Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-12-15 | Page 8 | Basketball Battles at Granite Today

BASKETBALL BATTLES AT GRANITE TODAY Interest In basketball at Granite Is rapidly growing, and tho classes will all unite as ono crowd after tho last of the series, which will end Thursday. Two of the scheduled games have been played and the remaining four will be played during the first four days of this week. Tho Juniors lead the classes In percentage, per-centage, and have not lost any of their games, but will probably moot defeat before the close, as they arc handicapped by the loss of two of their star players. Mackey and Palmer. These two "men wero disqualified by playing against tho All Hallows In the game last Friday. The ruling of the classes la that any player having represented the school In. one or more games in basketball, cither this scaeon or last, would be Ineligible. Johnson John-son and ErlekhOn. were also disqualified. The ficshmen and aopbonioriw are tied for second place, and the seniors have lost both their games. Tho older class mon will have 01m more chance to redeem Uiomsolvos. and ir they fall they will remain at the bottom. Tho seniors and froshmen aro scheduled sched-uled for this Rfternoon and a lively gumo Is cxpiictnd. The hitler rivals of old tho sophomores and Juniors will also do battle. Hamilton and Ausherman will be the roferoc and Palmer will be the umpire. No wocd Iiks been rocolvcd from Gruntuvllle and tho gamo is likely to be called off, but Coach Ashton Is trvlng imnl to arrange It. Games with nflch-mond nflch-mond and Pocatello arc promised lit the near future If satisfactory terms can be arranged.