Show y Granite Wins State Hoop Crown 21-1- 6 PROVO BAGS Ogden Onslaught Halted by Great Farmer Defense New Champions Take Early Lead Off Desperate Foes Fourth-Quarte- r EXTRA-TIM-E LOGAN TILT Great Basket Shooting Decides Laurels Consolation Peterson’s Then Stave Young A’s Puzzle to Final Score 36 Mack Too Grizzlies Watch Drive of Capacity Crowd Watches By MARLOWE BRANAGAN A battling band of Farmers from Granite rose to the pinnacle of Utah prep basketball play for 1936 Saturday night in historic Deseret gym when they turned back a snarling array of Tigers from Ogden 21 to 16 in the grand finale of the Two weeks ago the Farmers had” to turn back their arch rivals the Beetdiggers of Jordan 1935 state champions to gain the right to meet Murray for second place in the JorThen came a dan district race de-- game with Murray a game to cide second and third place in the district The Farmers lost 13 to 33 and had to encounter Morgan Summit district runnerup in order SATURDAY’S RESULTS to qualify for the state classic The Granite 21 Ogden 16 true story of the uphill battle made Provo 86 Logan 84 (overtime) by these Farmers has never been Dixie 24 Davis 22 told — and maybe it shouldn’t be chamare Murray 27 Weber 25 now that written they HOW THEY FINISHED pions But In order to reach their 1 Granite 5 Provo peak for the state meet the batuni2 Ogden 6 Davis tling boys in the red and blue 7 Weber forms Worked overtime — many 8 Dixie 8 Logan hours of ceaseless workouts In the 4 Murray ancient Granite gym with weary LEADING SCORERS muscles at the end of those vigorThomas Weber 51 points ous drills But that's all over now— Hoover Provo 47 the Fanners are champions of the V Peterson Provo 47 atate Allen Provo 45 Tigers Play Well Wimmer Weber 45 G Peterson Logan 89 The Farmers are champions but Tobler Dixie 89 Bo team that ever stepped on to the Deseret gym floor to compete in a title game ever went down to a more glorious defeat than did the Tigers of Ogden They fought their hearts out in an effort to reach the summit in prep play for the first time since 1932 They hurled their vaunted attack against a defense which has gained statewide renown— a defense which reached its zenith for the title game The Tigers were defeated on the floor but It took the best team In Jack Thomas clever Weber shootthe state to turn the trick— and er tucked away the 1938 tournament the best was not much too good scoring honors by tanking 21 field The largest final day crowd since and nine foul goals for a total of 1929 and one of the largest in the 51 points Thomas garnered 23 6 history of the state meet 19 and 3 points in the four games jammed every nook and corner of leading all scorers from the openthe spacious gym to watch the ing round Farmers march to their fourth title Mont Hoover Provo forward and In history and their first since the his teammate Vernon Peterson palmy days of 1934 Hundreds were guard finished in a deadlock for turned away shortly after the first second place both boys ringing the game of the evening started hoop for 47 points Hoover howFrom the opening minute of the ever registered 21 field goals to struggle the Farmers demonstrated 17 for Peterson that the pregame favorite was in Glen Allen Provo center and Alfor a tough evening Five minutes bert Wimmer Weber fdrward each after the opening of hostilities the counted 45 points to tie' for fourth crowd sensed that history was be- place Charles Norton Ogden was ing made As the score rose to 10 to second high scorer for all centers 4 at the half the air was tense with with 36 points while Pete Bogden the knowledge that Granite— and Murray guard with 26 points fin' not Ogden— was the coming cham- ished next to Peterson among the defensive players pion of the state scorer: Four minutes after the opening of Summary leading FORWARDS hostilities the Tigers cracked the G 21 Weber touted Granite defense for the first Thomas 21 Hoover Provo and last time In the first period Wimmer Weber 22 14 Tobler Dixie Norton elongated Charley lanky 17 Logan center eluding two Granite defen- GIzattPeterson 13 Logan 14 sive men and tanking a setup for Bengoeschea Ogden 12 Anderson Uintah score of the first the game 12 Johnson Murray 13 McArthur Dixie Rynearson Scores 14 Taylor Granite 11 Then the Farmers really showed Brink Davis Davis Layton their class Harvey Rynearson who Gardner American Fork It9 10 Fork turned in the best game of his Hicks American 9 Ogden brilliant career ripped the hoop Aguirre D Clark North Summit 7 CENTERS with a shot from the side and the O 21 Granite section of the stands went Allen Provo 16 wild Little Kenny Taylor a charged Norton