Show P 0 am t 0 pa JU C S by A T roberts chronicle sports editor i i murray captures Cap tyres mm jodan division title by defeating white buffs 25 23 the tooele thoele buffaloes and the field house march 3 on a winn rafters of this sports emporium ce del num it was the orange and B hoisted in token of victory the P gone down fighting a scrapping wouldn t quit concede or bend but who were behind two points when the timer timers s gun ended the battle and so tooele thoele was the loser by tle score of 25 23 after roaring through co opeti tion in the jordan league for eig it 1 straight triumphs tooele thoele ran mt into a of illness and dropped their last two games murray a er los ing to tooele thoele and judge menion it gamed gained momentum with every pi sing game and pulled up even with the front running buffs with bach tach team sporting an 8 2 i at the end of the regular season and both automatic entries in the state tournament but neither squad was content to settle for co chi cha n ap and so this battle w was as ar ranged and from it murray em arged as the undisputed title hold er revamped lineup illness struck the buffs be ow the belt when it laid glen ho se rupp low and coach clarke johr sen sent a re vamped line up out on the floor no doubt the loss of rupp who was the teams team s lead ing point maker plus his height was a loss to the buffs but a sal ute goes out to george bleazard m who ho stepped into rupp s brogan brogin and filled them more than capably this boys performance was ter during the thrill packed 32 mm min utes the score was tied four times and the lead changed hands five times and the biggest lead either team could get was just after the second half got underway when murray was out in front 20 15 the game was only an infant when glen bones hamilton who started at the center spot put too ele out in front with a two pointer from outside the foul circle reed walker murray guard collected on a lay up shot to tie it up then charlie lee again put the buffs out in front when he sank a corner corrier shot and back and fourth the score tottered with tooele thoele leading the Smelt entes rites for most of the first period just before the canto end ed verdean anderson put murray in the lead when he broke loose for two points and the period end ed 10 9 for murray in the second period murray ad ded to this slim margin and peck ed away until at one time they had built up a four point lead 17 13 just before the halftime inter mission dale leatham hit for a basket and at the half way mark it was 17 15 for murray slow third quarter after playing brilliantly durin during 9 the first half the pressure and the tension began to tell on both teams and the play during the third quarter was rough and rag ged with both teams accumulating only 5 points between them ander son and hurzeler put the smelter ites out in front 20 15 with a field goal and a chanty charity toss and dunn kept the buffs in the run ning with a nice hook shot and that was the scoring in this period it was the fourth quarter that had the fans on the ropes and this Is the way the game went geo rge bleazard hit the hoop and the score read 19 20 john woods split em for two points but blea zard came right back and the score was 21 22 and murray still out in front art hurzeler was fouled in the act of shooting and arid made good on one of his two free throws 21 23 A long shot by tooele thoele hit the hoop and bounced in the air but bleazard leaped high in the air and batted the ball through urray Smelt entes rites met at the ute er take all bas has s and when the ased vibrating from the cheers of lack banner of murray that was urple and white of had snarling herd of buffaloes that championship box score tooele thoele M murray urray P P 4 lee anderson 9 7 BIe aard hurzeler 6 3 hamilton barnett 3 4 Lea leatham thain walker 5 3 iwami jacobs 0 2 duna dunn woods 2 0 bunn bergen 0 23 TOTALS 25 score by quarters murray 10 17 20 25 tooele thoele 9 15 17 23 officials wayne player and aldo and the old ball game was all tied up 23 23 murray took over control of the ball with less than two minutes remaining in the game but no matter how hard they tried they could rit work the nugget through the tooele thoele defense so they flip ped the ball over to little art hur zeler and from outside the foul circle he split the strings for the margin of victory and the differ ence between champions and runner up tooele thoele had a chance to tie the game up and send it into overtime but murray batted the ball out of bounds and before the buffs could get the ball into play again the gun sounded ending the game all buffs ploy play hard for the winning Smelt entes rites the boys that were the burrs in the buffs hide were verdean ander son and art hurzeler both kids splayed played inspired games getti getting ng the points when they were needed mot and turning in outstanding floor games in tooele thoele s losing fight every kid on the buff team should come I 1 in for praise charlie lee who cleared the back boards at both ends of the gym collected four points and held the high scoring anderson Anders Ander sori to only 9 points dale leatham the little fire ball broke up the murray freeze in the lat er stage of the game and gave tooele thoele another scoring opportunity glen bones hamilton was all over the floor intercepting pas ses working with lee on the bank boards and chipping in with 3 points and nobora iwami was b by y far the best ball handler on the floor and always in position to take a team mate s pass and then there was george blea zard a kid that has spent a lot of time on the bench but when he got his chance proved to be a player of championship calibre george was high point man for the buffs with seven points six of them coming in that torrid last period there wont be a seat sav ed on the bench for bleazard his place is out on the floor A team to be proud of the buffaloes this year have placed the spotlight on tooele thoele and even in defeat looked great per haps there are some who will say that tooele thoele was beaten by a bet ter team and maybe they were but for sheer grit and fight that old never say die spirit tooele thoele Is second to none TOD N no I 1 team heads ideal local quintets ral k 4 A f t I 1 jr y A 4 N 1 11 91 X 0 T tr 44 4 4 4 county recreational league leaders and among the top bas teams in the state are these members ot of the TOD no i 1 team which has just the south end of 0 f a basketball player going north which you see in the photo above belongs to poulsen of the tooele thoele B team he s not wrestling merely try ing ng to get the ball from a mur ray player choke holds were ed play in the AAU tournament in salt lake standing reft teft to right are max proctor kenneth johnson major louis J poudre coach alex chisholm and dick johnston front row cliff wil liams hams jim palmer john palmer john nelson joe peterson and bob wassom were missing at the time the picture was taken signal corps photo gamme that ball says poulsen but murray won t WY k ft 4 M ai 0 ia 44 14 4 tourney set for april 11 orrin miller chairman of the tooele thoele county wildlife federation committee announced last week that a county mg ing tournament will be held on sunday april 11 this shoot will be open to all classes of shooters the wildlife federation trap fac north of town will be open every sunday morning beginning at approximately 10 00 a m for those who wish to practice prior barred or so the ref said scud he s the fellow in the stripes just to the right of that ons one murray man who s going in to kick poul sen on the backside over on the right lorry larry stevenson says oh my aching head as they call a to entering this contest the scores obtained at these preliminary shoots will be used as a basis for classifying shooters into A B or C classes trophies will be awarded first place winners in each class woody proctor turned in the high score last sunday with 24 out of a possible 25 keith ensign was not far behind with 23 out of 20 23 keith is a comparative newcomer to the trapshooting mg game but he shows promise of offering some tough competition from here on out bud christensen broke a good strong 20 out of 25 dick evans got 16 curt lougy orrin miller and ed dalton broke 12 13 and 14 re ely fe faw af 8 WA SS foul on him for breathing he was elected from the game with 5 fouls though the scorebook showed only four this was very embar embarrassing embarras rasing mg to the officials but not murray who won photo by W D bush |