Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-03-04 | Page 3 | Box Elder High Has Won the Northern Championship

101 ELDER HIGH HAS 1STIBTI1 C1HHIP SALT LAKE, March 4. With practically prac-tically all matters settled pertaining to the state high school basketball tournament, which is to open. Wednesday Wednes-day at Logan, a doubt was aroused yesterday as to whether or not the Boxelder high school would participate in tho meet as the northern division representative. Not until yesterday was there a thought given to the fact that the Box-elder Box-elder team would have to play South Summit high school of Kamas, winner of tho eastern half of the division for the division title. In fact, state high school athletic association officinls ruled that the Kansas team must forfeit for-feit the game to the Brigham team. Yesterday President James E. Moss ruled that the Boxeldor high school team must play South Summit tonight In tho Agricultural collego gymnasium. Tho Boxelder ahlctlc committee appears ap-pears to disapprove of tonight's game and indications aro that the Brigham team may withdraw. Final action will bo taken at n meeting to be held this morning at 9 o'clock. In tho event that Boxeldor refuses to, play tho gamo, then South Cache will play tonight's game with South Sum- Tho drawing for the opening night s games will take place today. Tommy FItzpatrick, coach of tho University of Utah, and Lee Simmons i of the Spanish Fork high school, have I H been selected to afficiate in the tour- j nament. I w