Thursday Evening, February 2, 1933 Orange Streaks Battle Warriors In Crucial Cage Event Friday FIRST PLACE IN LOOP RACE TO BE REWARD Spirited Battle Looms; Teams On Edge For Close Contest PROBABLE LINEUPS Ogden. Weber. Ellis Powell Forward. Boerens Dieu Forward. Kennedy Spilsbury Center. Woodland McLean Guard. Greenwell Cragun Guard. Referee, Malcolm Watson; um­pire, Norm Watkins. Ogden High will play host to Weber High hoopsters in the first of their Annual two-game court series at the Weber gymnasium at eight o'clock Friday night. The two pol­ished local fives are deadlocked at the top of the Ogden division with two victories and no defeats and the victor in the flareup Friday will take command of first place as the teams head down the stretch. The teams engaged in lengthy scrimmage Wednesday and were slated to taper off with light work­outs today. Ogden engaged in a lengthy scrimmage with the Weber college five Wednesday while the Warriors were content to perform against the second team. Weber High will rule the favor­ite. The Warriors are division champions while %the Tigers are state and Intermountain cham­pions. Coach Mark Ballif is pleased with the condition of his men and ex­pects them to score a close victory over the Tigers. Ballif will start Dieu, leading scorer of the division, and Powell at forwards. Spilsbury will open the battle at center, while McLean and Cragun, capable guards, will draw these assignments. Coach Ballif will have a number of capable performers in reserve. Ogden High has practically a new squad for the 1933 race. They lost Kinner, Weir, Lehman, Fowler and Anderson, all regulars, by gradua­tion. Despite this loss the Orange Streaks have a capable - team and they are determined to trim their rivals in the Friday classic. Coach Kapple will probably use a man for man defense against We­ber, and Weber on the other hand is expected to use the same defense. Captain Ellis and Boerens will open the game "at forwards for the Ogdenites with Kennedy at center. Woodland and Greenwell will be on the guard line. Hall, capable guard, is ag&in back With the Orange Streaks and will see action in at least a portion of the game. Reserved seats for the traditional clash have been placed on sale at Hemenway & Moser's and the We­ber gymnasium. Second teams of the two schools will meet in a preliminary game at seven o'clock. Saturday Evening, February 4, 1933 Weber To Take Lead In Cage Race Orange Streaks In Form; Kennedy And Ellis Lead Attack Kapplemen sound warning to other machines of State; Tigers gain 36 to 26 verdict to assume undisput­ed hold on first place in Ogden division By AL WARDEN Standard-Examiner Sports Editor O GDEN High school hoopsters traveled in high gear over four periods of sensational play last night to annex a 36-to-26 decision over their traditional rivals, Weber, and to step into undisputed possession of first place in the Ogden division basketball race. The Kapplemen, incidentally, sound­ed a warning to other fives of the state and are sure to be serious candidates again for state honors. Underdogs prior to game time the . "Orange Streaks" went at their as- , signment with determination and: ailed up a commanding lead in the irery first period that the Warriors cvere never able to overcome. Maurice Kennedy, brilliant cen- , ter, opened the heated battle with a, side shot after only five seconds f play in the first canto. In less than two minutes Captain Bud Ellis of the Tigers dropped in a pair of side shots to mount the score to six nothing before the War­riors broke into the scoring depart­ment. McLEAN SCORES McLean tossed in a set-up for the initial points for the Mark Ballif men and Powell followed an instant later with a long shot to reduce the Tiger lead to two coun­ters. Boerens dropped in a pair of long shots and Greenwell contributed a set-up and a free throw to com­plete the scoring of the Orange Streaks in this frame. The final Weber tally in the open­ing period came when Spilsbury heaved the leather through the loop from beyond the center of the court. Ogden's first period attack of 13 points as against six for Weber started the team on their way. From this stage to the final whistle the Kapplemen functioned on all five and gave a marvelous brand of passing. Weber turned in her best brand of ball in the second period. They outscored the state champions eight to six, in this frame only to see Ogden take a commanding lead in the third period. The half closed 19 to 14 but the Ogdenites increased their margin to nine points as the third period closed, 27 to 18. Coach Ballif ejected reserves into the game in the closing period but these experts were unable to halt the speedy Tigers. Ogden used a fast breaking of­fensive and had little difficulty in solving the Weber defense. Weber on the other hand played a slow deliberate game and continually met opposition from the defensive play of the state champions. The entire Tiger squad played su­perb ball but two men stood out as their superb leaders. Maurice Kennedy, handsome cen­ter, was one of the main cogs in the play of the state and intermoun­tain champs. This youngster was as cool as a cucumber at all stages and tossed in 15 points during the, heated battle. His floor play was sensational. The other big "shot" of the Ogden attack was Captain Bud Ellis. This youngster is a human whirl-, wind on the court. His ball rust-1 ling was marvelous while his lead-' ership was superb. Boerens, Woodland and Greenwell also sparkled, while Jensen, a re­serve, was very much in the lime­light. Powell and Dieu were the big guns for the Weberites. Powell played a sensational floor game and was the only Weberite able to con­sistently solve the defensive capers of the Tigers. Dieu, leading point getter of the! division, counted five buckets, but, in most instances he was covered by two men and was therefore un­able to get his customary shots. Dick Kapple is back with another championship contender. No mis­take about that. The Tigers dis­played championship form and plenty of it last night. The attraction was brimful of in­terest and a capacity crowd was on hand to cheer the two teams over the four period route. The game closed the first half of the schedule with Ogden leading the pack with three victories and no defeats. Weber is second with Box Elder third. Ogden plays at Bear River next Friday and Weber journeys to Box Elder. Ogden High seconds downed the Weber High seconds in the prelim-! inary game 32 to 15. Score: OGDEN G T F P Boerens, rf 2 0 0 4 Ellis, If 4 0 0 8 Kennedy, c 7 1 5 15 Greenwell, rg 2 1 1 5 Woodland, Ig o 0 0 0 Jensen, rf 2 0 0 4 Patterson, rf o 0 0 0 Hall, Ig o 0 0 0 Totals 17 6 2 36 WEBER Powell, rf 5 3 0 10 Dieu, lf-c 5 o 0 10 Spilsbury, c 2 0 0 4 Cragun, rg o 0 0 0 McLean, Ig i o 0 2 Rhead, rg o 0 0 0 Brown, If o 0 0 0 Totals 13 3 o 26 Referee, Watson; umpire, Watkins.