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Show CHAMPIONS LOSE I TO THE CRIMSONS Great Game of Basket- M ball Saturday i In Which ProvoWas Giv- M en Big Surprise. M In the most exciting and bitterly H contested gamo In the annals of Utah basketball, tho drlgham Young Col- ,H lege team of this city, Saturday after- noon, broke the long string of vlct,or-' H les of the visiting 11 Y U. team, by H the close score of 1010, It was anybody's game until tho llnal whistle, neither team ever liav- H Ing a lead of moro than two or threo ( points over their opponents. The first iH half ended with the score In favor of .H tho homo team, 07. jH Tho second half opened with a rush jH and In half a minute Perkins of Provo iH had caged tho ball and tied the score. IH From then on tho game was any body 'h IH until In tho last two minutes of play, H Wilcox for the homo team (hopped a )H field basket and Wansguard added ono , H moro point from the foul line. Provo ,H fought like wild men to close the gap jH and a dozen limes tho ball trembled tH on the rim of their basket but the God- 'H (less of Luck woro a Crimson uniform H and must havo been seated iquarely tH over tho basket for the ball appeared 'H unable tu lind a space largo enough to H crawl Into tho net, and the gamo clos- H cd with Logan three points to tho H Tho htmo t2am was fearfully handl- t .H capped lv tho loss of Captain Jensen aH at ccutei and bg Itnikcllcy at guard. H Itoth men wrroout of the g.imo with H tho mumps In thei'u placL'SAJIrcd H and Keller pla.vcd the game of their H lives and It Is doubtful If their work H could have been much improved upon iH by the regular men Piovo was up '1 against just as great or a-grealcr loss i'H In tho absence of Hose, generally con- iH ceded to bo the strongest forward in Il the stale, lie was out of the gamo tH with a dislocated knee, obtuli.ed In a jH gamu several weeks ago. l-'H The humllatlon attendant upon the i-l champions dropping the llrsl game In ll two years was entirely oblvatcd by tlio j'l pure, dyed-ln-thc-wool sportsmanship 'l of Coach Tcet.ell and his met!. Lor fH two years they have taken victory fH gracefully and Saturday they showed jH they could tako defeat Just as grace- jJ fully. There was no kicking after tho jH game, no cry of "Robbery," "Rugby," jH usually Incidental to affairs of this H kind. Tho big Piovo men left tho H Held smiling after cheering the victors J and when seen after the game tho tl popular coach and his team to a man 'H had tho same ntory, "best team won." ,H A brand of sportsmanship like this jH makes athletics worth while. :H This gamo ties the two big teams jH for tho state championship. The tlo jH will probably bo played oil in Salt H Lako and with Jcnson, Uoskelley and u Rose in tho game, will be worth go- ll Ing a few thousand miles to see. Nrl The lino tip: fil II, V. II. Position 11, V C. Pl Christiansen :. Allrcd wl Kvans t. k Hill ll Chamberlain u r. Wilcox Ijl Perkins Keller (jl Greenwood li.n. Wansguard iH Referee 13. G. Pctctson, Umpha fl Jos. S. Gcddcs. H |