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Show r.;j 4 nfW 'VftTr r iwyii'wy ' r--j jo Gagers Uioa GCrepltaGii u 1 etnev South Keeps City Casaba Title Cox Keeps Seven Court Title . . Redskins Finish Second Ahead Of Aggies Champs Win In 10 Of 12 Games To Defend Cup ' Headed by a fighting, A squad, South Highs dauntless basketeers successfully defeated their 1939 Big Three hoop tiUe last season. The 1940 champion- t ship was the Cubs second basketball crown in s row and was heralded among the few major tides won by the Blue and White institution in its brief history. i 'X East started out the season with r !itaww a clean sweep over Wests helpless forces and it looked as If the Leopards were headed for top honors but South in the next two serlef presented an impregnable midget BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS are pio-five and rallying A and B teams In their drive for the title. tured above, having toon coveted titles during the Both East and South ran haphaz- . 1940 basketball campaign . Eddie Isaacson (left) ardly over the Panthers and the race for the title was between the coached his South High five to fka first Big Tires Leopards and the Cubs right up to the final pay-of- f series. South needed two games to clinch the crown and East all three. The Cubs C team came through with an easy victory and then Souths A and B squads came from behind to sweep the series and wear the crown. never-glve-u- the MetroBasketball Invitational politan was brought to the Tournament Mountain States Conference dun (Frosing 1940 by Coach Forrest BuffaColorado and his Cox ty) loes, winners for the fourth straight year ill the Big Seven. One national title The Buffaloes, with little competition this year from the rest of the clubs in the Big Seven, stepped e and really saw out in the Broadway this year, winning from the Iron Dukes Of InDuquesne the finals of before 12.000 fans the Metropolitan tournament beat-in-at Madison Square Garden after 7 in De Paul University the Tired from this tournament the uffs moved to Kansas City, Missouri where they competed in the National Collegiate Amateur Athletic tournament agafnst the strongest teams in the nation. LOSE TO USC FIVE Tired and a little stale from an arduous campaign the Coloradoans fell to University of Southern Calin a historic struggle.a ifornia On the next night the Buffs lost second game to Rice in a melee camThe Colorado lot of prestige, paign brought a Colorado school, not alone to the but to the Big Seven Conference, ini It also set the stage for more vitations for MSC champions in future tournaments. Jack Harvey and Don Thurman, forward and cenmade the Metroter, respectively, r selection and repolitan ceived mention on several rolls. Colorado, in winning the Big Seven title, won II games and lost one falling to Utah Aggies It was one of the best seasons In Colorado University the four-vea- r basketball dynasty. r -- 52-3- 10 VICTORIES g -- r 7 & y '4w'tc xt A s ri K 8s . 31-2- UTAH IX SECOND Utahs sophomore team wound up in second place by defeating Utah Aggies in the final game of the season. The loss put the Utah "Aggies in a tie with Brigham Young University for third. Wyoming. Colorado State and Denver tied for fifth with three wins against nine losses. Utah took credit for the highest win coring game with a over Colorado State while the Buffs Jiad the most consistent machine with 51 points a game and limiting their opponent to S5 8 points per session. Individual scoring honors in the Big Seven went to Floyd Morris, forward from Utah State, Morris .nosed out Maurice Watts of Utah in the final game with an performance, Morris collected 169 points in the 12 games for a sweet 83-5- 2 g The champions rolled up 10 victories against only two setbacks. East won six and lost sixwhlle West was only able to garner two ' wins. Souths A and C squads went through the season undefeated with the midgets winning all their games hands down. The varsity five, however, in "its two games with East, was forced to call upon a determined rallying spirit to win. Easts three teams won two games