The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-05
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! WON BY SAINTS
D. D. S. U. Team, by Defeating
Weber, Leads High School
League.
F FASTEST BASKETBALL GAME
EVER PLAYED IN UTAH
Contest Is Whirlwind From
Start to Finish, and Keeps
q Crowd in Frenzy.
Tournament Games.

. IL u =, u 20, R1cnnet1 ~.
Weber stake SO. Payson 81.
Weber stake so, Branch Normal %.
Payson 20. Richfeld 2s.
Payson 81. Branch Normal 1s.
L. D. S. L. 81. Weber stake 30.
. In one o. the fastest basketball games
hat has ever been PLAYED in Utah the
u d. S. L. team of Salt Lake at the
II NJ C. A. last night defeated the Weber
take academy team of Ogden. the score
being 81 to 35. BY winning this game
<he Saints won tho, state high school
basketball championship for the season OF
I91G-191l The two teams were the only
1eams which played the first part of the
tournament without a defeat, thereby
Quelifying for the championship fray.
The game last night was a whirlwind
rom start to finish and n was either
{eann's game until the final whistle. The
throughout and should have won on mer-
III but luck was against them and try
hard as they did they could not finish
in the lead. The Weber stake team was
this II made up in speed and grit.
Ia Plays Clean Game.
The Weber team played one OF the
cleanest games that has ever been PLAYED
M the city and whenever fouled IT was
wing to unintentional work. while on
Lfe other hand. the Saints played Il rough
kame and got away with numerous rough
plays. They PLAYED for time during the
second half, but not so much as In the
oreceeding games.
Time and time again when foul was
allied on the Weber player. they looked
startled and once during the second hall
eeemed to lose heart for short time,
hit their ginger soon came back ana
hey went In again. and each time man.
nged to come back and jump TO the lead
'y a point or two.
> The entire game was close ana each
lines during the second half the score
vas tied and after the first three MN
ufes neither team was more than three
The playing Of the Weber team was
|nHppy and Clarke loomed UP in nearly
very play. He covered ground SO fast
hat it was hard 10 distinguish between
'hrowlng was clever. He made two oas-
<cts that were refused TO stand. Clarke
~ center had the jump on Howe the ma
ority Of the time. but Lund managed to
ret the ball from the jump the greater
1umber OF times.
Watson on Alert.
Watson at guard was In the game for
Weber all the time and stopped several
'ure baskets. Both teams showed good
cam work, the passes being swift ana
hort. Lund took long shots several times
but failed to score.
Referee Lon Romney was in the game
,il the time and followed the ball well.
3ut he was too technical at times, Weber
4ceined 10 fare ba0ly Under SuCH cOlldl-
Ions. 1t Is safe to state that the Weber
take team was the better OF the two
md with an even break on luck would
have won out. The Saints were up in
Ihe air at different times and IL was hard
Tor them TO settle down
The Weber team took the lead from
the start Of The game and also at the
cpening OF the second half. but the bas-
ket work Of Lund from the foul line was
the feature Of the game. lie made
only two more baskets than Clarke but he
missed half as many, and had Clarke been
Ia topnotch condition the score would
have been different. Lund's work at the
{oul line settled his team several times.
kund was clever the entire game. fore
ing Weber players 10 foul him several
lines.
The Weber PLAYERS finished strong but
we're handicapped owing TO the game
Friday night while the Saints rested
They never showed a great slack but
could have fought more had they not
played the proceeding night, They won
<scond place. however. The line up;
Saints Weber.
Eallecher, .........r. f...,..... Call
Eobbins. s......,-....L f............. Ingels
lows. .--.. .,-,.......c.--- clarke
1,und- 1 d-'-,''....,.,r, g.........' Watson
paw ,.....,--.-.....L g......... Roberts
Lon Romney. referee; Fred Bennion.
umpire
Baskets from the heId-cal 3; Ingels.
a; Clarke. 2: GALLAGHER. /: Howe. 4; Lund,
n; Daw. l.