The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-01-25
BRAVESTAKEFA FANS
BY SURPRISE With
CLEVER EXHIBITION
Ted Meinhover Scores 7 Points;
Team Fails to Make Sus-
tanned Attack
DEMONS TRAIL FROM START
Imp Machine Spurts in Second
Half to Wallop the Pa
pooses by rs to "a
DEMONS TRAIL FROM START
Nv WILLIAM S. MOELLER

throughout the contest.
The striking thing in the victory
their accuracy when an oppOr-
tunity to score presented itself. The
Braves in that game made q nlgn
percentage of their shots-and there
we're several reasons for it. 81.
In the first place, they took most
Of their shots when In perfect
ing position-when they had time to
take q good grip on that old pill n
measure the distance carefully. An
other thing, they had their eyes OPP
passed accurately, and rarely dld
they fail to pass to n OF their team
mates when he had broken into q
good position. They worked as q unit
throughout and gave an exhibition OF
smart. cleancut basketball. It was q
great night for Mandan:
Demon Shooting Miserable Il
Bismarck, on the other hand. found
itself in a heavy gloom Of dissatisfac-
ton after the affair. Throughout the
contest the Demons were ragged n
showed q lack of confidence. Their
passing was bad, their shooting mis-
cradle. They took many more
chances at the hoop than did their
rivals. but their shots were inaccur-
ate. Rarely did they shoot, however,
when Mandan was not pressing them.
They Just couldn't get into the open.
They lacked dynamic action, particu-
larly on the offensive, and at times
showed complete inertia. It seemed
they spent too much Of their time
when they had the ball passing away
from the basket without making any
progress In the desired direction.
Bir Ted Meinhover, making the
third start of the season last night at
center for Bismarck, was the target
for many personal jibes and criti-
cisms from anonymous voices IN Inc
audience-perhaps unfairly. A glance
at the summary Is interesting. He
scored seven of Bismarck'S nine
points In the contest and up until
the last minute had scored every
point for his team. OF course he
committed four personal fouls. A
man his size in q high school game
is the center Of attraction and OFF,
cials watch him with an eye like q
hawks. Meinhover probably was
fouled several times himself by nus
smaller opponents, and probably not.
To one who was watching the giant
play. it was apparent that the big
how was forced to spend too much
energy leaning downward to catch
passes from teammates which were
aimed at his knees. Rarely did ne
get a pass that was directed hlgn
enough. Earl Hoffman completed
the scoring with q long field goal IN
the closing minute of play.
Braves In Early Lead
bismarck lost q chance to take an
early lead when Frank Smith missed
two opportunities from the gift line
after Lloyd Spielman had fouled him
Cnder the basket. Dietrich put Man
dan In the lead, 2 to o, q few seconds
later when he cashed in on q pair Of
free throws and Mandan was never
headed thereafter. Mandan scored
another field goal q short time later
and Meinhover was rushed in to re-
place TAFT. The Primo Camera Of
the courts scored BiSmarck's trst
point q short time later after the
same Mandan guard had fouled him
and added two more points with q
field goal from under the hoop just
before the quarter ended, with Man
dan leading I to 3.
The second quarter vas disastrous
from the Capital City point OF view,
with the Braves outscoring the De-
mons S to 0.
In the third quarter Meinhovel
counted another field goal for the
only points made in the quarter. Bis
marck seemed to be coasting, con.
tent to take their time and pass the
bali about leisurely until some mar
could break for the basket. But nc
Demons broke for the basket. The
forwards seemed frozen.
Not until the last few minutes wa:
there much action, and then Bis
marck showed worlds Of life. Re
peated shots from under the baske'
failed to find their mark, however
and the scoring column did not ex'
perience many changes. Entering tn
quarter with a 8 to 5 advantage, tn
Braves made it 10 to 5 and then II t,
s before Meinhover scored his las
counter. Then the big fellow left tn
game, having fouled four times. Man
dan increased its lead to IA to Z an
then Is to Z. With less than q min
ute to 60, Hoffman dropped In hi
long shot. which was one OF man
attempts by all members Of the De
mon aggregation.
O'Hare Didn't Play
Captain John orHare, Bislnarc
guard who Is waiting for q broke
to- to mend, did not get into the gan,
although he was In uniform.
Apprc3imately $500 fans witnesse
the iracaG. The two teams viii mex
araiu ct the state training scho'
gymnasium, Gandan. Feb. Al. It
onnoupccd.
1eandan win embark on . haz
douruay next weekend while Ri
nnrck win 60 TO Dickinson 70 pls
a. team o. that city Saturday nigh
II l3halrS6ay night Mandan faces Valll
-. friday night Oakes, and Satin
s utett jamestown.
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