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Show m he if STATE TOURNEY Defeat Weber High First Night With (iood Margin; Expect State Championship """""""""""" WON SOUTHERN DIVISION FROM HINCKLEY MONDAY Team Captures' Both Games Without Presence of Coach, Who Was in (Quarantine at Home for Flu Six Teams in Tourney, I Games Daily. A telegram received this morning by Principal Homer from the B. A. C. basket ball team who are participating participat-ing in the state tournament at Salt Lake City, conveys the information that they met and defeated the Weber Web-er Stake Academy team last night by n score of 50 to 40. The telegram also states that the Weber loys are looked upon at the tournament as one of the best, if not the very best, team that they will have to meet. After scoring another close victory over the Hinckley high school team for the championship of the southern division of the state at Heaver last Monday night, the B. A. C. basket ball team proceeded on to Salt Lake City to engage for the fifth consecutive consec-utive season in the tournament for state championship, which they have won twice already. Came With Hinckley Close. The game at Beuver was a closely contested affair, the final score being only li.'i to '.i'Z. It was realized that the Hinckley team would put up a hard scrap, for the game with that team was won last year by a margin of only two points, and they had all I or practically all their old players back this yenr. The victory for the B, A. C. is made all the more brilliant by reason of the fact that their coach, the redoubtable Jack Christensen, who ! is an inspiration always for his men, Ml licit with the "flu" and unable to accompany his team, and the fact that Heaver had quarantined against this place for influenza prevented the usual delegation of rooters from attending. at-tending. This left the boys practically practic-ally without support, and with U audience aud-ience whose sympathies are usually with the other team. Therefore it was up to the lioys to make their fight alone, which they did with credit, und are again the representatives of the southern division in the state tourney. tour-ney. Six Teams in Tournament. Then are six divisions in the state tournament this year, each represented represent-ed by one team. Each team will play one game each of the three nights that the tournament lasts. On the second night the two teams winning with the widest margin over their competitors will be matched against each other, the remaining winner team playuie. the neurest competitor, and the two "scrub" teams being matched. The two teums making the best showing show-ing on the first two nights will play for the championship on the third night. Coach Christensen and the entire school supporting have strong hopes of capturing the championship again this year, as they did last year and in 1916. If the sporting editors of the Salt Lake papers are to be depended upon, the final battle is likely to be between the Bingham team and the B. A C. In this case it will be a battle of brothet against brother, and Christen' Chris-ten' against Christen', for the Blag-ham Blag-ham team is coached by Jack Chris tensen's brother. The outcome of the tournament will be awaited here with a great deal of anxiety, and if the H A. ('. wins the boys will be given a great ovation on their return. The B. A. C. Team. The following comprise the H. A team: Carl Wood, captain and forward; for-ward; Wood Uric, forward; Lester Blackburn, forward; Kumen Curd nyr, center; Preston Wood, guard; Golden Huight, guard; Dan Webster, center and guard; Corydon Walker, forward. |
