Show 0 E H S WINS championship with a bulldog tenacity and deter initiation nation ni to win the box elder high school basket ball giants so called by y the ogden examiner almost swept the he floor clean in the northern divi sion and came through the contest with but one defeat chalked against them but to the faith concerning the championship of the northern division at wellsville last friday evening the team met its first defeat during the league schedule the boys may or may not have felt over conal dent but it is very evident that the local team is better than the wellsville five for in the two succeeding games our boys won won easily the result of the friday game at wellsville was 2325 23 25 favor of wellsville the second game between these two teams was played in the high school gym last saturday evening and it was a fast and furious contest for the cache champs were determined to win as that would make them eligi ellal j ble to enter the state tournament box elder was equally determined and smarting under the defeat of the night previous the boys simply went after their opponents giving them rough work for rough work arid and when the whistle blew the final score was 1523 15 23 favor of brigham there was some pretty lusty shouting indulged I 1 in n b by the local school and the victory P put 1 confidence e once more into the giants on monday evening both teams accompanied ca compa nip ant nied ed by practically the entire membership of the local high school went down to ogden and played ott off the rub game at the high school gym the same fierce ae determination termination to win characterized this game for it was the last hope of either team and there was some roughing it indulged in by both teams brigham secured an early lead and maintained the jump all the way the final score being 1623 16 23 favor of brigham the local aggregation was royally supported by its ancient enemies the fhe weber aebi er stake and ogden high players ana and students who cheered them on to victory in speaking of the work of the box elder giants mr watson of ogden stated that they are about the finest bunch of basket throwers th rowers he ha has seen and his opinion is that they will come out winners in the state tournament which Is on at provo today an unpleasant incident associated with the games between the high school and wellsville was the well founded suspicion of the local school that the wellsville boys were not strictly high school students but some of them were members of the team purely for athletic purposes and did not have the necessary credits to entitle them to a place on the school team this suspicion is so well sustained tined in the minds of the local school faculty and students that a protest was considered but after the giants succeeded in giving the wellsville players such a drubbing on two occasions the proposed protest proceedings were dropped the elimination contest began for box elder tuesday evening when the morgan team champions of the eastern division came to brigham and gave battle at the high school gym the giants did not have to extend themselves at all to gather in their opponents and the game was most from a sensational standpoint when the curtain WM was rung down box elder had a score ot of 50 to morgans 17 the boys left for provo yesterday morning under coach roskelley and today they will meet some of 0 the champions of the other divisions of 0 the state practically all the sporting editors concede that box elder has excellent chances to win the state championship the only real obstacle being the L D S U team of salt lae city which has been playing whirlwind ball all through the season the faith and prayers of the fans in this city and county are betag being exercised today in behalf oi of the giants and when they return honis with the wreath 0 victory perche 1 upon their brow look out for the demonstration on and securely nail down your homes for there will surely bo be something doing the teams which won place for the state tournament to be played at provo this evening friday evening and saturday evening are box elder high school northern division pleasant grove giove high school alpine division spanish fork high school nebo division richfield high school san pete sevier devler division dixie high school southern division in paring for to nights games the press notices indicate that our team will so go against the dixie team which has a clear record in its division the basket ball season closed with the game tuesday night it has been a thriller this year a anad the team which has held up the colors of the big county school as been the best yet from last to first place is a mighty big jump in one short season yet that is just what the team has done and the major portion of the credit for this accomplishment must be handed to coach roskelley who has developed the boys and the boys themselves have shown that they have faithfully absorbed ahat instruction and rewarded their coach their school and their friends by bringing houie home the bacon may they put on the lini finishing shing touches by winning the state tournament |