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Show B. A. C. FIVE HAS FULL GAME ADVANTAGE FOR 191 9 BASKETBALL TITLE Indications Are That Cedar City Men Will Again Be Champions; Will Meet Weber Tonight in What Promises to Be Fierce Battle; Springville Players Forced to Retire Re-tire Because of Illness. STATE HIGH SCHOOL HOOP TOURNEY Won. Lost, Pet. Branch Agricultural College 2 0 1.000 Weber Normal College 1 1 -500 Springville 1 1 -50 Bingham 1 1 .500 Wasatch Academy ' 1 1 - 500 ; East . High 77nTrrrv..,. . . 0 2 .000 FRIDAY'S RESULTS. rB. A. C, 36; Springville, 22. x Weber Normal, 39; Bingham, 25. Wasatch Academy, 25; East High, 15. VACK CHRISTENSBN'S Brancll.-Ag-'TrTnruTarTT5olS'1o?sera went into the I ""- lead In . the annual Utah state tj high school basketball tourrfament yei-terdsy afternoon by trimming Springville, 36 to 22, in the secoYid round of the fight for the state championship. Bingham lost to the Weber Normals, 39 to 25, while the East high was defeated bv the Wasatch academyof Heber, 25 to 15. Another record crowd slfiw the battles at the University of Utahi-under whose auspices the meet is taking place this year. ; V Tonight the Branch A.' (J. quint will again meet the Weber Normals, who are accounted strong contenders for the title. Weber matched up with the BA. C. on Thursday evening, the B. A. C. winning, 50 to 42. With one victory in their favor, the Cedar Ce-dar City lads appear to be headed for an- other state championship. It is the custom cus-tom to have the two teams that are un- TONIGHT'S GAMES. Wasatch vs. Springville. East High vs. Bingham. B. A. C. vs. Weber Normal. defeated clash on the final night for the championship, but, on account of the tie-up. tie-up. the authorities selected "Weber to fight it out with the B. A. C, as Weber is deemed the strongest contender for the title, outside of the B. A. C. The first game tonight will be Vetween the East nigh and Bingham for the ilalt Lake division championship, while "VVa-; "VVa-; satch and Springville will match colors to decide the title of iheir section of the state. The B. A. C.-Weber battle is scheduled sched-uled for the last game. Springville Crippled. Springville presented f crippled lineup yesterday against, tho R. A. C. Brown, the Springville guard, who made such an excellent showing the first night, has been sent- back to Springville, together with Coach Hugh Baxter and Mendenhall, their first substitute, all three having contracted con-tracted the "flu." Both teams played a defensive game to a large extent in itheir contest yesterday. yester-day. Springville put up a stiff battle, and not until the second half was weli under way did the B. A. !G. lacis secure a safe lead. ! Grosbeck for Springville started the scoring with a pair of field goals which sent Springville into the lead. However, the B. A. C. warriors soon went ahead and wrere never headed. The first half ended 15 to 10. ( The showing yesterday by the Branch A. C. was not as food ;is their work on the first night. This was probably due to the fact that their opponents did not push them as did the Weber quint. The two Woods, Preston and Karl were the real stars for the winners. These two men played a whirlwind game, breaking up pass after pass. :kcepir:g always on the alert and possessing an eye for the basket. bas-ket. Blackburn again led the cconug, with nine field goals, but he lacked the accuracy on long shots which he displayed dis-played on Thursday night. Springville miulq things hum for the B. A. C. at times, hut the