Salt Lake Telegram | 1949-02-05 | Page 13 | Taylor's Shot Gives Davis 40-39 Victory

Taylors Taylor's Shot Gives Davis 40 40 39 39 Victory By B Polly pony Robison OGDEN F Feb b. b 5 The Provo Bulldogs had a rival for lor hard luck honors in the prep Big Eight basketball loop Friday night as th the Ogden Tigers dropped their second point one-point decision of the league campaign thIs campaign this time to a never- never say-die say band of D Davis Darts who snatched the victory from the in the last four seconds of or pla play with a bucket from beneath the boards that netted them a 40 39 victory Dart center Lowell Taylor scored the clincher when he drove In from rom the side with a lay up that broke the spirit of the Ogden crew Taylors Taylor's was a thrilling climax to a spirited tussle that saw both teams matching point for or point from the moment the opening buzzer sounded The Davis winning basket followed followed followed fol fol- fol- fol lowed on the heels of of- ofa a Herculean heave by Ogden's Bob Harbertson that would have given the Tigers the win Harbertson's shot slashed the springs with the Scoreboard clock showing only 15 seconds left and the game appeared to be wrapped up for the Mark Ballif Balli crew but the D Davis vis fast break and their one bucket set the Tigers down dawn for their fourth league de defeat defeat defeat de- de feat as against two wins The tilt was hotly contested throughout with neither quint able to gain more than a six-point six lead at any time during the con con- test That six-point six lead was was' a rare however as the two teams were usually alternating alternating alternating alter alter- from the lead position to the trailing position as often oHen as the score itself changed The score stood at 9 8 for Davis at the end of the initial period and the tooth and nail battle was in interrupted interrupted interrupted in- in at all 19 by the time half-time gun The Darts fashioned their biggest lead during the third canto carito and that quarter ended with the score reading 30 27 in favor of the Davis county lads That advantage was short lived however as Harbertson Jimmy Erz and Paul spearheaded spear headed a Tiger drive that put them in the lead at 33 Davis re retaliated retaliated retaliated re- re to take over at 38 37 and andset andset andset set the stage for the final two buckets Johnny Dawson was the man of at atI the hour for the Darts as he collected collected collected col col- col- col I 13 points for scoring game-scoring honors Neil Hancey followed wit with 12 for the Davis quint while Erz with 10 was top man for Ogden O Orden deD VaTi 3 0 0 a G 6 5 S 4 2 12 2 0 8 Ashby 0 2 0 0 1 1002 0 0 2 Cowle a 0 0 0 0 5 s 1 0 10 Erze 3 3 3 9 1 1002 0 0 2 HulLe 0 0 0 U 0 2 2326 3 2 6 3 2 0 6 2 2415 4 1 5 Daw son c 5 3 33 3 13 18 Totals 16 U 8 40