Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-03-30 | Page 7 | Here is One of the Classiest Gang of Basket Shooters to Ever Skid Acoss a Waxed Floor

Here Is Is' One of the Classiest Gang o of of Basket Shooters to Ever Skid Sl id Across a Waxed Floor FloorS S S i 1 1 1 I 3 r rt t iW w r ti tit t i 1 7 t. t jr p 4 k 4 r t You will know most of these classy Western Optical boys They dont don't a all wear glasses on the polished pine but I I they shoot the old oval from so many angles that one would be eyed cross-eyed from watching em all For fear that you will not be able to distinguish the Spencer boys apart we are re giving you the names of their coconspirators too From left to right right Glen Glen Smith center Douglas Burrows left guard Lolo Lob Spencer right forward Ernie Fallentine right guard Sid Spencer left forward Tommy Fitzpatrick coach and utility J Its It's too bad some of these ace barnstorming basketball didn't come this way this year for Salt Lake had a band that would have sent them back to their bailiwicks bam baili wicks without much ado lido and that isn't maybe marbe either for the Western who tied with the Utah Copper for the Suburban league championship are about the best outfit that has las been collected In these parts since the tho days of the theold theold theold old Y M. M C. C A A. and It is d doubtful If It the timers old-timers could have trimmed this quintet And five of the six who compose I the aggregation have had just as much experience as basketball basket basket- ban ball and though the games have lit lit- i tie tle in common still it has been learned that one does docs come in handy in the other and the Western Vestern Op- Op say they have had their share of ot both during the past season When talk was started concerning the Suburban h hop op league Manager Charlie Fehr lined up six men who are superior to any combination of in these parts The Opts played a total of ot eleven en games during the season and lost only two being defeated by Murray A A. A C. C and Lehi The opticians piled plIed up points during tho eason and held their opponents to 2744 24 counters The tie with the Utah Copper may be played off next week but there is little possibility owing to the I Bingham's quint's loss of oC a pla player er who has left the tho vicinity The men who composed the team were all aU high school stars of unusual unusual unusual un un- un- un usual brilliancy while four of themen the themen themen men played college basketball Sidney Sidney Sid Sid- ney King Spencer and Lolo Lob Spencer former West Vest High and Utah Aggie stars held down the forward pos positions post post- in a creditable manner These two men generally counted from front four to eight basl baskets ets In each game Their passing and floor game were of the highest order Glen Smith who played for the L. L r D. D S. S When they won the state championship in 1910 held down the center position and gave a good account account account ac ac- ac- ac count of himself Smith has all the physical qualities that are necessary necessary necessary sary for a good pivot man and he uses them to their best advantage Smith is a dead eye when it comes conies to shooting setups Ernie Fallentine and Boob Bur Bur- rows formed formed the defense for th tile the I Opts and from the scores of each game one can readily see that the opposing players met with considerable considerable consider consider- able trouble when It came caine to shooting shootIng shooting shoot shoot- ing baskets Both men are conSIder I large I and play the floor well Fallentine and Burrows are consistent scorers Tommy Fitzpatrick was utility I man and coach He was the small- small estman on the squad and held down almost every position Fitzpatrick also acted in an advisory capacity The following are the scores of the season I Western estern 8 86 Magna OG-Magna Magna Mills 20 Western estern 48 Hagna 8 Magna Mills 30 Western Vestern Murray 23 Murray A. A C. C 24 24 Western Vestern Murray 66 66 Murray A. A C. C 32 32 Vest Western ern 46 Utah 6 Utah Copper 11 I I Western Vestern 36 Utah 36 Utah Copper 21 Western Vestern 37 Leht Lehi Lehl A. A C. C 38 31 Western Vestern 46 Lehl Lehi Lehl A. A C. C 22 22 Western estern 48 Brigham S City 22