18 ACORN from scoring. Jones and Toone deserve credit for their good defensive work. By winning from Brigham, 19 to 15, Weber won all six league games and the right to represent the Northern Division in the State High School Tournament at Provo. Preparing for the Tournament. Having won the right to enter the Tournament, which was but ten days off, the team worked hard to be in the best of shape for that event. Granite High School of Salt Lake City came to Ogden February 27th to play a practice game with the Academy. All through the game Weber passed the ball with snap and ginger. Granite fought hard and kept Weber playing all the time. The score was 54 to 16 for Weber. Although Weber's team work was good and the men played strong ball, a few weaknesses were discovered. The large Armory Hall was obtained for practice. Here a good defense and attack was developed and the team was in good condition when they left for Provo. Hunting Wealth. At 7 o'clock a. m., Thursday, March 6th, 1913, Boyd Lindsay, Guy Toone, Morgan McKay, Robert Jones, Arias Belnap, Lawrence Wilde and Volney Belnap, also Coach McKay and Athletic Manager Vadal Peterson, and a few students boarded the train for Provo. The occasion was the State High School Tournament at Provo. and the above named were going there bent upon bringing back with them the State Championship for the Weber Academy. The boys were joined by Principal Henderson at Salt Lake City. Thursday night Weber was lined up with the Wasatch High School from Heber. Both teams started fast and for awhile the passing was brilliant. After this Weber did not hit her usual stride, for she seemed tired. Their defense was good, but the attack was a little weak. Heber scored 11 field goals, while Weber scored 12. The foul line proved the deciding feature in this game, for McMullen of Hebet made 2, while Belnap from Weber scored 17 out of 20 tries. Belnap had practiced long and hard before the tournament and his efforts were now being rewarded. Lindsay played good ball, as did Jones, McKay and Toone. The score was 44 to 21 for Weber. The same night the L. D. S. U. of Salt Lake defeated Murdock 48 to 21. Lehi High School triumphed over Snow Academy 42 to 28. A Lucky Strike. Next morning, when it was announced that Lehi and Weber would play, the Weber boys began to shake and tremble. They were somewhat afraid of Lehi, and Lindsay had an injured leg that threat- ACORN 19 ened to keep him out of the game. This was the last game played Friday night and the boys went into it with grim determination to win. Their start took the breath out of the fans and the Lehi players. All through the first half, Belnap, McKay and Jones were backing the ball through the basket and Toone and Lindsay were putting them up with perfect support. When the first half ended it showed a score of 30 to 5 against Lehi. Not one lonely field basket was credited to her. The game ended 55 to 26, with Weber leading. Lindsay displayed grand defensive work and shut his man out, as well as put ginger into the others by his snappy passing. McKay worked signals from center and did good floor work. Toone showed great ability to block throws at the basket. Jones played the floor all the time and was seen everywhere. His is aggressive, work was very good. Belnap aided the team greatly by scoring 37 points. Out of 23 tries from the foul line he made 19 points. With four minutes left, he was injured and taken from the game. Volney Belnap took his place. Weber's playing that night was the best that had been seen during the tournament. The strong L. D. S. U; team began to take notice. The fans began to ask questions among themselves, such as, "Can Weber play that kind of ball another night?" Could Belnap play and keep up his record? Could McKay outjump and outplay Smith? Could Lindsay and Toone guard the large Saints and yet keep up snappy passing? Could Jones keep Bennion from scoring and yet score for his team? All manner of questions arose in the mind of the fan, for he hoped Weber would win, although the Saints were favorites when it came to betting. The Saints defeated Heber 36 to 21. Murdock defeated Snow in a close game 43 to 41. The results of this night's play left Weber and the Saints to play for the championship. Pretty Rich for Weber. What proved to be one of the fastest and best games ever seen in the state was the one played between the L. D. S. U. of Salt Lake and the Weber Academy of Ogden. Words cannot express the intense excitement that held the crowd of 1,500 basket-ball fans on pins and needles during this game. Although the Weber team was outclassed both in size and weight, it showed some of the finest basket-ball ever seen. The Saints seemed very confident of winning, but were rushed off their feet in the first ten minutes of playing, by fast, snappy passing of the Weber boys, Belnap started scoring with a goal from the foul line and then it went up by two pretty field baskets, which put the Saints in the air. Weber soon ran up a score of 15 points to the Saints' 4. Then Smith found the basket and the Saints' scoring began. The Provo "White and Blue" says, "From then on the game was clever, but the Weber boys