| Show AGAIN WE LOST IN TOURNEY too many young giants on the opposing teams sums up the reasons why dox box elder lost in ili the state basketball tournament at logan last week practically every other team the local five in inches and that is some advantage in basketball but while this discrepancy is given as the big reason for the defeat of the local favorites it must be admitted that the other three teams were some basket ball players the L U D S U had an especially scrappy five while snow enow academy and springville Spring ville depended mainly on height and in the last named aggregation were some phenous in pitching baskets from the field in the game with tho the L D S U on friday night dox elder did rot get her af all ll 11 tji loya i phoui have won elie game by ned the pill nth inning rally just a little too late and were nosed out saturday nights game with spring ville villa was the fuest exhibition ket ball furnished during the tournament for the champions were given the hardest tussle of their experience and box BOK elder all but had the game won when the last whistle blew the first halt half was a route for tile the exceptional guarding of box elder preventing the giants from getting more than one field basket they made three more from the tha foul line for a total of five fire while bo be adders score read 13 in them the second halt half the tall men from the south extended themselves to the linn limi vh aljie le ie some reach let me tell you and they avei hauled the scrappy little fellows and for some minutes the teams battled along en cn and off a tie until just at the last springville Spring ville threw a couple of baskets at and the whistle blew though defeated got box eder was really acclaimed a champion the splendid fight she put up tile the boy were in the game every second and cheered by tile the great throna of hie li school students and citizens who went over to witness the final the boys flashed about the floor and fought their tall opponents to a standstill the exceptional playing of norman watkins and dell won them a place on the all star state train selected by walter G king sporting editor of the tribune and also by tile the erald republican sporting editor these men were wonders and electrified the crowd by their floor work and lighting fighting spirit all in all the was a hummer box elder did herself proud even it if she lost two and won but one game she ought to have coppered the second game which would have landed her in second place but she not coach roskelley has just reason to feel fed proud of his pets and the showing they made give them a chance at a team somewhere near their bleir own height and they would be almost invincible |
