Show Saints Saint ints Fall F Before Southern Basketball Quintet Mine Miners rs yule ville En ro us For Chicago Seri s Southern Southern Entry Bewilders S Saints ints in in First Fir t Period to Pile Up Commanding Lead Saints Fail f Lead Winners Show Bril Brilliant Brilant ant Basketball SALT ALT ALI LAKE Mar Jar Jar 19 1 19 Special tJ J Dispatch Latter Day Saints HIgh schoel l courtiers 1926 state and up runners In n the tournament at last Iut season bow bowed d to defeat be fore fere the live here to- to to tonight night In the concluding game eanie of othe the eighteenth annual Utah U stAte tato tournament The final score scon was waa 22 to 19 13 fOr tOr the southern school A A bewildering attack In the pl that that completely swept ept the tho oft off their feet turned the trick The The five cot cot- colle col le led five fl field goals In this periOd Derid dUll to uncanny shooting by Gill Gill- Gillins Ins ind 0 Smith dropped Sn In two shot shots from the tho center ot of the court while Marshall tilled tailed In two pointers Smiths Smith's effort was wasa wasa wasa a setup Thee The he lono score for tor the tho Saints Sainta tame mo as ItS the tho result of a basket by 4 In the second second period the L D DS S defense tightened the new champions counting counting- only t sour ur while the Gold and ad Blue athlete registered reg another goal from the field The half halt ended 14 to to 4 for tor or the MInersville aggregation RALLY RALLY- Vadal Vadal adal Petersons Peterson's Sante came camo f tack ack in the tho final periods to out out- outplay outplay out outplay play their rivals but bit lacked the punch to overcome the command command- commanding ing leg lead obtained In the earlY stages by their rivals At At the close of ot the third quarter ter tat the Saints trailed the th short end of a 16 IC to 11 score while a record crowd howled for tor forthe orthe the two fives The sensational guarding of Eyre and of ot the Miners Miners- Miners yUle vOle five proved the undoing ot of th Saints and Drou- Drou bay Drou ba ba Saint forwards were were covered to si-ch si t-ch t a a- a extent that they were bleto collect a a lot 1 of ot only six points Jerry Smith Saint center demo dem dern- dern demonstrated plenty penty of ot ability and car car- car carried ned ried the tho Gold and Blue alta attack l He scored tour four goals from the field ant and added a single point from the foul line Marshall at center tor foi the new h d with the tho ease and grace of ot a veteran deran He lie tossed In five lve goals from the tho field and assisted his mates materially In their unexpected triumph The Saints heavy favorites tell felt be before foro a polished five II a a team that demonstrated d plenty of ot basketball ability both on oa offense offense- and do- do de defense used only five men during the battle The entire t team am med with the smooth smooth- smoothness locomotive locomotive ness floss of ot a high powered tive and waltzed from the floor with their first state champion champion- championship ship ilp Court fans of ot the tho state In the tho majority Is will aak uk just where It Is 15 a a small town located between Beaver Beavor and Mil Mil- Milford Milford ford and the total enrollment of the school Is 50 Of Ot this number 16 are arc boya 10 of o the 1 16 11 are aN members of the basketball squad Stanley McKnIght former student Is 15 coach ot of the new Ue He le did not participate participate pate In basketball during his career career CUCCI a feature which rates the triumph of ot all the thc more r remarkable ACCEPT INVITATION The Tho winners were Invited to la lit the ninth annual inter inter- interscholastic interscholastic scholastic Inter scholastic tournament at Chicago o late this month prior to the game Minersville from all Indications will be in tn attendance Provo defeated the Murray five 34 to 32 In a sensational court battle attle prior to the main event Pleasant Grove walked oft off with consolation honors by taking Logan Into camp In tho the opening contest 22 32 to 17 The Grovels Grovers played heartedly half all the way all Logan fought hard bard but lacked the fine teamwork and basket shoot hoot shooting shooting ing ng of ot the winners Pleasant Grove Grovo took the lead soon lIoon after atter the opening and led at the half 18 13 to 7 West Vest starred at guard forthe forthe for forthe the winners aa as did did- tad nd Brinley SALT Lcd LAKE Led by 1 L L Cox III at center i rho- rho ho caged 10 field goals and and Romney who scored five Dixie High from St St George overwhelmed Mantl Manti 42 41 Co to 18 to annex third place Romney and andL andL andL L L Cox bombarded the basket from lonG loner distances to pile up t o highest t score of ot he be tournament ment nent Coach Leo Lee Hafen sent his hili subs Into the same game In the final but ManU Mantl failed to gain The rhe Mantl ManU boys were bewildered by the speedy passing attack at ck pf of the fliers rs from the south The score tel tOl- telL fol follows O lows L D S 19 19 t G 0 T F P ro rt o 1 l 3 8 2 4 If 1 0 0 2 2 G 0 Smith c 4 2 1 J 1 II 9 L bb rt rg 0 1 1 1 Davis lg Ig n 1 4 1 i 3 3 I rt It-rt rf 00 0 0 0 0 i Totals Totals 7 I 10 5 is 19 MINERSVILLE 22 0 T F P rt rf y 4 0 0 Smith S 8 It 2 S 1 0 4 Marshall Mrshall c h 5 S 0 0 10 rg 0 0 6 0 0 Eyre Ig 0 0 0 0 Totals a 11 11 1 j o 0 v 22 Referee S Spencer umpire L L Spencer Spence 00 |