The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-03-24

. favored spot In the drawing. II
turned out that Bismarck found iteeli
In the difficult bracket and was
forced to fight every inch OF the way
to stay In the battle. Friday nieht
they defeated . strong Sherwood
team - to 10, but they did not e.
tablish . safe lead until the closils
quarter. Saturday morning, thanks
to . free throw and field goal TIMED
in BY Ted Meinhover from the free
throw line In the last half minute Of
play, Bismarck nosed out Valley City
q to ~ to enter the finals. valley
City ct one time had q 9 to / marlin,
In the final game Saturday night,
Grand Forks scored the first eight
points.
Outstanding in the game Saturday
night was the giant center Meinhover
who scored four field goals and four
free throws to take scoring honors
After presenting. q mediocre perform
ance In the first two games, With the
exception Of the last half minute in
the Valley City affair, Meinhover
came back with . vengeance In the
championship tilt. He controlled the
tip-off throughout. played = great de-
fensive game, and packed the heavy
scoring punch.
Dohn Seals Victory
Though Bismarck evidently was
destined to win the game In the last
few minutes after their steady climb
it remained for Lester dynamo
Dohn. who substituted for Harold
TAFT when the latter was removed
from the contest with four personal
fouls shortly before the end Of the
game, to clinch the victory with two
beautiful field goals shortly after he
was injected.
It was Harold Tait's great battle on
the floor that forced him from the
game with four fouls. The never tir-
ing lanky forward played . vicious
game throughout and, though he
scored only two points. was indirect
~ responsible for . great many more
Marked as the mar with as much
Il not more courage than any other
man in the final game was John
Spriggs, diminutive forward. Springs
made every free throw he attempted
In the three tournament games
feat which took courage In as great q
quantity Is finesse. The slight war
rior made four gift shots in Is many
attempts against Valley City. Two Of
these free throws regained the lead
for Bismarck. Hitting Ia the pinches
in the final game. Spriegs stepped to
the free throw line three times il
crucial spots-and he cashed In on
every chance he took. It was thia
faCtof, together with his cool and dr.
liberate passing, finished ball hand
ling, and defensive play, that helped
keep the Demons battling morale ri
thu. proper pitch.
Guards Played Well
John o'Hare and Earl Hoffman
were called upon to stop what prob
ably was the best passing offensive
exhibited In the tournament-the
short pass attack which Grand Forks
had used to perfection In it, first
two games. Except for the first few
minutes. when the dazzling attack
found the two fighting guards want
ing IN effectiveness, they carried their
battle on and ct the end Of the game
had completely demoralized the
Grand Forks scoring system.
With the Bismarck attack rolling
faster and faster Is the game neared
it, end, Grand Forks "broke," both
offensively and defensively. The
e~asterners were next to helpless in
the last four minutes Of play. It was
then that Bismarck, not to be denied,
became merciless and would not be
content until they had rolled up . de-
cistye six.point margin.
Grand Forks break In morale came
ct practically the same time Kenneth
Mullen. fine Forks center, WAS forced
from, the game with four fouls. Null
len. was forced to commit fouls In IN
effort to stop the hard-driving at-
tack. It was just Z question Of time
until he was to commit the fourth
fou1 and the red-headed star post
ponod that fatal infraction until early
In the closing quarter. He held TAFT
twice O. the Bismarck forward was
In the act Of shooting. His other
fouls were committed against TED
Meiuhover and Hoffman.
Bernard Smith played q fine game
ct guard. though he was not nearly
Is effective - fans expected, him to
b in the championship struggle. Al
ways the leader, he had q difficult
time folding his team together after
thu opening Of the second half and
thu situation got out Of his control
WHEN Bismarck launched It's great at-
tack In the closing session. Smith
thrilled tho fans with the prettiest
shut Of the tournament, . beautiful
attempt from near mid-court. His
po1sing was food until near the end
Of the game. . was his defensive ef-
fort.
f Dolton, nevefses FERN
Though Hubert Bolton had been
more Or less ineffective Ia tho first
two games, he was Grand Folks
greatest scorer "a the gamos that
counted. The forward came thruilh
with three field goals and 4 nee
throw. Clarence Boyle, whose groak.
ct fault WAS charging, coGnmtttoa
three fouls early Ia the contest ana
hie effectiveness naturally Was rodacr
edsas he attempted to o40eds the
forth. Weston Booth played . 1ine
et2no for the first half but was found
venting In the last two quarters
w1lle Bismarck went On it, scoring
ne Demons won the game from
tn free throw line. making - Of -
chances while Grand Tork1 made but
seven Of u. Central committed 10