Plenty of Pitch- ing Strength But Will Be Weak With Sticks Clearwater, Fla., Mar. 19.—(#)—It looks like Brooklyn will be stuck ir the mud of the second division for the Although Burleigh proved the club on paper with shrewd deals, the team rates only an outside ball ace, of the pit majors, but the rest of the lineup is gained and studded with question mar! “We've got a. flock of ‘ifs’ on the club,” says Grimes, “But I'l hustle in at least 10:more games on the Pitching: Worries Over For pitching, however, the Flatbush boys shouldn’t have any worries, Van With him as probable starting regu- lars on the mound will be Fred Frank- house, 8 30-year-old veteran, Luke Hamlin, former Detroit Tiger; Relph Birkofer, obtained from Pittsburgh to give the team a ‘good southpaw, and Al Butcher, husky 25-year-old right hander whom Mungo predicts will win |set back on first; Cookie Lavagetto, The infield should be improve- ment over last year with Buddy Has- famed Pittsburgh bench warmer, at second and Jersey Joe Stripp at his old third base stand, The shortstop job is open to either ‘Woody English, another bench warmer Malinosky of Phelps Best Receiver “Fatty” Phelps plans to do most of for a try behind the plate. Burleigh himself is fidgety about the outfield, usually the funniest trio of the old Flatbush Follies. He's got outfielders galore on the lot but it’s going to be tough picking out a trio that can field and hit. Right now, the garden is Ed Wilson, who showed up well late last season in right; Johnny Cooney in centerfield because of his {ibe feuding, end Johnny, Wines JP left. 5 ry = | Fights Last Night [ ———— (By the Associated Press) New York — Kid Chocolate, 128%, Cuba, knocked out Joey Woods, 136, Jersey City, N. J., (4). Pittsburgh — Oscar Rankin, 161, IT’S A SCOOP FOR MINT : . . . Terry and Charlie Sports Round-Up| By EDDIE BRIETZ Gulfport, Miss, Mar. 19—(P)— News section: Bees and Cardinals say the Yankees looked plenty good with the hickory with DiMaggio . . . His tour of the minors will gross Al Schacht $35,000 this summer . . . Bill Terry can’t decide between Lou Chiozza and Dick Bartell as the new Giant lead- off man Daytona Beach radio station has DiMaggio some of the Yan- kee big shots looking foolish in bat ting practice ._. . right, before Col. Dressen atill hope to trade. Agony column: Guy Bush, bridge expert of the Bees, is in Dutch with the old ladies at St. Petersburgh be- cause he'll not sit in on their games unless there's dough at stake . . - This Way, which won at 50 to 1 at Miami the other day, was offered to Hirsch Jacobs for $500 a short time before the race. . . Jacobs turned it down . . . Ernie Koy, Yank out- field rookie, hit 480 for Newark in the day games last year, but only .060 af- ter dark . . . And it looks like hes going to Newark and the lamps. Believe it or not dept: In that quar- ter pitching game at Bradenton last week, one of Dizzy Dean’s friends tossed to within one inch of the line - » « Friend No, 2 laid his quarter an inch from the line, also, but on the. other side ... Diz shot from the hip and his coin hit the first quarter, skidded ‘and landed’ squarely between the others . . . “Hot dog, I can still cut those corners,” said the Great One ing a new strawhat ... new Dodger outfielder, Louisville bat ‘factory during the off season. . . Young Kemp Wicker Got @ $3,000 slice of the World Series money for turning in one victory for the Yanks last season. Bill Terry saw Hank Leiber working out an hour a day at short in an ef- fort to reduce his waistline . . . It will be OK with old Jesse Haines if Paul Waner keeps right on holding out . . .Says Waner gives him more trouble than any other hitter in the National League. % SPRINGS Glenmore again scoops the field with genuine high quality ZV70CKY STRAIGHT BOURBON at a price for the average GLENMORES MINT SPRINGS AND KEEP THE CHANGE Gleuntores Mint Springs