The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-20

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by the Associated Press
Seventy-eight North Dakota high
school basketball players were picked
by 80 coaches for all-state mention
in the annual canva by the Asso-
ciated Press this year.
The poll showed that never before,
in the history of North Dakota bas-
ketbal1, have there been so many
teams with star performers as was
the cas this year.
Leading the list was a rangy, red
haired Irish lad from Grand Forks
Central high school, Kenneth Mullen
by name. Mullen was a contender
for all-State honorS last year and this
year stands in a class by himself, re-
ceiving twice as many votes as any
other player named on the coaches
all-state team.
Observers who saw the Grand Forks
"~sorrel-top" in action said he can do
everything which a basketball player
should do and do it we'll. He gets the
center position by a wide margin.
O'Hare Is Second
Second to Mullen and only a neck
ahead Of other players named on the
all-state team, came John OHare.
Bismarck high schools prize all
around athlete. OHare, rated last
fall a. me of the greatest high school
football players North Dakota has seen,
was chosen for the Backyard po-
sition.' Most of the coaches who saw
him in action rated him as the best
guard developed this season.
The other three candidates were
tied In the voting.
At forwards are Ronald Kvenmoen,
Fargo high schools flashy performer,
and Glen Iverson Of Minot. Kven-
moen was outstanding in most Of Far
COS games this year and 1verson was
the star of the Magicians. Iverson
played at center all year but is given
a forward position on the all-state
team. Tall and active, Iverson was q
leader in his teams play and was
deadly under the basket.
Opposite O'Hare at guard Is Ber-
nard Smith, captain Of the Grand
Forks team and. next to Mullen, its
star performer. Ed Bohnhoff, the
Grand Forks mentor, rates Smith as
n OF the finest team players he has
seen In a long time, and the Grand
Forks school has turned out some
noteworthy ba~SketeerS. Coaches
against whose teams he played also
rated Smith Is an unusually high
class performer.
Everyone Of the first all-state team
players Is a high-scorer as shown by
his record during the season, with
the possible exception Of O'Eare. The
Bismarck entry, while not making as
many baskets as his fellows on the
All-state selection, has been rated as
the best defense player in the state
and has cashed in on most Of his op-
,portunities to heave the sphere
through the hoop. He is a great
feeder"
Metnhover Just Missed It
Topping the men on the all-state
second team Is Ted Meinhover, Bis
marck's giant center. He missed q
first team berth by the narrowest
Of margins and received more votes
than any other player awarded q po-
sttion on the second team. Standing
six feet, seven inches tall and weigh
ing 235 pounds, Meinhover probably
showed more Improvement during the
season now ending than any other
North Dakota player Of note. His great
height and strength made him . lead
ing scorer and one Of the most feared
players on North Dakota courts this
year. He was slow to get going but IS
the season ends has demonstrated that
In can play . creditable floor game. He
was Iow to get going but as the sea-
son ends has demonstrated that he
can play = creditable floor game. He
moves With surprising speed for .
youth Of his atze and probably Is the
hardest man In the state for . guard
to cover. "A recent compilation
showed that Neinhover has averaged
- points . game this year.
At forwards on the second team are
Robert llugent. Valley City, and En-
mett O,Day, Fargo. Both were de-
pendable players and high scorers as
we'll - good defeuse men.
David Williams. Caudo. and Weston
10th. Grand Forks. get the second
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