The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-12
CLOSE BATTLES
MARK LAST DAY
OF TOURNAMENT
Sand Springs Put Out in
Semifinals; Rau Men
at Their Best

In % spectacular ana exciting game
saturday nEht ut U1rV,H rla
naHium. Tulsa high school h1sF,t-
ban quintet won tho championship
ot The First district tourney Boy de-
fo1iius prFD. high school .. t0 g2,
thereby winning tho rIFht tp repre-
sent district ! It the state tourney
10 bo held iu Norman Ou Friday and
saturday OF upNi v,ph.
close. hard fought contests have
featured the l1Ht day OF the tourney
win tho exception OF tho sand
Spring .NnWuil ElmO ana pryor
sand springs contest, all saturday
g1mDH WrrD worry oven.
Tulsa lliEh started Friday hy de-
fcaiIuE Lpuopuh ~ 10 20, Saturday
morning Tula1 defeated GlonpoUl. 2G
60 Is. In the first game OF tho
tcmiflnDlo saturday afternoon Tuln
nosod ont Jonka. ~ TO 10. and then
won the championship iu the final
Saturday night by defeating Pryor
Following tho final game. Dr.. H.
VI. Gordon, president Of the iul.
Norsiiy NJ Tulsa. uudcr whose iu.
spices the tournament was held.
presented 60 Tulsu high tho gold luv.
Ink cup which was donated 30 tho
district champion by the ~ &. Hale
Hardware company The basketball
with which Saturday nights game
was played was then presented 20
the losing team.
Tulsn's Rest Game.
N was o. lifting climax 90 n hard
season through which tho Crimson
and Cream hnvo fought with but
ordinary success Tho Tulsa team
played its premier gumo ~ the
whole season There 81 no doubt
IA 90
Braves outshincd FOR they fought
together aa one man.
The game was much closor than
the score would indicate. Tho
PryorltcS were no easy marks. In
fact. the first three quarters II WIS
nip and tuck. now ono and then tho
other ahead, IN tho last quarter.
however. when the Tulsaus had
forged ahead 10 points tho Pryor
team seemed 10 loso ltg stride and
was unable tO show the good floor
work ana gonl-shooting ability dis
played earlier
In the first few seconds Of play.
pass and shot a Cloan ficld goal. In
tho next minute. tho visitors cycncd
the score when Reeves forward.
placed the ball squarely within the
hoop lU long shot from tho middle
of tho court. The pryoritcs then
forged point ahead when on a
foul Reeves placed n FREQ throw,
From then till near the end OF the
first half the teams scored evenly
Tho end OF tho first period saw
Tulsa ahead 10y tho scoro uf ~ 60 o.
The Pryor quintet came back
' stronger at the beginning OF tn,
last half and things began 90 looR
. black for the Crimson and Cream
: EuppOrtpTa
TuIsans Hit Stride.
II was then that tho Rnu basket
GERS seemed To get I'm their winnini
stride. Long shots from the field
from the sldcllnCs, ard from puintl
near the basket. on the part o
Boiling and Cook began pillng up IN,
. Tulsa score. In all Boiling threw
: seven field goals and Cook pitched
six into the basket from tho field
-, II was easily the two forwards bes
oSmo of the season.
Despite the hard fought game ant
contest whore fouls were frequent
ly exchanged on both Sides ther,
was not a substitution on the Tuls'
lineup, Substitutes were nnucCos
Fary with Lcdford and laWton "a
their best In the positions OF guards
and with Keith playing good de
fonsivo and offensive game at cen
ter,
Reeves ana Kinney were the out
standing stars Of the Pryor lineup
The tall, mnky center, besides bciul
good at shooting the ball eNnctl
within the basket hoops. was fas
and shifty on his feet and scored ant
was responsible for three OF m
seven goals registered by the Pryor
ties. Reeves scored out of - pos
sihle FREQ throws and also accounte
Tor two field goals. Mays, at guard
also did good work.
The lineup 10 ;ho final game ot m
tournament.
Pryor t2) Toe. Tulsn (al