Ogden 13 Granite Rynearson 10 bit of basketball ability took a pass James Logan C Summit Clark North from Rynearsonap'a bagged a setup Deavitt American Fork 117 GUARDS Just before the end of the quarter ( Rynearson taking a short pass from V Peterson Provo 11 M array 12 Dick Kramer loped under the bas- Bogden 9 Milne Dixie ket and tallied a setup 7 Taylor North Summit In the second period the Farmers Deming Ogden ft Brown American Fork "froze” the ball at every opport- Fawcett 4 Dixie 3 Davis unity and the frenzied efforts of Briggs the Ogden performers provided the Ralph Metcalfe who has estab'openings the new champs were lished seven world sprinting recwaiting for On only two occa- ords and tied two others during his sions did the Tiger defense crack collegiate career is in training in but on the first Taylor bagged a Marquette gymnasium d shot from the foul line for the 1936 university’s Olympic games and on the second lithe Stern Wood caged a shot from the side With only two minutes left to play the Tigers had scored only two points but Adam Bengoeschea a perfect piece of basketball machinery took the ball during a scramble under the basket and bagged a setup to C Oren Wilson had to post a pomake the score 10 to 4 at the Inter- liceman at the door early in the evemission ning to leave enough space for the The Tigers came back in the third to carry on a basketball Session and tallied seven points as players would more game Many they limited the Farmers to three have crowded into spectators the hall if they Bengoeschea opened the scoring had been given the chance with a pretty long shot and Wood retaliated with a basket from the side Big Pat Deming added a foul George Beal Ephraim official toss to Ogden’s total and when the was the comparatively innocent brilliant Harold Mackay Granite victim of unfortunate circumguard was banished from the game stances in the 36 tournament the Tigers closed the gap on baskets The tourney crowds were emon the pair by Norton and Bengoeschea The phatically “down” third quarter ended: Granite 13 composed of Beal and Vernon Hunter of Fillmore From our Ogden 11 The Region One champion then own observation Hunter’s decimade Its last desperate bid Deming sions were the ones which met d swished a shot from the with general displeasure but side and the score was knotted at once tlie crowd started objectBengoeschea banished from ing to rulings Beal had his share the game a few minutes later tal- of trouble regardless of his relied a side shot which gave Ogden sponsibility for it A great deal of an official’s success In such a a 15 to 13 lead tournament depends upon having Farmers Come Through a partner who sees eye to eye The aroused Farmers battling with him on rule interpretation with all the fury of the Revolutionary war farmers rose to the After watching the colorful Provo occasion and fired the shots which 4Cootlnued on Following Paga) cagers perform in the final game Provo’s Vernon Peterson hustling No 13 guard staged one of the most brilliant indiBy JOHN LARDNER vidual performances in the state to The Tribune Special Dispatch Copyright 1936 high school scholastic court tourFORT MYERS Fla March 21— nament Saturday as he pulted Connie Mack gives a courteous the Bulldogs through to the con“How are you?" to everyone he sees solation championship with a n 36-on the streets of this triumph over Logan in an Hoiv Cagers Finished in Prep Affair Weber Forward Tops Scores in Prep Tourney ar N ' one-han- Com- manding Lead Dwindle "Before Bulldogs Connie Can’t Recognise Own Players Away From Field annual state tournament Horatio Alger celebrated writer of juvenile fiction some forty years ago never wrote in his entire career a story of the boy who rose from “rags to riches’’ which compares with the struggle against vicissitudes made by this same Granite machine in its drive to basketball heights to 34 palm-ridde- 34 city not being sure which are his ball players and which are the extra period battle With less than three minutes to townsfolk pMtj) the Provo squad was trailing It was worse at the start of the fans sat back training season when the only by six points and the for the title were seats to knew rest Connie their in by sight people his own sons and Coach Russell contest Not much attention was Even now he has given when Glen Allen pushed in Blackburne d shot because there was trouble identifying most of the a Athletics There is project on only a minute and a half to play foot to have each of the ball play- and the Bulldogs were still four ers print his name on a card in points behind neat black letters and wear it on Peterson Scores Again