The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-01-26
NUGGETS HOLD LEAD
THROUGHOUT BATTLE
With BRAVE squad
Coach McMahan, Mandan Men,
tor, Uses 10 Men During
Saturday Tilt
SPlELMAM AND FISHER STAR
Proposes Defeat Purity Dairy
CUNT 1914 in Prelim-
mary Contest
SPIELMAN AND FISHER STAR

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basketball team was defeated 1928
Saturday night by Fargo's rangy cage
squad in a brilliant and holly con-
tested battle.
Mandan's Braves showed a fighting
spirit all through the game. 1t was
the kind Of a game which had a
capacity crowd on its toes all the
way. Mandan, entering the contest
as an under-dog expected to get only
four or five field goals, supplied
enough spunk and pep to make the
tall Fargo quint worry about the al
fair.
Leonard G. McMahan, Brave men,
tor, used 10 men in the contest.
Donald Solum, six feet two inch
center, was sent into the game in the
last period. Solum, 10 seconds after
entering the game, sank a pretty
short shot, he followed this with n
other field goal within the mex two
minutes OF play.
Miss Free Throws
Inability to sink free throws proved
as disastrous to Mandan as it had to
Bismarck. Mandan counted only
nine charity losses out OF II attempts
while Fargo garnered eight points
from IL free throw attempts.
Mandan jumped into the lead
shortly after the start when Fisher,
Midget forward, fouled Byerly, who
converted his free toss into a point.
Smith Melted another gift toss and
Spielman Gagged a field goal to give
the Braves q four-point lead. Ras-
mussen and Charbonneau shot two
field goals to tie the score, and after
Mandan netted another goal, Aamoth
and Fisher with goals put Fargo into
the lead, which they never relin-
pushed.
Fargo Leads at Halftime
Fargo held a Us lead at the end
of the first quarter. At halftime the
count stood 1873 in favor Of the pow
erful Fargo quint. When the third
period ended Fargo held a 25-l7 lead.
During the third quarter each squad
made nine points. In the final eight
minutes play Fargo made II points
to Mandan'S six.
Mandan drove desperately through
out the game, but most Of the time
was outplayed by the lanky Fargoans,
who showed polished floor play. In
The second quarter, Olson, Fargo for
ward, who played a beautiful game
throughout, netted three field goals
in rapid succession.
Spielman. Brave center. and Diet
rich, guard, who left the game be-
cause Of personal fouls. were the
most brilliant members of the Man.
dan quint. Aamoth. Fargo guard,
also was outstanding during n
game, playing effectively as a guard
while hopping the ball on three diff
ferent occasions from the floor. Fish
err, tall Fargo forward. was high
scorer for Fargo. contributing II
points to his teams total.
Boehm High scorer
Boehm, Brave forward. led his
team in scoring with two field goals,
but only made two gift losses out OF
nine tries from the foul line.
In the preliminary game the Pa
pooses. Mandan's second cage squad,
defeated the Mandan Purity Dairy
quint 1914 in a game that was
packed full Of thrills.
Partridge, Papoose forward, opened
the scoring with a field goal that
put the Papoose squad in the lead
which they never relinquished dur
ing the rest OF the game. Swanson,
Purity Dairy forward, opened the
scoring for the Dairy quint with a
field goal a few seconds after Part
ridges tield goal. The Papooses
closed the first quarter with a AZ
lead. In the second quarter the Pa
pooses boosted their total to 10 while
the Purity Dairy combination gar
nered only five points to end the
score at halftime 1915.
ScOreless in Third
The Purity Dairy squad held the
Proposes ~scoreless in the third pc
riod while they raised their total to
nine points. In the last eight min
lutes of play the Papooses and the
Dairy quint each made five points.
Swanson and Hoffman were out
standing for the Dairy team, and
Partridge and Solum starred for the
PapooSes.
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