The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-17

The simpson Purple Tornado con- cluded an impressive swee? through the district basketball tournament here Saturday night with Q 32 to F victory over Leeds High. The Tornado played probably it's best brand of basketball in beating the smooth running Leeds machine and although both teams had much hard luck on their shooting the Simpsoa Cage-loopers eye was on the basket and they loopcd them from all angles As the results of play Satur- day the four semi-fna!lst5 finished as follows:
 Simpson, first.
 Leeds. second.
 . Talladega County. third.
 Alliance, fourth.
 After brilliant victory over the AL liance team the Leeds aggregation were run for it's money. The carly minutes of the game also pointed to such a results for the Leeds team scored first and for well over half of the first period . looked like the Leeds bunch were ts be a serious threat. It was late in tho second half that the Tornado got organized and started its move for . ward. The team did not fully get un- dSr way in the first half, however, for the half ended 12 to 15 in favor of Simp- son. In the second half Curdy Byrd began looping them and both Vincents 
 Simpson Doubles Scores
 The game did not break Simpson s string of victories by double score. The only game that the Tornado failed to double the points Of it's opponent was the Lineville game. in which Simp- son won Al to 21. The Tornado amass- ed total of 247 points in five games while their opponents garnered 58.
 Curdy Byrd was right in the final game and tossed in 16 points. Slick and Albert Vincent got six points each. Nickerson, with several pretty baskets, obtained six points and was high man for Leeds in the game. Littleton at for Simpson atsguard played a good defensive game.
 In the play for third and fourth places the snappy team from Talladega County High, at Lincoln, defeated the weakened Alliance team 2S to 26. The Alliance five, which put out it's best efforts, though it was of a lower quail ity than their usual brand, against Leeds in the semi-finals, went into the game with shattered morals and lack ing it's star and captain, Melvin Vines and Clarence Vines. The team could not get moving until late In the game, when Roberts did some good shooting bringing the Alliance team up to with in two points of their opponents, but time was short and expired before the count could be tied.
 Tn Watson the Talladega five has a captain and forward that played a great defensive game and was the handspring of the team. His floor play and shooting was big asset to the Talladega team throughout the tournament while the long distance shooting of Moore. at center. defeated University in a previous game and played big part in the final game.
 The team put up a game scrap against Simpson and next to Line vile held the Tornado to the closest score of the tournament. Shooting by Ellis and Byrd was too accurate for the Lincoln five, however, and their defense could not fathom the Simpson attack. Slick vincent's dribbling cut R wide swath in tournament play and was a big factor in the Tornado's of- fense.
 The game that was doped to be the the closest of the semi-finals turned out to be rather a walk-away in that the Leeds aggregation took on renew