The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-09
PASS ATTACK OF
BRAVES FACTOR
IN HlLINER LOSS
victors Have Easy Time in
Gaining Winning Margin
in ListIess Contest
B0EHM LEADS IN SCORING
HiIiners Rally in Second Half;
Owens and Miller Star
for Valley City
BoEHM LEADS IN SCORING

Mandail high school, with It's eyes
toward the district basketball tourna-
ment there next week, had IN easy
time in its contest with Valley City
Saturday, winning 24-l8 at the state
training school gymnasium. This
was the second defeat for Valley City
on its road trip with teams in this
section of the state.
While McMahan's polished quint
missed plenty Of shots, especially IN
the first and last quarters, 1t played
smart basketball and worked with
clock like precision. The Braves
presented q neat pass attack that
proved a nightmare to the Hiliners
in the first half. The Braves did not
let up any In this department in the
first half but at the start Of the sec
ond half, the Valley City club seemed
to take hold and many times sue
ceeded in breaking up the Brave at
tack.
Mandan Never Headed
Mandan took control Of the ball at
the start of the contest and kept up q
steady bombardment at the basket
but was unable to connect with a
field goal until three minutes OF the
game had gone. From then on 1t
was never headed, or was the score
real close. Valley City was content
tc lay back and played a slow game.
Mandar succeeded in connecting
with the net for 10 points in this per-
iod while Valley City failed to make
but five.
The second period was practically
the same as the first with Mandan
holding the ball under its own bas-
ket and the half ended 1913 IN the
Braves favor. j.
The Valley City quint opened up at
the start of the second half n set a
fast pace but the Braves seemed tc
enjoy the pace and Valley City soon
slowed down again to the same kind
Of game that marked the iirst q
The game became rough IN the 1ourtn
period, both teams being called ire
uuently for violating rules.
Boehm Leads Scorers
Frank Boehm led the scoring Tor
the Mandan Braves. with four field
GOALS and three free, throws. HIS
work under the basket with Byron
Spielman was easily the outstanding
feature OF the game. Lloyd Dietrich
and .Domper' House played gooo
games at the guard posts Tor tne
Braves as did bob" Saunders at the
forward position.
Miller and Owens, Valley City
guards, did the best work for the HI.
liners. They carried the prunt o.
the Valley City offense as well as the
defense. Noecker, Nelson n Baertcn
also played nice ball for Valley CITY
Displaying a greatly improved Of
fense. Coach C~rawford's state train
ing school cagers triumphed ovel
The Mandan Proposes 1910 IN the
preliminary game.
Brastad. lanky state training Schoo
center. was easily the star OF the con'
test. He tossed in four field goals te
be high scorer with eight points. II
another contest last week, Brastae
also was instrumental In giving nj
team a 21-2O victory over Arnegarc
at the state training school gymnas'
The Papooses jumped to a AZ leae
1T the end Of the first quarter, ant
barely held an 81 advantage at half
time. Rallying in the third quarte'
the state training school quint Jump
cd to lilo lead and held their op'
nonents scoreless while making ON
iield goal In the final period:
percy and Jarvis were the big gum
for the Papoose attack.