The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-22
FARGO QUINNT n
WINS TITLE IN
EXCITING GAME
Midgets Have One Point Lead
When Timers Gun Ends
The Battle
GYMNASIUM IS PACKED
Grand Forks Cagers in Third
Place With Victory Over
the MinOt Quint

the state training school 1T Mandan
packed to its capacity Saturday night.
and with the greater part Of the large
audience roofing for Dickinson. the
Fargo Midgets nosed out victory in
the game to determine the state high
school basketball championship, hav-
ing a one point lead over the Dick;n-
son quint when the timers gun ended
the cage classic of the year. The
final score was % to %.
With Fargo leading. "a to Is, a. the
end of the third quarter, Dickinson
staged rally in the final period
which might have brought it victory
had there heen minute or two more
to go. During the last quarter the
Dickinson cagers added IL points to
their score. while Fargo was able to
find the hoop but twice.
Dickinson Scores First
Dickinson was the first to score,
long one on the first play. Jackson,
Fargo forward, soon tied the count
and then added free throw. O'Con-
nor made Fargo's total five with a
basket from close in. A. Smith Of
Dickinson scored one point after a
foul and Hoffman soon added two
more points on two free throws. tying
the score as the quarter ended, five
all.
Fargo took a two-point lead carly
in the second quarter when Haas was
successful in two free throws. Dick
inson soon tied the count when Y.
Smith nettcd one from the floor.
Bristol Of Fargo then scored twice
in succession on field goals, the sec
ond Of which was Knocked back
through the hoop by a Dickinson
man, but the score was allowed.
Dickinson added two points with 4
free throw by Cassidy and one by A..
Smith, after which Bristol Ofe Fargo
added a point to the Midgcts' score.
A field goal by Y. Smith and a free
throw by McNccsc ended the half.
with the score IL To l.; in FargO's
favor.
Scoring Heavy in Third Period
OConnor and Bristol each found
the hoop from the floor soon after
the star: Of the second half, making
Fargo's score II. Haas scored a field
goal. which with q free throw by
Bristol boosted the count to 20.
Dickinson added point with free
throw by Y. Smith. and later scored
three more counters with two free
throws by V. Smith and one by Maulc.
Field goals by Bristol and OConnor
made the score "a to Is as the third
period ended.
Dickinson's rally started in the last
quarter when Maule scored two points
on nice field basket. Hoffman and
Maule soon followed with a field
goal each, bringing Dickinson to with
in three points of Farg0's score. The
thnvn Nhnsr
play was resumed Jackson and Bristol
which ended the scoring for the Mid
gets. v. Smith and Maulc each found
the cage from the floor, making the
score % to 25. With only few Sec
onds left to play, Hoffman scored
another two points, and the timers
gun barked, ending the game with
Fargo one point in the lead.
Grand Forks in Third Place
Grand Forks and Minot battled for
third place as a preliminary to the
championship game, with both teams
handicapped by the loss of valuable
men. Jarrett, Grand Forks forward,
was out with fractured wrist which
he suffered in the game with Dick
inson Saturday morning, while Minot
was short two menA-Dragstad, CEN
ter, who was kept out with an in
jured ankle, and Kyle, guard, who was
called home BY the death Of his
father.
The Forks quint led throughout the
game. although by only few
points. At the end Of the first quar-
ter, the score was to 4. When the
half closed the count was l3 to 5. and
the third quarter ended. Is to 10.
The final score was % to 18 in Grand
Forks favor.
In the consolation games played
Saturday afternoon. Devile Lake had
an easy time with Mandan, winning
the tilt 22 to ID. The Valley City
quint had still an easier time in de-
feating Donnybrook. the final score
being AZ to 12.