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Show I TIGERS CAPTURE BRILUAW GAME FROM WEBERITES i I OPENING CONTEST OF OGDEN ! DIVISION BASKETBALL RACE IN HOTLY CONTESTED AFFAIR High Takes Lead After Twelve Minutes of Play and Hold Advantage Until Final Whistle; Weberites Threaten Threat-en to Tie Score in Final Minutes of Play; Record Crowd in Attendance I IRn.sk eteer? of the vlcn High .school triumphed over the Wobi r Mm mal college five on the latter';, floor In one of the opening games for the Ogden division title last night Th final count Wa a.", t 88 with " Tigers on the long end ol the Bi 6r the contest being staged before one oi the uree'. OH aiw evsj attend at-tend i b op iac here. UaoditM were turned away. The Came like all contests engaged 1 In between the city schools was n:p unci tuck thiougho.n. After the m-t ' elVC minutes of pla in the firBt half the Tiger gained the lead and held their ad vantage until un-til the Imal whistle, although the Weberites We-berites threatened to tie the score time and again, i EAMS PASS U EIiL, In t in? opening period both teams L iia.-v.-ii well ani Ion;; lu'is Of the spectacular nature- trere featured. Couch and Roger being especially apt at this art. Despite the strict ruling! being made in all sections of the Mote with icgard to fouling but 2$ fouls were registered, each team recording 14. In the art of tossing 'em through the loop Couch of Wober boated Tnomaa of ugden by one point. Wnen the whistle sounded at the end of the first period the score stood 34 to IS In lavor of the Tigers. At the beginning Of play In the second sec-ond period the Weberites came within two points of tying the score, two successive suc-cessive field basket by Couch making mak-ing the score li to -'- for ugden. The Tigers braced at this stage and obtained ob-tained a six point lead which the We- j Vor five dwindled down to three .i.- tho whistle sounded. M t II vr IRS, Couch at forward for Weber was easily the outstanding star of the e;amc. His long shots from all sec- i XOUa of the floor and his work at cag-4ny cag-4ny free throws kept the Weberites In tho running during the entire game j lie totaled -4 points for his aggrega-I tion. Rogers at forward for the Tigers also played a brilliant contest. "Mike" caged seven field goals, many of them being of the difficult nature, five of the total number being recorded from the center of the field. Thomas and Smith at guards also iwini.h d for the Tigers, Smith s guarding guard-ing and floor work was a big feature of the game, Andei-son and Price plajed nifty boll for the Weberites also. The victory recorded bv the Tigorv against Weber last night is the third ,iu 25 games played since 110. It was the second vlctorv recorded by Coach Carl Petersen's teams. The final 10 minutes of the lost period was the fastest of the game. I he Weberites having tho edge on the Timers during this period. Weber and Ogden will mix in a re-urn re-urn game on the Ogdcn high floor Friday, Februarv 3. . EBER ST VICT- SCORING Tho game in detail: On a Tiger Coul Couch tossed In a free throw Tbomos followed suit for the Tigers. Hinckley registered the first field goal from a side position. Anderson cased from the center of the field. Thomas scored a free throw. Smith c.igcd a perfect basket from a aide pos'tlon Thomas scored a free throw, tylnc the score at 5 all. Couch missed a free throw. Anderson scored his second 1 field basket from the center of the i floor. Rogers tossed In a score from under the hoop. Couch tallied a free I throw, making the score 8 l" 7 for Weber. Roger again scored from under un-der the bOOp, tti.' Tigers going into the lead again, y to s. On a side throw from a difficult position Couch caged. Weber going to tho front with a 10 to 9 score. Thoma.s tallied a free throve, tying the score at 10 all. Couch scored a perfect field basket from the I center of the floor Weber again taking tak-ing the lead. Couch also tallied a trco throw. Rogers brought the crowd to Its feet by o sensational long shot which went through the hoop- making the score 13 to 12 for Weber. Smith tossed in a basket from under the hoop, making the score 14 to 13 for Ogden. Couch tied the score with fi free throw. Tho Tigors took the lead when Thomas put a free throw through the loop. On another attempt at-tempt Thomas missed. Rogers again seoroel from under the basket. Smith scored a short shot from a left angb position. Couch tossed In another basket. Thomas recorded another score when ho seoroel a long shot. Couch tallied a free throw Stratford tallied tho Inst Tiger score In tho first half with a beautiful field goal from the center of the field. Couch ended the Weber scoring In this period frith A free throw. SEC4 l H IJ Couch caged a field goal from tho 'left sldo of the floor and followod with two successful attempts at free throws making the .score 24 to 22 for Ugden. 'I homaa missed a free throw. Rogers scored from under tho loop. Couch missed a freo throw and on the re-bonnd re-bonnd tossed the ball In for a basket. Thomas again missed a free . throw. Couch caged from tho center of tho floor. Rogers followed suit, scored I a nifty goal. Thomas missed another I free throw, Stratford tossed in a coal I from a side position. Thomas scored two free throws t ouch tallied a free I throw for Weber. Thomas missed an- J other free throw, Couch scored a long shot from tho center of the floor. Rogers performed a similar feat for the Tigers. Couch again tallied a long shot for Weber, making tho score-SE score-SE to 32. With one minute lett to i pla Thomas missed a free throw and the contest ended. ' iQDEN HIGH (.35). Fd. Pr.T.Fl.G.T.P, I Rogers, rf 7 0 0 14 I Stratford, if 2 0 0 4 , Lyons, c 0 o Q Smith, rg 3 0 0 6 Thomas, lg l H ll Totals 13 14 "j 35 ; WEBER NORMAL (32). I'd G.Fr.T.Fl G.T.P. Anderson, lg ..... 2 0 0 4 j Halliday, rg 0 ft n o Price, c . 1 ft 0 2 Couch, If 7 14 10 24 ! Hinckley, rf 1 0 0 2 Totals 11 14 10 32 Referee, Wid Ashton; umpire. Lee tnons; timi ol periods, 20 mlnut |