Dixie Performs Brilliantly To Capture Third Position Fliers Forge Ahead in Second Quarter to Nose Out Battling Davis Team, 24 to 22 Displaying some beautiful passing and fine ball rustling in the second half, the Dixie Fliers turned back the Davis Darts, 24 to 22, to gain third position in the final rating. The rival teams got away to a slow start. The Fliers seemed nervous and fumbled frequently. Davis i had control of the ball a good portion of the first period, but failed to break fast in its scoring drive. Dave Briggs, Davis' stellar guard, came down the floor to garner two field goals and give his team the edge in the opening canto, which ended with the Darts on the long end of a 9 to 6 score. The Jordan district winners eased up in the second period, apparently satisfied with their lead, after Atkinson had rushed in for a setup, Tobler and Snow got loose for field goals, bringing the score to 11-all. Lloyd Brink put his team ahead with a setup, but Captain Merlin j Milne, who had been shooting some nice ones, tanked one from past the j foul line and a free throw put St. George in front, 14 to 13, at half time. One field goal and a single foul pitch was the sum total of points for each five in the third period. Davis came back with much more fight and speed, each team tighten¬ing up its defense to rush all shoot¬ers. Dixie still had its one-point margin at the end of the period, the J count being 17 to 16. Playing what seemed to be their best basketball of the entire tourna¬ment, the Fliers spurted as the final period opened, and ran their score to 24, while Davis was limited to a single charity toss. Snow, Tobler and Milne had each counted a field goal in a little less than two minutes of play. Fighting back hard, the Davis boys sliced the lead, with Lloyd Brink garnering two fouls and a pair of goals, but the gun cut short their final rally. Dave Briggs, guard, and Lloyd Brink, forward, played strong ball for the losers, while Captain Milne, Earl Tobler and Boyden Fawcett were the mainstays for Dixie. DAVIS G.T.F.P. Layton, rf .2 2 0 4 Brink, lf . .4 2 2 10 Swan, C ..0 0 0 0 Briggs, rg .2 2 0 4 Clark, lg ..0 4 2 2 Davis, rf ..0 0 0 0 Atkinson, lg 1 0 0 2 Totals . 9 10 4 22 DIXIE G.T.F.P. Tobler, rf .2 4 4 8 McArthur, lf 0 2 0 0 Pickett, c .0100 Fawcett, rg .0 2 0 0 I Milne, lg . .5 1 0 10 Snow, If ..2 2 2 6 Totals .. 9 12 6 24 Score by quarters: Davis 9 13 16 22 Dixie 6 14 17 24 Watts, referee; D. Nielson, umpire. Murray Bags Thrilling Fray From Weber by 27-25 Score The Murray high school basketeers, runners-up in the Salt Lake division, captured fourth place in the state basketball championship tournament Saturday by defeating Weber, 27 to 25, in a thrilling contest. The battle was one of the fast¬est and most exciting of the tour¬nament, with the squads battling on even terms throughout the en¬tire four periods, matching basket for basket to the final gun. Odis Smith, Pete Bogden, Bill Johnson and Mart Pezely scored for the Smelter team in the opening quarter to give the Murray five a 9 to 6 lead. Al Wimmer, Wilf Bing¬ham and Jack Thomas registered for the Weber crew. Murray scored three goals to two for Weber in the second period to boost its margin to 15 to 10 at the half. Play in the third quarter was even, each team scoring three bas¬kets to make the count 22 to 19 as they went into the final round. Lowell Judkins arched a long shot through the strings to start off the last quarter, and Carl Ahlberg broke through for a setup to draw the Warriors within one point, of Murray at 23 to 24. A foul shot and a setup by Oliver pushed Murray four points ahead, but Jack Thomas put down a foul and followed it up with a one-hand side shot to close the gap to one point again. With just one minute, to play, the Weber squad battled desperately for the precious goal that would