The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-03-04
CLOSING BURST Of
SPEED BEWILDERS
! POTENT OPPONENTS
Visitors 0utplayed and 0utshot
Capital City Quint in
First Half
BOB FINNEGAN IS BRILLIANT
Coach George [. Hays Will Give
Demons TWo-Week Rest
( For Tourney

Bismarck high schools basketball
team redeemed itself Friday night
beating Mandan,s potent Braves &c
to 23-but It took another one Of The
customary Demon last-quarter rallies
to turn the trick.
Outplayed and outshot by the
Braves in the first half. the Demons
came back with a burst OF determine
ton in the second half which wore
Mandan down, enabling the Capital
City lads to outscore them to 2
in the closing eight minutes.
So frantic became the play in the
last few minutes that neither team
gave q semblance of defensive or Of
fensive formation.
Bismarck's final surge carried them
under the basket continually through
the last quarter, but the Demons,
most OF the time out of position so
speedily had they rushed in for
passes. were guilty Of missing many
Eet-ups.
Bismarck held the upper hand In
the first quarter, leading 6 to 5 at
the end, but from then until the
closing rally began the Braves re-
manned out in front by margin of
from one to five points. When the
Demons would cut down the margin,
the Braves Immediately would build
it up again.
Olgeirson Got Tip
Entering the last quarter with the
score 81 to II against them, the De-
mons started doing things. The sig
nal for the start was when lanky
John Olgeirson began controlling the
tip-off for the first time as Rene
Charbonneau, Mandan pivot, began
to show the effects of the grind. The
Demons then assumed a spread for
NATION, with three men In the back
court and Olgeirson and Finnegan
far down toward the basket. 1nlrne-
diately upon interception, the Bis
marck men in the back court resorted
to long passes to the center and for
ward. These tactics broke up the
Mandan defense, which had per-
formed so effectively throughout, and
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Despite the fact Mandan outplayed
Bismarck on the floor for the greater
part Of the game and made higher
percentage Of possible chances for
field goals, the Capital City team out
scored the visitors from the floor, II
to 8, due principally to the brilliance
Of Southpaw Bob Finnegan.
From All Angles
Using overhead, long and short
losses whenever within range, the
Irish forward dropped through seven
field goals. He made one Of hts two
free losses to capture scoring hon.
ors for the evening with IS points.
But Finnegan did not confine him
self to scoring. He was all over the
court, intercepting, passing brilliant
~, controlling the tip whenever he
jumped and-last but not least-re-
Stricting Bob Saunders, capable Man
dan veteran guard, to one field goal.
Bob could not keep the Brave cap
losses, however. It was Saunders who
dropped In long field goal in the
last 80 seconds in the game last week
to give Mandan a % to ~ decision
over the Capital City.
Olgierson and Green unquestion-
ably played their best games Of the
season. The captain was an impor-
tant factor III Bismarck's defensive
play.
Though Lee missed a few set-ups
near the end. he played q sterling
game, giving the guards valuable as
Estance by holding Charbonneau to
five points and otherwise making
himself a general handy man.
Billy Owens, consistently good
guard. was even more brilliant than
usual Friday night, Stimulating q
dynamo by his tireless and speedy
floor play. In addition he added five
valuable points to the Demon total,