The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-03
INITIAL CANES
Of TOURNAMENT
Two Fast Basketball Contests
Open Final Race for Utah
Championship.
WEBER STAKE TEAM AND
l.. D. S. PLAYERS, WINNERS
Richfeld and Payson High
School Aggregations Show
Class, but Are Beaten.

The state basketball tournament
opened Thursday night at the Y, NJ. Q. A.
gymnasium when two fast and exciting
games were played. TIE first between the
Weber stake acadc..' md the Payson
high school team. v resulted in a
victory for Weber by Il score OF 80 to
q. and the second between the L. d. S.
L. and the Richned high school teams.
which ended in q score OF % to 90 In
favor OF the Salt Lake team. Both games
were very close, and 1t was either sides
game until the final whistle. The spirit
OF the players was intense and all fought
hard through tho games
The association gymnasium was filed
TO its, capacity. both on the main floor
and the running track, and the crowd
of enthusiasts continually howled and
cheered for both sides when fancy or
S. Y. rootcrs were in the majority. and
their cheering was one of the features
OF the evening. The crowd continued to
come long after the first game had start
ed, and n large number We're compelled
10 crowd into the standing space.
There being five teams in the league.
Branch Normal team drawing the bye.
which gives II rest until tonight.
The winners of Thursdays games tossed
UP and the l.. ID. s. L. team luckily drew
the bye. which gives the boys a rest to-
night. the Weber stake academy team
being compelled TO play the Branch Nor
the Payson high school teams, the two
losers, play.
The FIRST game between the Weber
stake academy and the Payson high
school teams was the more interesting
OF the two games. as the teams played
closer bali. being tied several times and
each team taking turns at leading, The
southern high school lads started we'll.
making the first field goal. but were soon
tied by two foul baskets by Kapple The
Payson players had the advantage in the
HrCr nal NJ Snt % ~
the Junction City lads on the defensive.
but they managed To close the first half
only two points behind the Payson team.
the score being IA to Is. The Weber
academy did the better team work dur
ing the half but seemed TO have hard
luck at throwing the ball in the basket,
from the whistle.
The second half brought on a change,
as the Weber stake players came back
strong and Immediately jumped TO the
lead by fast spurt of team work The
Payson icam played hard. but their fast
pace during the first half was too much
players showed their old-tlme second half
spirit and retained a slight lead until
the end of the game.
The playing of the two teams was eX-
ccedingly clean. but still fouls were nu-
mcrous and Referee Romney caught most
every offense, bur al critical times Rom
rey made errors which might have caused
the Payson team TO have won the game
When player is in the act Of throwing
for basket and is fouled by an op-
ponent and the basket made, the score
counts and point may be awarded by
the referee If his Judgment SO dictates
q Payson PLAYER was fouled in this man
ner once during the first half and only
a foul called on the Weber team, which
made but an addition OF single point TO
the Payson score. where II was possible
TO make four points under such circum-
stances This same episode was repeated
during the second half and Romney again
called foul on the Weber team. and al
this time the Payson players objected.
One Of their team was even about 10
quit the game when the coach stepped
in and told his men to finish. AS the
Weber team led by only five points the
two baskets which were taken away
from the Pavsoa score would have made
ihc Weber team In the lead only one
point and, with the possibility OF two
roints awarded and the chance of max :
Ing two baskets from the foul line. might
have put the Payson team in the lead
Ronnev refereed a fine game with these
eNccpiions