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Show miH CHAMPtOKS ,mL iirlilon cbampleM ana two Cert orcr the present, state Etf was the lot of American Lts 1922 basketball" eam- H H American Fork sought for HjeMnce to battle 1b the In- Ewb tournament, It was lost ButT won out In the flail state A Br; ft". AHjfrffkan Pork will get its op- t.HLy to compare notes with the BpMtUla champions. For to- SKlttarday) In the new gjrmnaa-Bki gjrmnaa-Bki Weston team, monarch of Kicky Mountain region and con-Kfoftho con-Kfoftho Lehl five Iaatr March karat with Happy Holmatead'a .Km in one of the two mott 1m-HjtJioop 1m-HjtJioop contests of the week In I Kirs itato. m, suae must not be regarded aa .Km) typo ot exhibition!. For It -'Ere. than that In practically Hmpect Weston is, defending its J. f American Fork wins, the . Kflre tho same boys that won -Kttrmountaln laurels must con .Bait the locals are truly cham- 9flkls caliber. HrW Holmstead with three vet-NKback vet-NKback and two. new, men may ifldetervo congratulations If they 'K the invaders. K (or Utah county, the game net Interest that Is seldom aAd In other vicinities. It will aajW ai a judge of, the relative flB(;ot tho two ancient rivals itjBkan Fork and Lehl. For Wee-Mvliyed Wee-Mvliyed at Lohi last night. Com-Hoo.of Com-Hoo.of scores and Individual point MaHaf will constitute a criterion of -merits of tho two schools. ggBtrrwhero In tho state the re-Jol re-Jol tho two games will be await-ljMFbr await-ljMFbr any placet that baskotball Is pjfBHcd American Fork and Lehl H In for consideration, whether H. In the snow swept ranges of Heutern Utah or the seml-trppl-Hjllme ot the states' Dixie. JHe games are really the first "Bm of Importance to grace the jjBeason competition. For seldom 'rivals ot such class pitted again-Hkch again-Hkch other so early In tho year. Bd tonight, American Fork will HL Its first smart opportunity to HjUUy answer some of tho qucs-Hi qucs-Hi that have smoldered In their Hli. And they aro: Ha American Fork bent Lehl this H? Hjrald American Fork have won the Hrmountaln championship had it, Hjed la tho tournament? Hj American Fork as strong as last HVr Hot In any event, American Fork, H rest assured that tho Weston Hja Is a classic If ever thore was HJ in a pro-season series. B Hho gam0 last Saturday night wob Hp Provo High, and proved to be Hther walkaway for the local, bask-hooters. bask-hooters. The game started out H it mleht be a "nip and tuck" af-H. af-H. but Hap Holmstead's men soon HK(d ahead and ran up too big a Hd for tho visitors. .The final score H 38-10 with Elden and Elijah HPman stars for the Forkers and Hudsen ot Provo star for his team, having held Ingersoll down to throe baskets. locals Win First League Game To the tune ot a final score of 34-42 In favor of tho Amorlcan Fork boys, the first league gamo of tho basketball series was played at Heb-or Heb-or with tho Heber team Wednesday night. Tho local chaps played a wonderful brand of ball, and though their opponents nro a fast bunch, the Forkers were victors. The gamo was fast from start to finish and witnessed by n big crowd. 8ov-eral 8ov-eral carB of local fans accompanied the team to Heber. |