Show Gardner Proves Best Performer In Meet l Branch Aggles and Ricks College placed four mem men each on the two honor honor honor hon hon- or teams at the Intermountain Junior College basketball tournament In St. St George last week Dixie men winning the other two positions both on the first team The honor teams were as follows First team Forwards Jacobs Ricks Dixie center Watson Ricks guards Gardner ARtes and Dixie Second team team forwards forwards Whicker and Ricks flicks center Benson guards Eyre and Scoresby Ricks Rollie Gardner was appointed ted captain captain cap cap- tain of the first team and named a athe as the best individual performer performer- in the th tournament Although official award 1 was was made for this honor as has been done In the past Gardners Gardner's performance performance performance perform perform- ance set him far ahead of ot every other othe individual and he dominated the pla play playas as much as any man ever to win the individual player award Playing a at guard lead all aU scorers with 39 points in three games his nearest rivals being ing Whicker and Watson wit with 34 points each in three games On th the defense Gardner was complete master master master mas mas- ter at all aU times breaking up plays play rs s with uncanny regularity playing the bank board sensationally and was waa one ie of ot the best ball balt rustlers in the meet His nearest rivals for individual honors honors honors hon hon- ors were of Dixie and Watson Watso in n of ot Ricks both of whom did remarkable remarkable remarkable remark remark- able work and were overshadowed only iy y by Gardner Their choice for first firs st t team honors was never In doubt Jacobs and the other first firs st stell t team choices played exceptionally we wet well welland ell 11 and were particularly important cogs gs In their teams' teams play and were well weD entitled entitled en en- en titled to the honors given them Only the fact tact that the Branch Ag Ag- gies ales did not finish higher In the tea team standing kept Flag Flig Whicker from maltIne making making mak malt ing Ine the first team because his play was brilliant he tied for tor second scorIng scoring scoring ing honors rustled the ball baD exceptionally exceptionally exception exception- ally well welt and turned in an excellent all round performance He has played in three tournaments and each time has been on the second honor team Eyre and Benson did everything very well wen their play being of such calibre that there then was waa no doubt about their selection for the second team Gardner and were on the se- se team last year as was Scoresby who played forward last season The leading scorers were as follows Gardner 39 Watson Ricks 34 Whicker 34 3 Dixie 33 Jacobs Ricks 31 Jones Antes Aggles 30 Ricks 30 Benson 26 Scoresby Ricks 21 Eyre Allies 19 and Dixie 19 I I |