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Show (j . Red Devils In First Loss Of Season; Score, 28 to 22 played a stellar floor game, but was unable to chalk up a single field goal. The score: PAYSON G. T. F. P. Snyder, rf 2 1 0 '4 R. Scarle, If 2 3 1 5 Jensen, c..; 3 2 0 6 Simmons, rg 3 0 0 6 Larsen, Ig 2 2 3 7 Totals 12 9 4 28 SPRINGVILLE G. T. F. P. Weight, rf 0 4 3 3 Sumsion, If 6 2 1 13 Senior, c 2 0 0 i Mower, rg 1 0 0 2 Jones, lg 0 0 0 0 Stratford, c 0 0 0 0 Sanford, lg 0 0 0 0 Totals 9 6 4 22 NERO DIVISION Team Standing W. L. Pet. Springville. 6 1 .857 Payson 4 .667 Nephi 4 2 .667 Spanish Fork 2 5 .286 Tintic '. 0 6 .000 Friday's Ki'sults Ifi Tayson 28, Springville 23. Spanish Fork 23, Tintic 19. Schedule Friday Feb. 27 Nphi at Springville. Payson at Tintic. PAYSON Taking an early lead, and never relinquishing it, the Pay-son Pay-son Lions handed Springville its first defeat of the Nebo division season sea-son Friday night. The final score was 28 to 22. Fnytwn All the Way-It Way-It was Payson's game all the way. Regardless of the absence of Strom, first string center, the re-j vamped Lion combination was func-j tioning on every cylinder, and look- ; ed like the winner throughout. The count at tho half was 18 to 16. Springville battled desperately, but it was the Lions' night to howl and how they howled! The Pay-' son gym was filled with the largest larg-est crowd in basketball history of the city. The victory makes the . Lions odds-on favorites to take second place in the Nebo race. Their remaining re-maining games are with the second division Spanish F'ork and Tintic teams, while Nephi, now tied with Payson for second place, must meet Springville on the Red Devils' home floor. Should Nephi upset the Red Devils, a three cornered tie would follow. Payson's accurate passing and team play was t'ne vital factor in its victory Friday. Every man broke into the scoring column, Larson scoring seven for high honors. Sumsion Shines Sumsion was the leading Red i Devil point-getter, chalking up 13 points. His running mate, Weight, 5 |