Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-12-30 | Page 77 | Good Year for Sport in Utah High Schools

GOOD YEAR FOR SPORT II UTAH IIICyCHOOLS Basketball Season Unprece-dentedly Unprece-dentedly Prosperous; Football Foot-ball Rapidly Finding Favor Fa-vor in Outside Schools. I'lic yc:ir 11117 in liili school athletics was a successful one in the branches of sport in which the state prep institutions institu-tions participated. Tho champion basket!, bas-ket!, all team was .Springville, while the East hih school of Salt Lake carriod off the state football honors. Tho usual annual track and field meet "was not bchl. liasketbal ha'l a most prosperous season in every respect. Utah, noted for its wonderful basketball teams, upheld up-held her reputation well. All the hih schools in the state put teams into tho field aud when the final touruamcnt contests w.cro slaved it was evident that Utah ranked Jir.-i so far as basketball is concerned. As usual, six divisions went throuph the season and the division champions were: Northern, lioxelder high school of Hrivliam City: Salt Lake, L. ). S. U. of Kait Lake; Alpine, Lchi hip,h school; .el,o, Sjii-inurilli! ImkIi school; Sanpete, Sevier, Snow acadc7ny of J'ipli raim ; Southern, Knmch agricultural college of 1 cilur Citv. Tim teams in the tournament tourna-ment w'tc J'.o.xeMer, L. J). S. U., S pri ngvi 1 le an, I Snow academy. Tho b::in,-l, .'i 'ii It u i a I college and Lchi were eliminated prior to the meet. In the ti,:il mimes the Springvillo rpiintetf, concha, I by Luther K. Lggert-s, Lggert-s, n, won the premier honors. The team won ail three, of its games, while tho Ml, or three lives finisheil with 0110 vic-t vic-t ory a ad t wo 'i ef eat s. Finances Satisfactory. As usual Die sport was a profitable one for all con'-orae,!. Jn the country 'iistri'-ts especially, the financial end was always on t lie right side, which ilemoiislnltrs tiie interest being shown, tn many instances teams were forced - (Continued on Page Tour.) GOOD SPURT 11 II UTAH HIGH SCHOOLS (Continued from Page One.) to travel more than 100 miles by stage for the games. The Utah High School Athletic association, asso-ciation, which controls the prep ath-