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Show i , . . -.. - PAGE SIX PROVO (UTAH) SUNDAY HERALD, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14; 1937 EEACIC TO BEAT PROYO W FORKER STAE mm 33?-3JP DOGS, LeAi Takes YHigh Into Camp, 37 to 32; P. G. Whips Lincoln Provo's Hopes For a Tournament Berth Go Glimmering; First Half Lead Vanishes Before Onslaught of Visitors ALPINE STANDINGS Coach Dave Crowton's B. Y. W. L. Pet. basketeers made a gallant come back at Lehi Friday night, but fell just short of victory as the league-leading Pioneers finished on the long end of a 37-32 score. After a whirlwind Lehi offensive offen-sive had run up a 17-4 score in the opening quarter, B. Y. high settled down and outplayed the Pioneers for the rest of the game. The Wildcats outscored their opponents op-ponents in every quarter except the first, but the 13-point gap proved too much to close. Aquilla Merrill, Wildcat guard, and Stan Durrant, mite forward, scored 10 points each to lead the scoring. Manning, Mitchell and M. Russon bagged 7 apiece for Lehi. B. Y. high's comeback against Lehi sounds a warning that the Wildcats may be hard to beat during the remaining four games of the Alpine schedule. B. Y. HIGH G. T Harmon, rf 4 1 Taylor, If 0 1 Jenkins, c 2 Merrill, rg 3 Olieiton, lg 0 Durrant, If 4 Roundy, rf. - 0 Cochrane, c 0 Lehi . .., 6 0 1.000 American Fork .... 5 1 .833 Provo 3 3 .500 Lincoln 2 4 .333 Pleasant Grove .... 2 4 -333 B. Y. Hgih . 0 6 .000 FRIDAY'S RESULTS American Fork 33, Provo 30. Lehi 37. B. Y. High 32. Pleasant Grove 32, Lincoln 13. Tintic Tightens Grip on Second In Hebo League NEBO STANDINGS: VV. L. P.C. Springville 5 0 1.000 Tintic 4 2 .687 Nephi 2 3 .400 Spanish Fork 2 4 .333 Payson 1 5 .167 FRIDAY'S RESULTS Tintic 15, Payson 8. Nephi 27, Spanish Fork 25. Provo high's last faint hopes to achieve a berth in the annual state basketball tournament wilted as the Bulldogs fell before a rangy team of American Fork Cavemen 33-30 here Friday night. While lat year's Alpine champions were taking the measure of Provo, Lehi climbed another rung up the title ladder bv turning back B. Y. high, 37-32. Pleasant Grove trimmed Lincoln, 32-13. The ProvovAmerican Fork game was featured by a brilliant Cavemen Cave-men rally in the last half, after the determined Bulldogs had piled up a 19-11 lead at the midway mark. Bulldogs Start Fast As the game opened, it seemed Provo's night. The Simmons-coached Simmons-coached outfit outrustled, out-passed, out-passed, and outshot their opponents oppon-ents throughout the first two quarters. Then as the second half got under way, the tide changed. American Fork's defense quelled Provo's scoring activities, and the rugged Cavemen found the hoop with amazing accuracy. The third-quarter score was 24-20 in American Fork's favor. Provo threatened twice in the final period, but each time, the ultimate winner tightened their defense in time to avoid being overtaken. The American Fork team used one potent weapon which only Provo's center had the ability to follow up shots. One shot at the basket usually meant four for the Cavemen as the rangy Peters. Hicks, and Mayne barged in for tail-in attempts. 0 6 0 3 0 0 F. P. 0 8 0 0 0 4 4 10 0 0 2 10 0 0 0 0 Totals 13 11 6 32 LEHI G. T. F. P. Allred, rf 1 5 2 4 Manning, If 3 1 1 7 Mitch, c 3 3 1 7 Grey, rg 0 3 1 1 Smith, lg 2 2 0 4 L. Russon, If 1 2 1 3 Evans, c 1 0 0 2 M. Russon, rg 3 2 1 7 Borne, lg l 0 0 2 Totals 15 18 7 37 Score by quarters: B. Y. high 4 14 20 32 Lehi 17 24 28 37 Collins, referee; Swenson, umpire. The core of the earth Ls as hot today as it was when the Dlanet ing to bener or a Carnegie institution in-stitution scientist. Slack Leads Scorers The accurate shooting of Hug-i k sh onp one-half irnrd P-uard. Peters, center, andi ..... ' , MICKS