The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-01-15
Fargo High cagers Score Upset by
Defeating jamestown ID Overtime
Tow.Headed Palmer Kreutz
Sinks Field Goal Shorty
Before Game Ends

Fargo, N. D., Jan. 15.-Fargo high
schools basketball team moved very
much into the spotlight Is It turned
back Jamestown's prep caging con.
tingent In the Central high school
gymnasium Saturday, SO to IS.
AS the score indicates, the game
was close. It was not = nip-and-
tuck affair as the final tally might
impress one, for both teams had their
moments Of triumph when they gal
Hoped off to eight-point margins. It
was 50 close, In fact, that It required
three minutes Of overtime play be-
| fore q decision was reached.
Strangely enough, the thrills Ia this
contest were reserved for three juno
lures, late in the third period and
again in the final quarter, as first
the Midgets moved out In front and
then the Blue Jays came on to dead
loci: it in the final two seconds. It
IS needless to say that the overtime
period was interesting.
Nipped Wahpeton Friday
It was the second one-point victory
for the Midgets in as many nights.
Friday they defeated Wahpeton at
Wahpeton, 80 to 81.
Saturdays contest had much the
same prospect for jamestown. and
big Bob Ingstad made the most Of It
by dropping in field goal with two
seconds Of play remaining to tie 1t
up at Stall.
In the overtime period. tow-head-
ed Palmer (Polly) Kreutz, who was
q standout performer, registered his
seventh field goal after two-thirds Of
this spine tingling play had been
consumed. Bud Westby, Jay forward
who gave . fine exhibition Of the
caging art, had an opportunity TO tie
It up with less than minute to play
when he was awarded two free throws
the net while in the act Of shooting.
after being fouled by Art Olson ut
Westby netted the first one but missed
the second unmolested attempt.
The contest was . battle Of ~hot"
teams, with first one finding the hoop
regularly with seemingly every meth
Cd Of pitching In double counters and
then lapsing. jamestown had its turn
first and started off as II to make .
rout Of the affair and 60 on to main.
tain its unblemished record, g pre-.
game forecasts had indicated.
With Ingstad leading the attack.
the jamestown quintet piled In il
points against 3 for the Midgets In
the first period. But Fargo pulled up
in the second period, scoring 10 points
to 6 for Jamestown and finishing on
the short end Of 1918 tally ct the
half.
Midway In the third period the
Midgets had their spell Of unmissabls
attempts and registered II points in
eight minutes, one more than they
had been able to pile up In the pre-
vious l6 minutes. jamestown man.
tanned steady pace and found tho
net for nine points but finished on
the short end Of the score for the first
time In the game as the Nidgets
moved out In front. ~ to Is.
Fargo Increases Lead
The Midgets started off fast In the
final period and before the Blue Jays
could register q point Fargo sank the
leather for = 1926 lead, q margin Of
eight points, which equalled James,
towns biggest lead, acquired In the
first quarter.
Wayne Fisher, whose offensive play
in the first half kept the Midgets In
the game, left with ~ minutes Of
play remaining, after violating the
rules four times.
But after Jamestown had gradually
crept up when Fargo's margin ap-
peared q certainty to carry it through
to victory. 1ngstad took q free ball at
the net, sank with two seconds Of
play remaining, and forced tho game
into the extra period.
jamestown evidently got it, Sig
mails mixed up after two minutes Of
the extra period. Ingstad, who con-
trolled the tip. was jumping at the
foul line In front Of the Fargo goal.
He tipped the ball back and Kreutx
sped In, took the ball in the air and
deposited it in the net unmolested.
That was all Of the scoring threats
until Westby's chance when he was
lfouled by Olson.