Wade Most Popular Star With All State Experts By TOMMIE PORTER Three teams—Ogden, Jordan and Dixie—are represented on The Telegram's 1935 All-State basketball team as the outstanding stars of one of the most evenly matched, most bitterly contested cage meets ever seen in the historic Deseret gymnasium. Selection of this year's stars is prob¬ably the hardest task the critics have faced in many seasons, if not in the entire history of the tournament. Only after long consideration were Phil Revell and LaMar Briggs of Ogden, Kline Black land Neal Carrol of Jordan, and Denby Wade of Dixie named for the honor team from a group numbering more than a dozen, any one of whom night well be amed on that tem. Playing style in prep basketball has changed radically since the "good old days," when We¬ber Normal, Bingham. Springville, Branch A. C., East and Wasatch high of Heber clashed in the first official tournament of the Utah High School Athletic association back in 1919. Should a player or fan who at¬tended those games in the Utah and Deseret gymnasiums return today, without having seen a cage game in the interim, he would fail to rec¬ognize the sport. Gone are the days when a team with one or at most two brilliant shooters could carry away the cov-eted state championship. No longer may a team depend upon one lad, drilled all season for that purpose, to drop in all of his team's free throws. Gone, too, are the haphazard- every-man-for-himself defensive play, and the "sleeper" who remained in the forecourt for the sole purpose of caging goals, while the other men did all the work. Teams Work as Unit The present game is much faster than that of 17 years ago, and nowa¬days, each member of a team which hopes to gain the finals of the state meet must be able to pass, dribble, shoot, pivot, jump, intercept enemy passes, feint, convert free throws and bottle up enemy attacks equally well. Great stamina, self-possession "un¬der pressure," speed, quick and accurate thinking, and general all- around near-perfection physically are necessary to stand out above the many competitors in the present game, and of such caliber are the boys named on The Telegram's 1935 honor team. Scoring Leaders FORWARDS G T P P Wade, Dixie 20 ]6 9 49 Revell, Ogden 14 7 2 30 Hatch, South Rich 12 12 5 29 Thomas, Wasatch 12 4 2 26 M. Bailey. Nephi 9 10 7 25 Parrer, Beaver .11 5 2 24 S. Kennedy. South Rich. . 9 12 5 23 Bengoeschea, Osden 10 4 2 22 Otterbeck, Logan 9 10 4 22 Mortenson, Jordan ...... 10 3 1 21 Christensen, Jordan .... 10 5 1 21 Murdock, Wasatch ..10 4 0 20 Johnson. Murray 9 2 2 20 Izatt, Logan 9 5 2 20 Ord. Nephi 6 11 6 13 Watts, Murray 8 7 2 18. CENTERS G T P P Baldwin. Beaver 13 10 fl 32 Carrol. Jordan J2 9 2 26 Heaton. Dixie 8 14 5 21 Lowe. Wasatch 8 10 5 21 Norton. Osden 8 7 4 20 Anderson, Ephraim 7 7 5 39 Alexander, Uintah 5 10 7 17 Wright. Murray 5 9 7 17 Price, Lehi 6 11 4 16 Heesch, Granite 5 12 5 15 GUARDS Bogden, Murray ....... 14 13 6 34 Black, Jordan 10 8 3 23 Roberts, Lehi 7 5 1 15 Frei, Dixie 7 5 1 15 Briggs. Ogden 7 0 0 14 Bird, Salina 5 3 3 13 Tadd, Wasatch .... 5 6 2 12 Detmers, Beaver 5 5 2 12 O. Kennedy. South Rich 5 10 2 12 Streator Pinsters Hold League Lead Streator-Smith captured first place in the Motor Bowling league Friday with a three-point win over Baker, while Freed was'winning three from the erstwhile leading Botterill crew. The Streator team rolled high game of 380 and a 2378 series to annex scoring honors for the evening. John¬son, Streator ace, won individual hon¬ors, rolling a game of 225, which, with games of 193 and 196, gave him high series of 614. Dixie Downs Uintah To Cop Third