The Delta independent., 1925-03-20
TWO LOVING CUPS
WON BY GUNNIS0N
AND DELTA PLAYERS

HlNU ULLlH "A l LHl LlND
The Delta basketball girls and the
Gunnison basketball boys are cham
pions of the Western Slope and have
which will be their property for, at
least, one year.
Before more than a thousand spec
tators the Delta girls basketball team
in the finals Saturday night, won over
the fast Glenwood sextette by score
of 29 to "a
GIenwood girls had held the cup for
they were anxious to win the third
year. earning it as permanent proper
ty was putting it mildly. 1t would
have been beyond the limit of human
possibility to work harder but at the
close Of the game they lacked five
points and the lot fell to the local
girls.
The loving cup which was held last
year by the Fruita boys became the
possession OF the Gunnison Cowboys
when, in the second game of the fin
ais, they defeated Cedaredge by a
score of 20 to 25.
Eight cams were entered, being the
boys team of Gunnison, the girls
team of Monuose, the boys team of
Cedaredge, the girls team of Delta,
the girls and boys teams OF Fruita,
and the girls and boys teams OF
Glenwood Springs. These represent
ed the four winning boys teams and
the four winning girls teams from the
four districts in this conference.
Friday morning schedule for the
days game was arranged by drawing
lots and a 200 o'clock the first fame
started, being between Glenwood and
Montrose girls. The Montrose girls
were played off their feet by the fast
Glenwood seXtette and the official
score was 46 for Glenwood and 20 for
Montrose.
The second game was between the
Cedaredge and Glenwood boys. The
Cedaredge boys had good start and
at the end OF the first half were
somewhat ahead OF their opponents,
but the latter strengthened up con-
siderably and won out hy score of
rs to "a
There was great excitement at 81 90
O'Clock in the evening when the fast
F-uita girls and the Delta Panther.
cites came together for their first
game of the tournament. Olson of
Fruita, who has always been regarded
as a star forward, started off with a
good lead, but the Delta girls plucked
up courage and by few deft passes
succeeded in overcoming this and won
out with one point ahead. the score
being Delta "a and Fruita 33. This
was the closest game of the tourna-
ment
To Mary Covert, one of Delta's
forwards, really goes the credit Of the
additional point in this game, as the
official score elsewhere in this issue
shows. Dorothy Covert of Delta and
Miss Olson Of Fruita each threw 70
baskets, and Mary Covert for Delta
and Miss Connor for Fruita each
threw 8 baskets, while Mary Covert
had four free throws and Miss Connor
three.
The Gunnison and Fruita boys took
the floor for an hour and. as in prev
ious games, it was difficult to tell
whose game it was going to be until
the last few minutes Gunuison sue
ceeded in winning out. 10 to l6.
On Saturday morning at $50 Delta
and Montrose girls put on their first
game. The Delta team piled up a very
good score ahead Of their opponents,
hut when some shifting was done and
two subs We're introduced the aspect
changed somewhat and the Montruse
girls fared better However. it was
too late to give them the victory and
the Delta Pantherettes won out 30 10
"a. This game eliminated Moutrose.
Immediately after this game the
Fruita and Glenwood boys went to
battle, Glenwood winning by 8 points.
The score was IA to IL,
The next game was between Glen.
wood and Fruita girls. 1t was nip
and tuck here to see who would be
victors but the Glenwood girls proved
themselves slightly better team and