The Dickinson press., 1915-03-06
BISMARCK. BECOMES
DISTRICT CHAMPS
DICKINSON DEFEATED IN Elk.
CITING GAME IN TOURNA-
MENT FINALS. EASILY
IL
HOLDS SECOND PLACE.
Beach Bests Mott in Good Contest,
Bismarck Will Likely Land State
Championship This Year.

20 Qeclde Cne winners IN the south
western district of the state was held
in the armory Of Co. A at Bismarck
Friday and Saturday of last week.
The four teams from Bismarck, Dick
lnson, Beach and Mott met to decide
the supremacy of their section and
finished in the order named.
The first evenings conflict left
Bismarck an easy winner over Mott
by a score of 70 to 16, and Dickin-
son with little trouble defeated Beach
a. to 6.
The second night brought a record
breaking crowd to witness one of the
fastest and cleanest games of basket
ball ever played on the armory floor.
The Beach-Mott contest was first to
be staged. Beach went on the floor
with only two old men in the lineup,
but with the same determination to
win from Mott this year, as they did
from Mandan in the series of last
year. Both times the odds were with
the opposing team and each time
Beach returned the victor. The game
with Mott was holly contested from
the start and not until the final
whistle blew was it certain which
team would carry off the honors. The
final score was IS to Ia in favor of
the Golden Valley players.
At $50 the Dickinson team had
not appeared; the audience as we'll as
the Bismarck team were anxious to
get a look at the Dickinson players.
In a short time they arrived from
their hotel and went to their dressing
room and were ready for the fray
when Referee Moore sounded his
whistle to start the game. AS the
team came on the floor, the fifty
Dickinson supporters >cheered Justify.
In the first few minutes, play the Bis
marck team swept the Dickinson boys
off their feet and ran up a score of
10 points, while the Stark county
lads landed for two points. Of the
10 points Houser, the star center,
made s, having gotten away from
Richards, Dickinson's new center.
This "a the first game that Rich
ards had player this position, having
been a forward throughout the sea-
son.. But after he became accustomed
to his place and to Houser's style of
playing, he held the Bismarck star to
no baskets for the rest of the game.
This is the best showing that has
been made against the Bismarck
wonder this year. Hartung and Nor
rison came back strong, keeping the
Bismarck guards worried at all times
and prevented them from adding a
point to the Bismarck score, which is
the first time that both these guards
have failed in the scoring. Erb and
Rase played their men well, though
the Capital City forwards were in
better form than they have been in
either of the previous games with
Dickinson. The first half ended 10 to
g.
The second half found both teams
coming back stronger than ever,
Dickinson forcing Bismarck to the
limit at all times to hold the gain
they had made during the first half.
Both sides showed excellent team
work and both teams made a few bad
plays which cost them the ball, The
guards e all playing close, with
very little chance for open work. The
Dickinson boys were striving nightly
to overcome the big lead of their op-
ponents and the Bismarck team was
working just as hard to hold what
they had. The final score was 27 to
16. Throughout this half the crowd
was almost wild with excitement for
it was a contest that meant much to
either team. The Capital City boys
have been working for three years for
a clean record in this part of the
state and to get a chance at the state
championship. If the game had gone
against them a number of hearts
would have been broken, as they have
gone through the season without a
defeat, which in itself is a remark
able record.
Although the Dickinson boys lost
the series and with it the trip to
Grand Forks, they played a hard
game. and took their defeat manfully.
They played their best and were fairly
defeated. Dickinson is proud to
have a team with the spirit which.
has been shown by the players the
past season. The boys have played
clean, hard basketball all the time;
they have conducted themselves like
gentlemen every where they have
been. The management of the hotel
in which our boys stayed at Bismarck
was a little prejudiced against basket
ball players when they went there,
OUT Wnen Cne boys came 20 leave Cne
manager made known to the coach
that they had found the Dickinson
boys gentlemanly at all times and
wanted the privilege Of entertaining
them again.
John H. Moore of the University
refereed the series. His work was
exceptionally good. He was all over
the floor with the teams; was on hand
to see every play, and called a foul a
foul. He kept the game fast and
showed no partiality to any of the
teams or players. He was strict
with the crowd and did every thing in
his power to give all a fair show. His
efforts are appreciated by all the
players and all those interested in the
teams and in clean sport. C. C.
Plank, who gave such fine service at
the Dickinson tournament last year,
was in the same roll for this winters
series. He, too, was constantly on
the job and few real fouls escaped
these two officials. Mr.. Moore con-
siders that the state championship
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