Show Leopards Out of Bi Big Three Pennant Chase I BIO BIG G TI THREE LEAGUE f Standing of Trams Teams W. W i u L. Pet Olden Ogden 2 o 0 West Vest 1 i i 1 East East 0 0 o J 2 50 Fridays Friday's Result West Vest 27 Bas Rast 24 By LON RICHARDSON M Battling before belore a crowd o of of-nearh of nearly fans tans the West High ba basketball basketball basket basket- k t- t ball team teem scored a 27 to 24 victory ofer oer its traditional foe East High In a big three league game Jast night In the Deseret gymnasium after an extra period of ot play Coming Corning Com Corn ing from behind a 22 to 12 Tat the half the tho Panthers fought fl wonderful uphill battle to victory This defeat eliminates the Leopards from the title race now defeats while West's victory gh gives 9 it a fair chance of or hooking e league championship j It was a characteristic East- East West classic with the teams b bat t lUng until the last second and aid about 1200 students of ot each sch school ol cheering their teams on oh on with yells that drowned the officials official's whistle at times It was a won won- victory for West and andone one on that was surely earned 4 The Tho Panthers fought desperately in the final minutes of ot the fourth period and finally slipped the ball through the hoop tying the score acore and an extra session of play was necessary to determine the winner For fully two minutes the two quintets battled fiercely with neither team being able to score although numerous shots at ithe ahe hoop were missed Finally Klet Ilet ting who substituted tor for t guard fouled Howells of ot who West in the deep silence of ot the great crowd registered a lone point Th The Panthers figured that It was was was-Inot not enough and Howells registered neat shot from the side of ot the floor It was another case of ot a lowly substitute sub subi bf coming through in the cru cruCial Cial moments and winning game I w Both teams had a number of 01 shots at the hoop in this period but failed tailed by Inches to make the them count I It was a a. terrible defeat for tor especially after the first which they they- ran wild with the Pan an Panthers Panthers anthers and scored 22 points aBu JEu two tallies were registered by in the second half halt and sion alon of ot play jf The started out wl i ia a bang and Art Potts forward forward ha sent the ball bail spinning through t hoop three times in quick succession succession sion giving East a lead which the tile the held throughout the period end of ot the first quarter East lc 11 to 10 The second period wa East's big canto and they Increase their lead to a safe fe margin tl th l. l I v 5 LV Guarding was especially close clos I Ithe the third period with East registering regis one field fiek goal and on point In the final period Wes We's started on a big rally and c cam m within two points of ot the Leopards lead Captain Millett was take takeout takeout out via 1 a the personal foul route n nall nall all hopes for tor victory seemed shat shattered shattered shattered as Millett had carried tb burden of or the offensive play IIo How However However ever the team got back on lt ltd Hd fe tee fee and a setup shot tied the East's work In the first half JT of ot the highest order but the t fail thu failure ll i ure to score but once th remainder of ot the game was rathe discouraging Many long shot were taken at the hoop but rolle of off the outside Kirkham G Gardne r rand and Potts each registered a a. sho silo 1 from near the center tenter of ot the Art Potts of ot East High h outstanding performer on the registering 11 of ot East's points be b Ing high point man of the gam along with eve every ma maon maon a t ton on the floor loor Snarr at guard an anG I G. G Johnson at forward both playe I a fast brand of ball doing exe p well ort eli passIng pass and intercepting inter 9 t Lunt and Millett were the shining shining shin ing lights for the Panthers alon along g I with Howells who scored tho the win fling points Lunt and Millett l scored 10 points and did well weli W 1 passing and Intercepting He ell Ho mm min 1 being In the game but seven utes registered two foul toul and a a. field goal Millett outwore outwore- Kirkham his rival sorrel I captain of East who still stilt leads th Uv I scorers of the league WEST EAST F. F j fi Iii 2 1 0 10 1 J 0 0 1 l 6 0 2 7 J 4 III i 1 6 5 1 0 10 E 5 Ki S 4 I 0 2 1 1 Sn 0 0 O. O 0 i Rho 0 0 0 0 Dt 0 I 1 0 i 1 3 2 0 O 0 04 0 0 00 0 0 Kr A 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 Totals Tz 12 1213 13 TotI U 11 1122 22 Referee Woodey Romney Bobby DobbY Richardson Nurmi Ready Nurmi-Ready Ready for Final Race T I II I NEW YORK Feb lieb 7 By A. A p Paavo Nurmi of Finland is re read d for his final stroke at the annu meet at the Wilco A. A C. C in Brook Brooklyn lyn tonight With three days res I he has declared red himself able to torU ru two miles in nine minutes or lese or-lese I His race is scheduled for tor meters but he will continue to t two-mile two mark in an effort to S I new time for tor both distances wish t ti Meanwhile Joie Jole Ray last marks slipping from under hi 1111 will grasp at a a. straw and to establish new figures for tor forst t tile i mile ile and 1500 meters lim |