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Show TIGERS LOSE LOUSY GAME IN OPENER; THRILL FANS WITH TWO VICTORIES ' The Tigers made it two in a row over classy talent when they defeated Valley High of Orderville Tuesday evening, winning by a 53-42 score with freshmen playing the major part of the final quarter. The game got off to a cautious start after Milford missed a chance when they got the tip-off tip-off but lost the casaba under the basket, and the game was more than a minute old before Stoker sank a foul pitch for the first tally. Clyde Turner added a free throw a moment later, intercepted in-tercepted a .pass and dribbled in for a basket, and the Tigers Next scheduled home game for the Tigers will be Friday, December 2, when they meet the Cedar City High school on the Milford High court. were on their way and were never threatened. The stocky, hard-driving little Turner boy accounted for 20 points to lead the scoring. The Tigers showed nice coordination co-ordination and nice teamwork. Time after time when a shooter missed he had the ball off the bankboard and sank it. Crane, Coon, Bracken and Turner were all over the court, frequently intercepting passes or actually stealing the ball away from a dribbler. Then they came down the court under the basket, bas-ket, passed back out if closely guarded, and kept the ball moving mov-ing until a teammate could get in position to shoot. Turner to Coon to Turner was a play that paid off with several baskets. Stoker was a tenacious bulldog guarding his man, and just be-fore be-fore the whistle blew ending See BASKETBALL, Page Eight When the Milford Tigers took the floor against Marysvale last Friday they were as dead-on-their-feet a bunch of kids as ever walked onto a basketball court. They acted like their shoes had lead soles, and when they attempted to pass the ball it looked more like a shot-putt exhibition than a basketball i game. Marysvale scored almost I at will, and the less said about the game the better. Saturday evening, when the Tigers met Tropic, it wasn't the same ball club. The names on the scorebook were identical, but Coach Neal had an entirely different squad on the floor. The play was ragged in spots, but they made up for their mistakes by turning on a little more steam, and Tiger fans saw a real ball club in action. Crane and Turner led the home-town scoring scor-ing with 12 apiece, and Coon was right behind with nine counters. Stoker dunked in eight points from his guard slot and every member of the squad came up with some nice passing and surprising interceptions. Under the bankboard, the Tigers were right at home, witrf Coon and Crane using then-height, then-height, and little Bracken surprising sur-prising the fans with frequent recoveries. Mclntyre, gaining confidence with experience, appears to be developing a smoothness on the boards, and shows promise of learning to take full advantage of his reach. The box scores: MILFORD G T F P Mclntyre, f 2 115 Coon, f 10 0 2 Crane, c 2 4 3 7 Stoker, g 13 13 Turner, g 13 13 Davis, f 0 0 0 0 Fotheringham ,f .... 0 111 Bracken, g 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 7 12 7 21 MARYSVALE G T F P Oscarson, f 4 11 9 Bentleson, f 0 2 0 0 Sullivan, f 5 2 2 12 Brox, f 0 0 0 0 Quinn, c 0 3 3 3 Elder, g 1.1 1 3 Kennedy, g 4 2 19 i TOTALS 14 11 8 36 Score by quarters: I Milford 1 2 8 21 !Marysvile 9 17 30 36 I Officials Rex and Fisher. . MILFORD G T F P Coon, f 4 3 19 Turner, f 6 2 1 12 Crane ,c 4 10 4 12 Stoker, g 4 10 8 Fracken, g 13 13 Mclntyre, f 110 2 Rex, f 0 2 11 Firmage, f 0 0 0 0 Fotheringham, f 0 10 0 Brimberry, f 0 0 0 0 Fisher, f 0 0 0 0 Myers, g 0 0 0 0 Bradfield, g 0 2 0 0 Waite, g 0 0 0 0 James, g 0 0 0 0 I TOTALS 20 25 7 47 TROPIC G T F P Johnson, f 6 11 4 16 Shumway, f 0 0 0 0 Mecham, f 0 0 0 o Quilten, f 0 111 Willis, c 0 2 0 0 LeFevre, g 2 3 15 Henderson, g 3 10 6 Sudwicks, g . 12 0 2 TOTALS 12 20 6 30 Score by quarters: Milford 10 20 38 47 Tropic 1 11 16 30 Officials Rex and James. Mrs. Willard Huntsman, the former Lona Hollis, and son Al, and Mrs. Huntsman's mother, moth-er, Mrs. Peter Shields of Fillmore, Fill-more, were Saturday visitors in Milford, calling on friends and relatives here. Here's More About BASKETBALL Continued from Page One the first quarter, and again at the half, Stoker sank baskets with seconds to go. Ray Mclntyre is working into a forward that reminds fans of the under-the-basket play of Maurice Root. Constantly shifting shift-ing in and out, he usually manages man-ages to take a pass from a teammate immediately under the hoop, pivot and shoot. He missed several "ringers" both Saturday and Tuesday nights, but he also sank some counters when they were needed, and as he gains experience he will improve in ability. He is rangy, shifty, and fast. Bracken, accounting for only one basket and missing all four of his free throws, nevertheless played a swell game of ball-rustling. ball-rustling. All the Tigers need to spend considerable time at the foul line. They sank only nine out of 26 free throws. Except for the latter part of the third period, when Valley sank five baskets and a charity toss without the Tigers scoring, and the last period when both teams were overanxious and pretty wild with their passing, it was an excellent game, with Valley's Gar Esplin, L Esplin and Lamb keeping the" Tigers on their toes and really working to hold their 8 to 12 point lead. The box score: MILFORD G T F P Coon, f 2 115 Stoker, f 4 2 19 Crane, c 5 5 0 10 Bracken, g 14 0 2 Turner, g 7 9 6 20 Mclntyre, f 3 4 17 Rex, f 0 0 0 0 Firmage, f 0 0 0 0 Fowles, g 0 10 0 Waite, g 0 0 0 0 Fisher, g 0 0 0 0 Brimberry, g 0 10 0 Bradfield, f.. 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 22 26 9 53 VALLEY G T F P Gar Esplin, f 5 5 2 12 Lamb, f 4 2 0 8 Chamberlain, c 110 2 Ramsay, g 3 2 0 6 Blackburn, g 0 0 0 0 G Esplin, f 2 2 15 G Spencer, f 0 2 0 0 L Esplin, g 4 3 1 S B Chamberlain. g.. 0 10 0 TOTALS 19 18 4 42 , Score by quarters: Milford 17 28 41 03 Valley 6 18 33 42 : Officials Rex and Carter. |