The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-10-18
HIGH SCHOOLS
BATTLING FOR
CHAMP H0N0RS
Plenty of Action on GridirOn
This Week, With Cham
pionship Rounds Ahead

(By Bruce Murphy

Followers Of North Dakota high
school football are destined to see
plenty of action on the gridifon
this week. With the state champion
ship round scheduled for the first OF
next month, competition is especial
ly keen for district laurcls. The
contending elevens all over the state
are stronger and more evenly match
cd than was the case last season.
Fargo High School, champion for
the past two seasons, will again
make a strong bid for state honors,
but will find many stumbling blocks
on the road. Valley City and Oakes
are both out to wrench the district
title from the larger school, The
Valley City team, who were forced
out Of the running last year by fail
u.e 20 pay the high school league
dues, is back in the melee this sea-
son with formidable bunch Of nus
EseS. Cakes high, hitherto unknown
or TIE griai-op, has rapidly sprung
saso The iirzelight by defeating
J2rzeSzSaz 4 EzGGrsin and several 9th
sr egvg%rs Sy decisive scores. Val
a4v CSsvi 2-S oakes lock horns Sat
zI1ay. A. re winner will undoubt-
sGgg a~ raxgches3 @rzinst Fargo, 10
2ee5x5e- sse Eemorx IN the Southeast
-xEs District
SiszzreA High Schools team, run
terS- gp a lzst years championship
fray. have again par winning COM
hsn4t3on IN The field. but will be
fc.rss3 10 exert itself 10 successfully
cop the district title from Mandan
and Dickinson, who are giving the
Capital City crew q merry chase this
. season. Mandan's win over Dickin-
son, and it's subsequent loss TO Bis
marck last Saturday. leaves Bismarck
as the faynrite. Dickinson, however
in bowling 10 Mandan by a close mar
gin, showed good form, and when
the Bismarck eleven goes to the
western city on Friday Of this week,
y it will have hard struggle on its
hands. Dickinson athletic teams are
noted for their tenacious ability dis
played on the home grounds, and this
year, the players have set their
hearts in defeating the Bismarck
squad. A win by Dickinson, will
leave the Southwestern District in a
three cornered tie. Mandan still
has a chance to tie Bismarck, in the
return game week from Saturday.
Williston Looks Good
Williston, who for many years
held supremacy on the gridiron, and
has captured the Northwestern Dis
trict flag for the last six or seven
successive seasons, looks good again
this year. Last year, Minot lacked
one point of defeating Williston,
and intends to turn the trick, when
the two rival schools meet on the
Williston field Saturday. The game
will settle the district championship.
The Bowbells eleven, which appeared
as a likely contender, fell before the
Williston machine last week by a
48-0 score.
Grafton and Grand Forks meet
Saturday, in a contest that will UNI
dOubtedly decide the winner of the
Northeastern District honors Graf
ton is planning on the biggest sea-
son in the history of the sch DOL, and
is slated to come out on top. Meth
er team has been defeated, and d
fast game is expected
If the awarding of the District
Championships is not hampered by
tie games, the semi-final round of
the State Championship should be
played off the first week in Novem-
Der. The two Western Districts will
undoubtedly be- matched against
each other, as was the case last year,
and the two Eastern Districts will
play off for the right to meet the
winner, in the final title-go.