absence of Brown loft their defensive as well as offensive of-fensive in a weakened condition. Eard-. man at center played a steadv game throughout, but the others proved inaccurate inac-curate at basket -. shooting, manv ensv shots going astr.iy! Tiie final score was B. A. C. :, Springville 22. Heber Team Improved. Wasatch academy of Heber showed the results of their first night's plav, their basket shooting being much better. Thev presented another strong line of defense and the East high Leopards seldom got away for an easy shot. Close guarding featured the f i r t -Mf which ended 14 o U for Heber. Eacii team scored four lielc. goals. The accuracy accur-acy of Muirlock from the foul line was the factor which s. nl Heber into the lead. Heber played ntrongly in the linal period pe-riod and scored 3 1 points to ! for 1 1 Leopards. Although Luke was ejeoled from the game o.i .-.cconnt of the four personal foul rul", the Merer n,uiut was not weakened. I'. JU-yers substituted tor Oswald bn the Fast high side. Noakes was all over the floor and besides making four baskets, be shut out his man. Glenn And " son. Murdo.-k possessed pos-sessed an eas-!e eye from ihe foul line, connecting with nine out of twelve chances. Hard-fought Battle. Web, V mid Binclmm had a hard-fought bau'e, but the large Weber men were too much for lUngham. The usual classy i-amwork- displayed by Bingham was la. k-uig k-uig for the most pun. Weber led from the start. Jones, the tig el-er center, was all over the iloor and made nine of the Weber baskets, liis height was too much i,- t,0 Hinghani men, and he had things his own' wav trom the start. Jeppson and Liudsav plavcd well l.ick and had the Hingl.i.in forwards under (over most ol the time. G. Knudsen, the Klnc-ham center, was the oi.lv man who could get away with anv regularity for baskets, his v.ork being of the hii-hes't caliber. cal-iber. Whltely did not show his usual eye for the hoop. The final scoro was V ebcr i'.ingham A banquet will ii, served the players r.f the six contending teams and their enaches at. 12 o'clock in tli- new 1'iincr-s.ty 1'iincr-s.ty of Dab eaiei-ria. Anv tlvr coaches who may he in town are Invited, as well as the officials of Alio tournament. The first game tonight begin a'. I o'clock. The lineup and summary: Fd.G. Fr.T. Fl.CI. T.P Belnan, If ... 0 (I (I i. Schade, rf I.. . 4 13 7 u Jones, c I... it 0 ii tt Jeppson, lg . ... 0 0 o .) Lindsay, rg 3 0 0 fi Totals . 16 13 7 iS BKNGHAM". Fd.G Fr.T. Fl.fl. T.R WhiUj-. if J .... i; id ii ii. Sorendon, rf.... u 0 0 v G. Kiiudsen, ci 4 0 0 ' 10. KnWlsen, lg 0 U 0 GregoiV, rg 1 I) 0 : Totall I ,7 16 u Rel'erte Ash ton. Umpire Simmons, The lineup and summary: 1AST HIGH. Fd.G. Fr.T. Fl.G. T.P De Wakl If 2 v 0 0 4 Romney, irf . . . 0 0 i Anderson! c. . 0 1 0 f Oswald, lg 0 5 : Beatie, rj 1 1 II '' F. Meyer.4 Ig 0 0 0 t Totals A 6 It) 3 i; 1 . 1EBER CITY. ! Fd.G. Fr.T. Fl,(!, T.P Murdoch, it. i 2 12 S 1! Wherritl. if 2 0 0 1 Noakes, c. JL 0 0 1 Nelson, lg. A 0 0 0 Luke. rg. . . 1 . .; 0 'i 0 " Fraughton, ff 0 0 0 11 Totals S i: 5 Referee Rifchardson. Umpire Ashto:. The lineur oVid summary: BRANCH A. C. Fd.G. Fr.T. Fl.G. T.P frie. If 2 8 1 ' Blackburn, f... .... 9 0 " ' Gardner, c. . . , 2 0 0 j P. Wood, 1 t......... 2 U 0 J K. Wood, r J......V--- 1 0 0 " Halght, c A... 0 J) J Totals V 15 S 1 !j, sprixgV'ille. J-V.G. Fr.T. Fi.C. T.P Tavlor, if...' V 0 1 Groesbeck, rf " Eardman, c N 11 Bird, Ig 0 0 Packard, rg 0 0 Erickson, If 0 0 Totals S l J j Referee Simmons. Umpire KH.'M.u-son. KH.'M.u-son. m-n |
