Show PE TEH ON TEM ward team makes good first showing in M men tournament peterson paterson Pc terson one of the five marian brothers on the richfield peterson paterson basket ball ward 11 men birst represented this divis that mad eleventh annual church sn in the ton A basketball tournament I 1 M wide ride held last week at the deseret lake won the in salt 9 function n of being placed place A in the dig church on the allchurch all center ter position overson from team hoop mythical mazuran from midvale st st dobna manabu ward of from stephens and wright of midvale won provo forward and the two the two positions ti respectively guard the selection the on ciminell Co commenting minell night deseret eret N news avs saturday stated went to center position the be peterson heady beady richfield marian marshaled his team who almost t lad pst past liberty stake ward in the quarter finals by dint of that performance alone peterson deserves the post but he passed expertly shot accurately and covered both backboards buckboards back boards in his other two appearances to achieve the honor despite the fact his team was eliminated yesterday the local team won their first game with raymond alberta canada by a score of 33 28 lost to the liberty third ward team by a score of 41 40 in their second game and were eliminated when they lost to coalville Co alville by a score of 53 29 the following comments from salt lake papers are of interest raymond ward canadas representative in this years tournament put up a real battle before being turned back by richfield the sevier stake representative started four brothers reed martan marian leland and zell peterson harold ence with 14 points led all scorers tournament annals record no parallel to the five brothers playing in for richfield more four of the peterson family are regulars seventeen year old eldred will be eligible for eight more years so he has plenty of time to win a regular post reed the eldest is 25 their father joseph AT peterson sits on the bench with them coach marvin pughs third warders worried out a 41 40 triumph over the peterson brothers and harold ence of richfield first ward in the best game of the tournament to date inspired by marian peterson easily one of the best centers in the tournament richfield took the floor a decided underdog and pro ceded to make the most of this psychological advantage they played with amazing self confidence and looked like a winner until the last few minutes when third salvaged the history with five disconcerting conc erting long shots richfield was on top 74 7 4 at the quarter 1914 at the half and 31 26 at the third quarter as third labored mightily against a zone defense they never did quite succeed in solving only by shooting over it did third win the last analysis M peterson counted high point honors with 16 ludlow bagged 14 for third the richfield liberty third game was the most thrilling of the second round with four brothers in their starting lineup and with the sympathies of a large portion of the crowd the sevier stake winners put up one of the scrappiest scrap games ever seen in the M men tournament manabu ward of provo defeated midvale to win the championship in the tournament and consequently in the worlds largest basketball league |