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Show Third Ward Dumps Sixth to Steal Honors Cedar Third Ward M-Men team, behind a full game going Into the final week of league play, upset the applecart of the leading Sixth Ward crew, and went on to win the Cedar Stake M-Men basketball title, taking It away from the Sixth Ward defenders de-fenders and regional representatives representa-tives to the All-Church meet last year. In the final league meeting last Wednesday evening the Third Ward downed the Sixth by a 41 to 32 score. Jerry Nelson Nel-son led the scoring attack with an 18-point output for the evening. eve-ning. ' The win for the Third put the league Into a tie for top honors between the two clubs and a play-off for the Stake championship champion-ship was held Thursday evening. In the championship play-off the Third won by a narrow margin, mar-gin, 50 to 47 In a foul-plagued game that saw the Third ward take advantage of foul shooting to win the crown. Both the Third and the Sixth will participate in the Division M-Men tournament being held in Parowan this week end. Third won the number one spot In the tournament and the Sixth was allowed to enter the event at the final day when a representative from Uvada Stake failed to enter en-ter the eight team tournament. Members of the championship Third Ward team include Ted Atherley, Jerry Nelson, Gale Fife, Sheldon Hefner, George Le-Baron, Le-Baron, Scott Brown, Bill Lamb and Robert Childs. Ronnie Dur I ra:t': is coach. |