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Show BRILLIANT GAME flTHJ) SCORE Telly Keepers Get Badly Rallied. Best Basket-Bali Contest Ever Seen Here Ends in Compromise. Whcaton Team Held Down at Every Turn by the L, D. S. Another Game Tonight. In a brilliant basket-ball game ending with honors even and an unknown score, the Saints played the Whcaton team to a standstill at the armory last ovenlng. Just what tho correct score of the game was probably will never bo known. When tho game ended tho largo crowd already fitandlng and yelling forged out on the lloor. and tho seorckeepcrs and other of-llclals of-llclals retreated to a side room to count up the ocore. The official score was hopelessly hope-lessly wrong and wa3 discarded, - A substitute sub-stitute score of 32 to 31 In favor of Whcaton Whca-ton was adopted as a compromise. Several Sev-eral interested spectators kept score, nnd In every ease these persons reported a tlo score, or a score favoring the Saints. D. A. Callahan's score favored the local boys by ono point; Mi. Brown of tho Chicago . M. C. A. claimed a tlo, and the reporters of both morning papers favored fa-vored the Saints In their tally-up. Teams Evenly Matched. Bui, regardless of what tho correct score was. It was a splondld game. Jts like has nover been seen In Salt Lake bc-lore. bc-lore. and probably never will bo again; at least, not for many years The teams were evenly matched and plaved that clean, last ball that makes for the popularity pop-ularity of the sporu In team work both teams exhibited a system that worked like machinery, but the scores wore held down by the good work of the guards on both teams. The problem for Whenton was to got tho ball to tho basket, tho problem for tho Saints was to get It In. Tho Saints were faster In open Held work, but became rattled near the basket heaton was Just the opposite a little careless In Hold passes, but cxtremelv cool and collected on final basket throws. All In all. It Is hard to say which team Is tho better; for. as the score shows, they are very ovenlv mntliPii Game Is "Well Attended. The game did not begin until S:1G. but long before that time the armory was well filled with L. D. S. students and local lovers of the sport. The local team was tho first to mnko Its appearance, and before the cheering In Its honor had ceased the Wheaton.team appeared and was given a splendid ovation. Brown of heaton was announced as referee, and Stewart of Salt Lake as umpire. Perhaps Per-haps no more technical officials ever ref-erced ref-erced a local game but their decisions were always given In good faith and the crowd made no kick During tho game just thirty-eight fouls were called. Tav-Ior Tav-Ior threw eleven baskets for the Saints and Smldt ten for the Wheaton team, and. consequently, if there was anv advantage gained here. It was by the locals. Started Fast nnd Furious. The game started as It ended, fast and furious. Wheaton secured the llrat basket, bas-ket, and a moment later Smith tossed one for the locals, while the crowd cheered tumultuously. In the excitement that followed fouls wore called frequently, and occasional baskets wero made In between. be-tween. Stanton made two for tho locals, as did Smith. Bourn scored three for Wheaton and Brooks added two more During this half, as during the next. Christy played a bit of the finest defensive defen-sive ball that has ever been seen In a local contest. The brown boy was all over, and he spoiled many a basket that Wheaton players were Just ' ready to eouut. Jlplslngton. McConnell and Mainland Main-land also did good work us guards. During Dur-ing the first half no guard scored n basket. bas-ket. The score for the first half was given out as 19 to 13. but a question-mark question-mark should be added. Accepting this as right, however, the final score still remains re-mains a matter of dispute. Saints Not Disheartened. But the score did not dishearten the Saints It rather encouraged them and they came back to make one of thoso famous rallies for which tho team has become, be-come, so famous. Taylor started the work by throwing a basket from the middle of the field that brought the crowd lo Its feet cheering, while the plavers even stopped to take a mpcoikI look, as If their eyes had deceived them. It was the throw of the evening. Christy, leaving his goal, skipped the length of the lloor and, after some speedy team work, .ent the ball Into tho basket. Ilolslnglon broke the spell by a splendid baski t made It so quick It took vour breath. Smldt and Taylor then pitched from the- foul line and came out with honors even. Both those men aro exceptional at free pitching, and their even work kept the Interest of tho game constantly up to the tension point. Crowd Was on Its Feet. Again the game was on McConnell scored two baskets and Smldt evened matters by adding two for Wheaton. Tho crowd was ,011 Its feet. Two minutes of play remained. Several swift passes, a scrimmage, and auddenly Stanton, Jumping Jump-ing from the mass of players, shot the ball Inio ihe basket. Cheering and enthusiasm en-thusiasm of the wildest kind followed. Ono minute of play remained. Another fierce scrimmage and the referee's shrill whistle was heard. "Doublo foul!" ho shouted Taylor was given the first throw. He scored a basket. Students Rush on the Floor. The enthusiastic students could no longer restrain themselves, and rushed out on the lloor. cheering and yelling. At tho referee's request, thoy retired to tho side lines, and Smldt was given a free throw for Wheaton. He also scored a bnskct, hut the supporters of the local team had figured a safe victory for their boys and began singing the praises of victory, while the officials retired By them It .was decided as stated, that Whea- ton won by a score of 32 to 31. The local boys were generally disappointed at tho decision, but expressed their willingness to abide by the decision. Another Gnme Tonight. Another game will bo played tills evening, eve-ning, however, and the result will, practically prac-tically determine the question of supremacy. suprem-acy. Wheaton. with true sportsman-llko spirit, offered to stay over, and cancelled Its game with Colorado college to do so. Expert scorers will bo secured for tho occasion, and last evening's affair In this particular will certainly not be repeated. Tho teams lined up as follows: Whenton Saints Urook if '....Stanton mlR r.f Taylor """?: ;c 1 Smith Mainland I.g. .. 1 Christy Hnlslngton v.g McConnell Referee. Iirown of Wheaton; umnlre, Stcu-url Stcu-url of Suit Lake; ceorers, Youns and Cobb Tlmo of halves, twenty minutes. Attendance' 10-X). |