bring them victory. Twice they worked the ball under the hoop in position for setups, but each time their shots were hurried and bounced off the rim while long attempts refused to enter. The gun ended the melee with the score unchanged. Wimmer was the star for the We¬ber gang, sinking four field goals in the last half to keep his team in the race. Pete Bogden sparkled again for Murray. The battle closed a highly suc¬cessful season for both teams. The score: MURRAY G.T.F.P. Townsend, rf 10 0 2 Johnson, lf 3 1 1 7 Smith, c ..1102 Pezely, rg .10 0 2 Bodgen, lg 5 2 0 10 Bankhad.rf 0 3 2 2 Oliver, rg .1 1 0 2j Totals . 12'8 3 27 WEBER G.T.F.P. Wimmer,rf .6 1 0 12 Thomas, lf 13 131 C.Ahlberg,c .12 13 Bingham, rg 1 0 0 2 Judkins, lg . 1 2 1 3 Garner, If .1 0 0 21 Evertson, c 0 10 0 Totals . 11 9 3 2 Score by quarters: Murray 9 15 22 27 Weber 6 10 19 25 Collins, referee; Bullock, umpire. PROVO BAGS EXTRA-TIME LOGAN TILT Peterson's Great Bas¬ket Shooting Decides Consolation Laurels Final Score, 36 to 34 Grizzlies Watch Com¬manding Lead Dwin¬dle Before Bulldogs Vernon Peterson, Provo's hustling No. 13 guard, staged one of the most brilliant indi¬vidual performances in the state high school scholastic court tour¬nament Saturday as he pulled the Bulldogs through to the con¬solation championship with a 36-34 triumph over Logan in an extra period battle. With less than three minutes to play, the Provo squad was trailing by six points, and the fans sat back in their seats to rest for the title contest. Not much attention was given when Glen Allen pushed in a one-hand shot, because there was only a minute and a half to play, and the Bulldogs were still four points behind. Peterson Scores Again But when Peterson flipped in a setup from the side the watchers again came to the edge of their seats and the gym burst into an uproar when Peterson dribbled the sphere down the floor again and leaped high in the air to send the ball traveling toward the iron. The apple rolled crazily on the iron and spun all the way around the hoop before it took the plunge through the strings, which tied the ball game at 34-all just before the gun sounded. Not content until his job was done right, Peterson took the ball from the tipoff in the extra session and rushed down the floor, taking a long shot which rebounded from the hoop back into his hands. On the second try, from a difficult an¬gle, the spheroid slipped obligingly through the strings, and it was Provo's game. The Provo lads rushed at each other in wild glee, as delighted as if they had just won the state cham-pionship. The game was a great exhibition of basketball from start to finish, and the consolation quints definite¬ly proved themselves two of the finest teams in the meet. Lead Changes Hands Logan held the lead at the first quarter, 8 to 5, but Provo forged ahead, 15 to 14, at the half. Logan was again in front at the third pe¬riod, 28 to 23, and apparently had the game in the bag until the sharp- shooting Peterson put on the dra¬matic finish for the packed gallery. The contest was a battle of Pe¬tersons. Golden Peterson of Logan topped the Grizzly scorers with 11 points, while Vernon Peterson turned in 16 for Provo. The victory gave Provo the con¬solation title and fifth place in the tournament. The Provo squad was put out of the title race in the first round by the flashy Dixie squad. The score: LOGAN G.T.F.P. Izatt, rf . . 3 5 1 7 Peterson, lf 5 3 111 James, c .. 3 2 1 7 Lndquist.rg 0 2 1 1 Ryan, lg . . 1 2 1 3 Cardon, rf .2 2 1 5 Pederson, lg 0 0 0 0 Totals. 14 16 6 341 PROVO G.T.F P Daniels, rf oil Hoover, If .3 2 2 8 Allen, c .. 4119 Peterson, rg 6 7 4 16 Hayward, lg 1 o 0 2 Jensen, rf ..0 1 0 O Colton,' lf ..0600 Fielding, rg o 0 0 0 Totals . 14 12 8 36 Score by quarters: Logan: 8 14 28 34 34 Provo 28 34 34 Stevenson, referee; Hillman, umpire.