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Show RED DEVILS BEAT PAYSON ! IN LIVELY DECISIVE TILT period, and after D. Perkins did likewise. Van Leuvnn tossed in .a field goal to make the score 11 to 0. . Payson Rallies Paysou's offensive then got under way. Wilson and Richmond scored at close range, and Mortensen's foul pitch tied the count. D. Perkins then caged a field goal to give the invaders a two-point lend at the half. Taylor scored two fouls for Pay-son Pay-son In the third period, while a field goal by L. Johnson nnd a foul pitch by G. Young was the sum total to-tal of scoring for Springville In the third quarter, which gave Payson a one-point lead as Die last period opened. Young missed two fouls, and Taylor Tay-lor one, when Springville forged to the front to win. It. Johnson scored his lone field goal, n neat shot from the side, to put Springville in front. He then caged a foul, nnd Young n,.nriul flic Innrraut clinf flf the ETfl IHC to brine the count to 19-15. Van Leuvan was fouled just as the gnme ended, and with the. crowd surging cnto the floor, he converted the try to make the final count 20 to 13. The score : PAYSON G. T. F. P. I, Perkins, If 0 0 0 0 Wilson, rf 3 0 0 6 D. Perkins, c 12 1 3 Taylor, Ig 0 3 2 2 Mnrtensen, rg 0 3 2 2 Iiicbmond, If ...... 1 0 0 2 Tota's -5 8 5 15 SPRINGVILLE G. T. F. P. R. Johnson, If . i 1 4 2 4 L. Johnson, rf-c 2 2 1 5 G. Young, c 1 6 4 6 Van Leuvan. lg 1 2 1 3 G. Johnson, rg . . 1 0 0 2 F. Young, rf 0 0 0 0 Totals 6 14 8 20 Referee, Weight; umpire, Holm-stead. NEBO DIVISION W. L. PC. Sm-uigvMe 5 0 1.000 Pwvson ,. 3 2 .600 Nephi .... 2 3 .400 Eureka 1 s Spanish Fork 1 4 .200 Friday"s Schtdule Nephl'ot Payson. Eureka nt Spanish Fork. By BOB GOODELL Springville was practically assured as-sured of. the Nebo division title Saturday, evening, when a fourth-quajrter fourth-quajrter ...rally gave Coach Ike Young's men a 211-15 victory over Payson, chief -rival of the Red Devils for championship honors. Close guarding by both teams featured fea-tured the game. Payson clearlv outplayed the home team in the first half, but was unable to score a single fie'd goal In the second half, two fouls being the sum total of Paysou's activity iu the final period. . Young Scores Six The winners had no outstanding star. G. Young, center, scored six points, the most registered by any Springville performer. His foul shooting iu the first half was excellent, ex-cellent, and a long field goal cinched cinch-ed victory for the. home team lu the final period. G. Johnson worked effectively on the guard line, and Van Leuvan also played we'l, particularly iu the second half. R. Johnson rustled the ball well, making numerous interceptions, in-terceptions, and although his shooting shoot-ing was weak, he dropped in the winning basket in the fourth period. per-iod. 1 Taylor was outstanding for Pay-sou, Pay-sou, his guarding being excellent, and he was a power ou offense. Mortcnsen. his running mate, did ,-ood work, and Wilson's ability to elude his guard In the first half rave him three field goals in that j'llme. Van rruvan tagged him per- , sistentiy iu the second half, however. how-ever. F. Young, Spiiugville's star player, play-er, just recovering from a severe illness, attempted to play during the second hulf. but could not. stand the pace. L. Perkins. Paysou's leading scorer, failed to register a single point. Ptivson Leads Payson led. 13 to 1l. nt (he half, nnd 15 to 11, at the end' of the third quarter. The crowd' which packed the Springville gymnasium showed such 'enthusiasm that the referees' whistle whis-tle was altoghether useless during u ost of the. game. The usual methods meth-ods of stopping play were hopeless, and the officials were forced to dash for the ball when they wished play lo cease. Weight nnd Holm-stead, Holm-stead, who handled the game, made i highly efficient job of it. Closeness of the contest and enthusiasm en-thusiasm of the crowd made the came one of the most colorful of the season. Mortenson of Payson opened the scoring when he caged a foul pitch. L. Johnson, rangy forward, then scored a field goal under the basket, bas-ket, but Wl'son made bis first successful suc-cessful "sneak" a moment later and put Payson on top again. D. Perkins missed a foul, and G. Young caged one. tioing the score. G. Johnson then scored from near the center of the floor to put the Red Devils in the lead. Young called another foul. Mortcnsen missed miss-ed a free toss for Payson. hut Wilson Wil-son scored neatly from the field. L. Johnson dropted in a foul to give Springville a 7-5 lead ns the quarter ended. Young and R. Johnson scored Tools at the opening of the second |