The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-03-24
GRAFTON TO BATTLE
MOHALL IN OPENER:
SLOPE REPRESENTED
Carson and New Salem CUNTS
Carry Co|ors Of South
western Section
BOAST BRILLIANT RECORDS
F. 1. BIume Of st. Paul and Cy
HoIgate Of Aberdeen Will
Officiate

Valley City, N. D., March 24-tR)-
Opening OF the Glass B state high
school tournament here Friday marks
the closing of the BASKETBALL season
in North Dakota for this year
Elimination Of approximately 100
prep school cage teams through q
gruelling route Of is district and eigh.
regional tournament over the state
brought to Valley City the circuits
eight finest aggregations for the final
championship matches.
The contenders are paired as fol-
lows In the first round games:
Afternoon
1.-Mohall VS.. Grafton at 3 p. m.
2.-Carson VS.. Cando at 4 p. m.
Evening
3.-Fairmount VS.. Max at 3 p. m.
4.-Benson AggleS. Maddox, VS..
New Salem at p. IN.
Swinging into semi-final play Sat-
,lrday morning. the winners OF Fri
day afternoons games meet at 10
O'Clock and the victors In the night
games clash later. Consolation tiltS
will precede the championship finals
to be played Saturday night.
Blumo Will Officiate
Officiating over the first annual
''B" tournament will be F. l.. Blume
OF st. Paul. who refereed the state
tourney at Bismarck last year, and Cy
Holgate of Aberdeen. S. D., Prof F.
G. Spalding OF the Valley City state
teachers college is tournament man.
Ager.
The first classic OF its kind, the B
tournament grows out Of the division
of high school athletics into two
classes by the board Of control. which
designated eight teams as "A" teams
and the rest "B' teams. In the for
mer division were listed Bismarck,
Devils Lake. Fargo, Grand Forks,
Jamestown, Mandan. Minot and VAL
ley City.
Provision was made for district and
regional preliminary elimination
tournaments prior to the state event
with the further reservation that
teams in the B bracket may challenge
a teams to play-off games for the
right to enter that state tournament
This was done by Enderhn. who
stepped into the A tournament this
year by defeating Valley City.
Two strong Missouri Slope aggre-
cations. Carson and New Salem. en-
tered the state fracas with bright
prospects.
Coach v. J. Cassidy led his Carson
CagerS into the tourney with a record
Of 10 victories and one defeat this
season. The defeat was administered
by Mandan, runner-up to Bismarck,
the Glass A champions.
New Salem. coached by Merrill
Burk, won 20 games during the regu-
lar season and lost but two, one to
bismarck and the other to Mandan.
Players Are Listed
Seventy-odd players participating
In the tournament are:
Mohall-Bruce Ellingson, Floyd
Thomas. Hollis Dietz, Byron Lind
land, Wallace Barcus, Clarence Gum
derson, Loren Lewis, Monroe Elling-
con.
Grafton-Lloyd Craving, Walter
Halverson, Paul johnson. Lawrence
IaBerge, James Maxwell. James
OBrien, Lynn Quist, Elton Ringsak.
Northumberland Brady. James
Ryder, Bernard Dyke, Gerald Rem
btsh, Marshall Dyke, Orrin Zillgitt,
Donald Terril, Merton Brummet.
Coach, Julius Toftness.
Cando-Robert Torson, Ambrose
Dryer, Harlan Lipp. Martin Whalen,
Frank Whalen, Joseph Jacobson,
Keith McVay, Robert Mcleod.
Benson County Aggies. Maddox
Harold Hofstrand. Reuben Liudalll,
Donald Breuer, Herman Larson, Al
fred Mckay. Joe Thomas. Sidney
Steneroden, Oryille Brown. Coach,
q. ThomaSsan.
New Salem-Christof Backsen. Will
bur KluSmann, Harvey Just, Gilbert
Euwein. George Kreidt, Fritz Rohs,