The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-01-15
TEAMS ARE TENSE
AS DEM0N-bRAYER
tilt APPROACHES
Composition Tile Floor in Me-
mortal Building may Bother
FI0orWork
CUNTS ARE WELL BALANCED
Capital City Five to Meet Fargo
in Second Contest in
New Auditorium
CUNTS ARE WELL BALANCED

Two determined and well balanced
basketball squads will clash Friday
at the new World War Memorial
building here when the Mandan
Braves lleet the Bismarck Demons.
George Badly" Hays, Bismarck
mentor, is worried over the Demon
ineligibility list. Three or four men,
berS of the Demon quint may be
barred from the game Friday because
of scholastic or disciplinary diff
culties. Hays is not certain whether
all his athletes will hurdle the scho-
lastic bar. A check-up will not be
made until just before game time.
Some members of the squad may be-
come eligible through the semester
exams, and one or two may lose their
scholastic standing in the forthcom-
ing semester quizzes.
Should all of Hays men get
through the scholastic obstacles, the
Demon coach probably will start
Spriggs and Agre at forward, TAFT at
center, and Dohn and Brown at
guards.
Floor May Bother
Then there is the angle Of the new
floor. The basketball court in the
Memorial building is built Of a COM
position tile. The tile is made of a
composition including asphalt, asbeS-
tos, and lineum and is laid on a con-
crete base. There is some doubt
whether this composition floor will
give the residence to bouncing balls
that q hardwood floor does. If such
is the fact strange things may be
expected in the Brave-D Demon tilt.
Bismarck high schools practice
sessions and previous games have
shown the Demons have a neat de-
Tense, but they also have shown they
have been unable until the last con-
test to have a higher in their
favor this season than the Braves.
Demons Improve
Perhaps the Capital City quint
have literally found themselves.
without question TAFT, Demon center,
will provide the Braves with plenty
unrest and worry. TAFT is tall and
uses his height to advantage under
the basket. He is particularly deadly
with his shots at close range.
The Demons also are considering
Boehm, Brave forward and this years
captain, with apprehension. Boehm
has q peculiar toss he starts from his
side that is hard to guard. His po-
sition is little difference to him.
Mandan Offense Strong
In Byron Spielman. Mandan's Of
fensive center, the Braves have an
alert court general. He is flashy
and shoots we'll from nearly any po-
SitiOn.
Leonard c. McMahan, Mandan
mentor. is drilling his squad in de-
fensive tactics SO far this week. NC
Mahan has a strong offensive threat,
but until recently his defense has not
functioned as effectively as possible.
Without doubt the Braves have a
good defensive combination. Their
guards, R. Syvrud and Lloyd Dietrich,
showed an alright defense to the
Dickinson Midgets.
Bismarck has Dohn, who played
the forward position last year. Dohn
is as much at home in the guarding
position as he is at forward. Dohn
usually starts the offensive attacks.
Large Crowd Expected
A record-breaking crowd is ex-
pected at the game Friday, which was
planned to be held in the state train
ing school, Mandan. There undoubt-
edly will be many who will leave the
game sadly and others who will be IN
a vociferous mood. At any rate there
will be a great deal of interest mani
fest in the battle.
Closely following the Mandan game
the Demons will meet Fargo here
Jan. % in the new World War Me-
mortal building. This will be the
second athletic contest Of any kind
to be staged in the new auditorium.