each. The A team defeated West twice as did the C and B squads. The Panthers two victories were won by the B team which handed South its only defeats. The close B race indicates a heated varsity campaign in 1941. Wests junior fivq downed South twice, while East took two from West and South did the same to East. SPARKS DRIVE Brent Coates, yet defensesive-minde- d and center Chauncey Peterson, speedy forward, sparked Souths winning varsity five. East had a smooth, ballhawking center in Ken Dean and in a rugged, dependable guard Dan Hunter. The following were selected on teams: The Deseret News Class A Brent Goates, center. South; Chauncey Peterson, forward, South; Ken Dean, forward, East; Chick Brown, guard. South and Dan Hunter, guard, East. Class B team Dick May, forward. East; Lester Dorney, forward. West; Vic Walter, center. South; Ray Brown, guard, West and Dee Morris, guard. South. Class C team Dick Mitchell, East; Dick Demke, forward. South; Rinald Jensen, center. East; Bill Peck, guard, South, and'John-nCaputo, guard. West. -- 38-3- 2 post-seaso- n f fh. til litis in the sthooTs history. Eldon, Brinley (canter) of Snow toon tha Intermountain Junior College championship. Dixon Kapple of Ogden captured tha most precious of all prises the state high school ' semi-final- 60-5- djWWl AM y Win Utah Basketball Titles During 1940 Race 51-4- 0 g p L bla-Um- point-makin- Saturday, December 14, 1940 Tile Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UtaK .high-scorin- Bring Basketball Fame To Big Seven JACK HARVEY (LEFT AND COACH FORREST COX lei tha Colorado ckampionthip in the Unlveriity five .tfirough to Metropolitan Invitational Tournament in the Madi son Square Garden last March where the Bufft were rated as one of tha nation's foremost basketball clubs. Before taking the Metropolitan tula, tha Buffs dusted off tha Big Seven cup with ease, losing (AP PHOTO) , only one of 11 games. , all-cit- y Eckcrs Lovell Ward Five Wins M Men Trophy Grabs AAU , Court Honors V Association basketball cup. , V Ogden Wins Prep Cup In Historys Biggest Meet Fieldhouse Adds Lyman, Color To State Snow Five Takes First Spencer Top The State High Schopl basket- 1940 Tankmen Cage Classic The Intermountain Junior College basketball race turned out to be a finish in 1940, when an story-boo- k underrated and seldom noticed Snow College quintet defeated the Weber College five in a playoff series in Ogden Feb. 25. the In the three game series, champions snared the first game on0 Feh. 22 at Ephraim in winning only to watch the Tigers of Ogden tie up the series with a walkaway on ' the Weber College court Feb. 23. The final game was also played at Ogden at which time the Tigers were heavily favored to win but the Snow team worked past4 the Wefierites for an impressive win. high-geare- d 54-5- 48-3- 9 41-3- BEATS PUEBLO After winning from Ogden Snow Pueblo College went on to defeat College of pueblo, Colo.,- in another on the first playoff series.8 Snow and count repeated game by a the next evening with a 3 deck 47-2- 41-2- Slotl t ' Outstanding lnthe finals for the Snow team was Clare Anderson whose 17 point performance in the Weber gymnasium will long be remembered by the Junction City sportsfolk. FIRST SINCE 1927 It was the first undisputed basketball ' trophy for Snow College since 1927. Both teams defeated all rivals-itheir respective divisions, Coach Elthe don Brinleys club winning ins masouthland and Reed Swenson chine pumng through to a northern division championship. This years race was one of the most interesting in the lively history of the junior college circuit , ball title went back ' to Ogden Ken Lyman, Orson Spencer and High in March where it remain- Don Tboreson were the big three ed for one year back in 1932,(the in Beehive State swimming dup. Tigers beating Dixie High of St ing 1940 as they dominated AAU ' George in the final round, 41 to events. In 13 The tournament this year was finest ever, accountable to the the fact that it was changed-tspacious new University of Utah see to fieldhouse, permitting 30,000 the classic instead of 22,000 as could have been