his cap But when Peterson flipped In a Your correspondent staggering setup from the side the watchers through the Philadelphia camp was again came to the edge of their able to recognize Bob Johnson Wal-li- e seats and the gym burst into an Moses Lou Finney and Frankie uproar when Peterson dribbled the Hayes the young catcher The rest sphere down the floor again and of the squad looked vaguely familleaped high in the air to send the iar but when your correspondent ball traveling toward the iron The would say to one of the young men apple rolled crazily on the iron and "Haven’t I seen you somewhere be- spun all the way around the Jioop fore?” the young man would an- before it took the plunge through swer with great vigor and assur- the strings which tied the ball game ance “No indeed” at ll just before the gun sounded Bush League Names Not content until his job was done Here are some of the boys who right Peterson took the ball from hold regular or semiregular jobs in the tipoff in the ixtra session and down the floor taking a the lineup of this major rushed which rebounded from shot Yar-te- r long from club league Philadelphia: Mailho Peters Peerson Ogles- the hoop back into his hands On difficult anby Savine Dean Newsome Pucci-nel- li the Second try from a the slipped spheroid obligingly gle Moss Upchurch Cpnroy Veach Matuzak and FerraZzi You through the strings and it was may recognize a few of the better-know- n Provo’s game lads rushed at each The Provo prospects like George Pucci-nel- li Lamar Newsome and George other in wild glee as delighted as if Savine but I’ll bet that the rest they had just wqn the state chamof them will stick you unless you pionship Here are the Farmers of Granite state champions for the are a student of The game was a great exhibition of basketball from start to finish 1936 season The players are: Left to right — Kenny Taylor bush league baseball Connie Mack plays his new club anc the consolation quints definiteforward Stern Wood forward Harvey Rynearson center two of the by ear That is to say he is get- ly proved themselvesmeet and captain Dick Kramer 'guard Harold Mackay guard teams in the ting to know the names of the play- finest Don Wright guard LaMar Yotter center and forward DenLead Changes Hands ers when he hears Uiem Telling them apart in action is a different Logan held the lead at the first zel Swanson forward Carlysle Mackay forward and guard matter but the ear system is suffi- quarter 8 to 5 but Provo forged cient to permit Connie to discuss ahead 15 to 14 at the half Logan the club and Its future was again in front at the third pe“This team will give a good ac- riod 28 to 23 and apparently had count of itself” says the Grand the gams in the bag until the sharpOld Salesman in defiance of most shooting Peterson put on the draSEATTLE CHARLESTON S C March 21 March 21 (AT— With of the experts “Ve will have a matic finish for the packed gallery The contest was a battle of Pe15)— Turning in a pair of 71s today a chance tff reach the Olympic good outfield fair catching and better than average pitching The tersons Golden Peterson of Logan total of 278— six under for a games at Berlin as the incentive pitchers are young but many of topped the Grizzly scorers with 11 par— Henry Picard of Hershey Pa Fliers Forge Ahead in Second Quarter to Nose the four top intercollegiate basket- them have seen big league service points while Vernon Peterjon won the $3000 Tournament of the turned in 16 for Provo Out Battling Davis Team 24 to 22 ball teams of the Pacific coast will with me and that helps” Gardens by exactly the same score The victory gave Provo the conThe destruction and sale of the with wjiich he won it last year clash here Wednesday and ThursAthletics of 1935 have left Mr Mack solation title and fifth place In the Starting the last 36 holes over a bit touchy and reticent He was tournament The Provo 'squad was Displaying some beautiful passing and fine ball rustling in the day in an elimination tournament the Wappoo course five strokes Charleston Country club by some of the put out of the title race in the first pro second half the Dixie Fliers turned back the Davis Darts 24 to 22 The winner will represent the pained no little were that said about him round by the flashy Dixie squad final Pacific the in has matched even par to add two more to things Olympic gain third position in the final rating The score: strokes to his lead as heavy winds The ketball trials in New York City when he bartered Foxx McNair teams got away to a LOOAN rival PROVO Cramer and Marcum for a bag of took their toll G TF P OTFPl 1 4 to April slow start The Fliers