The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-12-31

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ment of Roses game is played each N
Upper left Is DR.. J. B. Jock Suther
Upper right is Howard Jones, mentor
| left is Russ Saunders, one Of the toug
will furn
a score made it a regular practice
to compete in tournaments both here
and outside Of the city.
Independent Game Leaped
Outside of high school circles, In
terest in basketball took a great leap
during the year. The Bismarck
PhantomS came out with another
strong independent team. which fl
nally was beaten for the Missouri
Slope championship by the Barneck
jewellers. also of Bismarck. st.
Mary.s high school also had another
creditable organization III the field.
This year found a commercial league
getting its start, with six teams IN the
fold and two rounds of the schedule
already completed.
Teams in the commercial loop are
the Chryslers. North Dakota Power
and Light, Armour's creamery. Pres
byterians, Co. A of the National
Guard, and the A. O.. U. w.
Though boxing fans were not par
ticularly enthusiastic here during the
year, several ring events Of impor-
lance took place. Probably the most
important was the rapid rise of
Boomer BROKER. who comes from
Mandan, but who came to the fore
| largely through Bismarck promotion.
He won the state featherweight
by beating Bobby Laurent, Minot. on
a Mandan card and now is at Duluth.
Mimi. a promising member OF the
Silver Spray stables Of Colonel Jack
Hurley and Phil Terk. Another no
table event was the comeback OF Jack
Mccain, Bismarck's own heavyweight
who has such a striking resemblance
to Jack Dempsey. Mccain now Is IN
Minneapolis cashing in on his new
lease on life and Boosting recent VIC
tories by knockout over Tim Derry,
giant Irishman. and Man Mountain
Erickson, Chicago bchemoth.
Among the most important fights
for the year we're the Lee Cavanagh-
F.ussie Leroy, Lee Cavanagh-Al Van
Ryan, and Jack McCann-Tony Brown
bouts. The last year brought the
practical retirement OF jackie Grey.
clever featherweight, and the rise OF
Billy Meek. flyweight. Bismarck.
with the possible exception Of Grand
Forks, staged more fight cards than
any other North Dakota city.
Horse race lovers enjoyed watching
the largest and greatest array Of rae
ing horses the state has ever seen at
the Bismarck Fair last June. Mrs. @.
K. Bryan was responsible for the
greatest field North Dakota has ever
had at any meet stopping here. Her.
self a driver Of considerable expe-
rience, she was well-knoWn to sulky
riders and attracted many here by
her personality. More than that, they
came for training purposes.
Pacing Record Falls
Chief among the horse racing
events at the fair was the establish
ment OF a new record for the mile on
the local track. In the 2:13 pace,
! Billie Mac. owned by Ben Morgan,
| Toledo, Ia, set a mark for others to
shoot at by covering the distance IN
2 minutes 81 seconds Two new rec
ords for the local track In auto rae
ing were set the last day OF the fair
Emory "Spunk" Collins. Regina, sask.
rounded the oval five times in 2
| minutes So 2-5 seconds, q new mark
and Art Chandler, indianapolis, set q
new record for three laps, in ] min.
ute IS 2-5 seconds. Chandler, II
winning the three-lap event, won the
Patterson Hotel trophy.
More than q score OF BtSn1arcE
| nimrods were active In trapshootinl
| events here and there during the II.
month period. Bismarck shooter:
travelled to various points in thu
western part OF the state for regis
tered shoots and conducted two here
| Members Of the Bismarck Gun Clut
who took more than the average in
terest in 'plunking'' clay pigeons In
Guided George Ebert. A. w. Bartlett
| q. I. Rtchholt, Ray v. stair, james
etewart, J. =. Beckstedt. Joe Nc
| Clusky, q. T. Raaen. Dave Anderson
J. q. johnson, II. II. Janke. w. Stead
man, Z. g. Erbe. Tom McCann, n. J
Cullen, p Z. Shipley. n. Cunningham
G. Rust, i. 8. Stoakes, ]. 3. 6lgurd'
son. Carl Kosttsky. Theodore GUAM
rud and J. Graham.
Bismarck also Was represented y
Military workmanship. Ad1utand