The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-03
SPORTS
| Escorts
TOURNAMENT
AT MANDAN TO
ATTRACT MANY
New Salem, en- Basis of Com.
parative Records. Given
Edge in Meet

The third district high school bias
Eetba!l tournament, 70 be playei or
the floor Of the mammoth new py M
nasinm Of the State Training School
1T Mapdnn Friday and Saturday
March ana 6, viii be the largest Of
the eight district meets Of the North
Dakota high schools TINS week end
and promises 30 be the MOS. interest
ln@ Fie-dtstrict tournaments IN the
other seven districts last week eli
minated all but four teams in each
OF the seven, and gave a fairly good
line upon the probable outcome in
most Of The districts.
Eight teams, representing Ashley.
Bismarck, Driscoll, Mandan, New
Salem. Turtle Lake. Washburn, and
walton viii meet AT Mandan Friday.
two games to be played in the after
noon and two in the evening in ac-
cordance with the pairings decided by
lot that morning. Survivors of the
1Irst round will play Saturday fore
noon. and the championship game will
be fought Saturday evening. Me-
Leod and Mcfarland, both of James
town, will officiate.
Outside Team Has Chance
FOR the first time in the history
Of the district neither of its two
blg high schools, Bismarck and Man
dan. Will have the advantage of play
ing on It's home floor. and an out
side team apparently has chance TO
WIN. New Salem, on the basis of
comparative records for the season
ct
IN the pretournament dope with II
victories and only two defeats, hav-
ing scored a total of 1853 points to
200 for all opponents. Among its
victories are two over Mandan, dis
trict champions Of last year.
Turtle Lake and Ashley also have
impressive records, the former hav.
ing rolied'up 437 points to 223 by Oh.
ponents in taking II games out OF
II, and the latter scoring 3l2 to 1870
in winning - Of Il. The Mandan
regu Ars have won only 10 Of their
ID games, while Bismarck finished
the season with 10 straight defeats.
Neither of the two latter can be eli
minated from consideration, however,
rs Mandan played its best games of
the season in its last two starts, and
Bismarck's defeats were mostly by
narrow margins, by some Of the
strongest teams in the state, and OF,
foreign floors.
Washburn, Wilton, and Driscoll arc
regarded as having only outside
chances to win, but may surprise the
prophets by proving to be dark
horses.
Trophies Are Uniform
The handsome trophy which will
be awarded to the team carrying off
the district honors Saturday evening
has been on display i'm Mandan this
week. 1t is silver Victory holding
aloft q garland in her outstretched
right hand, and mounted upon 2
bronze pedestal bearing on its front
silver medallion of basketball
PLAYER in action and a silver plate
with the inscription, Third District
Basketball Champions, l925-26." It
stands over Is inches in height, and
Is strikingly beautiful in design and
workmanship. 1t is identical with
the championship awards in the 9TH
er seven districts, which for the first
time are uniform this year.
Because of the number of teams
entered and the uncertainty Of the
outcome. together with the face that
the tournament will be played on Il
neutral floor which is the finest in
the state, there is greater interest
generally throughout the third dis
triet than ever before. All attend
ance records will undoubtedl. be
broken in thi; meet, but because of
the immense capacity Of the State
Training School gym there Will be no
danger Of any spectator failing to
see. the games through inability to
gain admission