The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-04-11
WALLIE GREENE AND
TED ME|NHOVER ARE
PROMISING SUCCESS
Ben Jacobson and Eddie
Spriggs, Basketball Stars,
Other Lettermen
EAGER TO MAINTAIN PACE
Coach Roy Douglas Mcleod
Has Well Balanced Squad
Under His TuteIage
EAGER TO MAINTAIN PACE
,By WILLIAM S. MOELLER)

by WILLIAM S. MOELLER)
Fifty Bismarck high school Demon
track and field stars are hard at work
daily under the tutelage OF Mentor
Roy Douglas Mcleod in preparation
for a series of athletic events this
spring.
The Demons will point their efforts
toward the Capital City track and
field meet at Bismarck May and 4
the May Festival at the North Dakota
agricultural college at Fargo and the
May Conference at the University OF
North Dakota at Grand Forks.
Cherish Good Record
indicated and having whole
some claim TO the state football
championship last fall and runners
up in the state basketball race, the
capital city lads are eager to main
tain their athletic championship
stride throughout the track season
and make the year the most glorious
from the sports standpoint in the his
tory OF the local schools activities.
Lettermen returning are Captain
Wallie Greene, Ben Jacobson. Ted
Meinhoyer. and Eddie Spriggs
Greene last spring won the state 440-
yard dash finals at Grand Forks. out
distancing Paul Airheart. Fargoan. in
54.4 seconds. Meinhover won second
place in the discus event by heaving
the platter ITO feet. Both should i'm
prove, the last year giving Greene
more leg strength and stretching
Meinhover to six feet seven inches in
height to give him greater leverage.
Greene also is working in the 800
yard dash and Ted heayes the shot
put and javelin jacobson is working
out in the pole and the low and high
hurdles. Eddie Spriggs. who copied
the high jump al the May Festival,
is working out in the high and broad
Schwartz Shows Promise
Other experienced men are Gus
Schwartz. who copied the broad Jump
and placed in the high jump in the
Bismarck meet last year wearing the
colors Of New Salem: Earl Hoffman:
Bob Paris: Johnny Spriegs. who is
showing promise in the dashes; Fay
Brown: and John O'Hare.
Other prominent men working out
are A. Larson. Harold TAFT. Hank
Potter, Dale Brown, Leo Benser, Rus.
'ell Enge, Frank Wall. Art Rosen
Marlin Loehrke, Bob Boelter, jim
johnson. Merle Schwantes, Elmer
Klipstein, and Eddie Agre.
Mcleod expects many Of the new
corners to show great stuff before
next month rolls around. The fresh
men will participate in a triangle
meet With the junior high school and
81. Mary's high school. probably a
week after the Capital City meet.
Team Is Shaping
The Demons temporary track line
up follows:
loo-yard dash-Jol1nny sprisss.
Fay Brown, and A. Larson.
220-yard dash-Wallie Greene and
Larson.
Ao-yard dash-Greene, Harold
TAFT. Fay Brown, Hank Potter.
High hurdles-Ben Jacobson. Dale
Brown. Gus Schwartz, Earl Hoffman,
Low Hurdles-Jacobson. Leo Ben
ser. Fay Brown. Dale Brown, Russell
Enge, and Hoffman.
S0o-yard dash-Frank Walk. Art
Rosen. Marlin Loehrke, Leo Benser
TAFT and Bob Boelter.
Mile run-Frank Wall. Marlin
Loehrke, Elmer Klipstein. Boelter
jim johnson. and Merle Schwantes.
Discus throw-Ted Meinhoyer. Bob
Faris, John O'Hare, and Rosen.
Javelin throw-Meinhover, johnny
Spr1ggs, Dale Brown. and Hank Pot.
ter.
Shot put-Meinhoyer. Schvartz
Klipstein, and OHare.
High jump-Eddie spripos
Schwartz, johnson.
Broad jump-Eddie snrioos
schwartz, and Johnny Spriggs.
roe vault-Jacobson. Dale Brown.
Eddie Agre, and Potter.