Show Ricks College Wins Vins Jr J I College Championship Coach Clyde Packers Packer's Ricks college basketball team won On the Intermountain tain Junior College championship Inthe in inthe inthe the tournament held at St St. George last week end defeating Dixie by a Q score of 63 53 to 31 In the final championship championship championship cham cham- I game The champions won from the Branch Agricultural College team by a one point margin on the opening night in a real thriller then easily took the measure of Westminster ster college the fourth team in the tournament tournament- by a score of 48 0 o 32 Coach Lee Hafen always a challenger er but never a winner In the Junior College League was forced to be content content content con con- tent with second place again ln although he entered a powerful well wen balanced team and lost only after a bitter struggle The fact that Dixie had been forced to the very limit to defeat B. B A. A C C. C in a tie off game Saturday I morning prevented the fliers filers from putting up a closer r battle with Ricks In the championship game From a spectator standpoint Coach Howard Linford's Branch ARies were the real heros hems of the tournament al although although although al- al though they finished third behind Ricks and Dixie The Agiles Aggles lost two games cames by a one point margin and defeated defeated de de- Dixie In a third to furnish the only really Interesting games of the tournament Each of these three games proved to w be exceptionally fast and eal real thrillers and three of the best test played games every staged In junior college tournament play In the opening game of the meet Ricks Rica took a lead over the during the first half after atter which Linford's team started a drive that brought them to within one point of the winners at the closing gun losing 45 43 to 44 On the following night the i turned in the best performance of the entire tournament sweeping the powerful powerful powerful pow pow- erful Dixie team completely off their feet for tor a sensational 52 53 to 39 victory Th This victory made It necessary necessary for fora a playoff with Dixie to determine who should hou meet Ricks In the championship championship champion champlon ship game The game iame was played i Saturday morning and was the most exciting of the meet although no better better bet bet- ter ter played than the previous game Neither team enjoyed more than a three point lead until lead until Dixie staged a ta wild rally in the last quarter to lead 32 to 39 with only minutes to go gohen then hen the Aggles made an even greater rally rally rally ral ral- ly to go ahead at 40 to 41 with a minute minute minute min min- ute and a half to go CO with seconds left won the game for Cor Dixie with a beautiful overhead shot I IOn On the first night bixie Dixie won from Westminster r 44 to 26 and Saturday the defeated the same team 40 to 23 with subs playing most of the time I All five men on the Aggie starting lineup played sensationally with Rollie Rol- Rol lie lle Gardner doing everything superbly Rol-I Rol and Flig Fiig Whicker reaching his old time perfection and proving to be a sensation Sherm Eyre at guard Tom Jones at forward and BlaIne Blame Benson at center were only a shade behind the other two in all round performance 1 |