anu Aiajiic. iKji rvo.!.. .t, American Fork ahead in the last half. Strong, elongated guard, did a fine job on defense. Merlin Slack of Provo was high-, high-, point man of the game with 10 points. Don Breinholt turned a dazzling performance in the first quarter, but slackened his pace after scoring the first 7 points for Provo. Bud Eggertsen rustled th ball tirelessly, and made some, pretty tail-in baskets. On the guard" line, Bill Maneum was outstanding. out-standing. He held American Fork's scoring ace, Lynn Mayne, to a single goal, before being ejected from the game on pergonals per-gonals Provo was handicapped by the absence of Rulon .Johnson, stellar guard, from the lineup. Johnson didn't even dress for the game because of a case of "flu." Another An-other Johnson, Bob, filled his position posi-tion in impressive fashion, how- Tintic stayed in undisputed possession pos-session of second place in the Nebo division of Region Three by turning turn-ing back Payson, 15-8, Friday night. Nephi moved into third spot by outdistancing Spanish Fork. 27-25. in a thrilling encounter. encoun-ter. The Tintic-Payson game, played at Eureka, was one featuring two stubborn defenses. These two teams have a habit of playing tight defensive ball. Upon a previous prev-ious meeting, Tintic won a 11-5 decision. Thus the composite score for both teams for the two games is just 39. This is believed to be a record for the Nebo league. Payson held a 6-4 lead at the end of the first quarter, and maintained main-tained a 7-6 half-time margin. Tintic blanked the Lions in the last half, as far as field goals are concerned, con-cerned, and managed to build up a comfortable lead before the game ended. With both teams playing tenac ious defensive ball, no individual player was able to get away for many points. Worthlin. Tintic center, made only 5 counters, but this figure was good for high- point honors. At Spanish Fork, the embattled Spaniards dropped another close decision to Nephi, despite an im- ' pressive rally in the last half. ! Nephi. playing without the serv-j serv-j ices of Garrett, clever forward I who was injured in a game against I Springville recently, ran up a 7-2 lead in the first quarter, and increased in-creased it to 18-9 at the half. Led by Chadwick. forward, the Spaniards started a gradual climb in the second half, but fell just short of victory as the game ended. end-ed. Chadwick tied with Kendall of Nephi for high-point honors, each getting 9. Box scores: PAYSON G. T. F. P. 1 2 0 2 If 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 3 1 3 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 WHERE YA GOIN'? f iLiu ii imw J wn in iiimu i ium, y J ' t 5? The ring seldom is big enough for wrestlers these nights. Here are Vincent Lopez, not the musician, and Al Bisignano slugging amid the ringside customers in Los Angeles, while Referee Dick Rutherford Ruther-ford attempts to restore pence and at the same time get them back on the platform. Lopez won. VIKINGS WHIP COUGARS TAKE LINCOLN, 32-1 3 Pleasant Grove gained revenge on Lincoln for a one-point defeat earlier In the season by trouncing the Tigers, 32-13 in the Virkings' gymnasium Friday night. Led by Ekins, rangy center, Pleasant Grove had everything just about its own way. Only in the initial minutes of play did Lincoln match the rejuvenated Vikings. The quarter score was 6-1, and Pleasant Grove ran the count to 17-3 before the half ended. end-ed. Pleasant Grove presented a tight defense which had the Lincoln Lin-coln scorers well in hand throughout through-out the game. No Tiger player made more than a single field goal. In fact, the Lincoln team was able to collect only three baskets during the game. Box scdre: PLEASANT GROVE G. T. F. P. Swenson, rf 0 4 1 1 Harvey, If 1 0 AGGIES TO 