The Delta independent., 1925-03-13
WESTERN SLOPE BASKET
BALL TOURNAMENT OPENS
HERE THIS AFTERNOON

HERE THIS AFTERNOON
the Fifth Annual Basketball Tourna-
ment of the Western Slope Athletic
association. The town is full OF bas-
ketball players, coaches, chaperons,
and enthusiastice fans from all over
Western Colorado.
This afternoon, at ! o'clock, the
opening games will be played and
there will be about three comes. A
schedule of games has not been de-
cided at this time but there will be
approximately fifteen, and by the
two game elimination plan, teams
will be retired as fast as they have
lost two games.
At this time there are four districts,
District l and District having been
united. There were formerly five
+ districts.
District / is composed of the
schools of Telluride, Ouray, Norwood,
Ridgway Gunnison, and Montrose;
District 2 Of Delta, Cedaredge, Eek
ert Hotchkiss, Paonia; District 3 of
Fruita, Grand Junction Grand Valley
Palisade and Rifle; District Of Glen
wood Springs. Gypsum. and Aspen.
The following teams will represent
their various districts:
District l-Montrose girls and Gun
nison boys. The Telluride boys were
winners for this district but are at
tending the state conference at
Boulder and the Gunnison boys were
second.
District Delta girls and Cedar
edge boys
District 3-Fruita girls and boys.
District 4-Glenwood Springs girls
and boys
Luke E. Meyer, the jeweler. will
give again the silver loving cup to the
winning girls team, while Harding
Ruber viii give a duplicate to the
winning boys team These cups were
won last year by the teams OF Glen
wood Springs and Fruita respectively
There viii also be a pennant which
will be retained as permanent prop
erty by the winning girls team. given
by HardingRaber Of Delta, and one
to the winning boys team by the
Vorbeck Book store OF Grand juno
tion.
\ number OF Delta business men
are also Offering prizes for special
features or the tournament
Each member OF the winning girls
team will receive a pair Of silk hose
from W. ]. Hollands company Each
member OF the winning boys team
viii receive two pair OF silk hose
from the Delta Hardware and Stock
ham Hardware Each member OF the
An Star boys team, selected from the
tournament, will receive fine dress
shirt and each member of the All
Star girls team, selected from the
tournament. will receive prize OF
equal value.
They are donated by fund
furnished by the First National Bank,
Colorado Bank and Trust company.
MarshallSmith Clothing company,
Delta Cafe, Jerry's Barber Shop, Egg
news Garage, Continental Filling sta
tion and others,
The boy making the highest num-
Der OF points in the tournament will
receive a 81 prize from the Reming-
Elliott Clothing company.
The girl making the highest num-
ber OF points in the tournament will
receive So from the Dunbar Drug
store. The best all around boy player
selected from the tournament will re-
ceiye S5 prize from the Davis Cloth
ing company. and the best all around
girl player, selected from the tourn.
ament. will receive a Sc prize from
the w H. Mathers Dry Goods store.
The individual rewards, as well as
the loving cups and pennants will be
on display at the high school build
ing tomorrow.
The committee who worked out the
plan for the prizes are as follows:
Ward /. Miller. W. II. Mathers, w. j.
Hollands, ]. w Davis, w. c. Hilfman.
IF w Grove, Leslie A. Clapp, and v
NJ, Rogers.
The Glenwood boys and girls and
the Gunnison Cowboys arrived last
evening accompanied by their coach
cs, chapcrons, etc. also the two ref
erees, J. Doubonmier and NJ. ~ Port.
or. Other teams will arrive today.