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Show have lost but two or throe contests in Hint Kyinnasimn in the history uf the lump spurt. For (he interest of athletic sports jin well as for the welfare of Ihoii-i Ihoii-i sands of IJriih; in Young university I students, an effort should he put jforlh to hnild tlie f:ist growing it 1 1 i -I versity a new gymnasium. The ! present room which is in the third story of the training school building is entirely inadequate to meet ;iny of the needs of the depa rt nirnt of physical education of the l'rovo institution. in-stitution. G G hrgin playing in t In- small gynma-siinn gynma-siinn of the l'rovo school and their complaints are justified. Visiting teams, however, have one advantage dVor the 1 ie team in the small- ness of (lie "V" floor. They are less tired at the end of the contests con-tests than the Jl. Y. U. players, because be-cause they have accustomed themselves them-selves to larger playing space. They also find it easier to make long shots for the baskets. After practicing all season on the small floor at the church school the Jt. Y. V. men find themselves lost when they engage in competition on a full-sized court. They also wear themselves out traveling up and down the larger phiying space and usually finish the game in poor form. This has been shown of late years in both the Desercl gymnasium gymna-sium of .Salt Lake City ami the Smart gymnasium of Logan. In the gymnasium of the University of I'tah, on (he other hand, the li. Y. U. basketball teams have always I had the best of luck. The Cougars UNIVERSITY IS IN NEED OF NEW GYMMLDING liy E. L. KOliKRTS. Will some good alumnus kindly give the Brigliain Young university a gymnasium or will some group of loyal supporters provide the institution institu-tion with a hall sufficiently large so that hnskolball competition and other indoor sports may be carried on in true Kooky Mountain confer-once confer-once style? If there ever was n school in need of n gymnasium it is the Brighnm Young university. During the recent basketball games between the University of I'tah and tho Brighuin Young university, uni-versity, held in the small "Y'' gymnasium, gym-nasium, more people were turned away than were permitted to take seats on the sidelines and both the Competing tennis were hnndieupied and crumped on account of the small floor. If there had been seating seat-ing capacity a thousand more fans would have witnessed the two-game j classic, since the entire county was intensely interested in the outcome of the contests. ! Visiting teams always complain of a "smothered" feeling when they |