The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-26
BISMARCK squad
wins GAME, 1925,
IN FAST CONTEST
Teacher ouint Never Seriously
Threaten Lead Of Capital
City Cage Crew
ELVES NOSE OUT W0RKMEN
Wednesday Night Battle May
Be Last for Churchill Team
Until After Meet

Scoring their second consecutive
victory over q college quint, the Bis
marck Phantoms defeated the May
vile Comets 1925 In the Bismarck
high school gymnasium Wednesday
night before q large crowd.
Johnson, Mayville center, opened
the scoring with q field goal for the
Comet squad. The Phantoms retail
lated with two field goals and one
foul to lead 4-3 at the end of the first
quarter. The Phantoms increased
their advantage to 1913 at half time.
The Bismarck quint held q 1877 lead
at the end Of the third period and
annexed Is more points In the last
half while their opponents were al
lowed only four.
At no time during the game did the
teacher quint seriously threaten the
Phantom score. They attempted a
third-period rally and garnered Is
points to the Phantoms' II.
Heidi Not In Lineup
Neil o. Churchill. Phantom mentor,
was obliged to do without the services
OF his veteran guard, George Heidi.
He used seven men In the contest
while Coach Levy Lee OF the May
vile squad used nine.
Schaumberg, former Jamestown
college ace, easily held high scoring
honors with 20 points. Whitlock,
Mayville guard, injected late In the
second quarter Of the game, led his
teammates with 10 points.
Schaumberg. playing at forward.
was unbeatable. He tossed In baskets
from every angle of the court. Spec
tators enjoined the Phantoms to
give 1t to ~Schaumberg" throughout
the game.
Despite the fact that the Phan-
toms were without the services Of
HEIDI. their defensive formations,
conferred around Mike Geston, were
effective against the Mayville col
1egians. Benser, playing Heidt's
guard position. proved q consistent
scorer. Benser dropped In three
field goals and one free throw.
Change Comet Defense
The floorwork and cool court-gen-
eralship Of "Baldy" Hays and the
knife like dashes Of the mighty
mite" Thornburg under the basket
also were effective thrusts at the
Mayville zone-type Of defense. Coach
Lee changed the tactics OF his crew
to q man-to-man defense In the Sec
ond half, but Churchills cagers adopt
ed the system and proved superior to
the Mayvi;le defense.
The contest Wednesday night win
probably be the last for the Bis
markers until the independent dis
trict basketball tournament which
will be held here under the direction
Of A. H. Galliger during the week
ending March 14th.
former Bismarck athletic star, led the
floor attack Of the teacher quint.
Brown committed three personal fouls
during the first quarter, but did not
receive q penalty in the last quarter.
Elves Win Preliminary
In the preliminary battle the bulky
Bismarck Elves nosed out the A. @.
u. w. quint 14-13 In an exciting con-
test.
The Elves held a 4-3 advantage over
their opponents in the first quarter,
but the Workmen rallied and an
nexed four points while holding the
Elves s~coreless to lead IA at half
time.
The Elves. shooting at the back
board in vain efforts to score In the
last half managed to gain a 1877 lead
to conclude the third quarter, al
though the Workmen sank three
field goals in the last quarter that
almost defeated the Eli quint.