The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-08
FEW GREAT FIVES
and STARS STAND
OUT OVER NATION
Dartmouth, Pittsburgh, In.
diana, Montana State, Griz.
lilies Loom Forth
Ely +. G.. vOSBURC.I
(Ecature Service Sports Editor)

New York, March 8.-(Py-A few
great tears ard handful OF stars
already have begun to stand oft in
heroic RELIEF ss TIE college basket
ball sccson in the seven major Sec
items Of the country draws toward
Z dramatic close.
In the East the University o.;
Pittsburgh, noe enrolled in the
Eastern intercollegiate League. has
cut r:cteoric path, while Okla
kcma rules supreme in the Missouri
Valley aelcr SIX years Of dominance
by Kansas. Arkansas he's headed
straight for its third consecutive
Southwestern title ard little Au-
burn has been the sensation Of the
Southern Conference in the unac-
cuEtomcd role Of giant-killcr.
Elsewhere with the teams moro
closely matched the battles are con-
sequent!y hotter. In the Eastern
intercollegiate League, Dartmouth
and Penn have become locked in a
close struggle for leadership, and c
similar race in the Wectern Con-
ference finds little to choose be-
tween Purdue, Indiana and Wiscon-
sin. The Rocky Mountein Confer
ence is another busy battlefield.
On the Pacific coast California has
found the going tough after four
years as champion, while Washing
ton crashed through to win the Con-
ference northern section title.
Have Unusual Stature
OF the ranny individuals figuring
in these trays some Of tho most
brilliant and colorful are centers Of
unucual stature. These include
Victor Holt c. Cl.lahoma and
"Stretch" Murphy of Purdue, both
Of whom are just 6 feet 6 inches
tall, end Tom Piclel OF krkancas,
who measures half inch less.
vern Corbin Of California, another
great center, has been an all-im-
portant factor in keeping his team
in the fight.
Holt, husky and handsome, is
built in proportion to his height
with 200 pounds Of weight. Muir
ply, en- the other hand, is a gang
ling youth with pipestcm legs, but
with surprising ability ard occur
acy Of eye. These two piled their
scoring totals high by tipping them
in from under the hoop which they
could reach with the aid Of q gentle
jump.
The e!ongsted Murphy found q
worthy rival in Erancl, McCrackcn,
Indiana pivot erd football end, who
scored ~ points aga:rct Chicago
early in tho season.
IL wc3 rerfec. teamwork and q
headlonC offense that enabled Pitts.
burgh to beat tae best in the Middle
West ard East, but Is the team has
an Individual star he's Charlie
Hyatt, kccvy-occring forward.
Ctker Posts Gtcr
Pennsy!vcc.a's bid for the East
ern League crown has been built
around the tcugle-hesGed Jot
Schaaf, who drops EN- in with eQuel
facility from q guard or . forward
post. Csrtsin E...l Hccp at guard
FOR Dartmouth hes been tie chief
factor in keer;ng the Green's cham.
pions somewhere nee- the top Of it.
Seeking tie secret TO-: Euburn'a
phenomena! showing in the south
in setting the pace fo- c:ch teancc
% Vanderbilt ard Georgia Tech,
one finds the James twins-"Ekb'
and "Fob"-ct guards and "Jclly"
Akin ct forward. Enough to say
Akin he's averaged abovt 1C po:nt1
: game and made q against Van-
derbilt.
Colorado College was riding high
in the Rocky Mountain conference
race Until Captain Forrest Phelps
and Ryan, reSrl:r guards, were pr.
on the hospital list, ard even then
the team kept Up TIE f:g'.... Cali
fornia likewise w13 weakened by
loss CT chs OF TIE Dougery boys
by inj1.y g. o tine when he was
needed n.ccs.
AZ few teams k.vc played out
side their sections to any extent, it
IL impossible to Pic: even q myth
cal champion, !" but Pittsburgh and
Oklahoma, both unbeaten with their
campaigns nearly ended, have cut
probably the widest sw.tk-.