Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-12-02
WINTER SPORTS
HOLD INTEREST
OF ENTHUSIASTS
Basketball, Hockey and
Curling to Be In Full
Swing Soon.
fRv Tho Associated Press,

fRy The Associated Press>l
St. Paul. MINI. Dec. 2-Wltn tue
passing Of the football season, asten-
ton Of sporting enthusiasts III Min
nesota and the rest Of the northwest
lis turning to the winter sports IN
which the northern part OF the eoan-
try has a marked advantage oHer any
other section
Innumerable sporting activities that
mark the winter season already are
getting under way, and are far more
div ersified than those OF any other
lperiod Of the year in this section.
Frigid Temperatures that turn lakes
land streams and indoor ponds to ice
make for hockey. skating. curling.
horse racing. ice boating. and correl-
ated sports, while the s~now-ccvereS
hills call out their quota of ski fans,
toboggAn parties and sleighins
crowds.
And to the younger generation. the
first heavy fall Of snow means the
construction Of forts. mysterious tun-
nels. and the inevitable wars" be-
tween neighborhood gangs" with
iced snow balls as the ammunition.
Indoors. aside from hockey and
curling, attention is given to basket
respect not only colleges but other or
carnations take a strong interest. The
larger cities have their city basket
ball and baseball leagues n inter-
est reaches a great height.
1t is to the collegiate sporting &C
Invites of the winter season and the
major league hockey play that the
greatest amount Of general interest
is attached. and already the colleges
and the University of Minnesota have
started their practice season.
Basketball Steps In.
Basketball has stepped into the
spotlight at the University. Of Mime
sofa and the full squad has reported
to Dr.. L. j. Cooke, head basketball
coach. The squad has been working
! out for three weeks, but has been
Handicapped by 8 many Of the men
being football regulars.
Captain Rudy Hultkrans. Cy Olson
and Tex Cox. according to Dr.. Cooke.
will be unable to get into the floor
game for sometime, due to injuries
received in football. Hultkrans was
seriously injured in the 1nsin
game, after being in only one play.
Cox has beer in bad shape for over a
month from injuries received in the
Indiana and Northwestern games. Oh
son has had a bad knee throughout
1.-THE season.
1 The other football men who are
counted on as strong ~contenders for
places on the basketball team are:
Ecklund, Cy Olson. Schjoll, Gross and
Gays
Three practice games will be play
IaA fhic NINTH ITn-If-> Ga rA---.
and Macalester being the Gopher op-
ponents. The conference play will
start early in January. I
To Have Star Team.
Every indication points to the best
basketball season in the history 81
Mankato. The Fifth Regiment. Min
nesota National Guard, has organized
a can composed for the most part
Of high school and college stars. (.
In addition to this team, the Man
kato high school. team promises to
be one of the strongest in the history
of the school.
Jim Murray, American association
umpire, has announced he is going to
keep in shape for the coming season
by selling apples this winter. Murray
has signed his contract as an umpire
for 1928, and insists he will do q lot
Of footwork in the Twin Cities espous.
ing the theory that an apple a day
keeps the doctor away
Colleges Get Busy.
Manchester college basketball pros.
poets are hampered again this seasov
by the lack of a gymnasium in which
to practice. For several seasons the
athletic authorities of the st. Paul col.
lege have developed their basketball
teams at St. Thomas college gymnas.
ium and this arrangement will be con.
tinued this season, according to pres.
ent plans.
Coach Everett Dean, who has
charge Of the basketball squad a,
Carleton college. Northfield, has NOR
than sixty men working for the team
in an effort to land the Minnesota
College Conference basketball cham.
pionship for the ninth successive
time. For the past eight years. earle.
ton has held the championship. and
with seven letter men reporting THU
season, prospects are said to be en-.
pecially bright.
GophersSPlay Hockey.
Hockey will have a large place II
the University Of Minnesota athletic
program this winter, according Il
Fred Luehring, athletic director, who
has taken personal charge OF a squad
Of SO men,, and<awill continue to tra(r
them until a hockey coach is obtained
The hockey men are being pu,
through a course Of training designed
to fit them for the winter ice game
and Coach" Luehring declared a,
the opening workout that the conrs,
would be a hard one,
There are few veterans among those
who reported, according to Ithi
coaches. but q strong schedule is be.
ing drawn up.
Eveleth will enter the hockey lis
this season with prospects OF a cham.
pionship team towering about, accord.
ing to, early season dope. Among thu
players who VIII carry the local color
are Barnie McTtegue. Bob ArmstronR
"ChingIL johnson. Will Hays. Vic ~