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Show Cavemen Defeat B. Y. High Displaying the best brand of ball they have played this season the American Fork High School basketball basket-ball five overcome a lead held by the B. Y. High throughout the first half and won by the wide margin of 48-31. The local lads started out with a bang to score the first basket within with-in a few seconds of the opening whistle. After that, during the remainder re-mainder of the first quarter, their many opportunities for scoring were I missed while Snow, B. Y. forward, shelled the hoop consistently to give his team a wide lead. The B. Y. boys began to settle down and scored consistently to make the score 26-19 for the Provo school. During the second half the Cavemen Cave-men gave one of the best exhibitions exhibi-tions of passing and shooting seen in this division for many years. Their ability to retain possession of the ball coupled with a tight defense limited the "Y" boys to one field goal during the entire second half. American Fork outscored the B. Y. 13 to 3 in the third quarter and in the final period 16 to 2. j Except during the first quarter, Coach Ingersoll's entire team rustled rustl-ed the ball, passed and scored in fine style, no one player out showing the others. Grant Hicks was high scorer with seventeen points. Snow, B. Y. forward, was outstanding for his team. Tonight in the Lehi Gym the Cavemen and Pioneers clash in a crucial tilt, the winner to hold undisputed un-disputed leadership in the Alpine division. At present complete sellout sell-out of reserve tickets indicates the interest manifest in this game. |