accommodated in the Deseret Gymnasium. The Ute fieldhouse was virtually filled for every session after the first day, . FIRST ROUND RAGGED The first round of play was one of the most ragged in the history of the event. The second day the tournament slipped back in stride and ofiered some of the finest seen in this traditional games classic. The third night was a repetition of the second with every game a thriller. On the last evening the teams were poorly matchthfe ed. Ogden was picked by dopesters as one of the pregame, favorites but Dixie came through as a surmise team following a feeble show-n- g the first day. The Fliers defeated the strong Provo five the One hundred and sixty Mutual Improvement 812 field goals as approximately 6,200 A band of University of Utah basketball' players pitched and best M Men tournament ever on at the looked fans biggest and Utah Aggies tlumni, playing under the colors of Salt Lake Eck conducted in the long history of this great and colorfuLreage third night in their toughest batclassic. Upward of 12,000 boys took part in the 1940 campaign tle. The hardest hurdle for Ogdeir er Studio, halted the two-yewas the overtime game against Deseret the in fadeout Gymnasium .climatic Junior which had its Weber of the big Sets Gehrke Vp reign Granite the second night which chamAAU 23. March 20 to College five as senior was won by the sudden-deatrule, Record Scholastic The tournament was an elaboHeretofore a team in the average. Watts had 152, pions on March 2 when the picture the Tigers grabbing the first bas' rate expression of a lofty idealfinals was obliged to pack Clarence Gehrke, star Univer"getting only nine points in the fin- men won from the collegians 4 ket. ism in recreative M. I. A. activi- its equipment and reluctantly hie sity of Utah athlete who graduatal contest. Delbert Bingham of in the Ogden finals. HOW THEY FINISHED The championships set up a homeward as soon as it Iosif two ed last spring added one more .Utah State in 1939 was high man ty. Ecker the Following is the order Jn which The game qualified collection not only for the games. This season all players trophy to his bountiful .with 149. the teams finished: team for the National Amateur new standard, football 1940 basketball of present- were put up for the duration 1. Ggden when he won the .SUCCESSFUL SEASON 5. North Cache basketball tournament In Denver stellar type of 2. Dixie very sporting man- the championships, regardless of scholarship award presented an6. South Cache . Utah came through with a suc- as representative from the Inter ed but in the the . scholar-grindethe of members ner in which . nually to the years their respective showings. " 3. Provo , , 7. Jordan cessful season in spite of the Colo- mountain region. 16 teams conducted themselves. 4. Granite 8. Roosevelt Gerk had one of the best aw Lees, Westlake rado reign. The Utes won 18 of 22 Ecker players won the Salt Lake Indeed, it would not have been TIMELY GESTURE with A unifying gesture, introduced erages in Utah grid history, The Deseret "News again selectnew far amiss to games, all four of their losses com- district playoffs under the s hours of A Win Fencing Cups present all the squads this season for the first time, was 30 and ed a timely team after AAU system by downing Clarks In- with ing in Big Seven competition. two "B for quarsportsmanship trophies., the banquet given in honor of all and five hours of Darwin Three Colorado players made the surance Lees, affiliated with the three nights of play and in the in the Deseret Gymof Ward Lovell West and Wyomwas second coaches. Here ters. Pete Bogden and -Les Gascognes Fencing Club, won final round all of the first team selection on the mythi- nasium during the latter part of ing made it an M Men holiday by the players George Q. Morris, general super- Dale Sorenson third.cal club. They were Hendricks, February. In winning this playoff the mens fencing tournament did themselves proud. Ogden placed the both Muchampionship Mens of the intendent Young in one forward Thurman and Jack Harvey, all of they were entitled to go Into the