| Show Dixie Showing in Chi Chicago agoT ago ago- T Tournament Was Impressive By Lon Richardson The Dixie High school basketball team Utah champions and representative representative representative In the recent national scholastic hoop tournament held in Chicago certain certainly boosted Utah's stock In athletic lines according to those thos who witnessed the games After Arter losing out the first night of ot play pia by two points the St. St George aggregation showed that fight and determination which has always been shown b by Beehive state state te ms and came through to victory victory In the tho consolation tournament winning four games game and the consolation tournament title over twenty of the best teams in the country Dixie like Panguitch last season was a big favorite among the fans tans after the s second cond nights night's play when the team hit its stride and easily administered dete defeat t to all quilts ts I that it met Word had hit Chicago before the team arrived ha a little littletown town in Utah was again sending a II strong hoop aggregation d publicity pub pub- had b been en great Being eing a II western team te m the Dixie aggregation aggregation aggregation tion was given the nickname of or cowboys which they carried throughout the tournament Due to their fast and clean brand of play Coach Chester Whiteheads Whitehead's hoop- hoop are reported as having had the greatest greate t number of backers among the Chicago fans tans of any team in the tournament I The short underhand pass which the tho- Dixie team used so well in the Utah Glah state tournament proved the downfall of the other fives in Chicag Chicago Chi Cht- cago cago cag who seemed unable to 0 o understand understand understand un un- It This brand of p s was the only one of its kind and worked to perfection at all times time's especially after atter the tho initial nights night's play Utah's defense strengthened as the days went vent on until the final night opponents opponents got into the Dixie DUle territory only twice d during n the game Utah coaches h at the tournament o a state I that the St. St George team looked unbeatable unbeatable un- un un beatable the final night and would have had a good goad chance of ot downIng downing downing down down- ing the Wichita Kan team which won on the championship Captain Grant Lund and ana Ashworth Ashworth Ashworth Ash- Ash worth Thompson carried the tho brunt of Utah's play both offensively and defensively Captain Lund was praised to the top by Chicago newspapers newspapers newspapers news news- papers while Thompson likewise received mention for his great ing Lund rustled the ball dribbled into the opponents' opponents territory to slip the ball to Thompson who stood under the basket Time and time again these two little fellows carried car car- vied ried on the entire offensive attack I with Lund rustling the ball an and j givIng giving giving ing it to Thompson who stood under un under under un- un der the basket ready to score It I Iwas was due to the fact that Utah was in the consolation consola tournament that thata I a Dixie man failed to get mention Ion on the American All team I I The Utah team won high praise from Walter alter Towers considered the best beat authority on basketball Inthe in inthe inthe the United States tates Towers stated that the Utah short pass and zone defense was the best vest he has seen in years and commented highly on the Dixie teams team's good sportsman sportsman- ship Features were few tew at the tournament ment with no team donning the unique unique garb used by the Panguitch team last season The Louisville Kentucky aggregation n had a great me mascot scot cot in the form of a Boston I bulldog which barked continually during the time the team was play praY ing A real supporter out outselling yelling the majoritY m majority i iThe of the fans there The three Utah coaches Dixon Kapple of Ogden Lee Ogden Lee Simmons Simmon of Fast and Vad Vadal ll Peterson of ot L. L D. D S S. S who witnessed the tournament as spectators expressed the opinion d that at they received many new ideas from seeing the best teams team's in the country in action and state that next season they will put a number number num num- ber of them into play which should greatly boost the brand of ot I anum-I ball pall in Utah |
