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Show I OGDEN DIVISION CAGERS STARflECOND TOUWTRIDAY J I I'EIER-OGDEN I FRACAS NEXT I BIG CONTEST Addition of Jones Makes Weber Five Contenders for Division Honors HH OGDEN DIVISION . HHg standing f the Tiwiwi HHV w L. Pet. Ogdenhisrh 1 HHl Weber Normal 2 1 667 HH Box Rider 1 ' HHg Davifl high 0 3 .000 jH Friday's Schedule At i igden VS'cbor vs. Ogden HHn A i Kaysville Box Elder vs. Davis. The crucial came of the Ogden dl-vision dl-vision hoop championship race will ho played next Friday evening at the Igden high school when the Timers tangle with the speedy Weber Normnl H college quint. With the OKden high, HH Box Blder and Weber Normal quints HHl tied for first honom In the league race, considerable Interest holds forth HH Weber will enter tho coming contesi H confident of taking the Tigers Into HH camp In a recent game played on the HHg Weber floor the Ogdcnites were vlc- HH tors by n small margin and the woar-era woar-era of the "W" have beep working HHl hard to turn the tables on their hcred-itary hcred-itary rivals. HHa The addition of Theron Jones to HH the Weber lineup has strengthened tho HH Webcrltes materially and places them HHl on an equal footing with the other HH learns of the division. In the game HHl last (Yiday between Box Blder and HH Weber the performances of Jones were the big features of the gams ul en- HH abled the Weber five to turn tho trick. Jones was all-state center in HH 1919 on the championship Weber HHa team and only recently returned to HH Ogden from a mission to thc southern HHa states lor tho L. D. S. church. Al- though Jones was not in A-l shape HHl last Friday he displayed his old-time HHn ability, lie will bear watching in the HH coming games of the season j JONES IS SI IB HHl With Jones at the pivot position and HH with Captain Budge and Couch at for- HHl wards Anderson and Hulliday at HH guards the Webc-rlte have one of the HHa best machines in the st ate. Backers HH of the team expect the 1'urple to en- HH ter the state tourney with a good HH ibance to cop honors. HH The Ogden Tigers were defeated in J HHs their game with Box Elder, but man- I HH aged to put over a 39 to 31 victory in HH their game with Davis hlch last Krl- HHs day Tho Tigers loom as strong con- HH lenders for the division title The HH team that is eliminated In the game HHl next Friday will bo practically out of HHs the running for the division honors. HHa The Tigers have a good aggrega- HHl '.ion in harness. Smith and Thomas HHa trill hold down the guard positions. HHl Lyons will bo pllted at center; Rogers Ha and Stratford will be feat ired ut the HH forward positions. HHa Hard practice will be on tho card HHa during the present week for bo'.h local ' HH teams. HH EXPECT BIG CROWD HHa The largest crowd that ever attend- I ed a basketball game in jgdcn Is ex- HHa pected at the Friday party. Reserved HHa seats will bo placed on sale during , HH tho early part of the week. HHn Box Elder should rule favorites over i HHa the Davis five, but If the showing of j HH Kaysvillc in the last two games can I HH be taken for face value, the Davis HHa five may spring the unexpected and HHa turn the tables ort the Brlghamites. HHa The race In the OKden division Is HH one of the most hotly contested In the HHj history of basketball in this section of HHj the state. Three more games remain HHj on the M.-hedule for each of the teams. HHJ The aggregations winning first and HHJ second honors in the loop will bo cn-tcrcd cn-tcrcd In the state tourney at Salt Lake HHb early in March. |