garnering beating out Bill. Walker of the La Verle Pierson and the coveted DESERET tual Improvement Association exprize of Utah. position along with Volma Heaton Wins whom have been lost to the Buffs final windup at Ogden. Bill Nielsen NEWS Team Mechanics award. University of sportsmanship the real the purpose Westlake won the of Dixie. Ray Nash Of Provo, tourfor the 1941 campaign. Along with with 15 and Merlin Ahlquist with Coach Reed Colvins husky and plained basketball Weston, Idaho, basketball' five Mrs. Virginia congratulated and posses- naments high scorer with 67 points these boys Floyd Morris of Utah 16 points were offensive leaders energetic Indians pursued1 an hec- the playersprogram, ca- won the Class B honors- - in the womens championship on clean and the e State and Maurice Watts ,of Utah for the Studiomen Jn the final tilt. tic trail in riding to the top. In sion of the DeCarlq Trophy in the and who tied Joe Christensens 1940 the cage and Gem State during gave they pable performances was U the center. named held record, in were honored st the forward positournament state state to the uppermost an even closer observance campaign. It was the first climbing SHINE AT DENVER the guard positions were Don tions. April 26. Runnerup was In of M. L A. sports compe- urged of M. L A. ideals. " title for the small Weston school fieldhouseFits Thomas of Granite and., Harold At Denver the Ecker team gave heights ; Following are the final stand-of Los Angeles. Richfield Moreene Lovell coach- in the past 18 years. concensus of was swamped tition, the It an impressive account of itself Timothy of Roosevelt. Jngs: 55 to 37; came from behind es and critics that the M Men Won Lost PF PA when it defeated the Denver City First, to nose out Union of the South teams this season played the 609 432 champions. New York Furniture, Salt Lake District, 29 to 27; trouncColorado ..........11 MVL Champs cleanest and most scientific brand 8 554 492 Utah in the first round and then ed South Bountiful 42 to 30 and of ball In the long annals of the 611 467 went on to whip the 7 Utah State In the titular test barely eked For the first time the inPlay In S. L. 560 571 favorites Oklahoma 89ers, out a 35 to 33 victory over Provo sport. Brigham Young .. 7 of screening, checking, art tricate Phillips 66 Oilers 1940 Missouri 511 611 Colorado State .... 3 In this game Maurice (Nick) Fourth. pivot post shooting and other inchamValley League basketbalL 3 477 578 Watts became the star of the Denver A glimpse hack at the scores of novations known to students of pions, went on exhibition In Salt 420 491 tournament when he sizzled the Wyoming ......... S tourney, emphasiz- the basketball sport, were observ Feb. Lake City - on leap-da29, around the towering Oklahoma es the calibre of the competition, ed In effective execution. Reports against Ecker Studio and wort in a players for a gilfty 18 points. The perhaps keener than has ever been of the tournament physician Dr. Composdisappo nting game, iVictory Champions Ecker win the second night was encountered by the R. E. Smith, brought out the fact Sam Sharman, Itinerant Salt Lake trapshooter, remained the ed of several AAU before. is the big that never in the history of the Here national the in the quinta won upset major 1940 he when Lynn Rockwood and Sarah in resume: event were the athletes in such Grand Old Mao of the Scattergun" during basket-pitchincagers the Oilers failed to impress Joust one of AAU and tournament the basketball-lovinswept the mens and worn, National at Van- the Utah popu- was wit. FIRST DAT superb physical condition. This the championship of champions In the Grand ens events, respectively, in the finest played. The game rooted 35. First Union 37, Sprinrrllla to the was attributed achievement for LovcU West 65, Richfield Pi ret 37. for nessed by 4,500 fans who - Two nights later the Oilers romp0 Augr 19. Victory Tennis Tournament the Salt Lake contingent. Salt Lake Stirlinr. Canada 34, South 'Bountiful 35. new rule which forbids M Men dalia, "19401 two other with on Gemmell Club at Bingham 91 tied ed Sharman 31. 