| Show Bitter Race In I Junior Basketball t 1 League Expected I Team Standing Won Lost Pet Pct Dixie 2 0 1000 Branch Aggles 1 1 Snow 1 1 Weber 1 1 50 Westminster 1 3 Results of the opening week of competition com corn 0 petition In the State Junior College Basketball League Indicates that therace the therace race for state championship will 1111 be a bitter one with all five the teams team on a fairly equal footing each having a 1 at t chance ha nee to cop the honors Dixie the preseason favorites of the critics took the lead by Westminster In two straight games but were extended to the limit to to win the first 33 to 26 and the second 32 to 30 The Branch Aggles won the second game against Westminster after after after af af- ter losing the first encounter with the Salt Lake team Snow started strong by dropping Weber college with a 51 SI SIto to 35 victory but Weber showed that It must be reckoned with by winning the second game 41 to 35 This week the league schedule willbe willbe will willbe be resumed with Dixie meeting Westminster Westminster West West- minster at Salt Lake City and the Dranch Branch Aggles playing Snow college at Ephraim The Aggles expect two real battles with Snow but will batti desperately for a double victory The received a severe blow when Blaine Benson Denson star center WAS WI declared in Ineligible on the day of the first Westminster game leaving Coach Linford In a position of having to experiment experiment experiment ex ex- ex- ex for a II new combination In III his first league gam games s. s Benson was ruled out because became e he had too many hours of junior college credit I In the first game the team play of I the Aggles was completely disrupted they lost 30 to 25 25 but in the second second j game a new combination was found I that that clicked and after the first five minutes of play piny the local team took the the lead and marched on to an easy easy I victory winning by a score of 58 to 28 with a second string playing most of the last quarter Donald Porter a freshman who has been at guard was shifted to center and Dan was was- placed at guard with Frank Hunter Wood Adams and Tom Jones remained at forward Porter although while ra rather rather rather ra- ra ther Inexperienced and off ort on on basket I shooting did very well and gives promise promise pro pro- mise miss of flUng nicely into the team All five men played very good ball with Jones and Hunter standing out with remarkable performances Jones lead the scorers with 15 points end and ondI I playing a good rustling and passing game Hunter turned in an exceptionally exceptionally good defensive game With 3 fouls on him In the first five minutes minute of play Hunter finished the game without another foul and completely subdued ed Westminster's highs high scoring forward who had made 20 points the night before holding him hirl to 3 points I B. B Limb guard did the best WOI work k kI I for the visitors although Maxwell was Va VaI I not far behind him The I score I BRANCH DRANCH 58 1581 Q T P P I I IT T. T Jones rf rt S 3 3 15 I I Adams If 4 I r r 4 2 1 9 I Porter c c. c 1 f 1 5 6 2 2 I 4 j I I Hunter rg 3 2 2 8 I II I D. D Ig 2 0 0 4 I I Brown Drown rf rr 2 2001 0 0 I I W. W Jones If 1 0 0 2 N. N Carter If 0 0 0 0 01 S. S Carter c 4 1 1 9 I II P. P rg eg 0 0 0 T 1 I rg 0 0 0 0 Ig lg Ig 1 2 1 3 31 r Totals 24 15 1510 10 58 8 WESTMINSTER 28 1281 iO t i tG G O T F P PI Strike rf 1 6 2 4 I If 1 3 2 4 4 I c 1 0 0 B B. Limb rg 3 3 2 6 I Maxwell Ig lg 1 1 1 3 31 i iI Pen rf 1 1 1 3 J JParker I Parker c 1 0 0 2 21 I L. L Limb rg 0 0 0 0 I t I I Totals 10 16 16 8 28 i I Score by q quarters arters J JBranch 1 Branch Dranch Aggles 13 27 37 53 58 I I Westminster 9 13 2 21 28 Referee Roberts Umpire Hale i I |
