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Show 8 HOOPERS ACTIVE IN UTAH COUNTY Another State Title Hope of Fans; Teams Begin Practice. pp,v to th Tribune. tiBRl r.-HaiklbM now hold ! the conter of hit err M In the Alpine vchool district and a? usual the l'iah county gtMttSsl w ho failed lo rHJOlll to tho lure e1 the prMtrM rt In early pes sou farm. At aratMl tha spotlight Is focused on America" Fork and rieusant Grve high so! o where prcilco has betn gving a since tha beginning of the school I yaar. With these two tchoolb and Wafat.'h Mgh aCDOOl at Heber competing for the 5m track In the central division bs-tbll bs-tbll race, the other member of the quartet, Lehl high, finds i:e)f n ithout a place to practice. Inability of the school authorities to hae the proposed !w high tohool gymnasium completed or ihls seation torce the local ho.'p at ttt to caak permission of (he owners of the Smum dancing academy to hold their practlcea. The owners are reluc tant to make of their fine ballroom a gymnasium snd so negotiations are pen. I a lag- I" tha meantime. nvent-fie hut-kv oaadidates. tha blgfaat aquad In the hla- ;er' of'th high tonool, arr uwalting lm-agtWnUy lm-agtWnUy for tne neceaasy-.v ieimlsjton to Dehj lnamvenient. The delay here ia deplored because of the fact that all the other schools of the distr:ct have a thr-month lead on the locals, obtained while Coach Thomas's men were chaalng the p'gskin. Pleasant Grove and American Fork Initiate tha saon with games on Thursday evening, while other schools are checking In the Tneleaains. Tha Purple and White squad M , r:set ih's handicap by an pverwhelmlngty targe squad of candi -gates. "Thirty men out for basketball" :s the slogan adopted by tbe SohHq let chie. a high school athletic society that dees moat of tha boost 'ng for a ports at ve Vocal school. Twwnty-flve men hae .-ady signified their Inte - turn- lag out for the team. Pour f laat year team are eligible to parucip:e this fbal If permisaten can b obtained to play n the Smjln ball the locals will hava tne of the finest playing; floors in L'tah. v t room is well lighted, as a perfect i. teer and the celling is sufficiently liigh. The sea'.irg capacity ia ample, as proved by the fact that a total of 4891 fans witnessed wit-nessed a league game here he: ween I,ehl ltd Amerkrau Fork three years agv This ,f said to have ben the largest , Hat over saw a ba&koibai; gume in this -.AL. Seek State Title. Fans here are looking for the state ; on ship to cocoa to Utah county tkia year. This vicinity. It Is shown by i the records, baa won the lion's share of j taa honor trophies since It became customary cus-tomary to bold state lourneya. The material- available in the high schools of Utah county ta far above par and soma : keea competition is expected. In the Alpine district. American Fork I seems to be the favorite. Coach H . . stead has four members of his fast team tf hat year In uniform and also has a core of likely greenlings to fill In. Feasant Grove Is strong this season, aith three veteran players. Lehl has f ttsr. bat her late start may prove dka-ajtreus. dka-ajtreus. In the Nebo district. Spring we appears to be the favorite, with ar still eligible of the tea::: tha. lour- , arred to the state tournament las, year. ! Baas and Spar.iah Fork promise their aignbors some lough battles. Is ten years. Payson. Spanish Fork, --. r -.--.i J-ove and Lehl Jar won state titles. Lehl turned the : |