Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-04-01

CHICAGO, March 81 az Four
southern teams held the balance of
power tonight in the national high
school basketball tournament utter
three days of strenuous playing. OF
the other 1our squads which won
the right to contest in the quarter
finals today ono was from the west,
two from the north, and the eighth
from Chicago.
Vienna Ca, closed he third round
tonight with an exhibition of Gag
Ing by forward Caiapbell that had
the packed gym cheering madly
They came from behind at the nalf
with a rush to IeIear Colorado
Springs, 81 to 25 Vienna plays
Morton high of Cicero, Ills, in the
closing quarter final game tomor-
row night.
Florence, M S., Maury high OF
Norfolk, Va, and Batesville, Ark.
are the other southern contenders
Pocatello, IDAHO alone is left to rep,
resent the west. Huron, S. D., and
Grand Forks, N. D., are the nortn7
erns still fighting, and Morton high
Of Cicero is the Chicago quartz
finalist
Vienna, Ca, and Colorado Springs,
Colo, closed the third round tonight
with the southerners scoring 81
to 25 victory.
The westcrners led at the start,
but Vienna never far behind.
Charley Burton, the Colorado CEN
ter, had five baskets at the half,
while his brother, Harry, had only
two, but scored every foul line shot
awarded him. The Georgians Jagged
seven points behind at the half but
gained four of them with rush ir
the third period, and after a lull
eight more, i to jump into a good
lead, which sthey maintained to the
finish.
CHICAGO, March 81 P-Idaho,
.orth Dakota and South Dakota
landed teams IN the quarter finals
of the national high school basket
hall tournament of the University OF
Chicago, at the expense of quintets
from Washington Wisconsin and
Kentucky. In a day taken up large
~ by the playing of consolation
contests, Pocatello, Idaho, placed
among the eight survivors of the
days play with a 26 to 20 victory
over Bothell, Wash.,' in an overtime:
game, Huran, S. d. continued its
conquering stride with a "a to 81
triumph over London, Ky, and Grand
Forks nosed into the select octet
with a 80 70 "a win frcm Eau Claire,
Wis, in the most sprightly cham.
pionship game cf the day. Huran
and Pocatello meet tomorrow after
noon and the victor will be "a semi
finalist
Grand Forks exhibits the greatest
prowess among the teams today,
shooting baskets from every. angle
and range against the Eau Claire
quintet They pitted against eacr.
ether two pf3Aathe finest defensive
machines in the tournament, and It
was the North. Dakotan.s able shoot
ing which won them the victory
Huran had a bad scare before it
conquered the Kentucky entry over
which it was rated a fair favorlte.
The Kentuckians held the leac
throughout a good share of the con
test and only the keen eye of Camp.
bell, Dakota forward, saved his team
for Collins. his star teammate. was
held to n single field goal and
in the second half
Bothell and Pocatello had real
battle for the right to represent
the Pacific northwest in the upper
bracket OF the quartet finals and
Bothell staged a great comeback to
tie the score 20 to 20, at the end of
the regular period. In the five min
utes of extra play Shurtliff sank
two baskets which put the game OF,
ice for the Idaho boys arter Barrett
had given them a two point edge.
In the play for the consolation
title, Waite high, of Toledo, ousted
Greenville, S. c., 25 to 10; Athens,
Texas put out Ridgefield Park, ~ j.,
35 to 21; Fort Fairfield, Me- woa
by forfeit from Muskegon, Mich,
when the wolverine coach thought
his boys too tired for further tcon
petition; Northwest, high of Kansas
City won from Aberdeen, S. D.. %
to Is, and Gilbert, Ariz, defeated
South high Of Minneapolis. Mimi, 81
to II.