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Show W0RTH1NGT0N SCORES HIGH FORNEPHITES NErill, Jan. 12. Fighting nock and nock throughout the entire game. Nephi high school basketball quintet maintained a small lead from the beginning and took its first game iu the Nelio high school division' by defeating the fast .Springville team, last years champions. cham-pions. The score was 211 to 2d. The Nephi guards kept such a vigil over Cranmer that he only succeeded in scoring one field goal while (.'lurk scored three and Burt four. s.von times did the opposing man foul Cranmer in an effort to keep hint scoreless, and from these fouls Cranmer made five points. Nephi's star center, Worthiug-ton, Worthiug-ton, found the hoop six times from various points ou the floor, and also made five points out of seven tries from the foul line. With one exception, Nephi led throughout the entire game, although al-though the margins were generally of from one to three points onlv. About the middle of the fourth ipiarter the visitors took the lead momentarily. At the first quarter Nephi had 5 to Springville's 3. At the half the score was 10 to 13, Nephi, and at the three-quarter mark, 20 to 17, Nephi. It was the best game, from every standpoint, ever played in Nephi. It was well attended. James E. -Moss, president of the Utah High School Athletic association, witnessed wit-nessed the contest. SPRING VILLE. G. T. F. r. Clark, If 3 4 3 J Cranmer, rf 1 7 5 7 Burt, c 4 0 0 S Ashen i t, lg 0 0 0 0 llaymond. rg 0 2 1 1 Noakes, rf 0 1 1 1 Totals S 14 10 20 NEPHI. G. T. F. P. Gadd, If 2 2 2 0 Grace, rf 2 1 1 5 Worthington, e 6 7 5 17 Starr. Ig 0 0 0 0 li. Lunt, rg 0 2 1 1 Broadhead, rg 0 0 0 0 Totals 10 12 9 20 |