The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-05
FARG0L0SES
TO FITCHBURG
in FINALGAME
North Dakota Champions
Take Second Place In
National Tournament
FINAL SCORE rs TO II
EargOanS Enter Title Game
by Defeating Pueblo.
Colo, Team 20 to l3

Chicago. April . (4) -Fifchbur-,
Mass. is the new high scnool basket
ball champion Of the United States.
1t won from Fargo. n. d.. Saturday
night. % TO ~, in tho finals Of the
annual ihvita.:onal tournament Of the
University Of Chicago. in game in
which Fargo led only for a moment at
the STAR.
The crimson flame from up Boston
way crpmatcd hc hopes Of the Flicker
tail metropolis with "A defense which
dcmoralized FargO's scoring machine.
and style Of attack quick to pick
loop holes in the North Dakotan's
guarding phalanx.
The Fitchburg team led from early
in the first quarter. and with a careful
and alert style Of play added gradually
and steadily to Is margin. faltcrng
but once. and briefly. in the final per-
led when a Fargo rally scored half
dozen points in quick succession.
Speed was the factor in the Massa
chusctts triumphs and Myllykangas,
right forward. and FAnos. center, for
the New Englandcrs were the princi
pal integers of Fitchburg attack.
The Fitchburg- Salem contest Satur
day afternoon was the thriller Of the
day among the major encounters.
Fitchburg won. ~ to II. in an over
time contest in which Myllykangas
gave his team the margin Of victory
by cluding his guard and getting away
to pot shot from beneath the bas
ket. Cheadle's free throw added his
teams single point in the extra three
minutes. after the end Of the regular
playing time had found the contest
ants knotted at lG-all.
Fargo's triumph over PUEBLO in the
other semi final game was more
handilv won. due to the demoraliza-
tiOn Of the Coloradoans attack which
functioned so effectively through the
early tournament play. dutch
Clark, monster center Of the Pueblo
team. WAS the only potent Puebloan
scoring all five of his teams field
goals and Fargo piled up enough
points to win handily. 70 to Is. with
Bristol and O'Connor leading the at
tack Of the Dakotans.
The Fitchburg Team
Fitchburg's team comes from IA city
Of $4,000 population. 40 miles north
west Of Boston, and its victory marks
Massachusetts first win in the an
nual high school classic here. 1t is
the first team from east Of the Allie
ghenies to win the event. which was
repeated this season for the ninth
time. Wichita. Kan, won the cham.
pi0nship at the 1925 tournament.
The New Englanders advanced to
the championship by victories over
Billings, Mont; Boswell, \. NJ; Nan
tickoc, Pa; Salem. S. d.: and Fargo.
Fargo came to the finals by defeat
ing Oak Ridge. La; Elkins. W. Va;
Gaylord. Minn.. and Pueblo. Colo.
Fargo Ranks Second
Fargo, as the other finalist. ranks
second among the participating
teams. while Salem. S. d.. is in third
place. and Pueblo in fourth position
as a result Of Sslcm's Is to IL vic
tory over Pueblo in the contest be-
tween the semifinal losers.
GAINESVILLE, Ohio. won the consOla-
ton championship Of the tournament.
and took the ranking place among the
first round losers with 3G to 35 vic
tory over Latter Day Saints high Of
Salt Lake City. The game was one
Of the highest scoring contests Of the
tournament and the lead altcrnated
throughout the second half the win
ming baskcting coming in the last min
ute Of play.
Oak Ridge. La. ranks third in the
consolation lists. with "a 22 to Is con-
quest of Canton, H.. the other semi
finalist.
The game between Fitchburr and
Fargo for the title was less closely
fought than the game by which Fitch
burg advanced to the finals.