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Show Cage League Opens With FastScraps Three bitterly fought games marked the opening of the Pioneer Basketball league Monday at the Pioneer stake gymnasium as Salt Laka DeMolay nosed out Federal Reserve 87-34, Ken Garffs downed Mullett-Kelly 36-28 and Rhlneland-ers Rhlneland-ers won over Carleson Motor 34-21 Denver at Rio Grande Western piled up an early lead and bombed the hoop from all angles to beat Paris company 61-22, while Jack Llewellyn and Wallace paced the fast Strevell-Pateraon crew In a 61-16 win over Golden Glory. Lead Changes Often Dan Freed and Roy Beans slipped through the Federal defense for a pair of setups to clinch a win for De Molay after a hard battle In which the lead changed hands 14 times, five limes in the final period. Ken Beans paced the victors with 17 points, while Finley led the losers with his one-handed corner shooting. shoot-ing. Taking a 6-5 lead in the first period pe-riod and gradually pulling away as Nemelka hit the hoop for 10 points, Garffs chalked up their win, although al-though Bruce Balkln scored 12 points for the losers. The accuracy of Wilcox and Anderson clinched the Rhinelander win after the, Carleson crew had won a 1S-14 advantage at half time. Each team scored six points with perfect free pitching, Wilcox was high scorer for the game with 14 points. Toone Sets Pace Clare Toone caged many setups and an occasional corner shot for 20 points to lead tha Railroad crew, while Bogden counted 11 and Clare Evans caged 10. The winners pulled swiftly away after gaining a 16-6 lead in the first period as each member mem-ber of the squad caged four or more points. The Strevell squad jumped to an 11-2 advantage in the first canto and limited IU rivals to six goals while J. Llewellyn was ringing up 18 points and Wallace was caging cag-ing 15. Next Monday Mullett-Kelly plays De Molay at 8 p. m., Rio Grande plays Federal Reserve at T o'clock, Garff battles Paris at 8 o'clock. Carleson meets Golden Glory at p. m. and Rhlnelanders oppose Strevell-Pateraon at 10 o'clock. |