Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-02-28 | Page 6 | East and West Battle for Tourney Place Thursday Night

I 0 0 0 I EAST AND I WEST BATTLE FOR TOURNEY PLACE THURSDAY NIGHT n RIVAL I V A L SCHOOLS MEET IN THIRD THIRO CONTEST Bo Both h Coaches Will Make Supreme Effort to Capture Capture Capture Cap Cap- ture Final Game Whether the Ea East t or West High school chool will enter the state tournament as second second sec see ond team from the Salt Lake division lon lonwill will be settled tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock on the Deseret gymnasium m floor when the two rival sister slater schools will for tor the tho third time this season engage In battle In the two cont contests played be before be- be fore tore each won one and lost one Playing In an Inconsistent manner the two since the seasons season's beginning have contributed some come spectacular as aswell aswell aswell well as some poor exhibitions of ot basketball has bas until almost everyone has stopped trying to predict outcomes of games in which either Is enga engaged e l. l To date dateS both teams have split spilt games with every quint in the division BOTH ARE INCONSISTENT The East High nIgh started the season ceason with witha a bang and andor for or the first three weeks tore through it Its scheduled games with the Saints Granite and West Vest High with witha a neat score of or wins registered With Ith the ending of ot the third week and arid the commencing of ot the fourth however en entirely en- en of play rack d different t for from aspects et there r marked on ketie they their seemed style d to lack everything which makes maltes a bas baa team a crack combination They suffered Buffered a a. good lacing by bv a a. quint they had once defeated the Saints walkin walking roughshod over them In their second meeting The e trouncing c they received at the ghan hands of the Saints a nt seemed to break the tha heart of the team for tor from that t stage on they have done nothing but td d drop gt their l two r remaining t nl scheduled schedule games C West nIgh High also started the season In Ina Ina ina a fine tine manner b by turning In a a. win over win Granite nl they y sJ succeeded This el proved 01 In d co cornering to e be g the for s some only time however for tor in their next three contests contest they went down to defeat I In every game The returning to the ranks of ot Joe Christensen their star forward at this critical period bolstered the quint up to such auch an extent however o e t that t they defeated t the East ie High lg and I L. L D D. ts s S. S U U. division leaders in a row I OUTCOME OF I BATTLE UNCERTAIN According C to t the showing o which c these he gh et ad t two teams have e made so far far It may be safely said eald that a and close close- closely crose- crose ly contested game will be bo Insured Coach Homer F P. P Christensen has been having his quint going through some lively and stiff the last days and antI from the spirit and willIng willIng willIng will- will Ing manner in which his men are taking to the signed assigned work r we will n not be surprised ert to see the tho tv team ar In n even n nn better tt shape than when they tackled the tho Saints Saint a a. week ego ago C Coach Workman since the fusion of KIrkman the new find of the quint t to nth ItI hold down tho ho h pivot position has a ac acquired cc- cc man many expectations as to the outcome outcome outcome out out- come of ot the contest The probable lineup lineup- If Derry Berry Christensen rf Bosone Carman c c KIrkman Braden Ig Tauter Anderson Anderso rg rg Beckwith