Show read what grand junction has to say about our team so weary they could hardly keep on their feet the denver rio grande western crack quintet ot of grand junction captured first place la in the daily sentinels second annual western colorado independent basketball tournament when they twice defeated the roosevelt utah commercial club five last night each of their victories over the hitherto unbeaten utahna was by a 2119 21 19 score entering what proved proved to be the final game alter after having played tour four ga games mes already that day the railroaders encountered roosevelt tant that thai was just as aa tired but both teams went to work as though they were fresh although both guv Ked efa the effects of oe the continued strain and hard play throughout the ev ea tire game the two teams alternated in the lead the rio grande wiping out a two point lead of the utah quintet with less than two minutes to play and sinking the widding tally lust just before the final whistle most of the glory for or the winners must go to hall their lanky cyer fighting center and to lee willard their stellar forward for it was these two who battled through a seemingly impregnable defense ss be by roosevelt to slip through the majority of points scored in the final game elston hiatt hatt at forward also liberally to the winning score wild it was waa he who looped a seemingly impossible shot from mid floor for the tying count but even la in defeat as much glory was given the fighting roosevelt team which fought their way to the finals di despite spite continued misfortunes fort unea and then lost one of their crack first string dee melbrum Mel Mell irum rum standing guard just before the eni end ot of the first of the two games last night meldrum fill fell and dislocated his ha arm at the elbow and was unable to continue play or to enter the final game the two final games were a fitting climax for the greatest basketball tournament ever staged in western colorado fourteen teams started play wednesday three rifle meeker and mesa were allm friday morning collbran delta aspen and hotchkiss followed t them he na I 1 nto into the discard fr friday I 1 da y night palisade went out saturday morning and ross rosa montgomery ward cortez and st reg regis is hotel followed them leaving t the h ed D R G W trod and roosevelt Koo sevelt both unie feared saturday night practically throughout the two ganies games saturday night both of which ended with the same score both the tournament champions and the runn runners ers up were running on pure grit and nerve each bach had played th through practically every moment of the preceding games with the same lineups that they sent in to the finals at the close clase of 0 the torn tournament ament the champions wena each awarded fine silver individual medals while cligman the crack running guard of oe them the cortez sleeping utes gained a slight margin of favor among among judges over neeley roosevelt center as the outstanding player of the tournament and was awarded the dally daily sentinel trophy |