Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-02-01 | Page 46 | Pleasant Grove Coach Gives View

I I i PLEASANT GROVE J I COACH GIVES VIEW TIE l Pleasant Gro Grove Utah Jan 29 29 1920 Sporting Sporting- Editor Salt SaIl L LAke Herald 1 Salt Lake City Utah Ulah Dear sir sll In lu today's toas January January- 27 1 issue is- is I sue Hue of or tho the Herald I find an n article in to inho Oho Sho ho sporting news concerning a con- con between schools of oC the Alpine Al Al- pine division dl over o a a. basketball game between Lehl anti and Pleasant Pleasant- Grove at rohl Lehl January J 23 J Somo of oC the tho statements state state- ments ment ar are arc evidently evidently- intended to put pul Pleasant Grove Gro in a bad light JI ht with tho the basketball HUH fans of or th the state stale For example It was stated slated that ono one of or tho thin referees was a a. brother of or one olle of the lh th forwards on up Ul the Jie Phu allt Grove o team This It Is not the thc Cat case e He Is in n no Wa way related to I any member of tine the team nor with tho Pleasant Grove school but Is Isa isa 18 a member b of C. C tJ the c P B B. Y V. Y c college l ge l has bas I al-I suna and anu as such fully competent competent com com- to ju Judge s-e s the features of the game same Again let me line state that th tilt lu Ing g arrangement was suggested by Lehl Lehi and accepted b by Pleasant Grove Grovo Regarding the score both hoth official scores l kept tJ by a Lehl Lehi L hi man and a Pleasant Grove Gro man respectively checked as to the result 21 result 23 21 I In Pleasant Groves Gro favor Need I remind you ou that tho the official scores are arc the only having ha an any bearing on the I results Since tho the article to which I 1 re referred referred re- re headed Lehl Lehi Jan 26 G states that lh t as ns faras far lr as as the tho local school is concerned concerned concerned con con- the game U tJ history I take it that the Lehl school Is not the Uio party entering the protest If Ie American Fork protests the tho e game the most obvious motive Is IB that by by- forfeiting that game Pleasant Grove Grope would drop back to a tie tic In percentage percent percent- age with American Fork for Cot first place In tho the division schedule At Atan an any rate since Mince the tho game jame Js Is s history to the two teams teams teams' directly concern concerned d wo we will leave the tho pr protests of or any other schools entirely up to the proper authorities authorities authorities au au- au- au and trust them to make maleo a fair lair decision I I Yer Very trul truly yours ours SUM SUMNER SUMMER ER HA HATCH Coach Pleasant Grove High School