Show FAVOR FAVORITES IT E S IN I B BASKET RAGE RACE AR ARE E lOOMING LOOG Salt Lake Lake Division Battle Looks Close Pleasant Grove Favored in Al Alpine i ne B. B Y 1 C. C Has Edge in Cache I T HOUGH the state interscholastic scholastic basketball championship race is in its infancy in iii l every division but the Alpine and has just passed the tIle halfway post in that section favorites favorites favorites favor favor- ites are ulrea already y looming up HP strong and the have commenced their annual pastime of pi picking the teams which will compete In to the tIle state tournament for the coveted co bunting 0 in March Tho The usual quota of ot surprises have o already bobb bobbed d up to enliven n the spectacular spectacular spectacular spec spec- drive In which forty high school primed to the second aro are competing computing com com- and ono one and two point victories arc aro sharing harln space with lopsided wins But In Iii all ft rt can cnn safely be said that therace tho the thorace race Is as hot hol and as replete with hl high high- h- h grade basketball as any which has hoa mado made Utah famous for Cor Its brand of or hoop sport And the tho game in general both from the players players' an and the tho spectators spectators' spectators spectators' tors' tors standpoint is enjo enjoying tho post post- bellum revival which has lias marked theother tho the other branches of or sport Salt Snit J Close Clone No more evenly contested battle looms In all any section than the ono one In Salt Lake Lako division Thero There arc are four Cour sections sections sections sec sec- In tho the called no-called local division embracing embracing em- em bracing in all fifteen teams teama Section 1 Includes East and West Yest HI High h. h L. L D D. S. S and U preps The Tho Saints have havo given Leopard hopes a 0 severe setback b by winning winnIng winning win win- ning the tho opener but they t c- c chave have by b- b bno no means eliminated the thc from Crom tho the race as their win was waa by a narrow narrow narrow nar nar- row enough margin to 10 center conter Interest on their next meeting And neither Continued on page paC 28 8 I ORITES F IN BASKET i RACE ARE lOOMING Continued from rom page I 1 1 Sports has yet ct tangled with the Panthers who ho arc generally regarded as favorites In tn section Xo No 1 I. Tho The West SIdera Siders disposed of or tho the preps handily but the result was generally generally gen gen- expected The preps showed lack of ot condition and training an and are duo duoor for or another hard season L. L D. D S. S should give ghe tho the Panthers a a. battle and East High will offer Coach Christensen's I men a hard go this week The winner of section 1 must roust meet tho the winner of or I section 3 tho 3 tho Park Kamas-Park Mor City orI or- or gan gan I I e qu quartet to ante to t-to to determine I which shall go to the state jousts Kamas appears to have havo a a. cinch In section section see see- sec sec- tion 3 and will stand an even chance chanca with the tho local winners have Edge Edae BIngham and Jordan appear ar to hta ht have havea a slight aUght cd edge edgo e In the tho suburban or No Xo 2 section although Granite Is picked to win from both of ot them on her own floor loor From this distance BIngham I looks good to win tho the right to meet tho winner willner of or tho the Magna division or GrantS 1 section 4 t. for the privilege of or entering the state me meet t. t Magna is totally outclassed In section i 1 and appears to hay have an nn I edge on Tooele The winners of ot section 2 Z and section 4 will Ill often offer Just such an even battlo battle as ns tho wInners winner of sections I 1 and 3 In tho the Alpine division Pleasant Gro Grove has hns scratched through with a n lead at the wa way half mark and considering the fact that tho advantage ad ot of homo home games Sames lies with her hor from no now on on looks good to win over the stellar competition tion of American Fork ForIe Lehi L-ehl and Wasatch Wa Wa- n satch catch High In Nebo the fight Is obviously between be be- tween and B B. B Y r. U. U High both bothi first-class first Tho The former is favored ored sll slightly Whichever wins Ins should have havo little difficulty In disposIng In ing of ot the Carbon county In the tile Cacho Cache division B B. B Y C. C HI High h appears to havo hao the strongest quint b by a decisive decisivo margin Da Surprise Davis js contributed the real surprise of ot the first round b by defeating Weber 1 last years year's champs In tho the Weber gym m ner's Wa men must bo be taken seriously If Ie the they the can overcome Box Elder Elder and and the they have ah nh even chance chance I Davis ma may Do no seen In the state tournament Less lAss is known of oC the relative rell merits of or the fives es down Dixie wa way but ru rumor ru- ru mor mon borno borne out b by earl early performances has It that Jack Christensen's B B. B A. A C. C quint is ig built along alon the same lines of oC its predecessors and that their and basket shooting ability assure their appearance ap ap- ap- ap In the state event ent Is picked to como come from tho the Sanpete Se t section a close battle Is Inevitable Inc |