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Show I SFlMGILLE ELIMINATES WEBER FROM HOOP FINALS I DOPE SHEET IS GIVEN ANOTHER SEVERE UPSET Defeat of Weber Five Comes as Surprise to Hoop Fans of State R TOMMY FITZPATRICK. Qalt LAKi:, March ':. Did man 3 dope suffered another shock l ust night at the Utah State Hlsh school , basketball tournament at Salt Lake, j when the Weber Normal college, lav- . orites In the race for the state finals ' was eliminated by the fast and scrap py players from the Springviile High achooL The boys from tho southern part of Utah county, led by th lr SOI p- ' py coach. Captain Bird fought a nip and tuck battio with tho Weber boys and won becauso of this fighting spirit. The big lead helped the Springviile ' boys, but Wobei came back In the Jirst of the second half and tied the honors and forged into tho 1c id. Cap-? tain Bird used good head work time and again an 1 took time when the Weber boys hit their stride He en-1 couraged his men to f.ght at all times and it was his keen leadership that 1 put tho thing over. This contest was I)-- fai the most exciting of th ocn-! t ing, although some of the other bat- j ties were hard fought. Bv defeating the Weber team 35 to 1 2i. Springviile hus won Its two games by a one poiut margin mJ the b,ue and red lads are out to do or die, against tho American Fork five to-1 night- The writer pit I 8 American Fort to win out over the Springviile team in tonights game as Happy! IJolmstead's bos are playing a by passing game, Lis ( nvarai - ip-man ip-man and Hofeln are strong on Baskets Bas-kets and Inge mil is one of the best centers in the moot. Ann i lea a Fort will have the jump at cent) .-. I ut If t!ie Springviile liads put n i hp sam I! batik- they did last oning, A rtenc n j 1 ork may have to stand up under tlu defeat. The game between the two Utah county schools will start at 7.30, i ond the winner will go into the final I against the winner of the Lehi-L. D. I ,s contest, which will s'tarl at PANTHERS LOS1 American Fork played a nappy i game against the West High lads and the result was in doubt un-' til the last whistle, wheii the Utah county lads took a three-point b ad on tho red and bi;iek team. This clevi ith hour spurt meant victory for lia py s men and the American Fork l ids ti:i j eontlnue with a clear slat for the season. The final count of .. - nle WOO 28 to 21- Aiiieri'. -' -i . -. a Picked to beat Weft in yeet( rd i sue and tho writer picks them i"i .i winner in tonight's batth L. D. S. U. will undoubtedly win over the Lehl high si lioul aggri Kaiion in tonight's game Th Gold and uiu-; team la uaing the ' ftve-men del and it is working havoc with tho oth-i cr teams In the tourney. It they are able to hold together. Lehl wlU forced to the limit to defeat the Gotd ' and Blue boys'. Who ore now fa ot-ltes ot-ltes in the race for the state h n re. In the game last ovtmng, h - i at outplayed Bingham and won by their clever short passing, while the Bingham Bing-ham lads took too many long h Long shooting Is I . K somi tlmi with 6uch men as V. lliiamt. and Stlllman bu'. these lads wire- well covered by tho; Pett Brothers last night and '.he mir.-, ere were defcatd 3 5 to Both teams played u hard game and were after each other a: all times-; Bingham has a strong team, but the: playing of the L. D. S. U. last night j 1 was too much for the Miners. The j Saints played their usual brand dfl ball and if they do not "crack" in the final stretch, the L- L. S- U. suju1. : bring over another victory tonight. Lehl Le-hl will be a tough opponent for the Gold and Hluo five and Josh West's ir.cn may spring the surprise of the j season by winning out over the Saints hut with the stylo or ball that the two teams have been ploying tho Saints hhould win out. Lehl haa two wonderful won-derful men In Roberts and Smuin and the scrap of these two lads has done much to kec p them in the running ! so far. Smuin is one of the best Iguarus in inc lournaiiieui. anu rod-! rod-! erts' work Is classy at all times f r Lehl. He is all over the- iloor and has proved to be one of the best basket bas-ket shooters of the tournament. In lost nleht's game. Lehl ran true to K.rm and defeated the 1'arowa.n boys. 1 I'arowan took a lead and looked 11 ko . winners again bat th'- "cowboy' jazz j was lacking and Lehl hud the more f pepper. The Lehl boys passed well and their set-up baskets were made in last night's game. I I AH COUNTY TEAMS, f Taking it all in all. yesterday proved I to be a winner tor Ltah county with ' American I'rk, Lehi and Springviile ! winning out and many of tho fans In I that section are pulling with the . i j three uvonut; to defeat the l. l. s U. iu tonight's games. lwo of the L'tah county schools will have to go out of the race and from present Indication. In-dication. Lehl and 8prlngville should be the teams. If the quints continue to play the same class of ball they have played so far in the tournament game. Tho financial success of the tournament tourna-ment has been a big one and Oren Wilson and James E Moss of tho state association are confident that enough money will be made to put over their big intermountaU) meet, which will bs held the middle of March between the winners of the state titles In the ln-termountaiD ln-termountaiD region. oo |
