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Show B, I, U. CINCHES ITS mm guum Provo Men Defeat University Univer-sity Before Crowd of Two Thousand. To say that Coach Roberts's B. Y. U. boys did it would not be enough. Some 2000 spectators, the largest crowd that ever watched a basektbaJI game iu tlie Deseret gymnasium, saw them do it saw them trim Utah. 54 to 33, and in doing so win the championsip of the state of Utah. Of the 2000 spectators at the contest, all except about 4u0 were Crimson rooters, root-ers, but that did not help Utah much. They might as well have rooted for the B. Y. U., or anybody else, for that matter. mat-ter. The Utah men would not have known the difference. To all appearances they were in a trance most of the time. They dost, not because they found a brilliant array of stars lined up against them, but because they stood on their heels. Lit-erally. Lit-erally. tiiat was the reason. The Provo quint won because they were always on the move, always ready to dart into an open shot. Individually, they did not outclass Coach Norgren's team, except In the one particular that they showed a world of "pep," but collectively they did outclass their rivals. If they display the same ' fighting Spirit against the Aggies in their net game they should make a clean sweep during the season. When the teams came on the floor last night there was never'a greater uproar up-roar in the Deseret gymnasium. The Provoites came to Salt Lake 400 strong and pract ically the entire university turned out. ready to spoil their voices, it need be. in order to help Utah pull a comeback. Tlie noise was worse when the game began and It rontinued at full blast throughout the contest. Two bands, one from Provo and one from the university, uni-versity, were stationed at opposite ends of the hall and added harmony to noise ,and ronfusion. The struggle was close and keen for several minutes, and then the B. Y. U. boys rolled the ball through several times in succession. Then it looked like a slaughter for a while, the score standing in the neighborhood of IS to 2. Then the Crimson braced and crawled up on the leaders, thereby bringing untold joy to its supporters. But the rs lly did not have enough push behind it and the score at the end of the first half stood 2S to 14. In the second half the university boys made a game fight lo retrieve their fortunes for-tunes and for a while appeared likely to do so. At one time the Provo players were no more than ten points ahead. Changes in the lineup followed on either side with no appreciable effect on tlie scoring. There were some flashes of real basketball before the contest closed, but not many. To pick stars would be a difficult matter. mat-ter. As sta ted before, the victory and the defeat came as a result of team play. The visitors moved and the local boys didn't. Eggertsen was the big 6tar of tlie game, not so much because he scored the most field baskets, but because he was awoke and in the gnme all the time. Simmons, Sim-mons, on account of his speed, was a close second. None of the Utah men starred. Neither Van Pelt nor Romney came up to his showing of a year ago. The lineup and summary: B. Y. U. (54). Field Free Foul Tot. goals, tries, goals, pts. McDonald. If I 0 0 2 Simmons, rf 6 0 0 12 Eggertsen. c 9 0 0 S Raile, lg 1 15 S 10 Andrus, 6 0 0 12 Oherhanslev, If 0 0 0 0 Dales, c 0 0 0 0 Totals 23 15 8 54 U. OF U. (33). I j Field Free Foul Tot. goals, tries, goals, pts. J Woodburv, rf. 0 0 0 0 1 Sproull. If 3 0 0 6 Van Pelt, c 5 13 11 21 Romney, lg I 0 0 2 Thorum. rg,. rf 1 0 0 2 Warner, 1 g 1 0 0 2 Smith, rf 0 0 0 0 Totals 11 13 11 33 Referee Homer L. Hoisington. Umpire Um-pire Malcolm Watson. |