| Show f J 0 w. w High Scoring Games Ga es Mark AAU Opening I By JOHN MOONEY l Telegram Sports Edit Editor f I Point a a. minute minute- basketball wasn't worth a a. thing Thursday night as the intermountain A AAU A U hoop tour tourney eY open opened d at the Deseret Deseret Des Des- eret gym with the four favored clubs racking up tip easy victories I I Although though the scores of the four four losing clubs averaged 38 points a game game almost almost a point a minute minute- the vi victors tors pounded the hoop with wilh witha wilha a barrage barrago of buckets that had the scorers reeling under a a. 66 point game average But when the more than five hours of consecutive shooting and passing had been completed Ecker Studio the defending champion and Gemmell club perennial run run- up ner-up were left in the lower bracket and Weber Dormitory Utah State and Utah Valley B BYU Y U the two outstanding outstanding outstanding out out- standing college quintets on the western slope were alone In the upper division Feature attraction on the semifinal semifinal semi semi- final slate Friday will be the meeting for tile the fifth time this year of the Provo and Logan teams Both survived early tournament tournament ment scares to roll up impressive victories over army teams in the first competition n and at lt this writing writing writing writ writ- ing the winner of ot this game stands a fine chance of taking Eckers Ecker's championship While the spotlight naturally will be on the Webers and Utah valley clubs considerable interest will ill be shown in the renewal of the fight between Gemmell and Ecker in the second semifinal tilt Weber of ot the had quite a scare from the classy air base club for 30 minutes leading by a single point 33 32 at the half and only 49 44 midway in the last half halt Then the Aggles started playing as a team and piled plIed up the top score of the evening with witha a 79 53 triumph The Stealers minus only Fl Floyd yd Giles Cues from their western division divisionS champion college team were held to a 16 14 lead midway in the first period but with Dale Rex leading the way with 27 points ran away from the Hill Field Fliers by a 76 42 score Francis Smith c chubby ubby forward kept the Fliers in the running with some sensational long shots which gave him 19 points Ecker had an easy time In dropping dropping dropping drop drop- ping a weak Mint Cafe club 48 24 in the opening game on the program pro pro- gram The def defending champs were lackadaisical and didn't try for too big a score against their erstwhile college teammates Deb Smith with 11 and Tom Lannan with 10 high were point men for forthe forthe forthe the winners while Fred Sheffield was the losers loser's only hope Reception Center stayed on the heels of the Gemmell club for most of the first 30 minutes but with John Mazuran hitting the hoop for 17 points the raced away in the closing minutes for fora a 61 34 win winFort win Fort Douglas Reception Center enter tangles with the Mint in the opener Friday at 6 p p. p m m. followed by Hill Field and the Army Air AirBase AirBase AirBase Base at 7 7 This second game could well decide the consolation champion of the tourney The TheAir TheAir TheAir Air Base with a couple of ot the original Colored Ghosts Ghosts' on the squad is plenty nifty for an A A U team and took the combined play of ot one of the best college clubs in this area to be beaten A sparse crowd watched the first nights night's play but attendance should pick up Friday with the star all-star slate offered Ekers Studio Stint Mint Cafe afe OT VP FP QT OT FP 1 1546 5 4 II t f 1 l 1 0 2 4 3 2 10 Lannan t Sheffield t 3 2 1 7 1 1324 3 2 4 c Bor Borne Bore e e 0 2 0 O 0 4 1 1 9 0 Giles K Davis 1 1113 1 1 3 5 1 1 it Smith c Petty K 2 2004 0 0 4 0 o 1 0 O 0 Bradley t f 2 0 0 4 4 1 0 8 Larsen LaTsen Tucker R f 1 0 g 0 g 2 I Io I o 0 g o o Ecker k c Hood t o 0 0 0 o 0 0 0 0 o Packer c 1 1 0 2 I 19 ii 15 i 10 48 Totals 11 7 2 21 Score by br quarters 23 2 48 Mint 7 I 24 Officials Oswald Oswald and B B. Smith Gemmell Club Inception Center GT FP GT FP 4 1 1 9 f Paul f 3 5 54 4 10 50 2 2226 2 2 6 Babcock f t 0 3 1 1 7 3 3 17 Mazuran c c 4 5 1 9 4 1 0 II 5 West Welte c Kelley K 4 2 0 8 II 6 3 1 13 Carroll jr K 3 0 0 6 0 o 0 0 0 O Gleason t f 0 0 0 O 0 o 0 0 0 0 f f 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 6 Nelson c Oliver K g 0 O 0 g 0 8 0 8 3 0 0 O 0 g 0 g fi I t r K 0 0 0 0 1 1002 0 0 2 Thomas e 27 11 7 61 Totals 1 Ge Gemmell Score te 1 b by Club lu quarters r 27 21 61 R Recreation Center 24 34 3 Officials Couch Couch and Houston Houlon still Hill letS field Utah A alley ailey GT JoP GT FP 8 1 4 3 19 10 Smith f Thompson f 0 0 0 0 o 0 1 1 1 Fitting f 1 1 1 3 3 4 1 7 o it 11 7 5 27 o 0 2 2 2 Moe K Walker 1 0 0 2 4 1 0 8 Orr g 6 1 1 1013 13 3 g 0 3 2 2 Busbea f 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 Chaconas K Jones f 0 O 0 0 0 o 0 till 1 1 1 Mea c 3 1 1 7 o 0 0 0 0 King E Swanson 2004 2 0 0 4 Peterson c 3 0 0 6 Jensen K 7 l 1 10 o 0 14 If 16 16 10 42 Totals 34 11 8 76 score by quarters Hill Hilt Field 21 42 U V 8 S Jl 31 76 her Dormitory Air Hour Base GT FP 4 2 2 10 Harris 7 4 2 16 7 7 6 20 A Maughan f 1102 1 1 0 2 10 4 2 22 Hoffman c King c 6 3 0 12 3 1 0 6 Trane K K 4 1 1 9 6 2 2 21 14 R E 0 0 0 O 0 o 0 0 0 0 Gullfoyle c Ostland f 1 0 0 2 1 1002 0 0 2 Hubbard I 5 U g 8 1 L 1 5 1 3 r k g a Denton r K O 0 2 O 0 0 1 1002 0 0 2 Curtis Cutting s Boyle e 0 1 0 00 0 Sudduth c 2 20 0 0 0 4 S 0 0 0 0 33 33 18 i 13 1379 79 Totals 2 25 12 3 53 Score by quarters Weber Dormitory r 13 33 19 79 g Air Base 32 53 |
