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Show CMMOfE STAYS DM Qh&i i , . 1 . Defending Champs Defeat Logan; Two Jordan Teams . Apt to Battle for Title BasaSwaarSIBSBaaBnaeavxeaV By TOMMIK PORTER A state championship battle between two Jordan teams looma In the annuel high achool meet at the Deeeret gym, now that all three of the district's entriee In the tournament Cyprus, Davie and Granite aurvlved their opening tests Wednesday and became favored to win again Thursday to advance into the select group The three Jordan teams and North Summit of Coalville displayed a world of tournament possibilities Wednesday In their victorias, hawking hawk-ing the bell tenaciously from start, to finish and managing somehow to have, a little something In reserve re-serve when disastsr threatened. Aster earning back Legaa y two points la a thrilling tl-t eaoeunter. Granite and Ms faithful faith-ful band of aepperters saelaleaed a repettUea of last year's aealeve-ment aealeve-ment war It finished third la He heme dkatrIM and) came ea te wis the championship with Ma actreestve ball haadllag brand of play. Granite is favored over Beaver, a southern entry, in ths 410 o'clock game Thursday night Cyprus gets ths nod vm Bpringvllle In aa afternoon af-ternoon game, but Davis Is expected to have Its hands full when It tackles Americas Fork In the 1:10 game. The Alpine representative, large and aggresslvs In its own right ought to be plenty troublesome for the Darts, especially if they utilise their height under the basket aa well aa they did against South Cache In ths latter atagee of a two-point two-point victory over the Hyrum aggregation. ag-gregation. The Darts have a faster floor game, however, with whlctt to offset their opponents' superior altitude. al-titude. Cyprus end Deris stress attack, with careful and - at times very deliberate taaarng te work the ball eloee to the basket Granite relies principally upon a nearly airtight defense, with aa occasional scor- See pace It for detailed accounts of aa games Defending Champs Win From Logan (Oonttnood frool preaadlnf Peso) shots and allows few short tosses by Its rivals. Elf ht ef the nine players en the Caveman squad are sis feet er more In height, and with Grant Hicks pacing a fast attack, the team has a fine chance te make a good bid for the title. Joe Davis and Roland Rsadlng, both six-footers, are aces of ths Davis attack, with Cal Sheffield as the all-around star, rustling the ball with speed and tenacity. The Darts drlvs hard, but break clesn, saeily adjusting their timing snd apeed to the occasion. From any part of tha forecourt the Davis cagers are accurate shooters, but fsw shots are tried as far out as ths corner. Granits's smashing drives should overpower the large Beaver squsd, and the defending champions, thoroughly at home on the Deseret floor, will probably find their stride la the usual Granitiaa manner Thursday against Bsavsr, after a rather shaky start against Logan. Stern Woods, spsedy scoring aoe of the Farmer tsam, probably will not play full tlms because of a recent re-cent attack of influenza, but Denial Den-ial Swanson, Vaughn Bennion and Dick Kramsr, always key men in ths Granite dsfsnse, also carried tha attack successfully Wednesday. Bpringville Jleplayed fins scoring power In turning back Kanab in the opening round, hut unless ths Red Devils can bottls up speedy little Ray Crow, the flashy Cyprus ace will again spark victory for his Pints mates. A well-timed attack at-tack Is ths ksy to success for Cyprus, and the Magna tsam is exceptionally good at rustling ths ball, Dse Butters But-ters doing yeoman work In thia department. |