55-45 CLEANING Ekins. c 8 Gillman, lg 3 0 2 0 1 2 5 4 0 0 0 2 0 16 0 6 2 1 0 Frisbee, rf Mendenhall ; Dixon, c j Brimhall. rg I Watkins. lg ' Byland. If . ' Olsen. lg . . Braithwaite, rg 0 0 0 0 Evans, lg 0 0 0 0 Totals 9 13 7 25 NEPHI G. T. F. P. Kendall, rf 4 1 1 9 Duckworth. If 3 1 0 6 Golden, c 0 6 3 3 Page, rg 2 1 0 4 Foote, lg 0 Q 0 0 Greenwood. If 2 1 1 5 hase. rf 0 0 0 0 Harrison, rg 0 0 0 0 O Gara. ltr 0 0 0 0 Totals 11 10 5 27 Score by quarters: Spanish Fork 2 9 18 25 Nephi 7 1H 23 27 Hillman. referee; Brown, umpire. um-pire. FIRMAGE TEAM TO PLAY PIPERS VINES BEATS PERRY DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 13 (l'.r -Ellsworth vines won his tenth victory last niht over Fred Perry, Per-ry, English ace, in the 18th match of their professional tennis barnstorming barn-storming tour. Scores were 6-4, 3-6 6-3. Bruce Barnes, defeated George 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 in match. Austin. Texas, Lott. Chicago, a preliminary R. Walker, rg. V. Walker, f. . . Nielson, e. Heindenrich, f 0 0 0 0 Adams, g 0 0 0. 0 Johnson, c! 0 0 0 0 Stott, g 0 0 0 0 Totals 14 16 4 32 LINCOLN G. T. F. P. Ivins, rf 1 0 0 2 Gillespie, If 0 3 2 2 Conder.c v. 0 3 1 1 Biglow, rg 1 0 0 2 Farley, lg 0 1 1 1 Kitchen, f 0 2 2 2 Bellows, f 1 1 1 3 A. McKay, f 0 0 0 0 P. McKay, g 0 0 0 0 Jones, g 0 0 0 0 TotaLs 3 10 7 13 Pleasant Grove .... 6 17 22 32 Lincoln 1 3 8 13 Referee, Bullock; umpire, Buttle. LOGAN With Stan Watts and Earl Giles on the loose, the ball-hawking ball-hawking Brigham Young university univer-sity Cougars upset Utah Aggies, 55-45 here Friday night, throwing the Western division race into a four-way fight. Watts bombarded the hoop for 21 points, but his performance barely outshone that of Giles, Cougar pivot ace, who tanked 20 tallies. These two sharpshooters received excellent support from the entire Cougar squad, which rustled and passed the ball in superb fashion. LaVar Kump, playing in a substitute sub-stitute role, provided Logan fans with numerous thrills with his clever passing and ball handling. Guss Black played tenacious defensive de-fensive ball, and Captain Marlow Turpin's passing was brilliant Charley Roberts, substitute for Bob Detmers, who was ejected on personals early in the game, played play-ed a stirring game, both offensively offensive-ly and defensively. Tied At Half The taller Aggries couldn't quite match the ball-hawking play of the Sons of Brignam. Shelby West led their scoring with 10 points, but his performance was mediocre medi-ocre in comparison with that of the Cougar scorers. Playing their usual deliberate brand of ball, the Farmers held the Cougars Coug-ars even, 23-23 at the half, but found themselves hopelessly outclassed out-classed in the final period. Giles sent B. Y. U. ahead in the second half with a set-up. Two charity pitches by Berkeley Parkinson knotted the score, but that was the last time Utah State was on even terms with the flying fly-ing Cougars. Charley Roberts sank a nifhty goal to put the "Y" ahead to stay. Giles and Watts slipped tn for several close-range baskets and the rally lasted until B. Y. U. was out in front, 3723. The rest of the game was -closely fought, with the- Cougars merely maintaining main-taining their margin. Box score: B. Y. U. GTPPPf Turpin, rf 1 0 0 2 1 j Watta, If 8 7 5 21 1 Giles, c 9 3 220 2 Black, rf 0 1 1 1 1 Detmers If 0 0 0 0 4 Kump, rf ; 2 2 1 5 0 Chris tensen, c . 