The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-01-14
GIFT SHOT IN
EXTRA PERIOD
DECIDED GAME
Claude Miller's Stall-and. Break
Play Smashed by Speedy
Demons
BROWN BROTHERS STAR
Score Tied Six Times During
Fray-Thornberg Scin.
tillates
BROWN BROTHERS STAR

Blsmarck's major basketball sea-
son opened with the provcrbial bang
last night when the. Demons of the
local high school edged out q. sensa-
tional onc-point victory. from the
Valley City Hi-liners in battle that
went two overtime periods.
The final count was Is to Ii
reached when Fay Brown, cool and
unperturbed, sank q free throw with
one minute of the second overtime
period remaining.
Valley City will try to retrieve
some Of their lost prestige tonight
at 8 o'clock when they meet the
Mandan Braves on the Mandan High
floor. 1t should be another great
game.
Claude Miller's young giants
might have won the heart-breaking
struggle had Bergerson negotiated
two free throws that were awarded
him in those extra periods. But
Bergeson was nervous where the
red-headed spectre Of the Demons
was cool.
Six times during the torrid melee,
the count was tied. From the first
three minutes until the final whistle,
both teams ragged up and down the
floor with Bismarck having q slight
lead during the greater portion of
the fray.
Valley Had Smart Game
Valley City had been taught a
smart game. Their offense was the
kind that is seen in the professional
leagues and as exemplificd BY Notre
Dame among colleges and UNIVERSE
ties. 1t is the stall-and- break game
with two forwards playing deep in
the corners while the other three
men dribble along the front lire of
the opponents defense waiting for
break.
It failed, however, before the
speed of Carl Thornberg and Fay
Brown, who completely smothered
the Hi-liner forwards on their
breaks for openings while Hank
Brown. intercepted so many of the
losses of the dribblers that Valley
City seemed to lose heart in the lat
err stages Of the game.
It was speed against Drawn last
night. And Coach Roy. d. McLeod's
men flashed a brilliant passing at.
tack that left the blue and white
flatfooted time and again.
From the spectators standpoint
both fives had their share of tough
luck. The black cat of Friday the
18th must have crossed Bergeson's
path when he blew his two victori-
Gus chances in the extra periods
while the Clan Macleod exhibited
anything but accurate shooting
during the, whole of the contest. In
fact it was the weakest part Of their
play.
Demon Stars
To Hank and Fay Brown and
Carl Thornberg, the lions share Of
the honors 60. They were every
where on the floor and the Hi-liners
found them stumbling blocks that
they never succeeded in passing.
Captain Ralph Stenshoel and Hard
Luck Bergerson did the best for the
losers. Stenshoel's offensive and
defensive play while not flashy was
consistent and Bergerson proved to
be the hardest worker on the floor.
The most sensational spot in the
game occurred wien Stenshoel fail
ing to find an opening for q pass or
dribble heaved the ball from well
past the middle Of the floor. It
swished through the Demons net,
bringing CONSERVATION and Gear to
the Bismarck followers.
Valley City played cautiously in
the first quarter which endsd 3 to
/ with Bismarck on the long end.
Fay Brown sank . gift shot while
Thornherg dashed through - and
looped field goal from charity cir.
Gle. Shrum Tailed free throw.
Hi.liuers Stall
The second quarter was q dupli-
cate Of the first with Valley City
still resorting to their stalling
game while Bismarck relied on .
quick break wher they retrieved the
bal. Bergerson, Fay Brown and
Thornbsrg nabbed all the, scoring
honors in this canto which ended z
to 4 with Bismarck leading.
Evidently the willy Valley City
coach hsd instructed his boys to put
more drive and speed into their play
between halves for the Hi-liieFs
took the play away from the locals
in the first five minutes Of the aec:
ond half and tied the score ct Ill
after two minutes Of battling.
Baskets by Hank Brown and Mud
gett again knetted, the score at Q.
al. Bergerson put the blue-white
in the lead with 4. free throw and
then Fay Brown sank two successive
gift shots. The quarter ended Il TO
10 with Bismarck out in front,
In that torTid last quarter, Stem
hoel and Hank Brown tossed knG
shots that had tho rooters scream-
ing: The final whistle shrilled
shortly after Ber9erson was -momen-
tarily knocked out when he stuna-
bled on = drihble under the Demon
net Ard piled M.;! bead first against The
Those final deciding minutes I'll
hinge On the two missed free throws
BY Bereerson and the snccosseul one
By Fay Brown; otherwise the COM
hating rivals dashed to and fro III
mad effoft q score, throwing Wild
sllots ~ over IT, court. /.
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