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Show ,'? SPORTS FLASHBACKS Uintah Utes capture 2nd place in region tourney A basketball story follows as it was nted in the Vernal Express March .11931. ' i CA8B0N WINS ROUND robin tournament tour-nament loUh Make Hard Fight and Wins up t ' r-l Night Local Boys Show Good Wtmanjhip Round Robin tournament was )- successfully held at Uintah High 101001 gJTn last Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Some very hard fought battles bat-tles took place between hoop teams, Carbon, Green River, Roosevelt and Uintah. The spirit of sportsmanship shown by the various teams could not have been better. Captain Webb of the Carbon team was awarded the trophy given by the regional board to the winning team. Principal Noble, who is the secretary of the board, awarded the trophy. Coach Carl Davis is to be commended on his splendid way in which his fellows played Thursday night. They opened the tournament in a game with Green River, winning with a score of 33-25. The second game was between Carbon and Roosevelt. Both teams played very fast, hard ball. Roosevelt held the lead until the fourth quarter. During the last few minutes the score was tied 29 all.. Just before the final gun a foul pitch was made by Carbon and they won by one point 30-29. Friday night Carbon defeated Green River 45-22. The second game was between bet-ween Uintah and Roosevelt. Uintah was again victorious with a score of 23-14. Uintah played at a disadvantage without Eaton, because of an injury received the night before. Although the lack of Eaton meant loss of the game and even though his loss was keenly felt, the boys played a very good game. On the final night, Roosevelt walked away with the game with Green River, the score being 54-18. Coach Neeley played practically all his reserves. A number of Carbon High School students came in for the final game, which was between Carbon and Uintah. Uintah's boys held the ball during the majority of the game, but were unlucky in throwing baskets. Carbon won with a score of 29-21. The game was fast and intensely interesting. The school band played for all three nights. Alexander was the top Uintah scorer in the game with Carbon at seven points and Noel put in five points. Stewart scored three counters and Oaks popped in one point. Carbon's top scorers were: Gunderson, 15; Kell, 12 and Bonomo, 2. A boxing story follows as it was printed in the Vernal Express May 7, 1931. MASSEY AND PALMER FIGHT DRAW IN SATURDAY NIGHT BOXING CARD Massey made Palmer step a lively pace to earn a draw in the fastest bout of the evening at the Woodard Hall Saturday night. The Salt Lake City boy entered the ring confident of victory, but he got the surprise of his life when he encountered the tactics of the local boxer. Massey covered his body too well for the Salt Lake boy to reach with telling blows. Palmer, finished boxer with as good a head as any of our western boys, used his experience to offset of-fset Cherokee's strength and pink of condition. They met in the center of the ring at the first gong and swapped it out for eight straight rounds at a pace that looked to fast to last, but both men were in good shape and stood up under the long grind. Preston Fletcher, Vernal 158 pounder, stopped Lyle Fraughton, Ta-biona, Ta-biona, 160 pounds, in the first stanza of their six rounder. Fraughton put Fletcher Flet-cher to the canvas with a hard right to the jaw, only to receive a quick left hook to the head and right tc solar in return, which puts out the lights and ended party in the first. Blaine Hardy, 140 pounds, Vernal, took a close decision from Bill Sweeney, 140 pounds, Neola, in the bloodiest battle bat-tle of the evening. The crowd, cheering wildly, was keyed to a high pitch for the full six rounds. This Neola boy is plenty tough and has seen lots of service and though he got off to a bad start in the first few rounds, he made Hardy weaken fast in the last two rounds. |
