The Bismarck tribune., 1934-07-06
EhGIBILITY GROUP
PASSES ON ENTRIES
EBASEbALL SERIES
American Association Umpire
Will 0fficiate at State
Meet, June 27.29
It's JUNIOR CLUBS IN n, D,
Dark Horses Loom Strong to
Upset Defending Cham.
pions; Bismarck Named

Tournament sites for the eight eli
fnination districts in the North Da.
kota Junior American Legion base
ball tournament were announced here
Friday by Frank ]. Webb, department
athletic officer.
The district events will be held the
weekend Of July IA and Is and the
eight winners will participate in the
state tournament to be held at Bis
marck, July ~, % and 20. The team
winning the state will be sent to the
regional tournament to be held at
Watertown, s. D., in the early part of
August.
Webb was here Thursday and Fri
day passing on the eligibility of play
ers with the other two members Of
the eligibility committee-Clarence
Jensen Of Kensal and William Elli-
son Of Mandan.
Eight Towns Named
The eight district tournament towns
and the athletic officers for each dis
trict are: district No. /, Wahpeton,
James Little of Barney: district No.
2. Cooperstown, Walter Smith of
Wimbledon; district No. 3. Jamestown.
Carl Erickson of New Rockford: dis
trict No. 4, Steele, E. M. Davis of Bis
marck; district No. 5, Hebron. Theo-
dore Mark of Hebron; district No. s,
Minot. Harry Herschleb OF Minot:
district No. 7, Rugby, Al johnson Of
st. John; district No. 8, Grafton, M.
B. Zimmerman Of Grafton.
Keen interest has been evident in
every district and dark horses loom
strong to upset some Of last years
champions and district favorites," said
Webb. Considered among the strong
est contenders for the state title are
Fargo. defending state champions and
winners Of the regional tournament
last year: Cooperstown, champions of
1882: Minot; Enderlin: Bismarck; La
kota and Dickinson.
"A Team for Every POST
The Legion slogan Of "a team for
every post" has been equalled or bet
tered in five of the eight districts.
according to Webb. There are 166
posts in the state and approximately
ITS junior teams.
Barney Daugherty of Minneapolis
has been named as the chief umpire
for the state tournament. Daugherty
has OF late been officiating in the
American Association and will bring
another prominent Twin City arbiter
with him to handle the tournament
games. Clarence Jensen, past depart
ment athletic officer. had this to say
of Daugherty. He has officiated at
two state and several district tourna-
ments in North Dakota and to my
knowledge there has never been
single complaint against his deci-
sionS."
Bismarck Strong
Bismarck will have strong con-
tingent In the district event at Steele.
The local club has won three games
already this season under the coach
ing of Themar Simle. Practices are
held regularly on Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday mornings and uniforms
and equipment were donated by the
Bismarck baseball association.
On the roster Of the team are Bud
8eall, Bud McGuiniss, Urban Hagen,
Elferd Elofson. Mike 1bach, Ronald
Erickson, James Burchardt, Richard
6hafer, Frank Goetz. Christ Balzer,
Bob Kaiser, Pete Fischer, Donald
Larson. Nick Schneider. Tom Lee,
Andy Garness. Raymond Boelter, Sam
Tarnum, Clayton Welch. Harold SLOW
en-, Babe Welch, George Dohn and Bob
Peterson.