The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-14
Trappers Win
Close Battle

Bremerton. Defend
ing Champs. Score
Llncolns lanky and clever
quintet went out Of the 18th an
nual Washington state high school
basketball tournament play In
L. % ". pavilion last night before
the attack Of the strong and fast
Vancouver Trappers
The score vas 80 10 IS. Lin
coin made = rally in the last
period but fen just short Of the
mark. Vancouver had a 54-23 ad-
vantage at the three quarters
turn.
Bill iaWhead, guard. paced the
winners with u points.
Bremcrtonis defending
champions led four west-side
teams into the semi finals,
with n fair chance Of becom-
ing the first school 10 win the
classic twice In . row since
Nalla MaIla turned the trick
In 192s-2t.
The Wildcats disposed of Lewis
and Clark OF Spokane. the last
surviving eastern Washington
entry. 1890. last night. Tonight
Bremerton takes on Vancouver
following the Hoquism Everett
contest
RELOCATED to the struggle for
fourth and seventh places were
Lynden. Olympia, Lincoln and
Lewis and Clark. The consolation
bracket for fifth and eighth places
involved Charleston, North Central,
Toppenish and Wenatchee.
CLOVER PARK LOSES
Charleston upset Yakima. 1927:
North Central defeated Msrys-
vile. 27-24; Toppenish shaded
Clover Parks tail team, 2s-25. and
Wenatchee trimmed Buckley. 81
q, in yesterdays games.
Todsy's schedule: Charleston
W. North Central, 10 n. m;
Iynden Va. Olympia. 1 n. m;
Toppenish vs.. Nenatchee. 2
p. M: Lincoln ". Lewis and
Clark, 8 p. m: Hoquiam vs..
Everett, 3 p. m; Vancouver
Vs.. Bremerton, D p. m.
Bremerton experienced close
call from Lewis and Clark in
their quarter-finals match. The
Wildcats built their 1913 first
quarter lead into 23-le half
time margin. BY the end Of the
third period the score was tied
25-all. and Bremerton was hard
pressed to regain its advantage.
Les Eathorne, Bremerton for
ward. was high scorer with IL
points. and Forward Box Paxton
tailed u for the losers.
FOULS HURT OLYMPIA
Loss of two men on fouls
hampered Olympis's efforts to
halt the high-flying Everett Sea-
gulls. Trailing 1912 at halftime.
Olympia knotted the score at
i7-all midway in the third period.
but lost drive when Center Ralph
Bettcher fouled out with five
minutes left. Bettcher scored nine
points while Bob CASTOR rang up
10 for Everett.
Hoquiam rolled past LINDEN
practically unchallenged al
though the Mhatcom county
school tied the score at s5-
all In the third quarter. The
Grays Harbor quintet led. IS
~. at the half. Hoquiam's
Dick Wittren WAS hlgh-point
man with 90. the highest
mark Of the day, and Louis
zslstra counted IL for LINDEN.
In the consolation bracket.
North Central made an impressive
comeback after its lopsided loss
to Everett the previous day The
Indians smsssed a 20-lo third
quarter lead over Marysville and
were never headed thereafter.
LONG TIME No SCORE
The Spokane cagers, held score
less in the last half by Everett.
went II minutes today before
tallyiRg field goal. Jack Bech
led North Central with 10 points.
Wenatchee started slowly
against Buckley but emerged
with a halftime advantage Of 20
Is and increased its margin 10
2s-2i at the end OF the third
period. Glenn Young, wenatchee
guard. was high scorer with i6
points.
Charleston ousted Yakima in
the last two minutes of play.
I Charleston held 81 lead in
the first quarter. Yakima
was out In trent 1918 At the
half and Charleston came hack
2S-2o In the third period.
Yakima was leading by three
points when Charleston pulled
the game out of the fire.
Toppenish registered major
upset BY eliminating Clover Park
in a loosely-plsyed game The
Yakima valley club led through
out. including a halftime score OF
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