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Show Apollo Team Plays Great Ball Game A. A. V. Champloim mi. yvnr ,,,. fenl In (lame Wltnexscd bj six Hiiinlrt'd and Klflj KntliimhisHc Kiiiik Score 2(1 In .,. In what Is declnrcd to be the greatest great-est basket ball game ever played In American Fork, the Illinois Athletic Club, A. A, U. Champions, came within with-in ono basket of being defeated by the Apollo basket ball team In the Apollo Hull Tuesday evening. Tho first two baskets were pitched by thciApollos which caused n mighty shout from tho fans and surprised the Chlcngoniis, who thought Hint they wero up against a bunch or riibens. From then on, tho visitors Tought for their lives, and ended tho first half with a Bcoro of It! to 11 In their favor, Tho visitors had their own referee, allowing Ilarratt to act as umpire for the locals. Those present wero unanimous unan-imous In saying that tho referee's do. cIbIoiib wore prejudiced, and by all the rules of the game tho referee nnd the umpire should have been changed In the second half. Arguments over the question extended the Intertills-. bIoii for 20 minutes, and finally, that tho gaiu'o might go on, thn visitors were allowed to hnvo their way. In the second half tho Apollos came back strong, ami were gaining ground with every minute, and when the whistle blew they hail made fourteen to the visitors ten, making tho total scoro 20 to 25 In favor of the national champions. TIo visitors changed their mrji, but (ho locals played tho same men to the end of tho game. Tho playing was so much a sur-prl3o sur-prl3o to tho big crowd. that, nB thoy saw tho homo tenm gradually climb' Ing to victory, every point gained was tho signal for a new outburst of enthusiasm. en-thusiasm. . Tho vloltors-'ndmUtcd thatJJ,,J&BJi their trlPt which may bo easily be lleved when It Is known that their game the evontng before with the U. of U, team In Salt Lake City, resulted result-ed In n score of 46 to 20. All In all It was a great game, every member of tho team did star playing, and while the final scoro waB 20 to 25, those who saw It will still pr.efllst ln'nscrlblug the victory to the lo nl tenm. Tho visitors left for Los Angeles on Wednesday morning's trail). .The lineup and summitry. I. A., C. Apollo Johuspn...., If Holnistead A. I'rosslor.. f Ilarratt Cochrnii, Feoncy.. c J. Parker Krlellng 1b ....& Parker W. Iresalor rg I.iudlo Field baskets Johnson 4, A. Press-ler Press-ler 4, Cochran 1, Holnistead 3, liar-rutt.2,.J. liar-rutt.2,.J. Parker 1, C. Parker 1, l.liul-ley l.liul-ley l. Clonls from Foul Johnson 8 out of 11, Ilarratt 0 out of 11. Kofcrco Finn. Umpire W. Dnrratt o |