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Show TOD MUCH SPEED BEATSAPEX MEN Copper Quintet Finally Wins From Underground Men, 47 to 30, in Game Featured by Stellar Guarding It happened at last, and it happened Monday evening of this week at the Gemmell Memorial Club House when the fast stepping Utah Ape quintet went down to defeat at the hands of the Utah Copper team 47 to 30 in one of the fastest games ever seen on the local floor. ' Going at top speed from the very outset, the Copper players soon made it evident they would win the game without a struggle, and that they did is made manifest in the decisive victory. vic-tory. ' .. Never at any stage of the game were the Copper players in danger of losing, their guards, E. Knudsen and Tom Saddler forcing the Apex men to shoot from the center of the -floor for the greater part of the tilt. - - The Copper forwards were at their best, Dow and Whiteley playing their most consistent game, Dow, particularly partic-ularly being effective at getting thru the Apex guards, while Whiteley starred star-red with some of the best floor work and rustling he has shown in years. Jerry Dunn also played a great game guarding as he never did before besides caging 6 field goals. Anderson and Larsen played a nice enough guarding game, but the fast stepping Copper lads failed to be stopped. The two Spencer brothers played a neat floor game but were off on their basket shooting. Jones caged cag-ed four field goals while Lolo Spencer Spen-cer rang the. bell five times. The first quarter ended with the Copper men leading 10 to 6 and they increased their lead to 22 to 13 at the half by scoring 12 more while the Apex made 7. The third quarter was decidedly Copper, the open air miners min-ers making 14 while the underground men had to content themselves with 6. The last quartei adc wjth botb. learns" registering' 11 "points." It is the consensus of opinion that the Copper team played the best game since their inception. The victory vic-tory gives them a clean title to first place. The box score: -Utah Copper 47' Player Pos. FG FT FP F Total Whiteley, rf 6 2 2 2 14 Dow, If .8 2 0 0 16 ' Dunn, c 6 1 1 1 13 E. Knudsen, rg 1 0 0 0 2 Saddler, Ig 1 1 0 12 Totals 22 6 3 - 4 47 . Utah Apex 30 Player Pos. FG FT FP F Total L. Spencer, rf 5 0 0 1 10 S. Spencer, If 2 2 0 1 4 Jones, c, rg 4 .4 12 9 Larsen, rg, c . 2 0 0 0 4 Porter, rg' '. 0 0 0 0 0 Anderson, lg ....l 110 3 Totals 14 7 2 4 30 Score by quarters 1 2 3 4 Total Utah Copper 10 12 14 11 47 Utah Apex 6-7 6 11 30 Referee: Mclntyre. Umpire: Christensen. |