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Show RED DEVILS DROP GAMES TO MINERS 15V TO.M LATI.MLK The .Springville Red Devils lost tw.i exciting basketball games to the Tin tic Miners, who seem to be a rising team of this division Mince they have won games from hoth i'ayson and Springville. The Sophomore game was a disappointment disappoint-ment because the Springville players play-ers had every advantage and yet they lost their game by a four point margin, the score being 20 to Hi for l he boys from Tintic. The line-ups are as follows: Tintic: if., Wilson; If., Frary; c. Philips; rg., Tower; lg., Woods. KiibMlitutes: Hoys, Bray, Smitles. Springville: rf., Fullmer; If., (.'rammer; c, Lilanchard; rg Averett; lg Clements. Substitutes: Substi-tutes: Weight, Nielson, Childs and Witney. The first half of the Sophomore game was closely played neither team having a big advantage. The score at the end of the half was 10 to 8 Tintic. During the half the junior high school hand added to the spirit of the good old S. H. S. by some numbers. The second half of the game was rather dull. Clements guard for Springville was playing well. Foul baskets again told the tale. The Springville boys would at least have tied the game if they had made all their chances at foul baskets ,as it was they did not and lost the game by a 20 to IB score. By far Lae most thrilling and exciting game was the contest between the main teams of Springville Spring-ville and Tintic. Altho the Devils were beaten they played a good game nevertheless a little head work during the tough spots would help very much. Tintic played a more concistent game and managed man-aged to win the game by five points, the score was 19 to 14 for the Miners. The starters for Springville were: If., Boorman; rf., L. Weight; c., Stone; rg., Jones; lg., Clark. Substitutes: VV. Weight, Cherring-ton. Cherring-ton. Sanford. Tintic: If., Vance; rf.. Carton; c., Kirkpatrick; lg., McCormick; rg., Beaton. Substitutes: Worth-ling, Worth-ling, Naylor. The first quarter of the game started rather slowly. Each team taking their own time. Tintic began be-gan to liven matters up by a I few baskets. Springville a short time afterward retaliated with a basket. Both sqauds began to play hard during the second quarter. Springville Spring-ville tried to get the ball into the basket, but the doggone thing was as stubborn as a mule and absolutely abso-lutely refused to go in. LaMar Weight, forward and Lawrence Clark, guard were playing well for the Devils, Kirkpatrick center and Carton, forward for Tintic were also doing a fine lot of playing. The score at the end of the half was 9 to 3 for Tintic. The third quarter was full of suspense and thrills. Tintic being ahead four points at the most. Both teams were using the huddle system. Springville was also using zone defense which rattled the Miners quite a bit. While the fans were raising the roof of the building urging Springville Spring-ville players on the Tintic Miners gradually increased their lead to five points where it remained. The score at the end of the game was 19 to 14 for Tintic. ! |