The Bismarck tribune., 1935-03-23

B|||S|MARCK, : MINOT,
VALLEY CITY, FARGO
lUNNTS ELIMINATED
TWO Class B Teams Come
Through With Victories Over
Grade A Opponents
INST GAMES c0LoRFUL
DQnon.Satan Encoun ter %
High Spot Of First Days
Tourney Play

High Spot Of First Days
Tourney Play
Two teams from each classification
i 0andan and Devils Lake Of Class A
ana Grafton and Wahpeton Of Class
u advanced to the semi-finals Of the
Noeth Dakota high school basketball
tournament In colorful first.round
games Friday.
Devils Lake furnished the opposi-
t3on for the strong Wahpeton quint
and Grafton battled Mandan in the
second round.
These four clubs marched to VIC
. tories In the first round, the scores
(which were:
0Cafton, SO; Fargo, n.
4andan, 28; Valley City. 2l.
Wahpeton, IS: Minot, Is.
Devils Lake, 81: Bismarck, 80.
Qimaxing Z colorful days play
0ovils Lake edged out Bismarck in
t0o most evenly matched tilt Of the
four.
An element Of uncertainty was
maintained to the end as through the
first three quarters lead changed
hands with almost every tally as play
ere drove furious pace.
In last quarter the Lakers widened
TINY lead to eleven points at one
junCture but Bismarck bore down
steadily until only four points separ-
Ated at end.
Utilising an overland shot close in
0urkhard. forward, scored for Devils
Lake with machine-like precision
tallying seven field goals and six free
throws for total Of twenty points.
He was ably assisted by Anderson,
center, Melhouse, forward In the fore
court. Owens was . spark plug in
Bismarck five. An important cog in
passing attack. he netted four shots
from field while Hedstrom, reserve
guard, tossed IN three and McGuiness.
another forward, two.
A brilliant aerial game with smooth
teamwork In the passing department
featured the well-balanced Wahpeton
play which eliminated Minot's de.
Tending champions by decisive mar
GIN.
Alert defersively. the Wahpeton ag-
gregation limited Minot to six field
goals, five Of them by Mackenroth,
guard. Davy Gagged the only other
basket.
For Wahpeton. Joe Napravnik, cen
ter, and Norman Smith and Harvey
Rife, forwards, attracted attention
Napravnik and Smith each chalked
up four baskets and Rife who scored
twice figured In much Of the play pre-
ceding the scoring and was the bull
war; Of the passing attack.
Led by forward Francis Whaler.
who Tailed IL Of his teams points,
Grafton utilised an efficient passing
attack to oust Fargo In the tourna-
uent opener, 36 to n.
Fargo Takes Early Lead
Fargo took quick three-point lead
but after either team tied the count
at 5 and again at Z in the first quar-.
ter. Grafton swept ahead to q fifteen
to seven advantage at the end Of the
first period and then maintained an
average ten-point lead to the end Of
the game.
In the second quarter defenses Of
both teams tightened after score
Preached Is to 10 and after three min
utes Of jockeying, Whalen pitched
three In row into the hoop to make
the score a to 10 rs the quarter
! ended.
= Grafton got the tipoff at the start
pf the second half. but Whalen missed
. try and Dosen scored for Fargo.
orafton came back with q smooth
[pasAng game, Johnson finally drib-
bling In easily for IN under r-the-bas-
bet tally.
In quick succession Olson added one
under the basket and Shepherd count.
ye6 twice to bring the Midgets within
aaoven points Of the calm Northerners.
Fargo broke up two scoring move
ments by Grafton. johnson then
connected for the Northerners. He
was fouled on the play but missed
both gift tosses. Maxwell picked up
Eanother free throw.
Fargo subbed Anderson for White
with two minutes Of period to 60 and
he Immediately pitched in . difficult
one from beneath the hoop. On IN.
other sleeper play Maxwell added two
points. Both teams picked up one
point on free throws, making the
scor9 80 to 20 and on Johnson's miss
Of Z free throw. LABerge recovered
from the blackboard for . field goal.
u mixup followed the next Jump bail
md Olson slipped one through the
uesh for Fargo.
Grafton recovered after Shepherd
Gnissed and. working the ball smoothly
down the floor, Johnson scored. Far
go's Weible did the same. making the
Score 81 to - ct which juncture Wha-
Tn went out on four personal fouls
mid heavy applause. Each team
&4jied once and Fargo added free
f6w 10 make final count 36 to "a.
Hl.Lines Rally Fails
valley Citys thirtoen-point rally In
1he final period fell seven points short
- . ragged game won by Mandan.
IRE defensive play kept the HI
Iners bottled up for three quarters.
Valley City missed IN opportunity
twin the game from the free throw
IL. MAKING only ftve q q gift shots
youling WAS heavy On both Sides
valley City violating the rules nine
times while Mandan had II personal
16nls chalked up.
Defensive play Of SINNERS and
0eiger figured prominently In Man
ms ability to hold the Hi.Iiners to
points In the first quarter, two II
: second and mona In the third. Il
balhe moro apparent when these two
? Irds went out Of the game In the
nth period on fouls and Valley
plty marched to tho scoreboard with
= points. 4
valley City jumped 70 . lead at
De start when Mcoosh. la1ky CEN
4or, leaped high for the ball and
pssed In . difficult backhand shot
Douayd yaxr. Nandan forward. ~
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