The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-04-06
LEADS FORKERS
TO 49, 20 WIN
OVER MIZZETTES
North Dakota Champs Face
Louisiana Quint in Quar-
ter Finals Tonight
VIENNA HAS GREAT FIVE
Five Dixie Teams Remain in
National Tourney as Crucial
Games Loom
VIENNA HAS GREAT FIVE

Chicago. April 6.--(Ar)-
Duchcnc. star forward Of tho
Grand Forks, y. d.. team, who
was carried off the floor with
Il wrenched ankle in the fourth
period Of yesterdays game
against Mic, Miss. attended
the tournament on clutches
last night but will play against
Alexandria, La, in tho fourth
round Of tho tourney tonight.
according To Coach Cortright
of Grand Forks.
Chicago. April 6.--(AP)-
pairings for 9TH round basket
ball today:
FOURTH ROUND
p. m. Canton, Ill.,, VS.. St.
George, Utah.
Z y. m. Grand Forks, n. D.,
vs.. Alexandria, La.
Sp. m. Morris, Ala, vs.. ASH
land. Ky.
3 y. m. Vienna, ga, vs.. Carr
Creek, Ky.
CONSOLATION THIRD ROuND)
10 a. m. Wilmington. N. C., vs..
Rock Springs. Wyo.
II a. M. Portsmouth, Va, VS..
Naugatuck, Conn.
2p. M. Wheeling, w. Va, VS..
rurdy, Tenn.
3 p. m. Everett, Mass. IS.
Englewood High. Chicago.
Chicago, April 6.-(Ap-Five
leans from the south, including
Carr Creek, the ''wonder team with
systemless style of play" today
were among the eight qualifiers fol
the quarter-final round of the Ma.
tional high school basketball tourna
ment at the University Of Chicago
The midwest has two fiyes left ir
play, and the HARVEST one.
Today's four games will find -four
Of the five southern teams arrayet
against each other for q right t.
compete in the semifinals. The fifth
had a midwestcrn high scoring com
bination for foe, while the othel
game was between the midwest ant
the Harvest.
Climaxing day Of championshi,
and consolation play will be tn,
Vienna, Ga. Carr Creek game. Thu
Vienna outfit has been called tn,
greatest prep school five ever t,
play in the Chicago tournament
Vienna, twice champs Of Georgi,
and the cotton states, paraded L
the quarter-finals, scoring SO point
while holding its opponents to SO
The miracle team from the blue
grass state has won three games
scoring only 76 points but holdin,
its opponents to an average Of les
than Is points game.
Ashland, the second kentuck,
team to qualify for the quarter
finals, will meet Morris, Ala, in TIL
game preceding the Carr Creek
Vienna game tonight. Both team
have high scoring combination. re
lying on their offcnsc rather thai
their defense to carry them to vic
tory.
Alexandria, La, the fifth sout1
five, will tanglc with powerful
combination from Grand Forks, n
D.. in another night game. TIL
other game Of the day has Cantor
Illinois, team with a rcmarkabl
delayed offense. and St. George
Utah. for competitors.
The Flickcrtails the lone remain
ing northwest quintet entered tn
quarter finals Of the meet by run
ming roughshod over the team fror
the Mississippi Hamlet, Mizc, 3S t
20.
The teams were evenly matchc
and going strong at the opcnin,
and Mississippi chung to Z to
lead at the quarter, due to the wor
Of its big center, Dixon. but the Da
kotans found the basket from mid
floor during the second quarter. an
led by Duchcnc's four baskets
overcamc the southerners to poll a
IL to IL lead at the half.
Clinton and Fitzgerald each san
couple Of baskets in the thir
quarter, while Dixon added tw
ringers for Mississippi, and Gran
Forks had jumped to 30 to !
lead at the. beginning of the fina
frame, when Duchene. Grand Fork
star, went out with a spraine
ankle. But the southerners wer
worn out and Grand Forks starte
scoring feat as the game ended.