Show Dixie Starts Title Defense by Beating Lehi 2312 Fliers Rely on Sterling Guarding When Shooting Shoot Shoot- Shooting ing Is Far Off Usual Standard 9 9 By BOB OB GOODILl Dixie's veteran Fliers started the defense ot of their thelt state championship with a a. 12 23 victory over o a stubborn stubborn stub stub- born Lehl Lehi high school fIve in the S 9 o'clock contest contest vV ot of the first day i 1 Although th the t- t f FIler did riot M I. like Uke the wonder te team m that startled i 1 l state tournament i. i fans on the first fda f da day ot of the 1928 r hoop classic the they worked smoothly a. a n d effectively Lehs Lehi's offense completely complete complete- ly and at times displaying a a. for for- punch scoring IiA However the Fliers and most noticeably Ellwood Romney their scoring were ace oft off on basket shooting and the scrappy little tUe Al- Al Nebo pine runner ui team kept on even terms with Coach Lee Hafen's seasoned veterans for half the game COX SHINES Outstanding on the Dixie team was Kenneth Cox chunky guard whose numerous Interceptions and brilliant around all guarding play pIa marked hint him as an outstanding can can- for an state all berth this year also played a a. strong defensive de de- game and sank a pall pair of long shots In iii timely fashion The Dixie defense held Lehi to one lone field goal In tile the second half Hornney's Romneys Rom Horn ney's floor game was excellent Lehi smaller played a a. scrappy game all the way but were overcautious on their offense which was extremely slow In breaking break break- Ing Evans whose 6 points gave him high honors of the game was the outstanding Lehi performer while Gray and Fox worked nicely on de de- tense Lehi started out in front on a a. neat nent shot hot by Evans but Dixie came back with three rapid fire ringers two t by Gates and ono one by Snow Lehi fought back and the quartet quarter closed at 8 5 for Dixie Evans caged two sensational shots itt In the second period and Whitman's foul toss gave Lehl Lehi a. a S 10 margin but Andrus counted a setup to tie the count at 10 at the halt half Dixie pulled away in the third quarter to lead 10 16 and a. a bombardment b by 1 Romney and Cox clinched matters in the closing stanza I 1 3 I 2 I 4 3 2 0 S 6 2 0 0 4 41 1 2 1 3 I 3 1 Ii 5 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 I 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Andr sc 2 4 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 10 10 3 13 23 Totals I 5 7 1 2 U 12 Spencer umpire Watt |