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Show CCC Camp Men In Utah Form Basket League Officers of Provo Camp Initiate Initi-ate Four-Division Hoop Circuit. Basketball teams of the C C C camps in Utah swung into action last week in the first round of a comprehensive league organized through the efforts of Lt. M. H. Smith, welfare officer, Ronald Dyches, forestry foreman, and Val D. Hicks, senior foreman, of C C C No. 958, Provo. Defeating Jericho camp's team 55 to 36 last Saturday, the Provo Pro-vo camp quint took the lead in Division No. 2, although Antelope Ante-lope Springs, which won from Kanosh by forfeit, is not yet defeated. The league is divided into four divisions because of the distance between camps. One camp in each division was delegated to sponsor the play in that division, the responsibility being delegated to 1 welfare officers in the following camps: Division 1, Woods Cross camp ; Division 2, Rock Canyon f Provo) camp; Division 3 'a, Ferron camp; . Division 3 b, Indian Creek (Monticello) camp; Division 4, Springdale camp at Zion park. Wide distances between camps in Division 3 made it necessary neces-sary for splitting the group into two sub-divisions. Special rules have been added to the regulations as set forth in 1935-36 book of rules for basketball basket-ball play. These special rules are: play is limited to ten-minute quarters; only enrollees of the CCC camp may participate; division divi-sion schedules must be completed on or before March 14. The league championship will be played March 20 and 21, details of this to be completed later. The divisions are made up of the following teams: Division 1 Cottonwood, Headquarters Head-quarters detachment, Farmington Bay, Woods Cross, Brigham and Manila. Division 2 Pleasant Grove, Rock Canyon, Jericho, Kanosh, Milford, Antelope Springs. Eii vision 3 Vernal, Price, Castle Dale and Ferron. Division 3b Dalton Wells, Indian Creek, Blanding. . Division 4 Gunlock, Cedar City, Zion, Springdale, Escalante and Herieville. The 'district welfare officer at Fort Douglas is considering making some type of award. |