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Show liiEisyrar L 0. S. UJIIETTE Gold and Blue Shows Strength; to Play Apollo Five Tonight. In the first local high school basketball basket-ball garno of the season, tho L. D. S. L'. imlntct m bud an easy time In winning from tho Mantl live last night In the Deseret gymnasium, 31 to li!. A fair-sized fair-sized crowd of student h attended the pine, but not as Large an the average Tor tho L. D. 8. U. Tuiiight Coach Austin Miller will lake his huup ;u 1 lorn to American b'oi k to play i iiu Apollo leu in. Tlio ame w. 11 be played on the Apollo Ilooi , which is cm: ol the best mid smootlieHt dance hails In the. state. The Apollo team la composed com-posed of former li. V. 1'. stars and other- who um now attending tho college col-lege and univerMUcH of the biaie, and &U far have, had an easy tune disposing u! their opponents. Next Saturday 11 IK ht J-. l. S. L'. will piny a return k.i me with tho Mantl teum at Maull. The many pieHcason yames lor the bdd and Jilue wiil be of much value to the new players, and when the. season starts the tit-w players will lave had Mjiue experience, which Is one of the iiiurii important jactuiti of the gurne. First Half Easy. Smith, at cmter, and Captain Williams are tho only two old regulars on tho Miuad, but Taylor, who won Ids letter la fit em h.s h Hiibsiiiute, played like a eieian List nlj-'hl and appears to have lo-t uj the uneiisiiiesa wUlcii was one of his handlcai a iaJt year. Tlio L. D. a. C- pluyera played hard Lust nig lit, but it did not take much effort ef-fort in the tlrst half to run up th-: score. Thy visitors did tome clever pasMiig, but on Keveinl of the easiest poi-su.ie chances mis.-ed the basnet, tit-ml Laid basket s uy tho L. Jj. S. U. vets team red tins period, while on the -shooting from the foul line Cierm Mill til snol our haskets out of jh tries. Mel calf scored the tui.e neld racket for Mantl. The Held baskets lor the Gold and 1-ilue were made by lb. are i) TavJur -h Smith 3), Know Hon (1 ), Williams (3). The score at the end of the Jir.it period was 1'4 to . In the second half Coaeh Miller hh.ned Captain H lihamt from a guard to forward for-ward and tool: Hoaie out of the game. Lean and Pratt played the guards In the second half, i'or Mar.ti no changes were made. Mantl bad more spirit in the second p.-rlod and played a much faster e'inie, ard succeed'-cl In souring four held baskets bas-kets a nd two from the foul line, nut Williams and Smit h attain s'arred at shooting baskets, although W'llhams only made one har-ket from tne toui line out of three attempts. New Players Strong. L. D. S. U. students may feel proud of tlicdr bafketcci-y, and, although the outLok is not as promising as in past tM-H-m?, th Gold and Pine must be retarded re-tarded ai contenders for the division championship. T.iti new players. Dean, Hoare, Knowl-ton Knowl-ton and Prait, did as mucn and moie than was expected, and with a few more Barnes should be able to hold their own with anv pia vers In the local divis.on. Can tain Williams. Taylor and Smith 1 laved well and are certain of their pillions. pil-lions. , , The. chnnre from guard to forward 01 Captain Wilhan.s appeared to woik well last maht. and It is pi obabie that ne will plav forward in several of the games before the era son ! tarts, !n order to de-lemine de-lemine in winch position be is more useful to the team. Por Man'i. Cbristensen, at center, was the star and did some high lumping, but the f-tfllar shot of the game w;s made by Vorhies. The basket was a long une, being made from past the center of the Uoor. . Th- officiating was not close ard placers plac-ers on both sides took advantage of the loose work. Lineups and Summary. The lineup and summary: L D tt L" Mantl. Hoare.'...'....1 If Pjeldsted Tavlor rf Metcalf Smith c Christensen Knowlton IS Vorh.cs Wihhims rg Jensen Kieid baskets Hoarc 1, Taylor 5, Smith 6. Knowiton 1, Williams 5. Dean 1, Metcalf 2, Christcnscn 2. Vorhies 1. Free throws Smith, 4 out ol 5 tries; Williams. 1 out of 3 tries; Christensen, 2 out of 6 tries. Substitutions: L, D. S. U. Williams for Hoire; Pratt for Williams; Dean for Knowlton. |