Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-06
TEAMS PLACED
FOR TOURNEY
Bathgate and Devils Lake
Will Clash First in Dis
trict Meet.

The drawings for the first games
to be played in the preliminary n
semi-fnal rounds in the district pas
! ketball tournament have been made.
Prospects continue bright for a most
successful tournament and the list OF
drawings as made show that some very
fast and hotly contested games will
mark the first days play. All of the
teams have their list Of entries in and
a very capable group of basketball
players will participate in the tourna-
ment. Commencing promptly at 3
a. H.. on Friday morning, in the n
versity gymnasium, one of the fastest
| tournaments ever held in the state,
| will be played.
(! In the first game at Q a. M. the
/ Devils Lake team will clash with the
| Bathgate team. This game will be
very interesting as the teams are
nearly evenly matched. The odds
favor the Devils Lake a little as
! they have already met and defeated
some of the fastest teams in the dis
trict. Little is known of the strength
of the Bathgate team, but their sup
J porters at the university are confident
that they will give the Devils Lake
team a close run. At 10 a. M, Mimic
will play Michigan. This game should
be another hard fought battle. Mimic
has played through a successful seas
on and will be in fine condition when
they take the foo on Friday. The
Michigan team. while not as strong as
last year. has a very good record and
will try hard to duplicate the record
of the last years team. At IL a. m.,
Mayville will play Langdon. Lang
don has one Of the strongest teams
entered in the tournament and if they
run true to form, should defeat the
Mayville aggregation. In the after
noon play will commence promptly at
l p. m. At this hour, Pembina will
play Hope. Hope possesses a fast and
experienced aggregation n will make
their opposition play real basketball
to defeat them. The Pembina team,
enviable records of any of the teams
entered. having gone through the seas.
on without a defeat. The game be-
tween these two strong teams Should
be very close and interesting. At z
p. M. the Churches Ferry and Peters.
burg teams will swing into action
Here again two strong teams will play
Petersburg is reputed to have one OF
the strongest teams in the state anC
cop the district championship
Churches Ferry is also very strong
having lost but two games during the
entire season and both by close scores
Devils Lake and Willow City have de.
feated the Churches Ferry team
Devils Lake by the narrow margin Of
two points. In a return game with
the Willow City team the Churche.
Ferry aggregation overwhelmed them
At 3 p. M, Grand Forks and .Anets
will play. Aneta is rather an un.
known quantity but from ali advice.
are rather strong. Grand Forks has
played through a good season, wind
ing it up with Il defeat of Fargo or
last Saturday. AT 4 y. m.. the Graf
ton team will play the winner of the
8 O'Clock match. At ) p. m., the win.
ners of the 10 and II o'clock game!
will play. At 1880 p. m. the winner:
OF the l and . O'Clock games will de.
eide the supremacy. At $3.50 D.. IN.
the ST. Thomas team will play thu
winner of the A~neta-Grand Fork.
game.
The senli-fnal rounds will be com
pleted on Saturday afternoon and tn,
championship game will be PLAYED o,
Saturday evening at $3.50 D. n.. viii
the lineup Of games scheduled. !;
seems a certainty thai the patrons q
basketball in Grand Forks and III,
vicinity will be treated to one of III.
fastest and most holly contested tour
naments held in this section of N,
state.