The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-28
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UTAH BASKETBALL TEAM DE-
FEATS ALL OPPONENTS.
vern MotcaIf Of the Local Forest Ser
Vice Returns From Tour OF
TWO States.

Stenographer Vern Metcalf OF the
district forestcr's Office, Forest Ser
vice, returned today from his annual
vacation which he spent In touring the
adjoining states with the Utah Y Nj.
C.. A. basketball champions, reports OF
whose victories have been mentioned
from time to time in the daily press.
Mr Metcalf Is an old basketball play
er, having played with the Salt Lake
Y. M. c. A. team last year In the po-
sition OF left forward" and in prev
ious seasons acted as captain OF the
l.. D. s. team.
No aggregation of Utah athletes
haze so signally covered themselves
with Interstate glory as has this sea-
sons basketball team, fact which
has earned the state no little credit
in athletic circles.
The itinerary of the team carried it
through Wyoming and Colorado, where
they met all comers and defeated
them handily The first game was at
Laramie. Wyoming, where they met
the Y. NJ. C. A. team of the University
OF Wyoming, defeating them ga to IS,
The next game was at Cheyenne with
the Cheyenne Business club This
team was downed by score of 40 10
%
Crossing into Colorado, the Gree
lev High school champions were next
met, the score resulting in 81 TO 20 In
favor of the sons OF Zion.
This was followed by the much-her-
aided game with the heavy Denver
team. This was the real battle or
the season but. despite considerable
handicap In the way of weight and eX-
perience upon the part Of the opposing
team, the Utah boys were again VIC
torious.
Captain Hoffman OF the Utah team
is a giant In stature. being six feet.
two and one-half inches in height and
tipping the bar at 100 pounds. In the
Denver game, however Hoffman, VINO
plays center. was pitted against The
gigantic Gebhardt, six feet five inches
IL height and weighing close to the
200 pound mark This was truly 4
battle of giants and one or the most
interesting games ever witnessed i'll
Denver. The Utahns gained the vic
tory, however, the resulting score be-
ing 81 to "a. In favor Of the former
Following the big Denver game. The
Greeley pioneers were met and defeat
ed by a score OF Sc TO. "a The Gree
ley team was the one which gained
so illustrous a victory over the all
oonquering team from Muscatine, Ia,
last year. which lost only SIX games
out of a total of 100 played through
the western and middle states. The
Colorado Springs team was next on
the list, Zion winning from them by d
score of so 70 81.
1t will be remembered that the Uten
team attracted much comment last
year by its defeat of the famous Alas
kan team from Nome, which passed
through this section. winning game
after game. and, in fact, meeting with
but this single defeat between the
Pacific Coast and Kansas City, 30.
ing unable this year to participate ac-
lively in the practice of the Salt Lake
team, owing to his removal TO Ogden
with the Forest Service Offices. Mr..
Metcalf acted as official referee at all
the games mentioned above, and will
probably off1ciate In that capacity in
the coming game between the Utah
team and the Los Angeles champions.