Weekly journal-miner., 1921-03-02
.H0W PRESCOTT
 W1N TIE TITLE
Sidelights on Recent Basketball Tournament for Championship of Northern Arizona; Badgers Plans for State Leadership
I'rom Wednesdav,s DalIvl

the drlbblng championship of north
 crn Arizona, show that the Badgers
 this year have one of the star quin-
 tets of the state. Fitted against
 four other northern Arizona high
 school teams, the local boys won
 their first game easily, and took the
 championship with their second,
 playing with a crippled team.
 With Jerome, Winslow Williams
 and Holbrook against them, the
 Badgers put Holbrook out of the
 running in a game with Coach Ma
 pier last night described as "just an easy game-a walk-away for Pres
 colt" defeating their opponents 48
 to 28. At the end of the first half,
 the score stood 22 to IA for the
 Badgers, and then the boys were told to "step on 1t" and run up the tallies. Their response made lead of eight points at the end of the first half show a lead of 20 at the end of the contest. Southworth was high point man with eight baskets Thompson coming close behind with seven. Save for Lee, Holbrook hadn't much to show Lee ran up eight baskets.
 Tn the other elimination games tc decide who should finally compete for N. A. honors, Jerome lost to Winslow by a score Of 38 to 24 leaving only Williams in the run ming. And here a complication en- tered. All the teams save the Badg- CTS were playing for the N. A. con ference cup as well as the champion ship and playing for both at the same time. lThus Flagstaff Normal was competing for the cup, but not for the championship. In the game between the Normalites and Will liams, the Williams team was elim mated by defeat of 41 to 26 Hol- brook, Jerome and Williams were now out of the way, leaving the fina' contest to Prescott and Winslow.
 This was the closest contest of the tournament. Winslow's game. accurately observed by Coach Ma pier in the Winslow-Jerome set-to was to play two loaf forwards under the basket. One of their guards, fast player and a good shooter Che made eight baskets in the Jerome contcst), played wei down. Hitchcock was picked as the chief danger, and Southworth was instructed to hang on his trail which he did so effectively for the first eight minutes of play that the Winslow guard failed to score al basket.
 After eight minutes of the game, Southworth was taken out with an injured ankle. The score stood 9I 70 3 in Prescott's favor Escher went in and followed Southworth's policy of holding the Winslow guard town, Hitchcock making only one basket The first half ended Is to for Prescott.
 The struggle continued until 'outhworth, injured, had to be put ,ack in the game Eight minutes of ,lay left, and Winslow creeping up. The score stood 19 to IS for Pres ott.
 The Badgers, with only four men 'n the floor they could use, were ust playing for time then. Useless s a player, Southworth hugged the asket, his ankle broken, to keep i've men on the floor And with hose four men, Winslow was held 9 just three more points on the lst few minutes of play. The Win low men were badly outclassed. ave for four field goals, their en- ire score was made on free losses, mich with an injured player or the position, allowed them to make ; lcir gains. They lost 70 to Is.
 Refusing to compete for the con renee cup, in order to keep it ,r the Tucson struggle, the Badgers l -e to have a cup anyway. Such is lc decision of the Owl Drug com any, which has purchased fine -orzc cup with silver trimmings, to f . presented to the Badgers by this c rm on their return from Tucson. n he cuD represents the N A. cham :, ouship, however, and the engraved f ttcring it will bear will be to that T feet Other trophies won by the adgers for their defeat of Phoenix h e a new spring cap for every man f, | the team, given by o. W. Bruch- an. a chicken dinner given by F. !.
 Whisman city school business fl anagcr, and High School Principal ,, cal Moore, and a 25-ccnt piece for f. cry Prescott basket thrown in the ;, 70 games. also offered by Principal ~, oDra