| Show Gym Cold But ut Teanis Play Hot HotIn Hotin In 1961 Basketball Tilt By Ute Bulletin Staff I The Roosevelt 3rd Ward team edged out Fort Du Dul chesnes chesne's in a ling overtime game to take first place in the Holiday Tournament Friday night Final score was 71 to 69 Basin Boys Doys won Consola Consola- Consolation tion honors with a huge score of to 49 over Randlett I Vernal Army and Navy took third when IGA forfeited The 1961 1901 Holiday Basket ball Tournament got off to a achilly achilly chilly start tart in the Randlett gym last week with three of the four fOUl Ute Recreation Te Teams being eliminated from the Championship bracket With a malfunction of the heating system the Randlett gym was cold for the spectators spectators tors In fact in the first game only the Roosevelt 3rd Ward team was hot as they wal loped the Whiterocks ers by a to 39 score The second game of the evening was similar to the I first as the Vernal Army Navy team rolled over Rand lett by 76 to 44 Dy By the time the third game began the gym was terribly cold but the teams were warming up and IGA edged out Ouray by the count of 47 J t h d 4 p i L n o aa dd ddt t k e eie ie iet t favorites to capture the first place honors in tho annual UIe Recreation spon Pro game Tournament were the battling of the Vernal Army and Navy Store bored Holiday Sutton and J R Adams Shown here in a fast game action are L R Gary with Rodell In the background The Army and Navy contingent fell In Inthe the semifinal round Thursday losing to the Third Ward of Roosevelt by a score of 65 58 Courtesy We Bulletin tip fir to 41 The final game of the first firstI round was a thriller as Fort I Duchesne advanced into the I semi finals with a from cone I behind win over the Basin Boys Doys with the final score 66 to 62 The second round of play scheduled for the Randlett gym was moved to White White- Whiterocks Whiterocks rocks because of the faulty furnace and the teams really warmed up in the warmer gym In the consolation semis the Basin Boys Doys trounced the Ouray team by the wide mar gin of 49 Fighting to get into the finals Friday night the Fort Duchesne team and IGA en- en engaged en In a rough hard fought game with Fort Duchene ne gaining an early lead and ad ad ding to it each quarter to fin fin- finish finish ish out on top by 76 to 51 51 The Utes of Randlett and andI I the Crusaders of Whiterocks locked horns in n a tense bat bat- battle tle Ile with Randlett running from start to finish to come out on top by l a score The big semi final mi game between two evenly matched teams turned out to be the I best game of the tournament as Roosevelt 3rd scored outscored the Vernal Army Navy team in a thrilling overtime game by the final score of 65 to advance to the Friday night I finals I |
