Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-31
Stafford QUINTET LOSES OUT
29 TO 70 IN MORNING GAME
WITH LONDON, KY, BASKETEERS


CHICAGO, March 80 R).-Four teams
from the far west three from the
northwest and two from southern
states found themselves tonight among
the select 16 quintets which will still
be in the running tomorrow for the
high school basket ball championship
of the United States.
The east had not worked its way
into the double octet at nightfall as
play at the University of Chicago
tournament continued.
Pacific coast adherents cheered Ros-
we'll, N. NJ, and Eugene Ore, to vic
tory today, and Bothell, Wash, and
Pocate1lo, Idaho, went through to the
third round on byes. Roswell dropped
Fort Fairfield, Maine, 20 to 1S, and
Eugene eliminated Jacksonville, Fla,
with a 13-to-12 victory over Duval
high.
The northwest was represented by
wisconsin and the Dakotas. OF the
southern entries, London, KY. came
through to 29-to-2O victory over
Stafford, Ariz., and Batesville, Ark,
nosed out Muskegon, Mich, 2S to 20.
In the consolation round, Alpine,
Tenn, the smallest hamlet represented
in the tournament, got another wal
lop, losing, S6 to lbs to Greenville, S. C.
The Tennesseans lost yesterday to Lin
coin, Neb II to 9. The margin by
which Eugene, Ore, put out Floridas
state champions and the startling vic
tory of Huron, S. D., over the strong
Lincoln, Neb., team were features of
today's play.
The Oregon-F Florida scrap was a
horse race all the way, and the teams
were seldom more than a point apart.
Dorsett, of Jacksonville, missed free
throw just as the gun sounded for the
point which would have tiedsthe score.
The South Dakota entry made itself
a favorite with its derailment of Neb-
raska's Crimson Ramblers, who fell to
a team which guarded well, kept it's
head and scored by picking its open
ings carefully. Fisher Lincoln for
ward, whose % points against Alpine
have never been equalled in single
tournament game, was so we'll covered
by Huron guards that he got not a
single field goal, although he Tailed
five free throw points.
Another stellar performance was
that of Eau Claire, Wis, in outscoring
the Athens, Texas. five North Da-
kota's team, Grand Forks, overcame a
fairly long lead to beat Ridgefield
Park, N j., one of the best of the
eastern entries, and showed itself to be
another vigorous contender. The Lon
don, KY, outfit owed it's conquest of
Stafford, Ariz., to the keen eye of
Wickersham, forward, who found the
cage today after mediocre showing
against Muscatiness Iowa, yesterday.
One of the four teams which the Pa
cific coast had qualified tonight is
bound to fall tomorrow, when Bothell,
Wash, and Pocatello, Idaho, meet. The
northwest will lose one survivor in the
Grand Forks Eau Claire contest Huron
meets London, Ky, and Roswell, N. M,
pits itself against Batesville, Ark.
Gilbert, arizona, started out to
eliminate the last New England team
in the tournament, Bristol, Conn. Ari-
zona took the lead in the first period.
In the next period the scoring was re-
versed and the half ended with a six
and six tie.
Bristol scored first in. the second
half with short shot, but Scott, Ari-
zona forward, quickly matched it with
his fifth goal. The lead moved back
and forth, with Bristol having 19-to-
16 advantage at the final gun.
Maury high, Norfolk, Va, must
lave been laying low the first period
of their game with Oak Ridge, Ia,
for they opened the second quarter
with three baskets in a row, after
a blank in the opening. session. The
Virginians were, man for man, the
biggest Of the tourpament and oak
Ridge had little chance against their
tight team work The final score
was 81 to is.
Norfolk won it's way into the
third round, to meet Eugene, Ore,
in tomorrow.s third round game at
c p m. 1t was the first of the five
eastern teams to win through, New
Jersey, New Hampshire, and Maine
having had their champions e1lmir-
ated. Bristol, Conn, the fifth east
erner started off briskly against
Gilbert, Ariz., but were considerably
outweighed. This, however, seemed
to have little to do with the result.
The Florence, Miss, team defeated
Minneapolis, Mimi, % to II, thereby
entering the third round against
Bristol, Conn, at y. m. tomorrow.
The consolation games found Bur-
lington, VT; Minersville, Utah; Tall
iassee, Ala.,ssand DeerField- Shields OF
Highland Park, Ills, the snort
end of the final tallics. The Dur
ham, N. c., and Burlington, VI,
game, which was won by the former
81 to 81, furnished the last con :"
ISOLATION exhibition of the Gay.
The other consolation results We're:
Aberdeen, S. d., 25; Minersville. 2l.
Northeast high Kansas City, Nc.
2S, Deerfield-Shields, "a.
Durant, Okla SO; Tallassee, %.
Englewood high, the Chicago cham
lions, started to run away from the
Cheyenne, Wyo., team and had three
baskets, right down the lineup,
within three minutes. Cheyenne,
however, crept up by tossing foul
goals making six out of eight.
Cheyenne began to- solve a pass un-
der the basket and cut down Engle-
WOODS shooting, finally tying the
score, but Englewood forged ahead
to d 81 to Il victory.