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♦ARIZONA STATE WINS AND LOSES IN SERIES WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONALumberjacks Tx»se the First Hattie But Come Back Stroup in Secondi « ”Flagstaff Teachers College Lumberjacks broke even with the University of Arizona Wildcats in their two-game series Tucson Friday and Saturday, dropping the first 28 to 25, and winning on the following night 40 to 40*------ —From all accounts the Teachers should have come home with two straight victories over Arizona. Coach Lavik is not the kind who carries around alibis to offer whenever his lads get the short end of the score, fc\vhich hasn't occurred but twice this year. Hut, nevertheless, facts are facts. It is doubtless true that the i class fight which preceded the trek southward accomplished, in a great degree, our defeat. Athletes who con- ! tend they can stay up half of the night ‘ fighting for the glory of the dear old . class cannot expect to play wanning I basketball with bruised bodies and I stiff necks.In the first game the Teachers had i the University 16 to 13 at the half but 1 the Wildcats clawed through in the j final minutes and cinched the game | when several personal fouls were called. Coaches Fred McHale and} Fred Emcke of the Wildcats told Lavik the Teachers were the better quint but that Lady Luck had favored the U.On Saturday 'Flagstaff outplayed,, outfought, and outsmarted the Uni- 1 vcrsity five and literaily walked awmy with the game. Lavik’s contingent I worked like a hornet’s nest—busy all I the time. Down Tucson way there are groups of college students who are still talking about the speedy and heady playing of Ike Zaner and Gove Allen. The little Hebrew played into the hearts of the spectators by his unerring ability to find the loop, and his passing. Coach McHale of the Wildcats, however, credits Gove Allen with being the best all-around player he has seen this year.Lavik used all of his men during the first game in an effort to outdo the jinx which had followed him into camp. Townsend, a new addition to the squad, got into the fray for a few (Continued on Page Three)
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The Pine
Flagstaff, Arizona, US
Tue, Feb 21, 1928
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