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Show oo HRACADENINS IN WEST WITH SOUTH CACHE With a display of speed and skill at basket-throwing that fairly astonished aston-ished the. fans, in view of its previous previ-ous performance this year, tho Weber academy 'basketball team last night defeated the South Cache high school toam, by the score of 49 to 24. Several Sev-eral reasons were advanced for Weber's We-ber's remarkable Improvement within with-in the past week, which puts the team very much in the running again. The principal one seemed to bo that Coach Watson, who did not find his team until the day of the game with the Boxelder high school team last week, put the playerd through a strenuous stren-uous course of practice at the baskets bas-kets this week. Wilkinson has been shifted to a regular reg-ular forward position and replaced at guard by Roberts, giving the team one forward who can be depended to work a full game at top speed and two guards Brewer being the other who are thoroughly dependable. Nixon Is again the fast and reliable center that he was last year and by alternating Bassett and Critchlow, the lightweights, In tho other forward position, po-sition, the coach has exercised further fur-ther good judgment Another factor In the victory of the locals last night was the support given them by their follow students, which is almost proverbial. pro-verbial. The South Cache boys, though outclassed, out-classed, showed considerable promise, their principal stumbling blocks being be-ing a lack of experience and unfamil-iarity unfamil-iarity with the floor. Anderson, the right forward was one of the stars of the game, taking most of the chances that came his way and scoring scor-ing several remarkably difficult baskets. bas-kets. He needs practice, however, on throwing from the foul line. Weber's, point of criticism was that of fouling, a' condition that'sliould be remedied. Wilkinson, Nixon and Brewer played fast and consistently, showing fine- skill at dodging and busket throwing. The first mentioned mention-ed is a bit too rough at times but, barring this, should easily qualify for an all-state position. His playing of the two Richmond guards last night was one of the most interesting features fea-tures of the contest. The game was unusually free from long delays, being started only ten minutes after the scheduled hour and completed in 70 minutes. An appreciated appre-ciated external feature was the marking mark-ing up of the score as the contest progressed, pro-gressed, for the benefit of the fans. Peterson, of the University of Utah, acted as referee and his decisions were undisputed. The lineup and summary follows: W. A. S. C. H. S. Bassett, V. Critchlow, Critch-low, C. Critchlow. If.. M. Van Orden Merrill Wilkinson, King rf Anderson Nixon c Larson Roberts, Wilkinson . .lg Woodland Brewer lg.O. Van Orden, Hendricks Field baskets Nixon S, Wilkinson 6, Brewer 3, Roberts 3, V. Critchlow IH 3; Anderson 4, M, Van Orden 3, Mer- IH rill 1, Woodland 1. Goals from foul H line Wilkinson, 3 out of 4; Anderson IH 6 out of 15; M. Van Orden,' none, out H of 1. Scorers C. -H. Anderson and jH E. I. Wilkinson. Timekeepers A. A. H JKerr and Hendricks. Heferee Pe- H terson. H |