Salt Lake Telegram | 1948-12-23 | Page 20 | Cyprus Bests South in 40-35 Thriller

Drobnick Is Difference Cyprus Bests South In 40 35 Thriller B By Cliff A. A Miller MillerA A shot hot-shot Cyprus quint staved off a minute last-minute South rally to tip the Cubs 40 35 In a close hot tussle on the South floor Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day afternoon before a packed howling crowd of partisan fans The game was a thriller from the opening jump ball to the final whistle as the two clubs had their on off moments to give the crowd numerous thrills and chills during the hectic contest Complete lineups of both teams contributed almost equally to the scoring but it was big Rudy Drobnick who made the difference in the ball game for the Cyprus Pirates Drobnick was the Pirate pillar of oC offense and defense controlling controlling con con- trolling the ball flawlessly And his sensational right handed over the head hook shot especially In the I third period was the Cyprus margin margin margin mar mar- marI I gin of victory I The game started out on fairly even terms with the two clubs exchanging exchanging exchanging ex ex- ex- ex changing the lead quite often Allio All 10 io men on the floor contributed I equally to the scoring and a slight Pirate shooting spurt put them ahead 17 16 at the half Cyprus caught fire during the opening minutes of the third quarter quarter quarter ter however and it wasn't long before the Pirates had racked up an point eight-point margin But going into the last period little Bob Eva and Cal Drecksel started to hit and the Cubs pulled up to within two points of the Pirates Mr Drobnick came to the rescue just justin in time to put out the South flame and place the game on ice with two speedy field goals in m the last few minutes Both teams displayed flashes of excellent form and the two teams as to size and ability were almost evenly matched O I. Cl-I. inn South r. r T o P G T F P 4 1 0 0 S R Eaf E 4 3 1 9 4 2 1 9 BUehler 2 2204 2 0 4 6 2 0 12 4 0 0 S 8 1 1 0 2 2315 3 1 5 4 1 1 9 2 2216 2 1 5 o 0 0 0 0 Davis L. L 1 1224 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 19 6 2 40 to Totals 15 12 5 35 Score by quart quarters n Cyprus 9 17 31 40 0 South 8 S 16 24 2 35 Officials Snort Short and Sanford