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Show B. U iy ilITO j1 QUIT. SAYSROBERTS Provo Mentor Encounters Another Staggering In-. In-. stallment of Hard Luck. Coao!i wone Ho'1 -rts of the I'. Y. L'. regards himself as the original hard-luck coach of tho year in tntercollecuue circles in this state, and If tho preset: t protest which is being lodged against the participation partici-pation of two Of Ms p!aers should further cripple !us basket ha 11 ojiunto! ;c. 01 !uu s would probably agree with him. Wh.en questioned over the telephone las-t mg!it oor.cerni:ij; the protest which the L'tah Ag-gics are nuikuu iUaiiv-i the plav-mg plav-mg of Simmons anl Kai'.o, Koheris explained ex-plained the dii'ficuUies under which his team has been placed tins se.ion l'v the entrance of the U. V. l into the Ko'kv ' Moimtain conference and the ohai,:'ng of likeiba'l provisions m this slate b the l' tah .e:cs. In the past the F. Y. F. ! a always played h'gh school men on Us te.ims. though this outom has been oN'e"ed to by at least two of the Utah 111U" ollotia to 1 institutions. Last soring, at the snvmg meeting of Ihe delegates from the inherent inher-ent colleges tn this slate, the H. . I', j was told ih.at it wou'd have two years In j which to give up the pla uv; of high school men on its teams and to ad ant j itself to the standard mamtaimM hv the j l'm ers.ty of F la h and the I tah Ag : 1-euUural 1-euUural college, aocormg. to Ko'u-fts. At j the reeem meoiing held m S.,it Lake. ' l.ow ever, a ft or lio'vrts had gone aiiea 1 and -developed a team eompgsed 01 both high sch.ool aiivi umwrs'.ty men. a. rule was av'.opted w hich force-.l lum to re- organ'.:-' his team and put a lineup into 1 the fie11, compose,! entueTy of men uf umvers.iy statu: mg. Th;s rchng de- ! S' roved any chance of the F. Y. F. putting put-ting a faj-t lea-n into t'e f'eld tins ear. and did much to kill interest In ba.-ket-balt iti Frovo. 1 Kai!o and Simmons, who enteiei 'hool at midyear and wetv phiyeu ,i.:.u:i tKc V. of l". reemtl. are p:vieuvl o t'u Ft.th Aggtes. s.ivs Koberts. on ihe gro'r.id ; t'.iai the Kooky Mountain oonterence i::l.s ' forbid the paying of a man who remained out of s -hool i"m semester until he has remained out of athletics for one whole ear. Koberts ts not sure whether there is anv has's for a p-vCest on thh gro-M,4 or not. but he savs that ;ie be:iees that the two men are eligible, aeeojvhu-: to the spirit of the conference rules. i;oth men have completed two full ears o;' college work atul Simmons N a senior this ear. te says they would have retu-neu to school last fa ;1 excert tor the fad that they thought they might he drafted, and for the further reason, on t' e part of Simmons, that he had a little trouble with h'? problem of the school on a mat'er in no way connected with athletics. Simmons Sim-mons tried to register. i.'onsoeiumtly, Koberts savs nei ther man could lw regarded re-garded as returning to school merely to play basketball. "if these men are ruled out. w-h! have to abandon basketal! fr the ear." Koberts ,Sviid. "The conmetnion agaiuM the Agc:es and I tah. w ou'd not n ake intercoilesiate comretition. It would he high school ball and would uoi attract anv interest." The B. Y. F. w!M nlay the R Y". C. to-ihi;ht to-ihi;ht in Logan and the Aggtes on Satui-day Satui-day night. Coach Koheris will take Kade and S:mmot'cs along with him in the hone that he will be allowetl to plav them. |