The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-26
TOWN team AND
ASHER COMETS TO
{ PHANYOM'S FOES
oh Was High School All.
merican and Star on the
State University Five
MARcK SEEMS POTENT
gigs, j. -'.son, Two Brow'-s,
3urdick, Schlosser, Van
Wyk, Moore Play

it'll his strong squad Boosting even
strength this week with the adj
N Of AL Lctich. former Univer-
Of North Dakota star. Manager
o. Churchill promises plenty Of
,sition to two independent bas-
all teams which will invade Bis
ok this Weekend to face the
ntolms.
,e A. o. u. ". and Armour cream
teams. commercial league en-
is, will play a practice contest
urinary to the Phantom Flasher
ir. The preliminary begins at
o'clock.
aurchill's Phantoms at 8:l5 o'clock
ght will attempt to get revenge
i the strong Flasher Comets at
\ Bismarck high school gymnas-
At the same time and place
,rday night. the Phantom crowd
meet the Jamestown Independ-
one of the strongest teams In
tn Dakota.
Was All -American
Letich is a basketball performer
! 10 little merit. For two success
! years he was a member of the
akton, S. OAK, high school bas-
Vail team which raised SO much
&C at the national interscholastic
nament at the University Of Chi
j. In his last year. when the
TIL Dakotans worked their way In
inal play. Letich was named an
American high school forward BY
CUP of Chicago sports writer's.
lnishing high school. Letich went
l his brother Glen to the Univer-
OF North Dakota, where the old
rother Is court mentor. Al played
hmen basketball and for three
n was q member Of the strong
lax quints, being captain one year
en- he was q sophomore, playing
first varsity ball, he was the high
iyidual scorer In the North Gen.
conference.
ctich at present Is employed at the
& training school, Mandan. IN
promised the corpulent Bismarck
nsccr that he will be q member
lie Phantom team for both game!
!, week.
.esides Letich, Church will have
. array Of material from which X
( his starters. Among the for
dis are Eddie Spriggs. all-stat'
h school performer last year; Bel
Olson, the other forward on tn
Lner.up team last season and WIN
= Is at the state university: Hanl
,Wn, former star in Bismarck higl
COL basketball: and F. E. DOC
rdick, leading Phantom scorer las
son who was q star on Mandal
b school quintS.
lone Of these forwards may b
d at either center or guard, tn
: announced. At center Is tn
xed, big veteran. Joe Schlossel
8 Is playing his second season witt
Capital City club.
Guards Are Big
At guards will be Fay Brown
tlar defense man on the Bismarc
il school aggregation last seaso
i who incidentally has taken on
! inches in height in the last ]
.nths: Arnold G. Van Wyk, assist
/ basketball coach at Bismarc
III school, who has played lots Z
,ketball; and Gordon Moore, form
athletic star 1T the University Z
rth Dakota.
1ust who will start in this aggregs
n, no one knows.
flasher trimmed the Bismarck clu
to e In q ~hardfought game at tn
Mton county city . short time ae
d q great battle is promised te
int. Nothing would suit the visit
I; more than q repeat win over Il
antoms on the Bismarck court.
jamestown will come to Bismarc
II fortified Saturday. On the rol
. of the visitors will b. Evan Lang
a. former captain Of the james
VA college machine: Tom Crous
aner jamestown high school sta
( Nelson, another high school sta
u Gussner. Jamestown college att
~: Frank Regain. jamestown hie
ptain two years ago: Clarence Wa
r.. another 1877 jamestown hie
hool star; Wilbur Anderson, cal
"a Of the Dluejays last year; a.
Hnhard Clark. who has been IN u
nendent star for several seasons.