Show iu U I QUINTET Pl PLAYS fIR FIRST T G ME TO OAr t Players in Good Shape for J Bat Battle e With Nor North l Carolina Five Team Is Backed r. Strongly Parade Billed A I ATLANTA Ga March arch 9 T The e University of or Utah hoop fi five e meets the Charlotte N. N C. C H Y V Y in m the first round of the thc national basketball basket basket- hail ball tourney here at 5 o 0 clock o'clock Wednes 1 Wednesday day ay The winner of this game will hook hook- up with the winner of the thc i Rutgers Colleg University College r of Georgia battle in the second round on Thurs Thurs- da day All available data and observation Indicate that tho Kansas City Athletic club tho the Los Angeles L Athletic club ro i me tilO anu Atlanta iania At v vI I aro am among ng- ng the strongest New ew j j. Yo York Tori l university is also represented by byI i I a a. formidable ablo aggregation ass Utah ha has a largo large following and nd Is being bac backed ed as a n championship h p cont coni con- con t i tender Southern hospitality reigns here hero and andI andt andall I t all tho the visitors are having ha a no good bood time lime I but are letting nothing interfere with j t their training Tom Thorpe of oC New cw York and Dave Daye I I Lango of or Chicago are ae the officials Sixteen teams from all over o the United States arc entered Eight will willbe willbe be he eliminated tomorrow and four the next day dar Two g games on Friday and 1 two on Saturday will determine the 1 I winners A lingo bilge crowd i 19 anticipated Preparations Preparations have haYe been made for fora a big parade I In the morning In which all sixteen teams will participate I The Crimson is out ut to win The Tho team Is stopping at the Hotel Ansle Ansley J Atlanta Ga March darch S. S Fast S. Fast work In practice games today by the sixteen basketball teams here for the national A A. A U. U champl championship tournament m nt InI In- In I L that tho the event evit would be hard hardI i f I fought and t to l v of ot tho the indoor game Games will be placed afternoon and night beginning tomorrow All en entries entries entries en- en tries will pa play either cither W or Wednesday night tho the Los Angeles Athletic club present titleholders meeting meeting- the Louisville five fl on the first da day All An sections o of the c country cO are aro represented v I S Hartford Conn Conn onn March larch 9 Jacl i. Jack Britton welterweight champion won wona a newspaper decision from Crom Dave or of this cit city In a ten round bout ton to- to n hh L |