35. Oakland Ixtraa Fifth tobacco, basketball Elmhurat, at the half. trailed players using but v to 60. Tempo, Aria, 33, Majwotxi, Lot An- WITHOUT A HITCH state champs with 99xxl00 LOSE TO SEATTLE selm 46. Messrs. Homer Warner, Reed ran 25 straight In the shoot off to Harvard. Sait Lake CUP 40, Pocatello, 1 one of the meet, Ida.. Third 36. In the third roi FAKAFFIN 100 Richards and John D. Giles put gain the title, bring; g to Utah 15s however, the Ecker quintet felt Qfden Eithtaeqlh 41. Enterpriaat Utah over the M Men program without of the most coveted of all shotgun BASE OIL QUABT.... it when short of the quarterfinals a hitch. Fourteen Provo Fourth 35, Portland 25. supervisors, honors. after SECOND DAT (quarter-finale- ) lost to Seattle Savidges scattered throughout the vast M. HURD WINS TITLE 33. SeatKlmhuret Bountiful The 34, South at the half. I. A. domain, did valiant service Dean Hurd of Salt Lake City, vettrailing Maywood 34, Harvard 36. FIRST-GRAD- E tle team was composed 1rgely of LoveU in conducting their respective eran , trapshooter, won the ATA Weat 3. Union 27 Provo Fourth 42, Ojdcn Eirhteouth 31 schedules, University of Washington players, playoffs and championship in the singles diviTempo 41, Pocatello Third 30. all of which sion over Sam Sharman and a host fresh out of the college play. HIGH OCTANE competitions, 41. Richfield 37, Spnntviilo were vital to the successful con- of other Class A gunmen in- - a The Salt Lake campaign at DenLogan Fifth 50, Stirlinr 14. duct of the final event. ver was the best ever made by a Enterprlee 40, Portland 33 mammoth meet held at Ogden this ROUND At the conclusion of the meet, year. Utah 5 representative in recent THIRD Prove- - Fourth 36, Maywood i Supt. George Q. Morris presented Lovell 42, South Bountiful 36. ' Hurds score for the two-da- y years. On the team were Nielsen, 47. 40. General Board individual Enterprise the Tempo Hurd With Stew 197x200 birds. Pendleton, Ahlquist, met was Watts, , Loren Fifth 00, Stirlinr 14. awards to the Lovell and Provo unable to make the Jaunt, SharHugh Bird, Bob Melroy, Jack Enterprise 49, Portland 33. ediLes and teams Goates, ROUND Lowe Doc sports THIRD man represented Utah - In the Hardy, Floyd Morris, Provo Fourth 35, Maywood 39. tor of THE DESERET NEWS and Red W?de. , Grand National held at Vandalla. Lovell 43, South Bountiful 36, ' , team' trophies donated by Ohio. Tempo 48, Enterprise 47. Loren Fifth 30. SpnnrrUIO First 19. this newspaper to Lovell, for the WINS IN PITA Elmhurat 20, Union 33 championship and best sportsmanHurd and H. B. Carlisle took Harvard 42, Orden Eiahteentb 46. ship and to Harvard Ward as Salt the limelight in the PITA tournaFINAL DAT (Championship Round) , 33. District Lake Lovell 36, Provo lourth champions. 25 the Salt Lake TOP 2nd Grade 17 HOLIDAY Maywood 47, South Bountiful 30. News staff reporters named the ment held May ledat the field with Club. Hurd Gun Harvard 49, Elmhurat 35. teams for the S3 following Loran Fifth 44. Tempo a brilliant singles record of 198x HELP The tournament was conducted IMPROVEMENT ERA: 100 200 after running SUPERIOR ETHYL straight in a most efficient manner. Sev- FIRST TEAM Carlisle won the doubles with 9Qx rousack Lovell, forward, Sam ' and it Wont Doerr, from thla about eral Lynn previous llkt departures (Trlpla Tested) 100. fittta axtra we all aaaS tine aaded new interest. One Ray Olsen, Harvard, forward. the set Gus Becker Veteran eaah. So, coax am ta and m Roland Jensen, Provo, center. procedure change in qualifying Tha Little Retail Station With Bonham about a aaaToalaat pace iri handicap while the Dick Lurttz, Maywood, guard. gave M Men fans of greater Salt out loan. Wholeiala Ways Of Champions ! title went to Hurd. Blackie Mel Briggs, Logan, guard. Champ Lake City two preliminary or disWells won Class B. Clinton Hurd SHARMAX Salt Lake vetSB trict meets to establish entries for SECOND TEAM SAM finals. Instead of Grant Clove. Enterprise, forward. took Class C and Dr.O. W. Hardy eran, won the championship of 13th SO. and WtST TEMPLE the led the field in Class D. Top proInterest in the big elk Norm Doerr, Lovell, forward. reducing in tha Grant National 201 WEST SO. TEMPLE mactic affray, these two regional I nr Cleverley, Sbuth Bountiful, fessional was W. D. Harrison of champions tournament at trapshooting Provo. main center. the rivaled 434 WEST 4TH SOUTH playoffs actually O , lo bring the 1949 cup ta The meet attracted one of ,the Don Rogers, .Lovell, guard. ' standard of play offevent Utah. Albert Gilbert; Provo, guard.