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Show !"U" BEATS AGGIES; i WINS COLLEGIATE I BASKETBALL TITLE I Crimson Gains Right to Represent Utah in National Na-tional Tourney at Los Angeles; Game Is Decided De-cided by Narrow Margin of One Point; i Logan Boys Lead Until Well Into the Final Period. :i U. of U 22 U. A. C 21 THE University of Utah basketball' players are the undefeated state collegiate champions tor 191S-19. They won the right to the title by winning a sensational contest from the Utah Agricultural college team laat evening at the U. of U. gymnasium, , ; the score being 22 to 21. By capturing 1 'j the state title the Crimson warriors made '! a place for themselves in the national j basketball tourney to be held next month at Los Angeles. Yesterdays contest between the two j rival state quints was every bit as close as a glance at the score would indicate. ; In fact, it was a regular game of seesaw see-saw throughout, first the visitors and then the locals being in the lead. It was nothing- more or less than the lack , , of ability to shoot baskets which lost the game for the A. C, for the Logan players had the ball in their possession fully two-thirds of the time. The battle was staged before one of the j largest crowds which has ever been able to pack into the "U" gym. The Aggies, although being the visiting team, were almost as well represented as the - university uni-versity players themselves. Mitt Scores First Goal. Both teams went scoreless during the 1 first five minutes of play. Mitt Romney broke the ice by shooting in a neat field goal from near the side line. Andrus ! tossed In a foul pitch for the first Ag-j Ag-j gle point, which was immediately followed j by a field goal from the Utah center, j Stevenson. i This three-point lead helped the Crim-! Crim-! son players wonderfully, for it enabled them to hold the upper hand during all ! but the last two minutes. of play in the i Initial half. The two teams were tied -j at 9-all, but Hammond sent the Logan ! quint into the lead when he shot the ball I through the hoop a short time before the whistle blew. The half ended 11 to 9 for the Aggies. 1 The Crimson warriors came back in the second half with the fighting spirit i which has gotten them out of many a j tough scrape, and last night was no ex-j ex-j ception to the rule, for they soon found i themselves on the long end of a 21-to-16 J score. . . . Woody Romney started the scoring j with a clever field goal from near the i middle of the floor. This was followed ! in quick succession by shots from Mitt i Romney anl 'Jarv'is,' and the score was again tied, this time at 13-alI. 'Foul pitches added one more point to each team's score, and then a basket by Mitt sent the "U" out into the lead, which they maintained until the end. Aggies Brace Up. With about four minutes to play, Andrus made the score 22 to 19 by staging stag-ing one of the longest shots of the game. The ball was thrown from a point far past the middle of the floor. At this time Xielson was replaced by Bernstein. The latter scored a dandy shot from away off by the side lines in the last minute of play, which brought the Aggies within one point of their opponents. But. try as they would in the last few seconds of the game, the A. C. players were unable to score the needed basket. The Crimson guards played their positions posi-tions so well that Coach Jensen's crew were unable to work the ball near their goal, and they were forced to resort to "lucky" tries from points near the middle of the floor. The final whistle cut short these vain attempts at a score. A big dance in the gymnasium followed the game. Lineup and summary: U. A. C. Fd.G.Fr.T. Fl.G. T.P. Mohr, rf 0 0 0 0 Hammond, If., c... 3 0 0 6 Nielson, c 0 0 0 0 Andrus, rg 2 10 4 8 Jarvis, Ig 1 0 0 2 Bernstein, If 2- 1 1 5 Totals 8 11 5 21 U. OF U. Fd.G.Fr.T. Fl.G. T.P. M. Romney, rf 5 8 4 14 Wright, If 1 0 0 2 Stevenson, c 1 4 0 2 W. Romnev, rg. . . 2 0 0 4 Woodbury, Ig 0 0 0 0 Totals 9 12 4 22 Referee Simmons. Umpire Watson, |