Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-03-08 | Page 10 | Box Elder Wins over B, Y. U. High

Stages a Come-back on Probable Prob-able Winners Tooele Also Surprises Branch A. C. LOGAN, March 7. In ono of the biggest upsets of tho basketball season, sea-son, Boxelder tonight defeated the strong B. Y. U. high school five, looked look-ed on as probable slate titlo winners, 23 to IS. The Provo team led at tho end of the first half. 10 to 9, but the Boxelder boys showed a style of ball in tho second period that was not to be denied. de-nied. Close guarding held the score down, each quint finding difficulty in getting clear shots at the ring. The Watklns brothers In the forward positions for the Brigham City quint were the mainstays of their team, while Brown and Willis performed in the best style for tho B. Y. U. Branch A. C. hit a snag in the second sec-ond contest and lost to Tooele, 34 to 22. Superiority of basket shooting and passing won for the Smelter quint, as Branch A. C. failed to follow the ball with any degree of consistency. Coach Christensen's mon were slow in passing and had few shots at the basket. The game was marred to some extent by technical refereeing, twenty fouls being called on Branch A. C. by Simmons. Harris of Tooele was the star performer, per-former, as he held Leigh, who was high man against Boxelder last night, scoreless, and annexed two baskets for himself. Kirk of Tooelo and Uric and Eyro of B. A. C. alpo played well. Tho games tonight leave all teams tied in the fight for the pennant and for this reason it will be necessary to extend tho play to Saturday. Boxelder and Tooelo will play tomorrow night and Branch A, C. is to meet the B. Y. U. in tho second contest. The two winning win-ning fives will decide the leadership in an encounter Saturday while the losers will contest for third place. In games played this afternoon Grace, Ida., lost to Kamas, -16 to 2S, and the Aggies defeated Lehi high school, 3S to 21. The lineup and summary of the Box-elder Box-elder B. Y. U. game: B. Y. U. Boxelder. Brown If D. Watkins Willis rf T. Watklns M. Keeler c Cornin Swenson lg Lilywhito Page rg G. Watkins C. Keeler. Field baskets Swenson 1, Willis 3, Brown 1, D. Watkins 3, T. Watkins -I, Cornia 1, G. Watkins 1. Fouls Willis, S out of 10; Cornia, 5 out of 9. Referee, Tommy Fitzpatrick; umpire. um-pire. Lee Simmons. The lineup and .summary of the B. A. C. -Tooelo game: B. A. C. Tooele. Urie If Staples Leigh rf Kirk Jones, Gardner. . c Stephens IC Wood... rg Cooper Eyre lg Harris Field baskets Uric 2, Jones 1, Eyre 3, Staples 3, Kirk 1, Stephens 3, Cooper Coop-er 3, Harris 2. Fouls Urie 6 out of 12; Staples, 0 out of 3; Harris, 0 out of 1; Kirk, 10 out of 16. Referee, Simmons; umpiro, Fitzpatrick.