Gunnison news-champion., 1924-03-14
Fruita Wins Basket
Ball Tournament

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FruiIa bnys. %. GI.nwood boys. 20.
ETutth siIiE. -: Delta Eirls. -.
GIcnw"ud Springs. "a. Delta. IS
Gunni>on Cowboy, Cause
Friday night at nine o'clock
Paonih. II. Guunlsou- -.
The speedy Fh0nia High quintet were
the nrsG opponents Of the Coz boy 4.
the tournament The Sorih Fork
T~iiur ride High early In the afternoon
The Introduction Of neu system OF
GftenE- by Coach McCiimUu OF Ps"nta
was the feature OF the tournament 1t
was bcA tldeTiug to see tn" ball slow
ly advance down the center Of the floor
BY series Of plNots. back passes and
legal blocks. The idea was excellent
and tn. Paonia boys are to- be con pii-
u'ut-d for the mastery work OF same.
but the failure to hit the basket at the
zuccs-sful elimination Of tn. one nse
proved disastrous to their chances OF
securing the Slope trophy
The Cowboys captain. Dan Curtis.
was tn. outstanding star with seven
rsld goals to his credit For Pa la.
able The hnAl score was 2I-I7.
LINEUP,
Pnonia az, Gunnisoa '-b
Tyler l.. a. Graf
Rule N.ilson
Sucker C.. @ E"sr-
Hcfcrc--Herb Dana. University OF
Nebraska
second Game
Saturday morning. at eleven O'Clock.
FrIita. 81. Gupnison. 2s.
by far the best game OF the tourna-
m~ut was the battle for the champion
ship by these two teams We can say
the GunniEon Cowboys lost one OF the
fastest and hardest games witnessed
on the Delta floor. Fruita slipped
away with two-point victory. but up
HG.a ~. A.
game. The fateful basket came in the
Inst IS seconds OF play. Aren't the
shining star at center FOR Fruttn- was
the hero OF this conflict scoring seven
ficId goals for the vlctors.
\ great deal Of the credit for the
victory should be given to Porter. the
stocky guard for the fruit pickers, who
held Captain Curtis to one basket dur
ing the melee. Graf did the scoring
for the broncho busters-getting four
field goals.
super basket ball. with the honors
about even
Fruitn J3b Gunni.on ,:sb
Van Hook +. ID. Curtis. Cap.
Bryant f.. u. Graf
Aren't. Cap. Nelson
Porter g. Besse
Skinner g. Hayden
Third Cowboy Game
Saturday afternoon, 1890 o'clock
Paouia- is; Guunison. IS.
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the Slope champions at eleven o'clock.
the Cowboys entered the PannIa game
with but little rest They did not spoil
the opportunity to remain in the race,
as the two game elimination was with
in the shadows OF the partially fatigu-
ed Gunnison Five. The Paonta boys
were 10 be reckoned with. they
presented n beautiful puzzle for the
local defense to solve The first half
closed with the tally registering Hall
The second half brought about the
solution to the nutcracker ofense. and
the Cowboys tore thru the five-men de-
fense time and again. scoring IS points
to the enemies sixteen.
The same lineups were used as in the
first game. For the McClimon quintet
Captain Crawford did the stellar work
scoring twelve of the sixteen points
For the winners. Captain Curtis and
Nelson scored the points. while Hay
den held his forward to not single
field goal.
1t was a wonderful victory by a
hungry and tired team. but it fully de-
monstrates the acme of physical condi-
ton. thereby rewarding the Cowboys
for their strict obedience to training
rules.
BY defeating Paonia for the second
time. the Cowboys eliminated the sec
end team from the series.
Fourth Cowboy Game
Saturday night. at 9:30 o'clock
Anal championship game of the tourna-
ment resulted in decisive defeat for
the supposed champions
With clean slate up TO this game
ed 10 give the Cowboys their second
and final defeat
Before packed house. the game
started with the superior team work
and basket shooting of the Cowboys
coming into prominence and at no
time was the game in doubt