Williston graphic., 1918-03-14
The District Basket Ball Tournament

The District Basket Ball Tournament
On Thursday of the past week the
basketball squad consisting OF Har-
old Bruegger, Howard Scott, Bruce
Mcdonald, Russell Levitt, Clifford
Gordon, Harry Kulas accompanied
by Mr.. Brown. Mr. Cutting and Mr..
White and several school enthusiasts
went to Minot to take part in the Dis
trict Tournament. That their part
in the Tournament was a worthy one
is indicated by the following dcscrip-
ton of their game with Minot in the
Minot Daily News:
"Before wildly enthusiastic crowd,
Minot removed Williston, it's old
rival, in the Northwestern District
Basketball tournament yesterday at
ternoon, in a game that sizzled With
action from whistle to whistle and
which was in doubt until the last few
seconds of play. 1t was a struggle
such as never was seen at district
tournament here before. The final
count was "a to 26 Minot sending the
ball through the net right at the fin
ish.
Several hundred rabid basketball
fans witnessed the combat and before
the session was over they were trans
formed into a raving band, so rapid
did the thrills follow each other. The
score was tied probably more than
a dozen times. First Minot would go
to the front and then Williston would
knot the count and surge ahead one
or two points. This process was con-
tinued we'll into the second period.
The locals launched smashing drive
and showed great improvement just
within the few days since Coach
Smallwood has had charge of them.
Fans termed the pace. "hear-break-
ing" At the end of the first half
Minot led 16 to IS, tossing field goal
just before the whistle blew.
| When the second session was re-
sumed the same see-saw battle be-
gan and finally Minot drew away to
six-point lead over its opponents.
The score was 25 to 19 when Holtz,
star guard, whose playing was of the
stellar kind, was ruled out on account
of four personal fouls. Hopes of vic
tory seemed to dwindle in the Minot
section and in few minutes Willis
ton had tied the score. Nedrud, sent
in to replace Holtz, was soon sup
planted by Dunnel, whose playing was
good enough to check the rapid climb
ing of the Williston team. The game
between Minot and Williston was by
far the best of the tournament dur
ing the first day, each aggregation
displaying excellent team work. From
the moment the first whistle sounded
until the end of the game the two
evenly matched teams furnished the
fans with constant team work and
dazzling assortment of passes.
Scott, Bruegger and Mcdonald were
the stars of the Williston team and
Kulas and Gordon, guards, were al
ways on the job for the rival Of Will
liams county.
Although it was anybody's game at
any stage Of the contest, Minot with
it's original lineup, had an edge on
the Williston team" At the ban
quet on Saturday evening the Willis
ton team was given continued favor
able attention as the best sportsmen
of the tournament and fair play and
hard work and the willingness to give
more than fair deal characterized
them in the minds of the banqueters
as particularly strong sportsment.
Red Cross Benefit Lyceum Course
Much enthusiasm is being aroused
over the part the schools are beng
able to take in the Red Cross Bene-
fit Lyceum Course. The first num-
ber of the course-the reading by
Sarah Mildred Millmar Of "Exper-
ience" was highly appreciated by
very large audience. The second
number of the course, is on Tuesday,
March 10, at which time the Apollo
Male Quartette will sing. These young
men are particularly pleasing IN their
work.
The school pupils raised among
themselves by personal sacrlhces
$166.4O with which three Liberty
Bonds and throe War-Savincs Stamps |
were purchased and sold at auction.
Thus afr the auctions of this Ly-