0 2 1 1 1 Beckstead, c 0 0 0 0 0 Roberts, lg 2 2 1 5 3 Totals 22 17 11 55 13 UTAH STATE GTFPPf West, rf 4 4 2 10 2 Parkinson. If 2 4 3 7 2 Ryan, c-lf 2 5 3 7 2 Wade, rf 3 0 0 6 4 Garff, lg-c 2 1 1 5 4 Reeve, rf 0 0 0 0 0 Andreason, If 1 0 0 2 0 Robeerg, If 1 0 0 2 0 Anderson, c 2 1 0 4 2 Goates, rg 0 0 0 0 0 Bunker, lg 0 2 2 2 0 Totals 17 17 11 45 16 Green, referee; Oswald, umpire. BOXING CARD IS POSTPONED The boxing card slated for Palomar arena in Spanish Fork Monday night has been postponed until Friday, February 19, S. R. Beck, promoter, announces. Several of the out-of-tate boxers box-ers slated to appear Monday night are snowbound in Wyoming, and will be unable to arrive until Friday. Additional Sports On Page Seven Totals TINTIC 3 15 2 S G. T. F. P Stamp Nia$ By I. S. Klein ever. B. :;c re "PUEHRER HITLER at last will get his picture on stamps of Germany. A long series is being prepared for release some time in April. Sixteen values, so far, have been decided upon, and more may be added. PHOVf ) Slaek. f. . . IJreinholt. f Eggertsen. c. . B. Johnson, g. Mangum. g. . Mitchell, g. . . Carter, f. ... Dixon, g G T I 4 2 4 . 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 Totals AMERICAN FORK G. T. 12 11 6 30 First day sale of the three-cent ! army-navy stamps, with portraits p. of Generals Sherman. Grant, and 10 ' Sheridan on the army issue, and ! of Admirals Farragut and Porter 9 : on the navy, will be Thursday, 1 i Feb. 18. Send self-addressed en-1 en-1 ! velopes not more than 10 for each type of stamp to the Postmaster, Post-master, Washington, D. C, with postal money order covering cost of the stamps desired. F. P Mayne, f 3 2 0 6 Hicks, f 3 1 1 7 Peters, c 3 3 3 9 Huggard, g 4 6 1 9 Strong, g 1 2 0 2 CarLson, f. 0 0 0 0 Totals 14 14 5 33 Great Britain finally has stopped printing the King Edward VIII I stamps. The 2 -penny value al ready has been exhausted, so that complete sets of the Edwards soon will be hard to get. The price then may go up again. Tentative plans, it is reported. call for special sets of coronation Score bv periods: Am. Fork 8 11 24 33 j stamps for the 43 British colonies. Provo ii 19 20 -30 each set consisting of three stamps Belliston, referee; Hillman, um- I having a total face value of pire. ! 6-pence. I Manchukuo is preparing a new issue of pictorial stamps, in six designs. There will be 15 ordinary ordi-nary postage, and two airmail, stamps. (Copyright. 1937. NEA Service. lnc There are 24.0000 concerns in the United States which either deal in waste materials or use them as raw materials in their own industries. 3mistei?atio Waimtiedl! THE SEASON OPENS FEB. 15th, and we are in a position to buy all you can catch, at Highest Prevailing Prevail-ing Prices. See Us Before You Sell IPev EIMe (Ss Funi? 148 WEST SIXTH SOUTH PHONE 367 Wilson, rf 1 0 0 Carter, If 0 3 2 Worthlin, c 2 6 1 McCormack. rg 0 2 1 Allred. lg 1 2 0 Naylor, rf 1 1 1 Peaton. rg 0 0 Buys. If 0 0 KKCKEATION LEA(il'E ! Monday's Schedule I 7 p. m. C(X' Hamblen vs. Bob ' Bullock'N. 1 M p. m. Taylor Brothers vs. Telluride "rep"! 9 p. m. Firmage's vh. Iipe Plant. 14 0 0 0 0 5 15 Tot;ils 5 Score by quarters: Payson 6 7 8 X Tintic 4 6 11 l.' Beck, referee; Christensen, umpire. um-pire. SPANISH FORK G. T. F. P. Olsen, rf 3 1 () " Chadwick. If 4 1 1 9 Tuttle, c 1 2 1 3 Johnson, rg 0 1 1 1 Gardner, If 0 7 3 3 Bowen, rf 0 1 1 1 Andrus, If 0 0 0 0 Darling, c 1 0 0 2 i Firmage'.s unmarred Recreation league record will meet a severe ! challenge Monday night when the first half champs meet the re- juvenated Pacific States Pipe plant team at 9 p. m. in the Third ward hall. Iast week. Pipe Plant upset the dope bucket by defeating "Viylor Brothers. 4f-4f. Members of the latter te;mi ,-ire of the opinion that the Pip" team will h- in the thiek of the fight for the .second half cnampioriship. despite the fact that it failed to win a game during first half. Telluride "Pep." last year's city j champiorus. will be out to keep its i second, half slate clean when it " ,T lw I I 1 ' I IH I.i. Ill 1VI day'.s opener at 7 o'clock. Bob Bullock's will t u'j.- with the ('((.' 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