Ogden-Weber Clash for State Cage Flag Tonight Local Machines In Brilliant Form at Annual Tournament Tigers Overcome 14-Point Lead in Third Period With Fast Granite Team, to Win; Weber Gains Final Bound By Trimming Lehi; Local Fives Polished By AL WARDEN Standard-Examiner Sports Editor D ESERET Gymnasium, Salt Lake City, March 19.—Weber High Warriors and Ogden High Tigers, seasoned hoop- sters, collide here tonight in the championship game of the annual Utah state scholastic series. The two Ogden machines gained the final rounds after spirited competition Friday. Weber downed Lehi, 36 to 29, and Ogden uncorked the most sensational rally in all Utah history in the sport, to dispose of Granite, 32 to 31. The two Ogden fives will estab¬lish a new wrinkle in the sport this evening. They are the first teams in the history of the sport to gain the finals from the same com¬munity. The scores of the games played thus far by the t w o sensational Ogden fives fol¬low: Weber 26, Nephi 11. Weber 35, Moroni 31. Weber 36, Lehi BALLIF 29 Ogden 40, Uintah' 23. Ogden 28, Jordan 14. Ogden 32, Granite 31. This is the second time in nearly 30 years of state scholastic basket¬ball that two teams from the same division have met in the finals. In 1922 Lehi, Alpine runner-up, met American Pork, Alpine winners, in the final game. Lehi gained the bunting in the final contest. Tonight's final round is sure to be brimful of action. Both teams are evenly matched and four periods of torrid play should re¬sult. SLIM FAVORITE Ogden is the favorite with the writer by the width of a cat's whisker. Weber is a great club and is sure to bid to the final gun for the title. Weber academy in the old days won two court titles in state com¬petition, 1912 and 1919. This is the first time that the new Weber high has entered the state finals. Ogden staged the greatest dra¬matic finish in all Utah cage his¬tory by coming from behind against Granite Friday afternoon. The Tigers gave them all in this sen¬sational contest and were reward¬ed with a one point triumph, enough to gain them a post in the finals. Granite held a 13 to 2 lead at the end of the opening period and were out in front 21 to 10 at half time. In the rest period the writer was privileged ot hear Dick Kapple tell his men how to go out and beat Granite. And in the two final periods the Tigers carried out their instructions to the letter. Granite went into a stall in the early part of the third period, ex¬pecting Ogden to come out after ( them. The Tigers, however, out- i smarted the Granitians and played ; a waiting game. A foul line shot by Bill Kinner, the greatest center 1 in scholastic circles in years, start- ; ed the fireworks. Before Granite knew what it was ail about, the ; battling and determined Tigers had knotted the score at 24 all as the 1 .third period ended. OGDEN FAVORED IN BIG GAME TONIGHT Seventeen winners and seven losers for .708 is the reco?d of "Pot Shot," Standard-Examiner basketball expert, in predicting games at the state joust at Salt Lake. Pot Shot predicted victories for both Weber fend Ogden Fri¬day in the semi-finals and both came through with flying colors. Regardless of which team tri¬umphs tonight it will be an Og¬den victory as both fives are located in this community. Ogden is favored by a slim 1 margin, but a victory for Weber may be recorded. It promises to be'a nip and tuck battle. Right or wrong, here are our final guesses: Pleasant Grove 27, Parowan 23. Granite 26, Lehi 25. . Logan 33, East 29. Ogden 27, Weber 26. rustled the ball with fine preci¬sion and tossed in some sensational baskets. Big "Ed" Wade, the most popu¬lar player in the joust by a mile, was also a big wheel in the Weber triumph. The elongated athlete caged five buckets and dropped in six out of eight free throws. His work from the foul line was sen¬sational. Weber's entire play was featured around Wade last night and the six foot four athlete handled his task with business-like methods. Joe Lambert, Eldon Chard and Lyle McLean, all colorful players,, did their part also in the semi¬final victory. Adams and the Allred brothers were the leading lights for the Lehi five. Other results Friday were as foH lows: East 41, Wasatch 24. Parowan 26, Nephi 25. Pleasant Grove 37, Jordan 29. Hinckley 23, Logan 40. East High surprised by taking the measure of Wasatch, 41 to 24. The Wasatch five was a heavy pre-game favorite. Keyting, Andrews and Berg were outstanding for East. Giles was the best performer for the Wasatch five. Logan came through as expected to take the measure of the Hinck¬ley five, 40 to 23. The northern