Show COLLEG S GETTING READY FOR OPENING i I BASKETBALL GAMES I rl TI T I ft Lif 3 ft f raa t p nr 1 in tt l r look The fhe first call of school will lOS rosy losy oi at pr no bring ninny of the old stars star back again ag au and the coaches have already been up their men Utah is a great basketball state an and el c every Id kid in in n it t wants to play basketball around tho the Christmas holidays s 's The Teachers Teachers' rs' rs association usually meets Christmas time and the coaches coache get together tog for their annual powwow vo but this tills will not happen this season because of the tho influenza a epi epidemic emic that has interfered with all nIl sports and also with the school work vork in general g No 1 school no sport port is the way that the coaches athletes feel Influenza has put tho the kinks lInks under the tho grand ol old football sport in Utah an and It Jt will take talco some somo hard work ork to bring back the tho interest In this college I activity next season Many Inn of or the bO boys 8 I Iwho who were put lut out of ot school b by thIs thin disease will not bo be back again until I next fall as they have ha good g positions and antl saro making inching hun hn while the sun I shines President James 1 g 13 Moss of ot i tho the Utah High School Athletic association asso 1 elation and Secretary C C. Oren Orn Wilson ilson i I have asked aske the tho different divisions to elect their representatives to tho the board I of ot control an and these those men will soon Boon be bo I called to together ether to discuss the future I policy of or athletics in the hl high h schools A team six-team tournament Is planned for Cor tho the high school stars this season in place of ot the tho team four affair that thal has been staged In the past This will wilt I I bring teams from tho the northern Salt I Lake Alpine Nebo Sevier Se and southern sections to fight for tor the tho state honors around tho the middle of ot March I when the season Is booked to close In Ia Ithe j I the past the winner of ot tho the Alpine dl- dl i vision has had hall to play tho the winner o of the tho Nebo ebo for lor the title of ot Utah county I and this winner was wal then forced to I pIa play tho thu winner of or the tho Sanpete Seyler I division for fOI the title This has s worked a n hardship on tho the Utah count county schools j I jand Ian an and b by making a team six tournament I Utah county count will 1 hl be represented by two teams For this reason the tournament tournament tour tour- should be bo a big success as asboth asboth both huth of ot these teams will be well backed and will put PUl up a bl big fight for lor tho the I cham championship pi 0 fl ShIp OUr Will Ul Hid The Tho Utah Agricultural college o has I held the tho tournament at Logan during tho last lost two years ears and the 1110 boys bos have hae had hail a great time Tho Thu A Aggie gle gymnasium I slum floor has hns been a neutral ono one for tor formost formost most of the teams and the officials at Logan have always made It a bl big success success suc suc- ce cess but tho the University of ot Utah and the tho Brigham unU university orally will put In their bids for tho the bl big affair this thin season Other Either of or those these will willbe willbe willbe be more centrally located than Logan Log as tho the two Utah county and salt alt Lake winners will vill be right on the thc ground with the northern winner a a. little ways wayll up the line lInc The Tho hea heavy of ot all tho tournaments to has been beca In bringing the tho winner of or the tho southern and San San- pete SeYler divisions to the tho tournament tournament ment but this cannot be remedied Tho Branch A A. A C C. ha has always made matle a strong bid for honors in the southern district district dis dis- and has brought home the tho bacon to the Cedar Cellar CIt City fans on two occa occa- on Coach Jack Christensen Christonsen is back at the old oM place again and is prepared to bring brine up Ip some somo more winners in March The candidates for the tho basketball basketball basket basket- ball teams at the different high schools are not known an and the coaches themselves them them- solves selves do not really know juSt Juat what men will return to school Secretary Wilson stated yesterday that the six team circuit w s a asure asure asuro sure suro thing and that tho the hl high h school league have o moro more life lite added to It b by this deal lIe He Is extremely anxious anxious anxious ous t tb to hear from tho this coaches conches a as soon as school starts so that the association lion tion can make mako pr preparations to take care of or all of ot the tho games gaines He lie has lint understood understood under under- stood that school will start after New Years and tho hoop season Reason will be on In full tulI blast t again Tho rho flu bug bug- has killed football tooth but It will have havo to be bemore bemore bemore more dangerous rous than ever before to do doa a away wa with the basketball bug which hns has taken a firm grip on almost cyer every student in Utah Tho coaches or of the high schools hanot ha have not been letting tho the moss grow under their feet either cither and man many of or them thorn themI h have havo I been boen after their men since school closed so O that they the would be he right hl on tho the Job jOh to start up their work In the tho gymnasium Students must have hl activity act It 1 as all well vell as school work and they also ulso must have their pleasure nn and for tor this reason tho the season Beason should be bo better better better bet bet- ter than over Iwer nn and the coaches all ex expect expect ex- ex to have plenty of or athletic material for the tho big scrap In 1919 |