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Show I AMERICAN FORK MEETS LEH1 TONIGHT IN FINAL GAME ' I NIFTY PLAYING AIDS LENI FIVE IN SEMI-FINALS Sugar Stars Expected to Grab State Title in Final Tonight BY TOMMT FTTZPATRICK SALT LAKE, March Lehi was the "dar horse" basketball quintet that upct the doDe at tho Utah State high school basketball tournament in Salt Lake last night by defeating the L. D. S. U. aggregation 35 to 20 In one ot tho best buttles of the tournament The Lhl boys went right out after the victory and walked away with the long end of the score through their last nd spectacular work. Roberts and Smuln were tho big star of the evening and it was the long shots of these lads and 'their lever passing that put th- Lohi bo.vs into the finals Baker und Merrill also did their share 10 put It over the Gold and Blue aggregation ag-gregation and these tall men played a iieautiful defensive game. The Gold and Plue team was hot up to its Usual form nn naskets, but the pasins was Ood at all timet and Lhs ianfi were given a real treat. Collect Col-lect and Captain McMurray were well covered and failed to connect as often as they have in past games. YQltag Service took many chances at the , , sk-u and it was his work that held tin Saints ud in the running. The L. T). S. U. wore bier favoritles at the start of tho game, but Lehi was backed back-ed by a handful of loyal fans who cheered their men at all time?. The Lehi boys again spilled the beans and will go against the American Ameri-can Fork boys for ihf title gam at 3:30 this evening. Bi ib "i these teams are from L'tah county and the tana tti that section will run six lal trams iu the meeting of th-- teams this evenfhg, Ameriean Fork had defeated Lehi three times this season, but the boys will have to get their hatchets out to hattlo Lehi tonight as the Lehi bos are playimr some real basketball an. will give Hidmstcad's men the fight ot a lifetime this evening. TRIM SPRING VILLE American Fork lived up to expectations expecta-tions and defeated the Sprlngvllle aggregation ag-gregation in a lively contest- Sprlnp-ville Sprlnp-ville showed the ft lit of the hard grind that it had in the two fir I games and did not have the tiht anj pepper that has brought them to the front in the last fsvo games. Cran-j mer and Bird played good ball for1 the Sprlngvllle team, blit Chlpmah's spectacular shOOtinK and th- ;oo i floor work of Hofhein kept Holm' stead's men in the race for the finals this evening. Although the L. D. S. U. and the Springvillo fives are out of the running run-ning for the state title, the tana arc-looking arc-looking for a fast same Irom these j teams tonight, as they will work tori third and fourth Dlacea in the tonrna-j ment. while the Iirst and second hon- ors will have to be d Idi i between I thu American Fork and Lehi boys. The Utah county tans will be out in full bloom this evening as two of their best teams will battle lor the honor. This spirit Is divided and each I team will be l acked to the limit in this contest. American Fork has won! three games from Lohl, but fans, who have seen both teanis in a tion clam' that Lehi is playln.T tar better ball than it has ever played this season.! The hard grind has shown up cn the; players of both th teams and it s a safe bet to Bav that the fans will see' two tired teams in action and It will take plenty o: spirit on the part oi the backers of the men to keen the lighting up in tho boys. RECORD CROWD One of the largest crowds that has ever witnessed a game in the Deseret gymnasium turned out for last night's game and the" gymnasium wiU bo crowded asraln this evening for th-tlnal th-tlnal spurt tor the state interscholastii title The writer is Dlekins: tho Saints to defeat toe Springvillo team In the curtain cur-tain raiser, but as to the next state high school championship aggregation t is a fifty-fifty bet and the fans will have to choose tor themselves as to the outcome of the big battle. The tournament has been a bic success from all angles and the fans have been veil satisfied with the r.itnes that have been lffayed. Tho players pf the teams were given . Utile Ut-ile feed at the University of Utah ves-torday ves-torday noon and all of the out of town beys have had an enjoyable visit at tho tournament games |