division champs led throughout. McNeil, Ryan and Quinney sparkled for Logan. Hardy at center was the spark plug for the Hinckley. five. Early in the final canto Ogden jumped into a five point lead, only j to have the Farmers come within ; one point of tying the issue. TURNING POINT Granite pulled the boner of the J season in stalling in the third period. This was the turning point in the game and urged the Tigers 1 on to the almost impossible. In modern day athletics players i must give their all at all stages. A quarter miler in track and field can't relax at any stage, and a basketball team is "dumb" to re¬lax as Grandite did Friday. After the Ogdenites solved the Granite defense they tossed buckets In with remarkable precision. Bill Kinner, the big cog in the Tiger attack, with any kind of luck at all, could have scored another six baskets. Joe Fowler, son of B. A. Fowler, superintendent of Weber county schools, was another reason why the Tigers came through with fly¬ing colors. This chap played the game of his life and cinched all- state honors by his marvelous play. Weir and Lehman traveled like lightning in the final half to as¬sist materially in the marvelous victory. These two little forwards deserve plenty of praise for their uncanny ability. Dale Anderson, cool and consist¬ent leader of the Ogdenites, was also a big cog in the victory. An¬derson has played unusually well in the big joust. Miller was the best scorer for the Granite machine. Kramer played his usual fine game on the guard line, but found the task of stopping Bill Kinner a huge one. UNUSUAL SHOTS Kinner's pivot shots from the foul line, were wonderfully execut¬ed and were high lights of the Fri¬day play. Mark Ballif's Weberites ran loco against the strong Lehi five in the first half to pile up a 22 to 6 lead. The towering Lehi athletes, how¬ever, came back strong in the clos¬ing periods to throw a big scare into the Weberites. Once pressed in the closing period Weber rallied to the cause, and jumped into a comfortable lead just as they did against Moroni on Wednesday eve¬ning. Joe Lambert, outstanding forward of the joust, cinched an all-state, position with his all-around playj _against Lehi. The Weber captain Parowan staved off a last half rally by Nephi to win, 26 to 25, in a spirited encounter. Clark and Benson starred for the winners. Petty and Garrett were the best bets for Nephi. Pleasant Grove jumped into a commanding lead in the first period with Jordan, but the Beet Diggers same back to tie the score at 25- all late in the third period of play. The final score was 37 to 29 for bhe Pleasant Grove five. West's brilliant shooting pulled the game out of the fire for P. G. late in the closing period. Larson and Lunnen played marvelous ball for the Jordanites. The Ogden Standard-Examiner- Deseret News all-state selection will appear in the Sunday issue of The Standard-Examiner. Each member of the first team will receive a gold basketball fob. Two Ogden athletes, one from Weber, and one each from Granite and Pleasant Grove made the grade on the first squad. Mayor Lewis Marcus of Salt Lake and Mayor Ora Bundy of Ogden will present the awards immediately fol¬lowing the last game. OGDEN (33) G.T. F. P. Lehman, rf 1 2 1 3 Weir, If 3 0 0 6 Kinner, 8 0 0 16 Fowler, rg 4 0 0 8 Anderson, Ig 0 4 0 0 Totals 16 6 1 33 GRANITE (32) G. T. F. P. Miller, rf . 5 4 1 11 S. Pendleton, If 2 1 1 5 W. Pendleton, c 3 0 0 6 Parker, lg 2 1 1 5 Kramer, rg 2 1 1 5 Totals . 14 7 4 321 Score at end of each period: Ogden . . 2 10 24 33 Granite 13 21 24 32 Referee, S. Spencer; Umpire, L. Spencer. Ogden High Wins In Seven Period Game With Weber Interscholastic Basketball History Made At Deseret Gymnasium When Three Extra Frames Are Required to End Spec¬tacular Title Contest. By AL WARDEN. S ALT LAKE CITY, March 19.—History was repeated and all records shattered in the all-Ogden play-off of the Utah State Athletic Association basketball tournament here tonight when the Ogden Tigers beat the Weber Warriors, 29 to 27, in three extra periods of play. It was the most spec¬tacular finish in the 25 years of the cage classic's annals. The historical reincarnation was re-enacted from the 1922 championship tourney, in which the Lehi Pelicans beat the American Fork Cavemen in another one-region finale, the district title holders being trimmed in this case also. The score at the end of the regu¬lation game was 23 all. After one extra period it was 25 to 25 and at the end of the second extra period jit was 27 to 27. In the melee for the two points required by the rules, Herman Lehman came through with