great deal of trouble annexing the
trophy, and the Dragons" pitted
against the Portis five.

The game ‘started off with both
teams missing set-up after set-up
—the ball simply refusing to ring
up a counter. Portis, however,
finally succeeded scoring a couple
of points and it looked very much
as though the first quarter would
end with our lads trailing, but Hall
suddenly broke through and tied
the game up, the quarter ending
2 and 2. At the half the Dragons
had pulled out in front, leading 15)
to 7. During the third quarter
Downs. added ten more _points,!
while Portis rolled up 8, leaving the
score 25 to 15. ‘During the last
period, the best Portis could do
was to add five more counters to
their seore, while the Dragons,
feeling that they had the game in
the bag, were content to boost their |!
total by eight points, leaving the|-
final score 33 to 20—and the Drag-;1
ons winners of the district meet.

In passing, we might mention
that of all. the teams played, not
only during this tournament but
during the entire season, the Por-
tis five gave us more things to
worry about than any other team.
They play a hard, but clean, game
and if you don’t think that they
know why they are out there on the
floor, you’ve another guess coming.
They show the earmarks of having
teen coached under a master hand,
and their coach, Carl Smith, is just-
ly entitled to due credit for the
splendid work which he has done
with them.

During the three games engaged
in by the Dragons, they rolled up
a total of 112 points to their op-
ponents’ 60. Of these points scor-
ed by the Dragons, Hall was_ac-
countable..for..60, giving him an
average of 20 points per game.
‘Dillon was second high point man