Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-01-22 | Page 7 | Sanit Hoopsters Defeat East High Leopards in Thrilling Contes

SAI-NY- SAI DEFEAT EAST HIGH LEOPARDS RI IN THRILLING CONTE I m GREAT Fl riM BATTLE Granite and West Welt Open Their Seas SeaH Tonight I THURSDAYS THURSDAY'S RESl RESU RESULT U T L. L D. D S. S 19 East st High gh 17 FRIDAYS FRIDAY'S cou E EWest West at Granite With the L. L D. D S. S Sa Sant ira stera holding the lead j Lake division having defeat defea East High Leopards ii fiji b night 19 to 17 17 the Red and art Panthers of West High s sch hc journey to td the Granite H gli gymnasium tonight at 8 c determine which quint ll place honors with the tEe ill school at least for the Um tim Just as last nights night's bit bat bitone batone t tone one of the toughest ever e local floor the classic ton tween the Red and Blac ar arand and White is ta expected t to thriller with both b beven be even terms ju Each team will have s a stages when it enters night The presence rc fl Eikrem in a Panther bolster up the Red and Bl Black k to such an extent that will experience a a. ul uI ulin in scoring Eikrem for pt U tl three years has ha held down don do n lar laI berth as a West Vest Side gu Ul guing ing log considered one of th the l the state last year veal e eson eson son a member of the 19 will start as a forward Gordy Rhodes may ge In game as a center iii hi leg Even with Rhode Rhade o 0 presence of two of last is a great advantage GRANITE HAS CHANCE However Granite wil 11 a ashare ashare share of or the advantages playing on her own I f floo 00 after year the G gj a away many a stronger team lean short end nd of the score mei er cause they were er able t d stuff on the Farmer cou cour The Dhe East L. D. D S. S contest marked the opening t Lake division was a g game garni me afforded plenty of thrill f I evening was over The Leopards to quarters staged a supe rally in the fourth qua I a scare into the ranks tJ S. S backers and Coach Vada Vad son only to fall tall two poi poin 5 tying the Saints' Saints score LEOPARDS THRILL Seldom before has a eat eaI from behind to close s suet t. t gap At the half Us L were hopelessly beate Saints The score was 1 favor of the Gold and BluIn Blu Blut In the third quarter quartet th the lL I outscored the Saints E Ea tallied five points and the tu two The fourth quarter quart Leopards' Leopards big crash Wi V count 15 to 7 7 the LeOIl Leor j r d ing like demons grad l the gap and forced Va Vad I 1 Ito to rush Oc Evans back i ito tIto tl tI to stem the Red and Bla l lEast East High was might basket shooting the firs 1 parts of the second hal the early part of the fou Ii h everything went in but t I needed a basket to scon th ii ups were missed thus t to toj toja si sia a chance of winning th the tho p Coach Vadal Peterson nt to the fans last night a which has never bee a before His players used t ble pivot and pass or os shoot shoo to perfection and it w of ball baU that completely ThaI bar Leopards in the first j I h Evans and Droubay sho onlookers some mighty cIt l of ot dribbling p vo passing These two m mya far the outstanding play players E Saints PIa fl SPLENDID FIGHT Although the credited with a loss TH h many admirers b by the fight and determination Watkins East High c cent I em-I captain never gave UP He was continually tight fight the ball and urging hion hi hion h hon on to meet neet the Stunt Saint was ably supported by Tec T Tic and Reid Beers the young Continued on following t