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Show SHE mm : TITLE TOURNEY DPENSJONIGHT B. A. C. vs. Boxelder and 1 B. Y. U. vs. Tooele Card for First Round; Plenty of Entertainment. j Special to The Tribune. '! LOGAN, March 6. The 191S state high school basketball tournament will open j here tomorrow night when the Branch I ' Agricultural college team ot Cedar City clashes with the Boxelder high school j I- five of Brigham City. The other contest j ', Df the evening will be between the B. 1". U. high school of Provo and th.e Tooele juintett?. j . The title contests are expected to be the "! hardest fought in the history of the game. I Branch Agricultural college and the B. f. U. high school are regarded as the nost likely contenders for the title, but j Tooele is conceded a strong chance to j '. romp off with the honors. , . Present indications are that one of the . :rio will be eliminated tomorrow night, ! .vhen th& B. T. U. high quint battles Tooele. Tlie loser will have but an out- iide chance to win the title then. The I : Boxelder team Is not- being backed as I strongly this season as in former years, . . jwing partially to a crippled lineup and ,he strength of the other teams in the ' jneet. , ! The B. A. C. team will have practically I ihe entire backing of the Utah Agricul-j Agricul-j ural college student body, and If side-ine side-ine support will win games Christensen's iunch should have the tournev cinched. The Cedar City boys know "the game : ihoroughly and will be in the running . ; 'rom the start. ! B. Y. U. Speedy Band. j!' The B. T. U. high school has a fast I I iggregation and will depend on its speed i. j o carry off the ' honors. In Wiliis the 'rovo team boasts of one of the fastest o I j orwards in the state. S . In Tooele the tourney fans will see prob-; prob-; I ibly the most aggressive and hard-flght-l' I ng quint in the meet. Coach Josh West t : ias a scrappy bunch, who have plenty of i epper and are in the game for all there C r s !n it. The Boxelder five, coached bv Dave r. ; Vangsgard, has three stars in Tingey, 'ornia and Lillywliite, and, although not . : he favorites to win out, they will put r . I ip some spectacular basketball and may j urprise the prophets. A Probably the most talked-of contest of : he tourney is that between the B. A. C. : nd the B. Y. U. hit;h fives. Inasmuch s the Aggies will back the southern di-S di-S ision school almost to a man, the con-I con-I est will resemble a college battle. There O i eems to be little prospect of a game be-ween be-ween the Ae?ies and the B. Y. U. teams, 1' ' o this etrusjgie will be its substitute. , Jack Christensen brought his Cedar City is .'arnors to Logan this afternoon and they I ! ent through a short workout on the ; : .ggie floor. The veteran coach reports - - is regulars in good condition. The other i j hree teams will not arrive here until 1 morrow. ; Secretary-Treasurer C. Oren Wilson of he Utah High School Athletic association , rrived tonight to complete the arrango-tc. arrango-tc. icnts for the visiting teams. " : Vill Entertain Visitors. . , The Logan people are ready to show lft visitors a royal time. The frater-ities frater-ities will hold open house throughout the urnanient. Tlio business district and ' t; scliool have been fittingly decorated : he military ball on Saturday will con-: con-: hide the week, with the players as the i . onor guest. At a special rally Thursday the Aggies , -no won their letters In foothnl i,,.st full 111 receive sweaters and gold football :: ' A large banner, with the Irmcrlp-on Irmcrlp-on "I'.ocky Mountain Champions " will K a presented to the teams. John C harp of .Salt Iik, a member of the .c 'rl of trustees. Is the donor. The tournament teams will be the guests at a banquet Saturday afternoon. The lineups: Boxelder. ' B. A. C. Cornia h" Urie D. Watkins rf Leigh Tingey c Jones Lillywhite lg Wood G. Watkins rg lyre Tooele. B. Y. U. H. S. Staples If Willia Kirk rf L. Brown Stephens c Keeler Harris lg Swensen Cooper rg Page The officials will be Lee Simmons and Tommy Pitzpatrick. One of the contests for the second night will be between the winners of the games tomorrow and between the losers. The final night will see the teams meeting the fives not played on the preceding nights. |
