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Show Roosevelt ftjfgft Cops Cage Title By Win Over Vernal In Play-Off i Neutral Floor No Handicap To Rough Rider Five The Roosevelt Rough Riders won their berth in the state class B cage tournament slated for Salt Lake next week by tripping Uintah high school 31-27, Wednesday Wed-nesday night on a strictly neutral neu-tral floor. The tie-off game to determine de-termine the champions of district dis-trict 5 was played at Heber at the msistance of Uintah high school officials who objected to Roosevelt and Vernal meeting on a neutral floor within the district. dis-trict. As indicated by the final score, the game was a hard-fought, close affair throughout, with Vernal Ver-nal taking the lead at the opening open-ing gun. But Clint Nelson's charges worked their way to a 15-14 lead during the quarter and never lost the top position during the remainder of play. Local fans called the Roosevelt-Uintah play-off a clean, fast game, featuring snappy, clear cut officiating. Following the announcement that the tie for first position in the district would be played off at Heber, resentment and disappointment dis-appointment clouded Roosevelt. Local cage faithfuls were convinced con-vinced that it would result in poor attendance, spiritless play, and financial failure. , i i i ' But none of the prediction came true. At 4:30 Wednesday Roosevelt business houses closed their doors and a mass exodus ' took place. Thursday morning it was a question of general interest in-terest as to whether o.r not Roosevelt Roos-evelt lopped Vernal in the number num-ber of supporters who made the trek lo Heber. Never during the game was the score long enough in Roos- evelt's favor to permit the Rough Riders to coast. At the half they led 21-18, at the three-quarter mark they had stretched the score sufficiently to lead Uintah 26-21, and in the end barely polished pol-ished off the Vernalites by a 4 point margin, 31-27. The Riders played the game with but two substitutions, and Vernal covered the route with but a single change in its original line-up. Preece, of Vernal, led the scoring with 14 points, followed by Snyder, of Roosevelt, who chalked up 12. McKenna, Rough Rider center, accounted for 8 of the Roosevelt points, with Bry-son. Bry-son. of Uintah, polling 7. Team line-ups were as follows: - Roosevelt Harrison, forward: Clark, forward; McKenna. center; cen-ter; Snyder, guard; Nickell, guard; McLea, forward; Duncan, guard. Uintah Halstead, forward; Preece, forward; Feltch, center; Bryson, guard; Caldwell, guard; Hullinger, substitute. |