Place Honeycombs Display Good Form, But Lose, 32-44 Jordan Seeks First Title In Battle Against Ogden The two largest, most aggressive and most powerful teams of the seventeenth annual basketball tournament—Ogden and Jordan -—clash at 9 p. m. Saturday for the state high school championship, at the Deseret gymnasium. Jordan, twice runner-up, has never held the state crown, although it has been in the tournament nine times. Jordan won its district title for the first time this season. Ogden was state champion in 1932 and has been champion of the Og¬den district four times and a tour-nament competitor on nine occa¬sions. The Beetdiggers, however, have a good chance to repeat the perform¬ance of Granite in 1933 by annexing the cage crown while already hold¬ing the football title—a crown they won last fall with a 3-0 triumph over Box Elder from Brigham City. Ogden will have a slight advan¬tage in height and is a well bal¬anced, smooth working crew. Jor¬dan has an edge in ruggedness and banks on a stubborn defense, mak¬ing it the favorite by a slender mar¬gin. Route to Finals The Beetdiggers defeated Payson, 34-19; Logan, 42-21, and Uintah, 30- 16, to reach the finals. Ogden downed North Emery, .38-9; Murray, 30-25, and Dixie, 33-29, in order. Dixie's colorful quintet is favored o capture third place by defeating the less experienced Uintah team, although the Blue Devils have pro¬vided more upsets than any other j squad in the meet. Murray Has Edge Murray, because of its speed, should down the Logan Grizzlies, who defeated Beaver in the last 60 seconds of play Friday. The consolation title will likely go to Granite's 1934 state champions, who were pushed from the title race by Logan on the opening day, but won close decisions from Payson and Nephi Thursday and Friday. The Farmers face the surprise team of the tourney in South Rich. untouted crew which defeat' Emery, 34-19, an after losing t opener. Granite a Saturday Games p. m.—South Rich vs. Granite (for fith and eighth places). p. m.—Murray vs. Logan (for fourth and seventh places). p. m.—Uintah vs. Dixie (for third and sixth places). p. m,—Ogden vs. Jordan (for championship and second place), Friday's Results South Rich 32, Wasatch 16. Granite 21, Nephi 17. Murray 48, Ephraim 22. Logan 26, Beaver 25. Ogden 33, Dixie 29. Jordan 30, Uintah 16. List of Famous Stars Who Made Hoop Tradition 1934 Forwards—Jack Whitten, Bing¬ham, and Ralph Crowton, Granite. Center—Earl Sells, Nephi. Guards—Frank Mackay, Granite, and Gus Black, Jordan, 1933 Forwards—Marlow Turpin, Cy¬prus, and Harold Miller, Granite. Center—Don Evans, Lehi. Guards—Robert Bunker, Granite, and Wilford Kowallis, Logan. 1932 Forwards—Shelby West, Pleasant Grove, and Joe Lambert, Weber. Center—Bill Kinner, Ogden. Guards—Sid Kramer, Granite, and A. Bettridge, Parowan. 1931 Forwards — La Mar Weight, Springville, and Thurman Eyre, Minersville. Center—George Gourley, Pleasant Grove. Guards—Walter Bolic, Bingham, and Gene Woods, Murray. 1930 Forwards—Jim Hunter, Weber, and Elton Wilcox, Davis. Center—Floyd Garn, North Summit. Guards—Parlell Peterson, Hinckley, and Francis Anderson, American Fork. 1929 Forwards—Harry Brooks, L. D. S. C., and Elwood Romney, Dixie. Center—Frank Christensen, Granite. Guards—Royal Jensen, Granite and Ken Cox, Dixie. 1928 Forwards —Lee Christiansen Pleasant Grove, and Elwood Romney, Dixie. Center—Lorraine Cox, Dixie. Guards—Spencer Hays, Pleasant Grove, and Onan Mecham, L. D. S. C. 1937 Forwards—Clarence Gillins, Minersville, and Edwood Romney. Dixie. Center—Jerry Smith, L. D. S. C. Guards—Alvin Hall, Bingham. in line the building antage of Give Les pared clad