Show f Sports Flashbacks I i Uintah defeats Altamont S i 1 and Tabiona in contests Uintah Union Duchesne I f Tabiona and Altamont were fierce basketball rivals In in the fifties An article about the lri follo follows follows Sj as it t was I printed in the Vernal Verna Express t i February 14 1952 f I UINTAH WINS FROM ALTAMONT AND DUCHESNE UPSETS UNION The past week has produced f loa loads ds of ac action tion and has thrown the Uintah Division into a tie between Union and Uintah The upset of the season took place at Duchesne where the hustling Eagles played out-played and out-fought out the Union Urbon Cougars last ast Wednesday Brodhead of Duchesne led the Eagles with 15 points as well as supplied the spark which produced d the win Union on the theother theother theother other hand had trouble with set ups setups ups and in close-in shooting Duchesne it will be remembered upset Uintah last year causing a tie which finally ended with Roosevelt going to state Uintah Wins 66 44 In the other game of the evening Uintah won but the thet t game was closely closey fought until the last quarter when Uintah sparked by Lee Wilkins took a commanding lead The final score was 66 44 but even as late as the 3rd quarter the Utes held a small 6 point margin 45 Wilkins hit his best form this season by dumping in 26 points Barr and McCarrel produced 12 1211 11 and 10 points respectively to bring the tally taUy to 59 Wells got 5 counters and 2 to complete Uintah's 66 Fast moving Burson of the Altamont Longhorns came through with 24 The remaining points were divided among his teammates I Friday Nights Night's Action I f Friday nights night's fans saw an j entirely different type of action Uintah and Union ran wild to beat Tabiona and Altamont 48 29 and 55 UIntah who had a 4 15 lead at atthe atthe the end eM of the 1st quarter lengthened It to 8 27 at the halftime and 18 at the third quarter mark From here in the Utes coasted making only 3 more points Coach Marcus Garrett cleared the bench and gave all the he boys an opportunity to do their stuff sturt Only Swain Sid Sid- and Hacking failed to break into the scoring column Duane and Lee Wilkins were wen high for the evening with 15 and 14 points to their credit l I At AI Union At Union the Cougars once i again demonstrated rated that they the Utes Ute's last game before have a good defensive team by meeting Union the following holding Altamont to 13 points 3 Friday Uintah should have field Cled goals and 7 charity tosses little difficulty with this otte t e but Coach Allred's Allreds lr ds d's boys ys went on n na a aspree Duchesne t judged be spree and aad hammered out a a 55 ahead of time point game All 11 men broke into the scoring column with at Apparently the fine defensive least 3 points Hard-driving Hard play of Union has aroused some Benson was high with 11 Ken KenNickell interest in the Big Schools Nickell was not suited up due to toan because this Friday they play an ankle sprain He will be host in a double header to East ready for the Uintah game High School on on The Cougars Cougars' however own floor The first game starts at pm p.m. In the meantime Looking Ahead t they ey meet Carbon High School The games this week should or on Park City's floor These two be very interesting Uintah games g mes should do a lot to plays their last game with prepare them for the coming unpredictable Duchesne This is tussle with Uintah Denny McLain of 01 the Detroit Tigers Dave McNally of the tte Baltimore Orioles and Sam McDowell McDowe of the Cleveland Indians posted outstanding run earn-run-averages In ia 1968 but the trio l lost last t out to Cleveland's Luis for top honors won the title with a mark Finishing behind were McDowell McNally and McLain Wilbur Wood of the Chicago White Sox had an run earn earn average in 1968 of but wt he lre only pitched in In In- rings In order to be in the season earn run starlings standings a pitcher had to toss at least innings during the year |