The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-02
jacobson and Meinhover Of Bis.
marck Loom as Strong
Candidates


The Univerity Of North Dakota will
open its basketball season on the
armory floor here December IL and
IL when the Sioux meet Concordia
college Of Moorhead in a pair of con-
tests. The Cobbers started things Oft
last season and Coach Clem Letich
expects the collegians will prove tough
for the quin& he will be able to as
semble by that time.
North Dakota,s cagers have been
working for several weeks, but there
has been but one letterman on the
squad during that time. Hanson,
elongated center reserve for the past
two years, has been the only expert
enced athlete out. Captain Vern Du-
Chene, injured in football, started
work, but was forced out Of action
and he has only just returned to the
squad
DuChene has regained weight lost,
but q bad knee has been bothering
him again, so Letich Is dubious over
prospects Of being able to use him
much.
JACOBSON 70 Rl0y
Ben Jacobson, Bismarck, q prom
ising prospect last year, but kept out
Of action by q week knee, looms as q
valuable performer this winter. ia
cobson played through the 1hajor part
Of the football season and then re-
ported for basketball. He Is q forward.
6ecord, q dininitive reserve forward
Of last season, IS also out, while
Booth, Mullen, Smith and Bolton, a
quartet Of former Grand Forks high
boys, are the best looking sophomores
on hand now. Mullen played center
and forward for the freshmen last
year, but Letich Is trying him at
guard.
-Four regulars have just completed
grddiron activities They are, Felber
regular center: ellison. center and
forward. and Lowe and Wexler
guards. 'Malo and Gordon DabloW
are two reserve guards with the grid
ders, while Rip Bablow and Mein-
hover, are pair Of sophomores. The
latter, q Bismarck boy, Is expected to
make q strong bid for the center Job
Pete Stablein, good sophomore
guard prospect, became ineligible drf-
ing the football season and has
dropped out Of school.
Following the opening games North
Dakota will hit the road for q series
Of pre-holiday contests. The Sioux
meet st. Olaf college at Mortified
December 16. The next evening they
play Carleton in the same city, then
move on to Chicago to play DePaul
December 10 and Loyola December a.
North Dakota and DePaul started
athletic relations on the gridiron last
October when the Chicago team was
defeated Al to Z. This will be the
first meeting Of the two basketball
teams.
To Meet Loyola
The Sioux have had dealings with
Loyola before. North Dakota defeat
ed the Billikens at football in 1928,
but lost to their great basketball
quint the following winter when
North Dakota made its long trip to
the west coast.
The conference season will open
here January when Morningside
comes north. The next week North
Dakota takes its trip over the south
ern loop. playing Morningside Janu-
ary Is at Sioux City, South Dakota
university at Vermilion January l6
and South Dakota State at Brookings
January Is.
South Dakota university comes to
Grand Forks February 5 and Febru-
ary IL and 13 the Sioux meet North
Dakota Aggies at Fargo. South Da-
kota State comes here February 20
and the season closes with North Da.
kQta Bison here February 26 and n.
North Dakota's prospects In the
conference race are such that Sioux
supporters can look for q team as
good or better than the one last year.
Only Schave and Jarrett were lost Oft
the squad. Letich has q fine back
ground Of veterans who should per-
form as well as they did In 1880. The
additional strength Of the team de-
pends on improvement Of reserve per-
formers and what Is found among the
SOphonoreS.