Show I SALT LAKE MAY AY lOSE ST STATE A iE BASKETBALL 1 EMi 10 BE HELD IILO EARLY EALY IN N MARC I r Lack of Patron Patronage ge May Cau Control Board to Name Southern Town f 1 j The rhe board of at control of ot the St Sta High School Basketball association n In mi afternoon h la In the Desert Deser g gymnasium Those present L.- L. P Peterson ter on Coach Conch Fred red Bennion Js Jam Moss moss David Jurley B. B a aCarl Carl Hopkins The TIme hh high h school ba tournament wll wili DO lie held huld March t 6 tit 7 a. a ai 1 8 but the tite place of ot tho the tournament v iv left loft to bo be settled by 1 L. L H. H Peterson an James Moss men were full power to hol hold the tournament i ithe lj tho the place where ro It could be mado mado-I pay th expenses of ot bringing In Iii tl tb teams The names of oC Holmsted Gunn Thurman O. O and Weight wore were placed before Peterson Peterson Peter son and Moss Mois for tor consideration an and two of or those men will bo be s selected t officiate at lit the tournament It Vi w walso also ot voted d that any man wl who o h h completed a 3 regular r-gular four four- year four ear cours at any army of ot the tho high schools should b barred from interscholastic athletics I Ithe ithe the state It Il Is possible that th the state mont will wUl not be held In Salt Lake th thU year eor as tho the association ha has haM not cleare cleare expenses In the thu past and Peterson R an Mo Moss MOBs ma may select somo sorno other town f ft the tournament Peterson stated th thIt thit thil It would probably be held In Salt Laki Lak but somo some of ot the tho towns in tho the souther Boutho division aro are bidding for tho the mont Basketball Is popular in th thi southern towns town and aDd it is thou thought ht t I Ik tl k 0 u i ono lJ U. U C. C making malting a little ittIe out o of the if It It were held there Never before In the history of sport In Utah have the teams been bt been evenly matched as the they are this thill it son 4 Tho Ti-mo northern division lon Weber academy Ogden High echo o Richmond High HISh school and the Do Bo Boi Elder Eider High school started off oft fast fait las lalI last lal I week weak and from the tho two games whit I have been played Weber academy a ai aj i pears to be the sure winners in tb division The Weber boys have e the thel last years year's team in tho the field and hay won b by large scores cores from the Brig City High school and tho the Ogden Rig Hla school teams Look Looke Like Welter Weber Brigham City defeated tho Richmond to team am which won from tho the Ogden Rig HiS school Tho The Weber boys have a clea record and with the B. B Y Y C. C out of th thi northern division should bo be the winner winne this year ear The B B. Y C. C team which Inow J I Ii now playing in the tho In series won from tram Weber last year b ba bj a a. fow ow points and also won the stat title in the tournament Brigham City has been showing u uj strong in the northern division and willbe win will be the hardest opponents for th thi Weber bOY boys boye The Ogden High school took up tip bas this year for tor the first time This is also the first year ear for tim th the I Richmond school and tho the boys hay have shown up exceptionally strong consid conald fJ ering this r C Probably the hardest opponent the I Weber academy will have It if they win the lie championship of ot the northern division di- di di 11 vision Is tho the fast tast L. L D D. D S S. S U U. five j which thich haw has been een picked by the writer tOi to- tor 1 win the championship of at the Salt Lake t division Tho The Saints have havo to the Salt Lake High school and the Granite High school in this and the latter teams tennis are ure too small to to stand up against age tho largo large L. L D. D S. S U. U U.- U. players The Saints are arc strong enough for an arm intercollegiate team and have a victory over the fast tast Aggie squad no so far this season Only one game h has S been played In this division however and the Salt Lake High school was defeated by tho Granite High school in iii this contest Granite i Is working well and Coach Ashton ha has developed a go good 1 machine with his farmer ladet The boys bos are strong on their own floor Joor and will stand a good chance of ot trimmIng trim trim- mIng tho limo fast Saints there l Salt Lakers r Small The Salt Lake High school men art are by far tar the tho smallest of ot the division lon They are full of at fight and the game between th the tho Saints and the Red and I Black mack athletes always alwa's resembles a a. football contest in place of ot a. a basketball basket basket- ball game These teams team will meet n-meet next Wednesday afternoon In the Red and 1 Black gymnasium and the game should be fast and furious Tho The interest In basketball In Utah county is very vory keen and tho the teams are arc strong The players put up h hard game games games' gameson on their own floors and it is usually the home borne team that wins the contest as a. 4 the tho players aro are better acquainted with tho the nooks and corners earners of ot their slum L Lehi hl han has boon been defeated but one once this season and still retains first place pIao while Spanish h Fork Is fighting neighbors neigh bors hard for tor the honor The latter latte won the game against the fast Lehl Leht team Friday night American Fork Payson and Pleasant Grove aro no so evenly matched that it would be a hard matter matter mat mat- ter to choose the team that will win out of at this quartet They are all strong and will bear watching by th tb leaders in the future Strong StrOD In South The central division teams have been beaT playing some close Iose contests and Mount Pleasant Pleasont seem to have the thi the edge on the Snow academy and ManU Mant teams but the latter is 18 improving with each contest and should be going wen well In a few tew weeks The Richfield tossed have o not lost a game ame ame up to date an and havo have been picked b oy some soma of the tho south ern em critics as os the champions of ot that thai r division They won von that honor last I season eason and wore were represented In the 1 state basketball tournament Richfield made a good showing against the other 2 teams In the tournament and the boy boys are reported to to be much stronger this year The southern division Is la also playing play playing play play- ing some fast last basketball and nd it looks look 4 like High will win be the winners again in tho the division Hinkley played basket basketball all for tor tho the first time last year and won the championship of ot Its Ita division The boys were large and arid willing workers Coach Ourley was In town yesterday morning and stated that the boys were playing much better this ti-mis year but also that the tho Murdock academy team was running running running run run- ning his team close for tho the honors The branch normal men are arc also ing some Bome good t basketball but owing to the grat distance between th the towns only a n. few tew games can be played during the season leason as the trips havo have tobe to tobe tobe be made by stage in a great man many cases |