- ered as well as in attendance. largest fields In Its history for-war- d. y ,14-poi- 48-3- 7 h r, two-fifth- e 51-3- 3 -- all-tim- Sharman Brings Traps Cup To Utah 35-3- 0 . y 31-2- title-chasin- g g g 29-2- 8 crniMPiorj 48-3- 5 17-1- 5 VY inter-region- $ (Semi-final- 'I ? a. (Semi-final- .) -- d all-st- ts 21 cimr.ipiorj Van-dali- a, in-th- e points Lyman scored the Senior AAU meet in April and proved the big star in a dual meet between the Deseret Gym team and San Jose State College. , Easy winners in dual meets with Weber Junior College (52 23) and the University of Utah the barnstorming San Josq team ran into Lyman and the Deseret Gym team and lost, when the final reBehind, lay was called, San Jose had an excellent chance of - taking the lead in meet with a seven-yarthe event as the anchor men started. Here, however, .Lyman caught his man and finished two body lengths ahead, swimming his leg in the. fast time of :55.6. This after he had won the 60 and 100 yard freestyle events. , REACHES PEAK '' in winLyman reached his peak ning the Antelope Island-BlacRock swim on July 21 in four hours 20 minutes, heating the defending champion,. Ed Watson, by 18 minutes. Russell Rigby finished third and Wayne Christensen was fourth. Ken again achieved top honors in September when he won the Pine View Dam swim in Ogden He won the five-miCanyon. event over a strong field in 1 hour minutes. Christensen was second with Keith Fornellus finishing third. , The veteran freestyler closed his successful year on Dec. 5 and 6 when he placed first in the 1X) yard free style, second in the 220 and performed with the winning 400 yard freestyle and 300 yard medley relay teams in the, Utah,. 2-- 3 1 26, Nineteen Cents (53-20- ), 41-3- 36-3- d -- 100-yar- d k ls Open meet. SPENCER SHINES Orson Spencer won the L. D. S, Business College trophy at the Senior AAU meet in April with a total of 21 points.-- - Spencer won the 220 yard freestyle, 300 yard medley, second inthe 440 yard freestyle, 150 yard back stroke and 100 yard freestyle. He also placed third in the 220 yard Breast stroke. An automobile accident in June cut short Spencers 1940 swimming career. Don Thoreson, after spendlhg two years in the mission field, returned to gain 14& points in th senior AAU event, winning the 440 yard freestyle and placing seo ond in the 220 freestyle, 'third in the 300 yard medley, and third in the 220 breast stroke. He was also a member of the 300 yard freestyle relay team. Swimmings biggest upset of the year was Clarence Gehrkes loss to Ray Harris in the diving event at the Senior AAU meet Harris had a score of 127.46 against Gehrkes 124 48. THOMAS FEMININE STAR . ' Billie Thomas was the feminine swim star of the year, winning the 100 yard freestyle and 100 yard back stroke at the Senior AAU meet and the 100 yard back stroke in the junior AAU meet at Og den in February. Lois Gilner won " the 100 yard breast stroke in the senior meet and the IOC) yard . breast stroke event in the junior meet She also won the 100 yard breast stroke evept in the Utah Open. Hattie Hadlock won the diving in the senior meet and in the Utah Open. The Junior lntermountatn meel held at Ogden in February brought out a large field of swim mers. Colleges and high schools were will represented with honors about equally divided between Weber College, Utah State, tha Deseret Gym and the University of Utah. Approximately 75 swimmers participated in the meet. Intercollegiate dwindled down tocompetition two dual meets between Utah State and the University of Utah, Utah winning both meets by identical scores of Chick Aldous and Clarence Gehrke were outstanding for the winning Redskins. 54-2- |