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Show -Traviiiv vnm wsa stag, mm zv?$k., game is ai:; III THE LAST MIIIIITE - Fitzpatrick's Men Show Fasi est Game in School" History . ByuMoe" Stiefel A SENSATIONAL field t?onl from the middle of the floer by Mickpy OHWald, substitute guard, was a fitting climax to as interestiug a basketball gafTje as any fan would daslro to wttnea, which turned defeat Into rtctory for tha "IT," 17 to H. Both teams seesawed Into tha lead, first on leadinr by two points, then tha other. Tha t-sawia had thro anliiuiea mora to play and -aiia Analea wera leading by a margin of threa points. Kana bacama restlena. ttma waa drawing near, and the homt team was on the short and of tha srw. Crimson supporters roaa from their sewa, begging their proteges to cage Juat two more field goals. Tha game waa hstd for a few mtnutea. roach Tommy Ktra-patrlck Ktra-patrlck sending Watkina In for OawuM and aendlng tha latter to Captain rvs Wright s poeltlon at forward. From tn point on tha varsity playera too a Ym hold on Ufa. and clearly outplayed thlr Leogan rivals during tha remainder of tha game. Hhortly after ply was ra-aumed ra-aumed Kergusea brought tha Oim arora to within one point of tha A met with a nloa goal from tha field. Twaaiy aeoonds remained before tha end of lha game. Tha ball waa toaaed up. Oswald f atnd poaoeaainn as It bourvred rsnf erguaon's bands. Tha former tam-ed toward hia basket and aant tha a smiling In the general direction or the Iron hoop. Klop! The aphara anl1d through tha Iron ring without bounding from lha backboard, and tha scorers marked a crone beatde (swnld's nanre'm tha mrwm book, which proved to be tha winning baaket for tha Otmsonlte. Time waa taken out for rean of tha unlvarslty with but ten seconds remaining, remain-ing, t'lay was resumed, tha ball ia toased up, a scrlmmuge ensued ana fh gun waa fired, bringing to a cloae one of the moat Interesting baakethall eon-teats eon-teats that theae two inatiluilona have ataged In many years. OTM ON DEFENSE. Although play at tlmea waa slow,' the game waa feat ured with ap urta wh ic h reaulted In some faat floor work by both trams. Oftentimes the entire five 4nf blue would be at one end of the floor, while nothing but red oould be seen at the other. Hoth teams were playing a strong defensive game. Home easy ahota at the baaket were missed by boh quintets, quin-tets, Orson Wright, university forward, having a poor nlRht of It. Several timee thia alar had chance a to score from easy angles, but overanxiety caused him to miss and disheartened nlm a great deal. It affected hla playing throuKhout the entire game, and near the end of the contest the coach Jerked him for Wr-ktne, Wr-ktne, which aubatltutlon eeemed to tura the tide of victory la the Cninaoa dlr sell se-ll on. The team work of the Aggie waa superior su-perior to that of the unlveralty, but TWe guarding of the Olmsonltea caused the Agglea to take shots from difficult angles, an-gles, and oftentimes from near the ceo--ter of the floor. "U- ECOflES FIRST The unlveralty started out with a aweh In the first half, running up a lead e points during the first ten mlnulee- of play. At the and of thle time the ecore stood I to I for the Crimson. However, the Aggie forwardn got busy, and. bemre time waa called for the first half rhe Invaders had tied the eeore at t all, Trie acore standing at this count at the mid of the half. When play waa resumed the game Just reversed Itself, the Aggie going Into the lead at the beginning of this half. Two neat field goala gave them a 4 -point margin, which lead waa retained during the greater part of the second half. KIRK ANO HARRIE TAR. - Kirk of the Agglea and Harris for the "i;" starred for thtlr qulnteta. Both of theae players are former Tooele High achool autre, playing together- on ine team which represented that school : In the state tournament In 191?. The former for-mer scored four field goals and caged -four out of eight tries from the foul tine for a total of II points. He etarterf "st center, but waa shifted to hla forward position when Maughn was sent In. Hpencer being replaced by Kirk. Hearts played the beat game on the floor. This man was everywhere. Beaidea holding hla opposing forward to one field goal, he dribbled down the floor on three oc casiona. aendlng the ball through the ring each time. He showed remarkable apeed on one occaaion, when ha drieaied the ball from one end of the floor to the other, with a neat field goal as a ( climax. He broke up Aggie pasaea on numerous occasions when It looked Hke the Klue team would reglter. Percy Hanson also played a splendid game-fer the Aggies, while Klmer lean ahaxed honors with Harris for the "C" The officiating of Malcolm Watson and . oren Wilson was saiufactory to everyone. J Lineup and summary: ' UTAH AOOIE8. ( Kd.O. Fr.T. FI.O T.P. MMunin, If. (C...1 0 ", 1 ' Spencer, rf. t Kirk, c.-rf 4 S 4 '3 ; Hansen, Ig 1 Smith, rg liaughan, c. Totals U t 4 mU L NIVKR8ITT OV VTAH. e Fd.G. Vr T. FLO T. lean. If .2 12 a . Wright, rf. (C) 3 4 4 Keraruiron.' c. ......3 , . Hald, Ig.-rf. I . 3 Hums, rg S 0 4 1 Watkina, Ig -) Totals II 12 --T Iteferee, Male Watson; umpire. C. Oren Wilson. |