Show I T TIG IG H ND SA SAUTS INT S. S ll N DIVISIONAL BATTLE FRIDAY guJ Leopards Are Expected to tove to- to Give ve L L. L L D. S. S a Hard Lame Game East High Can Tie Gold and Blue by Winning Contest Teams Evenly Matched S By Paul Caffey THE I nii L. L D. D S. S and the East High will line up tomorrow night JL I in one of the crucial battles of the season as the thc Salt SaIt Lake division title is at stake Both teams have haye shown great ability up to the tile present time and it is expected e that one of the best games of the year will be played The contest is scheduled to toI I at S o'clock In the Deseret gym gym- The Leopards received a great deal of ot confidence in their last game with Ith the West High due to the manner In which the combinations worked The I clearly outplayed their traditional I rivals s in this contest and I Ie Int It if Fra they nf improve as nC this week as t they did I last it is certain m that I l tho e Saints nt will have a plenty ei of F t trouble trou trou- ble The Red Tied and Black players amazed many of the fans s with their b tf brilliant t basket s shooting while their passing and all around team work was waR greatly Improved The Jj 14 I 1 D. D S. S on th the other hand looked just the opposite to the Leopards Leopards Leo Leo- and seemed as sa though its team teamwork teamwork I work and general all around play was slowing up There may have been teen a I reason for tor that because Pearse the big guard was unable to play due to toa toa a a. recent Illness which lie was re recovering recovering re- re covering from The Saints failed tailed to display the brand of ot ball that hey were capable of on account of his absence ab ab- ab sence senco and one thing certain is that they will ivill have to improve If it they Intend to come out on top with the SAINT MENTOR FEARS The Saints have been taking things Irr iii practise this week for tor several reasons In the first place the L L. D. D S. S w was s the first school in the to take up basketball and this came about because football was over at atan atan atan an early date for tor the church school The strain seems to be wearing some of ot the men down and Coach Peterson believes v that the teat rest will l give v. v the themen themen men the he dash and ana speed tt they had bad d dh early in the year e The misfortune e of h having p Pearse on the sick list is I Indeed in indeed In- In deed a great blow to the Gold God and Blue It If he i Is forced out of ot the fray tray tomorrow tomorrow- during the early stages of ot the game his absence will wUl be keenly felt Peterson also Is not In the best of ot condition and if It the Gold God a and d Blue mentor Is forced to take him from the game because becaMe of ot his weakened weakened weakened weak weak- ened physical condition the Saints Saint's scoring ability will De be greatly dimin dimin- East High school will wUl present its strongest combination although Bill Dern will not be able to get into a uniform The bi big pivot man turned his ankle the first of the week and an has been forced c t to give up his ac activity activity ac- ac rl on i the tho floor 81 since then The g rest of ot th the squad is ie intact and will willbe willbe be In the best of ot condition to battle the Santa Ae thoU the first of ot the year the Saints learly outclassed the tho Leopards in a sided one contest the score being 36 to 20 The Gold God and Blue Bue players were vastly superior to the but since that time Coach Simmons has baa rounded a fast quintet together which is III certain to make mak the Saints step p. p The combination of ot Berry and Jonas Tonas at forward spelled defeat to both the West Vest est High and Granite These Thue two diminutive stars have been playing I a great game all aU season both bet being accurate basket shooters an and f their floor work is not equalled by an any pair of ot men in the division The weakest part t of the e Red e ft nn Bli k 1 Black combination 8 t to be at center and the Saints are unusually strong In this department With Christensen jumping at at center the Gold Cold and Blue quintet has baa a decided advantage antage over the Christensen Christensen Chris Chris- scored twenty field goals in tn two James games and is tall and rangy and has been able to get the jomp ooh o over or r most of his opponents en Kirkham looked o oat moth moch oh better e last week e than mh he has at any time during the year and It is hoped that he will show an added Improvement improvement im Im- isn- isn provement this week fek Peterson and Foote have been pa playing play play- ing lug great ball baIl but the latter has haa not yet et displayed fd the form torm he did last ast year In 1923 Foote was one of the cleverest floor men seen here but lie Is has failed tailed to hit his stride Peterson is going along fine tine his hs basket shooting shoot shoot- ing being as good as any forward Inthe in inthe inthe the division It is probable that Young Toung and Pearse will carry the bulk of ot the work on the guard lines for lor the Saints With this combination on th the guard line the 1 L. L D. D S. S backers hacker feel confident that the scoring aces ot of East High will wUl be held to a a. reasonable number of ot counters Beckwith and Lewis will do the defensive work for tor forthe forthe the Leopards and if It their performance tomorrow night is what it has been en In Inthe Inthe Inthe the past it is quite certain that Saints will have to have bave an unusual eye ee to cage baskets The probable lineup East High L. L D. D S. S Berry rf rt Foote Foot Tonal Jonas if It Peterson c c. c Christensen Lewis rg Beckwith lg Ig g Young Toung BOSTON r Feb 7 Catcher l Catcher of ot the th Boston Doton American lu league ue club has hu signed his hili contract for this season Manager Manager Man Man- ager oger Lee Lee- Fohl of the Red Sox Sex who came here for tor the American league meeting returned to te Cleveland yeater- yeater day In n company with President Barnard Darnard of If th the CI Cleveland v lan 1 club |