The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-12
Midgets Score 20 to 8 Win
Over Wahpet0n - Valley
City Ekcs Out IL to 10 Win
Over jamestown - SatanS
Romp to 1872 Victory Over
Lakota Last Night

Three more district basketball titles
were determined last evening IN the
eastern part Of the state when Fargo
defeated Wahpcton, 20 to 9; Valley
City defeated jamestown, II to 10
and Devils Lake won from Lakota.
50 to ..
Grand Forks and the Walsh County
Aggies will fight il out for the cham
pionship of the fifth district tonight,
! as the result Of wins over Larimore
and Grafton.
The Eorkers defeated larimorc AZ
10 and the AggieS won from Grafton
| ii to 10. The Aggie game
| was another upset of dope, Tor GraI-
! ton had been conceded pace in the
! district finals. Grand Forks is eX-
| pected to WIN tonishts game without
! much trouble and II in the state tour
! nament can be expected TO be one of
i the major title contenders.
! The Midget"W OPP" game apparently
| was cincn affair for Coach Kim
I balls team, despite all pessimistc re-
/ ports which cmanated from Fargo
| earlier in the week. klmba!l has a
green team bat under his tutelage II
| mas blossomed forth into an aggrega-
! ton which has handled itself credit
! ably this year.
! Mahpeton was expected to be i
severe threat to the Midgels title
4 aspirations and reports had it that
| this Guint had blossomed cut consld-
| erably since trounced to Il 50 TO e
tune by the Midgets earlier in the
season. Judging from the score, how
| ever. Fargo had no trouble holding Its
! opponents in place.
Fargo was working under further
| disadvantage in last nights game lr
being minus two men on whom KIM
/ bali had placed much reliance: Boz
Allison and Charles Wilson.
A Close Battle
The Valley jamestown game
proved surprising, not because tht
/ Hi-Lincrs won but because the jim
mics held the score so close. A one
point lead has not been the usua! way
Tor Valley City to win games TIN:
year and jamestown apparently pu
an an almost air-tight dcfens'
against Coach Bill Ress' cagers.
Valley City is a team which canno
easily be overlooked when claimant
for the state title are discussed. Thu
: H-iners have Il smooth quint whIci
has proven its ability by the lonl
string Of wins to its credit. Th'
Jimmies also had a successful season
and made their defensive work an INA
portant item. Poor when it came t.
shooting baskets and free throws. thi
ouint builded itself defense whicl
/ kept the scores in most of its game
/, too close for comfort In last eve
; ning's game. however, Valley Git
was doped to win by a bigger margl
, than it actually received.
Satans Easy Winners
| Devils Lake had no trouble defeat
5 ing Lakota, as the 80 to : score IN
t dicates. and the Satans will have I
: be reckoned with when the state NEE
; comes around.
=, Dickinson. Minot. Bowbells an
Mandan already are holders of dis
trict titles.
Dickinson has played the Bismarc
| Demons and the Mandan Braves twic
this year. taking two from the De
mons and losing two to the Brave
: Coach Richards has hard-workin
team but Dickinson is being give
less consideration in the title rae
: this year than last.
n Minot has won long string {
c games in the northern part OF tn
e state, but practically all of them hav
Il been with teams from small school
e so the power of the Magicians Wi
e not be known until they journe
l. south next week. The same stat'
ments hold true Of Bowbells.