The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-05-08
PARIS AND SLATTERY,
BISMARCK MEN, ARE
LINEMEN PROSPECTS
Athletic Director Casey Finne.
gan Has Arranged Diff.
cult Fall Campaign
SPRING GRIND COMPLETED
Backfield Men Include Seven
Star Punters. and Com.
mentable Ball Toters

Fargo, N. D., May 7.-Charles G.
Fnnegan, tall Irish athletic director
at North Dakota State college, is
smiling these days, basking in day
dreams which picture his 1880 Bison
football team running rampant
through the hardest schedule the COL
lege has ever had.
That Mr.. Finnegan's hopes are not
built upon fancy is evident from what
one hears on every side from old
timers at the college who have been
following football for many years.
They all say that this looks like the
finest squad in Bison history"
Spring football at State college is
now q matter Of history. MI. Finne-
gan and his assistants, Bob Lowe and
Lieut.. Fay Smith, closed shop with q
~ferocious 0 to 0 clash last weekend
which gave impetus to the conviction
that the fans who see the 1890 Bison
will see something.
Finnegan, Lowe and Smith were
especially pleased this spring with
the many new men who showed var
sity calibre both in the line and in
the backfield. In 1929 q woeful lack
Of reserves held the Bison back but
this fall the coaches may have to say
"einie, meinie, mienie, mo" to aid In
selecting the right boys for some OF
the positions.
Punters Are Exceptional
The coaches have at their disposal
among other things, the best set OF
punters the state has Y boosted.
No less than seven of the backs can
boot the pigskin far and high. Leo
May, Sam Westgate, vern Goodwin
George Fairhead, Cy Lonsbrough, Joe
BlakeSlee and Paul Blunt all are ex-
ceptionally fine kickers.
These boys can do everything else
in the way Of good backfield play
Bunt's forward passing has been clev.
er and accurate and Lonsbrough
| Westgate and May have developed
their ball-carrying to a considerable
extent. Blakeslee was out only 9
short time this spring but Coact
Finnegan expects a great deal from
him this autumn.
Among the non-punting backs one
finds Mckay, Pariseau. Murner. Sol
ga, MESSY. Kearcher, Ellingson anc
Smith. Mckay and Murner are two
speedsters likely to startle the NORTH
Central league with their open-fielt
ability.
The decided improvement expected
for the backfield will mean consider
able because the Bison forward wal
appears to have more class in pros
pect than last years strong line
Three new centers are on hand t,
take Cod Ordahl's old place. Gray
Sykora and Selliken all have shown
promise. At guard the coaches hav'
Paris, Dvorak, Rowland, Tang. tahr
kaufman and Dietrich.
Jahr Is 'Tug-Boat'
Merlyn Jahr, freshman from Fargo
is referred to as the human tug
boat" by Coach Lowe. Jahr weigh
1874 pounds and is only S feet 6A
inches tall. He is fast and q fighte
Of the first water. He and Dvoral
have much in common.
Schoenfelder. McGrath. Shamp
Orness, Slattery. Heine, and Schroe
der are the tackles. No need TO
worry at these important posts Will
these men handy. Mcmillan, Hits
HOLMAN. Scalf, Schwartz, Berdahl
~Thomasson. Seitz, and Strong com
prise the end performers. McMilla,
and ThomaSson both made letters q
guard in 1929 but are doing equal,
well at the flanks. OF course, 70 on
will displace Bill Hits, member o
the second all-conference eleven.