Gunnison news-champion., 1924-03-14

II was a pretty victory over a team
hat out-1uuprc. our team at center as
w"il as tie balls. 50 that our only hope
vas lntcrcuptl"ns. out Of bound plays.
together with rae. hDTs. speed and su-
p"rtor team work All members OF the
'iunnlsOn team played superb ball and
very department Of basketball Neil
IN was high score man, with - points
'u his credit
This victory put fear and dIsappolnt-
rucnt into the hearts Of the husky Fruit
"a boys and the danger OF slump in
IA" nnnl game was very evident Aren't
nc star center for the yietors. only
scored one nsld goal. Neison did a
~underfui piece of dsfsnsiv. work
THIS gam" brought about n tie, "a
Frdita and Gurnison both lost one
Saine Upon order Of the referee. the
two teams rested on. hour and return
ed to play of the final game At eleven
o'clock
Finh Cowh.y Gasse
Finishing Champion Contest. eleven
o'clock. Saturday night
fruith. -: Gunnison- Il
win the crowd eagerly and patient
y waiting for the final game to be
played. the much discusEed ques-
tion of the many rooters was: Can
Fruita come back after that awful
From the very arst whistle 1t was
settled that Fruita Five would come
back strong. Il was with this spirit
that they swept the cowboys on their
feet and won the game Apparently
hopiessly defeated. the Cowboys took
spurt in the second half that almost
upset the Apple Pjckers. The score
board showed l3-7 lead for the cham
ptons at the opening of the second
game the Gunnison men pulled them
selves together and made fruita dizzy
with rally. The latter part OF the
fourth quarter the score was 2l-Ia
Fruitn still leading
tn. brilliancy. speed and sheer grit
OF the Cowboys brought forth many
highly complimentary remarks from
the spectators The playing OF Fruita
Was excellent. and they easily demons
trated their superiority and deserved
to win The. same Unevps We're used
as in the other two games
The officiating of Herb Dana again
met the warm approval OF the specta-
displayed by all players at the tourna-
ment was very noticeable feature
toward the success OF the tournament
Referee Herb Dana made A,l-Slope
selections as follows:
First Five
Eorward-Dan Curtis Gunnison
Forward--Recves. Gienwood Springs
Center-Arant, Ffuita
Guard-Potter. Fruita
Guard-Richardson. Gienwood Springs
Secead Five
Forward-Crawford. Paonia
Forward-Nan Hook. Fruita
center-Studbaker. Telluride
Gunrd-Hayden. Gunnison
GuArd-AmichanN. GIcnwood SPRING.
The success of the Cowboy team was
due to the fine generalship of Captain
Dan Curtis The selection of this wee
netman as first string forward showed
the type of consistent ball played by
MIN throughout the season. His close
under-the- basket shooting. with a
guard or two hanging on his neck.
scored many baskets for the Gunnison
i've. Curtis did a good job of guard
ing but his Willingness TO submit him
self TO teamwork and his fighting
spirit saved the Gunniscn team from
defeat more than once. The Gunnison
fans are more than proud of this play
er as he was the main cog in Erauses
court machine.
has received recognition on the myth
ical five. Tom is scrapper and n fine
specimen OF physical efficiency. The
feature OF all the games HAYDEN is
versatile athlete. being one of the
best products turned out by Coach
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