Show Ute Huskies cop first in Tribal Tourney of Champs It took six years of play in the annual Tournament of Tribal Champions for another team to oust Fort Washakie of Wyoming from the championship the feat was accomplished last Saturday night when the Fort Duchesne Huskies matched skill with the visitors o win the coveted IT WASN'T EASY for the team that had played Washakie other times for the and lost each In fact it took an overtime period to wear the Wyoming team down to size before the Huskies could claim first Final score was The contest was a nip and tuck affair from the start to It looked a little discouraging for the Huskies when their top scoring Charles Denver injured an ankle early in the first some quick and effective medical attention by the attending had Denver back in the lineup for the final Tied five tunes during the contest the half found Washakie five points 33 to This gap was closed in the first few minutes of the second With 11 minutes to play the score was 4 and at the end of playing time the score board read 66 for the Utes and 65 for Fort CROWDS RUSHED out onto the but an announcement revealed that official score did not coincide with the board and actual score was In the five minute overtime Sec UTE back Is outstanding player Owen Old smooth working member of the Indian team was chosen tho most valuable player In the Tournament of Tribal CI sponsored by the Ute Indian His team placed third in tho Ute Huskies from pago the Ute Tribe gradually Inched up until the final score was for the 73 for Fort The packed house rocked with the THE CONSOLATION game saw New triumph New Si to putting Wadsworth in place and Shiprock In defeated Wolf to take third Wolf Point wound up in Consolation honors went to the Nevada team sponsored by Western Livestock of when they downed to LAPWAI downed Wolf Point to 61 to take third leaving Wolf Point in First game of the evening saw an overtime game when Ignacio scored 96 for fourth place and the Wapato Hawks of Montana came in seventh with 91 t THE sportsmanship award went to the Arapahoe Legion team of Owen Old of was awarded the trophy for outstanding THE ALL-Tournament team named was Ron Willie Fort Hugh Fort Washakie year's outstanding Owen Old Charles Luke Wolf A. C. Arapahoe Alan John and Ed This is the second year the Ute sponsored Tournament of Tribal Champions has had 16 DIRECTING this sports event was a committee composed of Francis general Frank and Homey Rex advertising and Henry Homey was also coach of the ship Huskie Awards were presented by the committee to various teams with In- dian Maidens In tribal making the J Games the first three played at Randlett with 9 wl finals held at the newly Center on Saturday Mf |