seemed nerBoston 1 He 5 7 3 Izatt went to so as rf gold Denials far rf 0 1 1 L in second Picard place Trailing Headed by Angelo (Hank) Lul-set- ti declare a moratorium on conversa- Petersonc if 5 3 1 11 Hoover If 3 2 2 8 was Paul Runyan of White Plains vous and fumbled frequently bavls 3 2 1 7IAUen e James 4 1 1 9 sensational sophomore scoring tions with the baseball writers 6f Lndqulatrg 0 2 11 Peterson rg 6 7 4 16 N Y who finished with a 285 had control of the bail a good por1 3 Hayward lg 1 O O 2 lg Ryan 12 hii and retired to Frank Walsh of Chicago was next tion of the first period but failed to Cardon ft 2 2 1 5'Jensen rf ace Stanford winner of the Pa- Philadelphia 0 1 0 0 in line with a 286 while the veteran break fast in its scoring drive Dave ivory tower in a huff Pederson lg 0 0 0 O'Colton If 0 0 OO OO cific coast championship reigns as crumbling 0 0 rg Fielding The breach has been healed since Walter Hagen of Detroit and Dick Briggs Davis’ stellar guard came in the competition against then but Connie still is favorite Totala 14 16 6 341 Totala 14 12 8 36 Metz of Chicago followed with 2893 down the floor to wary two field Score by miarters: gamer Southern California Oregon State “I can’t tell how my club will do Logan 8 14 28 34 34 Picard who learned the intrica goals and give his team the edge B 15 23 34 36 this year” he says “All I know is Provo and Washington cies of the Wappoo course while he in the opening canto which ended Stevenson Hillman referee: umpire was pro here for several years be with the Darts on the long end of & Wednesday night Stanford will we won’t be so easy to beat as some meet Oregon State and Southern of you seem to think Finney Moses fore going to the Hershey club 9 to 6 score California will tangle With Wash- and Johnson make a good outfield blazed into the lead at the start The Jordan district winners eased ington the winners to clash Thurs- and all of them can hit Hayes and The first day he posted a 67 four up in the second period apparently day night for the honor of repre- Savine are promising young catchunder regulation figures and fol satisfied with their lead after Atlowed up with a 69 the second day kinson had rushed in for a setup senting the coast in New York The ers The Infield will have two vetlosers also meet Thursday in a con- erans Warstler and Higgins un- Ky Laffoon of Chicago turned In Tobler and Snow got loose for field solation battle ( Continued on Pane a par 71 for his afternoon round goals bringing the score to for an aggregate 290 to put him In Lloyd Brink put his team khead sixth place Next in order Jimmy with a setup but Captain Merlin HAMILTON Bermuda March 21 Thompson of Beverly Hills Cal Milne who had been shooting some (A) — Bob Murray of Montreal scored finished with a 291 Herman Bar- nice ones tanked on from past the his second successive upset in the ron of White Plains N Y was but foul lirfe and a free throw put St Bermuda tennis championships to27-2- 5 a stroke behind with a 292 George in front 14 to 13 at half day to reach the final round Murtime ray who yesterday eliminated One field goal and a single foul Frankie Parker United States “first pitch was the sum total of points The Murray high school basketeers runners-u- p in the Salt ten” star today scored a straight for each five In the third period set victory over Wilmer Hines of Lake division captured fourth place in the state basketball cham- Columbia Davis came back with much more S C ninth ranking 5 1 pionship tournament Saturday by defeating Weber 27 to 25 in American player 4 fight and speed each team tightenBryan M (Bltsy) Grant of Ata thrilling contest against Logan tournament fans ing up Its defense to rush all shootside shot to close the gap to one lanta the defending champion and were unanimous In declaring that ers Dixie still had its The battle was one of the fasta Davis cup hopeful won the other Provo had one of the fastest and margin at the end of the period the point again tourest and most exciting of the With just one minute to play the semifinal match defeating Jack best shooting and passirig teams in count being 17 to 16 nament the with squads battling of Texas 6 battled desperately Weber 4 3 the meet Playing what seemed to be their on even terms throughout the en- for the squad best basketball of the entire tournaprecious goal that would 4 basket four tire periods matching Mme Sylvia Henrotin of France Twice they The large delegation of Murray ment the Fliers spurted as the final bring them victory for basket to the final gun worked the ball under the hoop in won the women’s singles championhigh fans who turned out to watch