The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-19
MANDAN BRAVES
DEFEAT WILTON
MINERS, Is TO A
Seitz and Polonsky Star in
Clean, Hard.fought
Battle
by J. G. Mact:REGOR

tablishcd the identical margin Of
victory over the fighting Wilton
five Saturday night that their all
cient rivals, Bismarck, had garneretl
the night before when they passed
their way to a Is to A victory. Bis
marck had trimmed the Miners -
to 6.
Wilton found the path of triumph
as difficult of travelling in Morton
county as they had in Burleigh
county but it wasn't because Of a
rough game-rather that the pro-
teges Of Coach Leonard McMahan
had developed their teamwork to
greater perfection than the Capital
City cagers
With 10 points to his credit, Blair
Seitz, the veteran Brave forward,
proved the star of the clean, hard
fought contest. Not only did he
te as the leading hoop-finder
Of the two teams but he also played
r.ol Liand Of teamwork on the
floor and sparkled or the defense.
Pol0nsky Repeats
It was "Izzy" Polonsky, captain Of
the Miners, who was largely respons-
ible for as low score as Mandan
rolled up, tn speedy Wilton lad
seeming to be everywhere on the
hardwood both on the attack and
repulse. He scored Wilton's only
points, two neat field goals from
we'll out on the floor.
Borresen, making his first appear
ance this year in the Brave lineup,
opened the scoring after three min
utes Of desultory play with setup.
1t was a cleverly executed basket,
the lanky center dribbling his way
into the clear from a mass Of play
crs.
Captain Morris contributed his
only score of the melee shortly at
ter when he came down the floor to
take q pass from one of his mates
which he sank from near the foul
circle.
Wilton Counts
Then Polonsl;y kept the fans on
edge when. he looped the leather
from near the center Of the floor for
Wilton's first basket. 1t was one
of the two successful tries that he
accomplished during the game al
though he was at all tim danger
Gus when within firing range.
Executing a perfect play from
the tipoff following Polonsky's sem
sational heave, Blair Seitz drove un-
der the net to bring Mandan's count
to six points.
Borresen negotiated his second
field goal WIN he batted the ball
in from the foul line under the net
after Seitz's free throw had wobbled
off the IRON hoop.
Seitz Again Figures
Seitz then proceeded to figure in
the secord perfectly performed tip
off play VIII II he again SLAPPED the
ball through from under blackboard
as he dribblcd in following q snap
pass from Mcdonald. The quarter
ended there with Mandan leading "
to 2.
Both teams played aimlessly up
and down the hardwood in the Sec
ond quarter and although r1any Of
the players on both sides had clear
shots at the net, no basket was re-
corded from lield or foul line. The
Qua GER might have registered one
free throw but Seitz took too much
time on the charity line and Referee
kratz disallowcd his successful toss.
Free throws by Seitz and McDon-
aid opened the effective tossing in
the second half. It remained for
Polonsky to make the first field
goal, the stocky Miner leader again
sending the ball from in deep Gen.
ter through the net.
Big Parade Starts
At this juncture McMahan decide
ed that his defense was strong
enough to permit the tryou. of his
substitutes and started injecting the
second stringers into the fray with
monQtonous regularity.
STEPHENS completed the tallying
for the third quarter shortly after
his substitution for Helbling when
he dribbled down to the penalty
loop and heaved the oval through the
net. The score stood Mandan II,
Wilton 4.
During the final canto of the COM
bat, the constantly freshened line
up of Mandan wore down the
strength OF their foes and McMa-
hans second stringers gave q good
account of themselves individually,
Stephens and Arthur collecting two
field goals apiece.
Stars Named
Seitz, Borresen and Mcdonald
stood out for the Mandans while
Polonsky, Krush and Jollie per-
formed with the greatest brilliancy
for Wilton.
Many Mandan rooters have per-
suaded themselves that they have
the making Of one of the most bril-
liant quints in years largely on the
basis of comparative scores. Will
ton defeated the Braves q year ago
by one point and lost to the reputed-
". strong five, Bismarck, by the
same margin.
There is always the ''if' in every
conjecture and in this case it lies in
the fact that Wilton was sorely
handicapped by injuries Saturday
night received in their Struggle with
the Demons the night before.
Cnvo no ~ tome ~ tho venvxyo,. If tia