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Show Pleasant Grove And Provo Meet Red Devils Must Overcome Payson Saturday Evening Springville, having disposed of four- opjionents , with, ease in the first half. of the Nebo division season, sea-son, faces its great test Saturday evening when .L'aysoh. the only rival of Conch Ike Young's team for first honors, v invades Springville."- - .' --, . .. -Payson is Improving Springville trounced Payson in its own gymnasium early in the season, but since .. that time . the liftopsterfe 'of; .Coach i Bun Woole; have improved greatly, and defeated defeat-ed the bther three -teams' of the division di-vision with as much etise as did the It-ed 'Devils. ":- ' - . ;- ' '. Spanish . Fork gave Springville its most thrilling game of. the season,1 sea-son,1 the Porkers lending for three periods' They also' put up a strong resistance ftgainst 'Payson, and as a result, . loom as 'the third-place team of tbe 'division. ' At 'the present pres-ent tiaie Spanish Fork, Enreka and Nephi are tided with: one' victory and three losses each. .-, Springville's, lineup, for Saturday's Satur-day's contest, Which' was originally .scheduled ". for, - Friday but was changed to Saturday In order that it might-not conflict with the Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove-Provo game as an attraction,, attrac-tion,, will be as, follows-: . F Young and R. Johnson; forwards; Johnson; center: .Van Leuvan and G;-. Johnson, guards.. - "Payson will start with L. Perkins Per-kins and Richmond, forwards; D. Perkins, center:... A. Taylor and Mortensen,; guards. .V . v .-. Three Good Scorers ; : - Young, . R; Johnson and X. John-Bon' John-Bon' lire' good scorers. .Young being particularly strong in this department, depart-ment, and . the "passing attack of the Red- Devils is oxtremely formidable G. Johnson and Van Leuvan are a pair of excellent defensive' men. a , quality' in wl! i'en the Nebo - division has 'specialized' this season.1 : L. Perkins, -Payson forward, is tied with Young -for1 the- -scoring leadership of the division: and has made a reputation nr- himself as"a ball-'rustler par "exce'lence. as well as a heavy' scbrei.' Richmond., who started the season as a substitute, has shown such good form' that he had won n regular berth as Perkins' running mate; and is regarded as an Excellent performer. D. Perkins, a all pivot man. leads all centers of he Nebo division "in. scoring, while .V. Taylor, and Mortensen are a capable ca-pable pair of 'guards'.' . '. , Springville is favored to win" over lie Payson crew, but; doubtless a lively. '--sume' will be "staged when the two-: contenders meet, ' ' Coach Yonng; is somewhat fearful; of over-confidcuce over-confidcuce in his niom because of their earlier victory over the Pay-sonites, Pay-sonites, since the Payson team has shown great improvement- since that time, "unci 'it is certain that, the leaders must be at top form to'' win. Reserve Material- -Springville is-well fortified with reserve' material, . Murray am" Wheeler, forwards; fluids, ceutei or guard; Thorne and. Urqubart. guards; are among the; substitutes of l ability. -' '' " - - " 1 Young and Perkins lead, scorers, with 30 points each, while Ferguson; Fergu-son; Spanish '.Fork- -forward, and Carsort; '-Spanish Fork guard, are next in line with 29 each. R. Johnson John-son of Sprlngville-hos 28. Cronin of Enreka 20-: 'Bailey "of Nephi. 25; D. Perkins of Payson. 24 ; and L. Johnson John-son of Springville 21.' ; ' . - " ili. - i : ..i r- Bullock Definitely Out Of Provo Lineup For i Friday's Clash : Whether ' Pleasant Grove romps through the Alpine division schedule sched-ule without a defeat, or whether I he Provo Hulldogs -tie w ith the G rovers for first place will be decided de-cided Friday evening at 8 o'clock when Coach - . Harry Klehurds', league-leading aggregation faces (,'oach Glen Simmons' battling team' In the Provo high school gyinnas-; ium. ' ' '. -. ' '-. Is Crucial Combat (inly the most' startling . upset ould er.uxe any of the other four .tanis in the -division to win over Ither of the leaders, who appear is the definite class of the Alpine oop. Consequently, Friday's game, .ilthough only the first tilt of. the worn! half of the schedule, is re1 warded as the combat '-which will lecidc title laurels for Alpine. - -, Pleasant Grove will, use the regular regu-lar quintet which has- not yet been '.breutoned by defeitr. -. Brinley aud Christiansen, forwards; Hayes, center cen-ter ; West and Olpin, guards, - term a great aggregation, which has not yet been forced to play a close game. ' ' f '-" 1 -' ;'' '" 'Provo must oppose their great rivals with Bert Mullock 'missing from the lineup.' This stellar- little player, who leads all guards: of the division in scoring, despite the fact that he was absent from the Lehi ;iiiiic, will be n severe loss in this ,'ame of games.' ' - His p'ace, "in nil probability, will be taken' by 'Ripple,-a big fellow who Is strong on defense. Gus Gee, who is recovering from an attack of tonsilitis, and is expected to' be in condition for Fridhy's frfly, will be used as running guard;' -while Kipple holds down his usual post as stationary defensive man... . Hoover and Bowny-' 1 v - '': Hoover and' Hovvri, forwards, the latter in Ills best fbrni of the season, will be at their places, as wilt the lanky HoMson, '-whose plnyiiig of the pivot position has added considerable consider-able strength to ' the bulldogs recently. re-cently. Pleasant Srove employs a baffling method of defense Which has proved prov-ed impenetrable' thus' far this season, sea-son, and the Bulldogs' ability to overcome it is ah iihporta'nt factor in the coming game. The offense will rind Brinlev stellar forward who has scored; S" points in five games) closely .ui.' ed bv the Bulldogs. This star has not been stopped on his scoring forays this season, and Coach Sim n:on believes that it must be doiic Friday if the Grovers are to be defeated. de-feated. Christiansen, a diminutive star who shines both ut ball rustling and; scoring, is another throat, . while -Hayes, bespectacled center, is a steady - performer :whu must be watched. West has some scoring power iii addition to his. defensive de-fensive skill, while Olpin is a great defensive' performer.-- ' : '"- ,r ''.'. " P. G. Will Corner-' Acconling to all indications. -the whole of Pleasant- Grove is Jour-neviiig Jour-neviiig toward Provo ' Friday evening, eve-ning, and 'a good portion of ProvO also- will 1 present for the game which is expected to lie not only the crucial contest of; the season, but also the most thrilling. With victory 'vital- to each team, a terrific battle is certain to' ensue, and whatever the'result may tie: the trams wi!l give their; best- in "their supreme effort. . ' ' '' ' ""' ' oilier Alpine games scheduled Friday will find - B. Y. :t'. High sdiool journeying to Lehi, aud Lincoln Lin-coln to American .Fork.' Wildcats and Forkersafe (favored; to win. ' |
