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Show Cavemen Face Crucial Game Here Tonight A capacity crowd is expected to fill the gymnasium tonight for the crucial game of the Alpine division basketball league when Provo and the Cavemen meet in the final league game. If the local team wins they will enter the state tournament with a clear slate of victories, but if defeated by the Provo Bulldogs a second game on a. netural floor will be necessary to determine the league representatives. The runner-up team will play Spanish Fork for a tournament birth. Shooting accuracy, height, expert work under the basket and excellent defence has marked the work of the Cavemen in all of their games this year. Willaxd Deavitt has won recognition recog-nition as one of the best sharpshooters sharp-shooters in the region, while Gardner, Gard-ner, Brown, McTague and Groes-beck Groes-beck work with deliberate style in ball handling, breaking fast for the hoop and alternating long shots with passes to a key man under the basket, Deavitt being the hub of offense. of-fense. American Fork was not at its best against Pleasant Grove last Friday but were able to keep a majority lead throughout the entire game, the score follows: AMERICAN FORK G. T. F. P. Gardner, rf 2 1 1 5 Groesbeck, If 1 0 0 2 Deavitt, c 6 7 4 16 McTague, rg .' . 1 4 3 5 Brown, lg y 3 2 1 7 Grant, rf 0 0 0 0 Duckworth, If 0 0 0 0 Hicks, If 0 0 0 0 Peters, c . . 1 0 0 2 Hayward, rg 0 0 0 0 Gardner, rg. 0 0 0 0 Strong, lg 0 0 0 0 Totals .'. 14 14 9 37 PLEASANT GROVE G. T. F. P. Fryer, rf 1 0 0 2 Neilsen, If 1 5 0 2 Ekins, c 6 10 3 15 Walker, rg 0 2 0 0 Gillman, lg 0 1 0 0 Driggs, rf 0 0 0 0 Totals 8 18 3 19 iScore by quarters: American Fork 12 18 29. 37 Pleasant Grove 0 9 15 19 Referee, Collins; umpire, Sabey. |