Show Leopards Tip Jordan in 36 31 Battle Bailie B By Geor George e Sorensen SANDY Feb 5 East 5 East high school was riding riding- on top of the crest by two games ames in the Big Eight basketball basketball bas bas- race Saturday with six straight wins but not until after they had been given a big scare by bV the Jordan Friday night Thanks to the accurate shooting and outstanding floor games of oJ Jim McFarlane a and n d Milford Varner Coach Harold Harod Johnsons Johnson's boys staved off oft a Jordan rally to win by a 36 31 score These two boys were the bi big difference between between between be be- tween the two teams and when they couldn't penetrate the Beet- Beet dig digger er defense they dropped back and shot over it Jordan shot to a 8 4 point lead at one point in the first period but McFarlane and Lewis erased this margin just before the buzzer sounded to tie it up Varner led ed the attack in the second quarter as East pulled ahead 16 13 by half time Ran Ron Wild With McFarlane hitting for eight points the Leopards ran wild dur- dur dar daring during ing the first part of the quarter when they ran their lead to 27 16 with less than four minutes minutes min mm- utes of play remaining At this point the struck back hard with an attack that pulled them to within one point in the final quarter Ray Andrus tanked a long one which was offs t by another by lane Sherman Crump Steward Pierce and Andrus collected four charity tosses in the remaining minutes to bring the score 30 23 as the third period ended In the starting of the final quarter ter East switched Into a more deliberate style of ball playing and Jordan found it to their liking and brought the turn-away turn crowd to their feet Bob Cutler Cutter paced the spurt with two baskets and Crump and Andrus Andrus An- An drus added one each to compare to McFarlane's one to bring the score to 32 31 with four minutes and seven seconds left Attack Sputtered At this point the Leopards put some jome water in Jordans Jordan's gasoline and their attack sputtered out al although although although al- al though several Jordan shots did roll roU in and out Heaps connected from the charIty charIty char char- ity marker before the three min ute rest period Shortly after the rest period Varner added a free throw and with one minute and five seconds left he clinched the victory when he broke in beautifully beautifully fully for the final score of the game ame East used their height in Alden Lewis and John Astin to good advantage advantage advantage ad ad- vantage under the baskets but it was the around all-around play of the two smallest men on their squad Varner and McFarlane that was outstanding Andrus Cutler and Crump led the he Jordan attack and along with Mitch Price spearheaded the de de- de- de Several times these boys ganged up under the backboards taking the rebounds from the taller East siders skiers I i F. F latt t Jor Jordan an I G 6 3 1 13 McFarland Cutler 3 3 2 8 1 L 0 0 2 Crump t 3 0 0 6 1 1113 1 1 3 Lewis Le c 0 3 1 1 4 2 2 10 Andru J K 4 3 I 2 10 o 0 3 3 3 Price PriceS s 2 1 1 5 2 2115 1 1 5 Heaps 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 10 8 36 Totals 12 1211 11 7 31 Score by quarters F. F East st g S 16 30 36 Jordan 8 13 23 31 Officials Tucker and Woolley |