period opened and ran their score to their team in the first game of the 24 while Davis was limited to a CHICAGO March 21 (AT— A field Odis Smith Pete Bogden Bill position for setups but each time ship the first title decided when Snow Tobler goal 15 seconds before the final gun Johnson and Mart Pezely scored their shots were hurried and she outplayed Norma Taubele of evening stayed to help cheer the single charity toss and Milrife had each counted a field by Martin Broderick pint ' sized for the Smelter team in the opening bounced off the rim while long New York 2 6 Granite Farmers on to victory In the men's doubles semifinals goal in a littleness than two minutes guard gave St Mary of Anderson quarter to give the Murray five a attempts refused to enter The gun Fighting back hard the Ind a 32 to 31 triumph over Cam- 9 to 6 lead A1 Wimmer Wilf Bing- ended the melee with the score Grant and J Gilbert Hall of South David R Mitchell president of of play Davis sliced the lead with pion high of Praire du Chien Wis ham and Jack Thomas registered unchanged defeated Karle boys Orange N J A introduced U C' H S A the and the right to meet De La for the Weber crew Wimmer was the star for the We- Schroeder Sweden and farker 6 Oren Wilson now concluding his Lloyd Brink garnering two fouls and tonight of Chicago for the national 4 4 and Murray and Laird Murray scored three goals to two ber gang sinking four field goals in 1 twentieth and last year as the a pair of goals but the gun cut Salle Catholic prep basketball champion- for Weber in the second period to the last half to keep his team in Watt Montreal defeated Hines and short their final rally secretary of the prep group and boost its margin to 15 to 10 at the the race Dave Briggs guard and Lloyd ship Pete Bogden sparkled Henry Culley of Santa Barbara “W'lls” presented to Vernon Pe6 4 4 0 Cal Play in the third quarter was again fdr Murray terson the Provo captain the Brink forward played strong ball De La Salle won Its semifinal by half for the losers while Captain Milne overcoming St George Evanston even each team scoring three basclosed a battle The highly of consolathe trophy symbolic kets to make the count 22 to 19 as Earl Tobler and Boyden Fawcett 111 39 to 32 season for both teams tion title Adam Bengoeschea reBucky Harris Releases La Salle's advantage In height they went into the final round De were the Dixie for The score: mainstays ceived the runnerup trophy for DAVIS DIXIE MURRAY Lowell Judkins arched a long was the big factor in WEBER and weight Three Rookie Pitchers o p Ogden and Harvey Rynearson GT F P GT F P rf - 2 2 0 4 Toblar rf 2 4 4 S the Chicago school’s victory Reitz shot through the strings to start off Towntartdrf 1 00 2 Wlmmarrf 6 1012 blushing tike a baby was the re- Layton 4' 2 2 10 McArthurlf 0 2 0 0 held De La Salle about even until the last quarter and Carl Ahlberg Johnaon 11 3 11 7 Thomas If 13 13 Brink If TAMPA March 21 (A5— Man0 0 0 0 Pickett c 0100 Smith e cipient of Granite’s championship Swan c 110 2C Ahlberg c 12 1' ager BuckyFlaHarris 2 2 0 4 Fawcett rg 0 2 0 0 near the close of the third period broke through for a setup to draw Peaely 1 0 0 2 Bingham rg 1 (J t Brurga rg today lopped rg award O 4 2 2 Milne Clark Ig 5 10 10 but weakened and Eddie Rlska and the Warriors within one lg lg 5 2 0 10 Judklna Ig 12 1 Bodgen the point of Bankhadrf Darla rf 0 0 0 0 Snow If 2 2 2 6 0 3 2 2 Garner If 10 0 2 three rookie pitchers from 24 23 Joe Tresik to for worked at 1 0 0 2 Atklnaon Ig through c 0 Murray 0 0 Washington roster 2Evartaon Olivtr rg 110 -Dick Kapple Ogden coach was shots Risks dropped in seven A foul shot and a setup by Oliver Kendall Chase and Frank Peti-coi9 10 4 22 Total! 8 12 6 24 many Total! 11 9 3 25 12 8 3 271 Totala Total! the first to shake hands with H field goals Tresik made 11 points pushed Murray four points ahead Score by quarter! were assigned to Chattanooga Score by quarter! Cecil Baker Granite mentor fol Daula 9 13 16 22 Leo Selb topped the Hooslers with but Jack Thomas 9 15‘ 22 27 and Ken Raffensberger was slated put down a foul Murray wDlxle 6 14 17 24 8 10 16 25 Weber the whistle final lowing d Watts retarae D Nitlaon umptra and followed it up with a for Harrisburg Pa eight points Collins referee Bullock umplra one-han- 34-a- ol Coast plates Picard Takes Carolina Golf Meet to Pick Honors Again Dixie Performs Brilliantly Olympic Five To Capture Third Position Canadian Netter Wins Over Hines 11-a- ll Murray Bags Thrilling Fray Score From Weber by Tourney Sidelights one-han- L 7-- 6-- one-poi- nt ld 4-- 6-- 6-- 8-- 3-- 6-- 6-- 2-- 6-- 6-- suc-cflsf- ul tf 1 as one-han- v 7 |