The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-01-16
Ineligibility List Will Not Be An
nounCed Until lust Before
Game-Time
TEAMS ARE WELL BALANCED
Proposes to Meet Bismarck
Imps in Preliminary Fracas
Starting at ISIS p. M.

MISSOURI slope cage 1dHS are tll-
Cling with excitement in anticipa-
ton of the first Demon-Brave tilt
this season and the first basketball
contest ever to be staged in the
World War Memorial building.
The major tilt between the Man
dan and Bismarck high school Quints
will start at 8:15 p. m. Friday. The
Papooses, however, will meet the Bis
marck Imps in a preliminary battle
which is scheduled to start at tbs
o'clock.
Although still a trifle anxious over
the ineligibilities of the Capital City
squad, George Badly" Hays, Demon
coach. is certain that Johnny Spriggs,
Eddie Agre, Harold TAFT, Lester Dohn
and Wade Green will be able to start.
The ineligibility list will not be
known until just before game-tlme.
Finnegan, alternate Demon forward,
may be the only one unable to par
ticipate in the contest because Of his
scholarship.
However, Hays probable starting
lineup is the same quint that de-
feated the Dickinson Midgets Abb,
and the Linton Lions 1910.
Comparative Scores Close
Comparative scores of the two
teams indicate it will be no ones
victory until the game is over. Man
dan defeated Hebron 1927. Biz
marck defeated the same team 28-5.
In their second game of the season
Mandan walloped Linton 1915 while
Bismarck defeated the Linton quint
32-i0.
The contest will settle the question
Of whether the composition tile floor
in the Bismarck structure will give
the ans residence to the ball that a
hardwood floor gives. The Memorial
building floor is made out Of a COM
position Of asphalt, asbestos and
lineum and is laid on concrete.
Rivalry Is Intense
One of the largest crowds ever as
semblad for q basketball contest Is
expected for the tilt. Without doubt
a larger number of people will be
able to attend it than if it were to
be played on a Saturday or Thurs
day. In addition a large percentage
of people are expected to attend the
game to see the Memorial building
curt used for the first time.
The Demon-Rrave tilt is Mandan's
-, - OnIn fit~cf
to have the game played at the state
training school gymnasium, but the
spinal meningitis ban prevented the
contest from being held there.
Before beginning last season the
Demons and Braves were tied with
% games apiece in all cage contests
played between the two. The Braves
won the first game 1873. In the Sec
pnd encounter the Demons defeated
Mandan 26-7. In their last basket
ball battle the Demons again took
the Mandan quint's number to the
tune of 26-10. Although records
show that the Demons have won "a
games to % games for the Braves,
still the Nxandan quint has won Is of
% championship tits, leaving the
Demons trailing with only seven title
wins.
Demons Stress Offense
The Demons held a light practice
Thursday in anticipation Of the COM
ing battle. Throughout the week
Hays men have been devoting at
tention to perfecting their offense.
Just the reverse, the Braves have
been spending most of their time per-
fecting their defensive formations.
Records so far this season show the
Braves have q threatening offense,
while the Demons have a strong de-
tense.
Leonard G. McMahan, Mandan
basketball mentor, is worried over
the height advantage TAFT will have
at center. To destroy this advantage
as much as possible, McMahan will
use Sterling Byerly as jumping CEN
ter, and Eyron Spielman as the Of
fensive pivot-man.
The Demons will clash with the
Fargo high school quint in the sec
,Ond care battle at the Memorial