Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-21

rolnts to lhelr Opponents
2lS; Lost But One Game
In Last 81 Starts.
From the time Paul Jones Davis,
migrated from the North Dakota Ag-,
ricultural College to the University OF
North Dakota and took charge Of the
athletic department of the school in.
the fall of 1919, considerable change
in the life of university athletics has
taken place.
Coach Davis opened his. career at
the university by taking charge of the
1918 football squad. With nothing
to work with but inexperienced men
he succeeded in holding the cham
pionship A.. c.. team to a score of Z tt
But we are not here to tell IL the
achievements of Coach Davis on the
gridiron, but of the branch OF sport
in which he has excelled any other
coach in the northwest. "
Basketball! ~
During the past two seasons North
Dakota ~" has been represented by
a basketball team that would be JUS
tilted in,,representing any college iii
the United States. And 10 one is or
was SO well aware of the fact as the
students of the. school and the many
sport fans in Grand Forks and East
Grand Forks. Every time. the :quint
got into action OF the, varsity floor q
packed house turned out to greet
them and on several of their trips
hundreds of fans accompanied them.
First Success.
In the 1919-20 season the team
romped off with the South Dakota
title, the North Dakota title and lost
the Ti-state conference title through
a technicality. They only played sew
en- conference games and the rules
call for eight. During that season the
team played is games and were never
Again in ie2o72f- the university
stepped but and won the South Dakp-
ia, title as we'll as the North Dakota
honors. But these are only cold facts.
\ How is it that a school, the size OF
4 North Dakota University a turn out
O. team that can hold the powerful
Minnesota squad to a, score of 10 to
IS, making its only loss in two years
of play, or 81 games?
1T is due to h fact that better
basketball players are being turned
out of the high schools?
IF one is on the INSIDE dope" he
needs no explanation of the matter.
) During the entire playing season new
err once was displayed OF the foor by
a man wearing the -colors Of the
North Dakota school that spirit OF
'let me do it" or ''give me the glory"
gether like q machine and the men
evinced no desire for personal glory.
And behind this squad the university
had a man who understood b inner
feelings of the men he ,was working
with. One who commanded their re-
spect at all times and n who was
fair "shot square" At ally times And
this mar is Coach Papl Jones JAWS.
the man. who deserves and gets the
credit for putting North Dakota uni
, versity oh the basketball map.
Games Played.
The last season opened January s
on the Minnesota University floor
The varsity men had but n weeks
practice and were in very poor IN
dition. They fought Doc Cooks mer
like demons for the full period OF
the game, but weakened slightly al
the finish and were defeated by a
score of 10 Ito 18. their only loss in
two years.
From that time until the final con
test with the A. c., the varsity bas.
:, keteers mad, things completely their
own way. THE Aggies gave them
plenty OF competition in the hna!
game Of the season played March IL
When the final whistle of this confess
>was blown the score stood 32%to 30 in
favor Of the Flickertails. Much credit
is due to Ray Boiler, 'A.%C. coach, fol
the showing made by his men in this
contest.
North Dakota had a tough game
with Carleton, whining by a scant one
point, the final score being 16 to Is
Ehis game should never AVE beer
played as the team was just winding
tlp a weeks tour of South Dakota
when they jumped to Northt1elt
Mimi, and were in a very weak con
dition. Houser was injured in~4the
second game played that week witt
fhe Sou1t> Dakota State college ant
Richards was ill. Despite these han
dicaps the F1ickertails trimmed one o.
the fastest teams turned out by 8
Minnesota college during the pas
Scoring Machine.
Many of the games participated il
by the varsity~ended with ~top-heav.
scores. For instance the Concordis
college five was .~vanquished by a, scor!
Of of IS to g., the Grand Forks "Y'
by 70 to; 9, and the Fargo 7 by :
score Of 5s to s. This Is evidence o.
a powerful offensive machine thlt cal
nut. the ball in the receptacle ate
it has been worked down the moor.
But not only did North Dakott
have a powerful offensive mathin,
but the defense was wonderful. onl!
one team, the regular Aggie jinxSsuc
ceeaedS in piling UP 20 or more points
in any game. In the Is games play
cd during the past season the Nortl
DakotanS made a.. total of. $50 points
to their iopponentg us, or their Av
.-erake was three times as great al
hat Of their opponents.
It has been explained that Their
was no man on the varsity squad VIII
sought personal glory and that prob
ably accounts % 5athe top-heavy score
Milling up, A short passing game wa
played during the entire season ant
/at no. time in any game did the mel
attempt long difficult shots. The bal
was started usually from under thei
basket and worked the entire length
Of thes%f1oor until an advantageou
spot to shoot from vas reached .
Richards Star.
Frank Richards proved TO be On,
Of the biggest point gettBrS5 on tn
SQUAD. His ability to hit the hole Il
tina basket was without Nhestfon an,
at{ all times was q dahtef0us mai
whSn giving the. BAN.
Richards ability to shoUt WAS no
the only strdngS feature Of his kAme
His passing was always acgufate AMI
he is an exceptionally fast tdriDblef
..Tubby,''s as he is known by hi
friends, keighedsin the Vicinity OF TIL
~c6Annitn mark. hut, hez moved