Show I f PL Vm A GREAT G f T i Illinois and Utah Champions In Basketball Meet at COLLEGE VS L D finally Given to b bOne by byOne One Point True Score 33 to 31 I to Favor faor FavorIt tic True When It a practically a t ton wis awarded the same gamo b bY ono I but that Will was purely on a II tech ly figured out ou t Tho 11 10 i winners at tho worlds world lair hao met mel their match Tho playing of tho Utah boy boyi seems to 10 la bo hotter boller than Hint of ot tha visitors visitor Hud tho 10 amo Ia lastell ed W 10 minutes longer lonel even tho r r oa os dictated by hy the referee could not nol havo hlo saved Iho tho no team from defeat As soon lIoon as ns th Utah boys learned the peculiar tactics of ot tho tha bis team leum they were opposing they th y outplayed them It the tho greatest game of ot basket t tall hall all ever cyer played In Utah It ort oft lid Jut night between tho champion of ot Illinois and Utah lit 11 the Armory build building ing on Market street str et As a result the thA was IS awarded after a IJ good deal of ot figuring to the Illinois team the fore ns os finally ly decided by tho I SO 30 to 31 In theIr favor All tho I Independent ent however had tho core 33 to tt 31 In favor of ot Utah tha tho announcement of ot tho decision e was waR tha tho occasion of ot much protesting Another element that thaI detracted from the tho success of the game gamo wan Waft the of ot the tho arrival of ot Manager who had hoLl tho keys of ot tho dress rooms so that It was nearly nc 0 9 o lock when the game commenced The lilt of ot tho contest however eu 1 aado lado up for tor Mis nUl of ot HIP tho op From l rom the blow of ot the whittle whistle till waR wan called tho Iho rame went like a whirlwind and was wall a n battle bailie nf ot the tho slants Tho Wheaton men menro ro re older heavier apparently In better condition than tho local team but th the latter play pillY Tho nc Will was delighted tout It II is I p rob A bio that the Intake about th the rore arose In this way At 1 tho th end of ot tho Unit the Illinois team had 1 11 to 13 points for tor Utah ami liter this WAH to 19 to 13 In favor of ot Illinois There wan a n baskit t thrown by II ono player pi oyer after atter the whittle blew and auLl tho th allowed tha tho east cast eastern castern ern tram team to count this basket After Atter Afterwards wards tile the referee offered to chunK d I lon Utah moh boys hoys were welo pat fat titled d to let leI tho ho score of ot Die tha first half remain at 19 to 13 The Tho umpire nn to tho that tho j of or he first half wan waH 13 to 17 hut but an aH anthe the official score of ot the first halt half nun Ull finally fixed up at 13 to 19 this all the Independent scorers and made a difference In the final result Apart from rom this Irregularity It 11 wan waa a 11 great game I Th two team were Wheaton Col liP Illinois und and the last years ears team of ot the Saints University Thew The e ro tho teams that contented at nt atthe the Worlds Fair last lut summer when hon Wheaton won by live points The was fast and furious from tho start For or many at a tho ball did not touch tho throw the thi first basket baskot amid great ap applause rause were numerous and the wheaton was at nt tint moro more uc In n throwing baskets from tho I foul toul line than limn was Taylor of ot tho I L D R I lator ter however hower Taylor developed Into his usual good form torm and anel throw th the baskets basket with great accuracy Tha Tho same lame was wa true of ot Dig Big Joa Joo Smith who at first did not the peculiar tactics laNIs of ot the Wheaton center and WM WIUS outgeneraled during tho whole of at the first part of tho game In tho second halt half however Joo found himself and regularly sent the th whizzIng Into tho L 1 D S territory Stanton had little chance to do his usual work Many times ho to throw at nt the basket when the tho referee blow blew hla whistle and called a tie III In the tho lo throws Wheaton hall had the tho tot of ot It and got the tho ball nearly every toss tORN up Tho rho Wheaton men eli to be the front jumping to meet tho ball all The Tho L 1 D 8 mOil men made some re reo plays s hut but did not team to 60 well ell together UR tho Wheaton men In th second half the Utah boys bOYR coined till they finally nl nail outplayed the champions a I Mow 1101 Denied that tho Utah boys boya would win wll and when was wa wi all the tho t sympathizers raised a 1 th Inking that Utah Ulah hud had won The rt r o called out ove 1 that nn no hall bad ben been announced and after Lout Hout t u minute Of at figuring with th tore core tho result was wag a noun 1 as a 33 32 to 31 In favor of i The Tho Salt Lake boys throve ten from the tho Held making 20 points and also mado 11 points on treo Bait Rot two points for Interference by making a IL total of ot 33 Wheaton threw nine ban ball bankets ketA from the tho field entitling them to toIS IS 18 points Fouls cave them 10 more and they Uley three tree free points for tor Interference renco by the tho other players erA Ac e to this result the tho score stood 33 to 31 In tn favor of ot tho L I D B fl U Drown Brown of ot Wheaton When ton was tho and of ot Snit Lake Ike wax the tho umpire v The Interpretations of ot the change of ot tho score to ono In favor of Wheaton doeR docs not harmonize and no ns yet et ore arc not clearly understood d Altogether It was WIS wasa WISa a moot Interesting affair Arrah The armory was wal crowded almost to Us capacity Mill Intensely Interested spectators The teamwork of ot the men wan wae always ahA S steady and was conducted largely by signals In thin respect they had tho advantage of L D S boy but tho latter laUer were more speedy and often otten reversed a n dangerous situation when It seemed that wheaton Wh would win Christy t and all McConnell played very well Among Allon the tho visitors Ileum and were the tho best beAt men and with great vigor rind accuracy The he Wheaton ton center was very ver fine nt II t first Smith on 01 him and a 1111 was apparently In better beUer form torm than tho Wheaton man at nt the end en 1 of oC the tho game Tho teams will play pIa again tonight nt At the th Armory The lineUp II bo ns IR follows follos Wheaton Position li L D S U 1 jj 1 T Stanton IH 11 T Ileum C Coo oo Smith Mainland L 0 O Christy n 11 n Q 0 McConnell cconnell I |