| Show ITAH ITA AGGIE IE BASKETBALL SERIES RIES TO TOuBE BE PLAYED AT DESERET T GY GYM GAMES TRANSFERRED FROM LOGAN TO SALT LAKE DUE TO MENINGITIS MENINGITIS- OUTBREAK I Coach Romney Names Four Men for Starting Lineup Utes Ready for Play By Ted Cannon The local r Deser t gymnasium willbe will willbe willbe r be the scene of the opening skit of the western division of the Rocky Mountain l conference basketball schedule ule Friday evening when the theU U U. of U. U and Utah Aggie I clash In the first number of their two-game two series at 8 Telephone wires between here liere and Logan were kept hot all Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- morning as arrangements for the shifting of the contests were being completed The gaines were originally slated for Tor Logan but it was decided to hold them here after hurried conferences were held be between between between be- be tween coaches physicians high school officials and the Deseret gym management NO CASES AT COLLEGE Dr Booker Preston of the Utah USh Agricultural college stated this morning that there were no cases of meningitis at th the college and that health conditions there had never been better However the entire city of Logan with the exception ton of the college Is js under strict quarantine quarantine quarantine tine so so tar ar as public meetings or amusements is concerned and the public schools have been een closed down for some time Dr E. E L. L Hansen Bansen Logan city physician suggested suggested sug sug- ested that the games be pla played ed in Salt Lake if it possible only as a precautionary precautionary precautionary pre pre- cautionary movement declaring that the Logan situation was wai not alarming and that most of the known cases were among young roun school children If the games were to have been played at t Logan it would have been necessary to stage them behind closed doors which Is entirely impractical im Im- im- im practical as there would be no sto from such a situation It was at first suggested that they be beheld beheld beheld held at Ogden but here again the question of revenue vetoed the idea Officials of the East and West Vest high schools which had the Deseret gym gm engaged for Friday evening c consented consented consented con con- to their game being played Thursday while the Commercial league agreed to postpone Thursday nights night's play for another V week ek COACHES OPPOSED TO POSTPONEMENT EM ENT There are eight scattered cases of m meningitis reported in Logan the most recent being discovered only Sunday and Monday of this week Inasmuch as the disease is 70 per pcr percent percent cent fatal and those who do recover are permanently affected every possible precaution is being taken to check the disease Coach E. E L. L Romney of U. U A. A Cand C C. and Coaches Ike Armstrong Armstron and Vadal Peterson of the U. U of of or U. U were loath to have haYe the games postponed postponed postponed post post- indefinitely The Aggie are slated to meet Montana State conference conference conference con con- ference champions of 1927 1327 next week and they have not yet had a 3 single practice game The Crimson coaches are anxious to meet the as soon as possible as they realize that the are handicapped handicapped handicapped handi handi- capped by a late start in basketball and will be much snuck easier casier now th than n ni i later SCENE OF ACTIVITY The U. U of U. U gym has been the tile scene of furious urious activity during during during dur dur- ing the p past st week as Coaches Ike Armstrong and Peterson have havo been I the squad ceaselessly in an effort to get a working smooth-working machine machine machine ma ma- chine organized and primed for the Aggie series this week It Is just about decided who will fIl comprise the Crimson starting quint but the boys are arc small and aDd Inexperienced 1 and they need plenty plent of seasoning before they can classify classify classify classi classi- fy as a first rate ollege tion Pete Couch and Jerry Smith are generally conceded the forward for berths on the starting lineup With Lou Neeley at center and Hap lIaP Lybbert Lybbert bert and George Watkins at guard Ray nay Price is going good at center and will probably replace Neeley for part of the time during both of the opening contests YOUNG IN INCO CO COMPARISON M PA R I S 0 N. N This quintet looks woefully young Joun when compared with Dick Romneys Romney's probable Aggie Aggio starters but it is thought that the long practice season season sea sea- son and the playing excursion into V Wyoming oming and nd Colorado will wilt give gl tho the Utes a 3 good chance against the veteran veteran vet yet eran who have not yet ct played a practice contest of an any kind C Coach Romney expects to start Red lied Wado Vado and Ad Martindale as guards Captain Glen Worthington as center and Cantril Neilson Nellson as one forward Carl Davis Henri Henrie o and Tate a a. freshman aro going great at forward and as ns yet et Romney has not decided just who will vill start With the exception of Tate all of or orthe the Aggie bo boys s 's are arc veterans most of them of two or three years years' cx- cx while on the tho Ute Uto lineup Pete ete Couch Is Js the only man man n able bie io to boast o of ever having ing played a regular regular reg- reg ular ilar varsity position Lou Neeley has las been a substitute center for three years ears Neeley looks better this his year Jear than ever before according accord accord- ins ing ng to Vadal Peterson and 1 if he can cnn canet get et over his tendency for individual play play-a. lay a fault acquired while playing in n the Copper league league league-ho he should make the regular first five lyo and bo bone boone boone one ne of the strongest cogs in the machine He lIe is working hard bard and teaming earning right well with the boys boyst OS O'S at t present Ray nay Price who also aiso plays the pivot position Is Just getting get get- ting ing his strength back and is not very cry hot yet Ray flay was one ono sick boy oy during th the hoUda holidays s 's and since then lip o has been forced to take talo things rather cas easy There are between fifteen and twenty men coming out nightly for forthe ho tho Crimson squad and Peterson expects to keep them all aU out as lonas long lon longs longas as s they will sta stay He figures that thatUs this Us years year's competition is more alone a 11 matter latter o of preparation for next season sea sea- son soil on than anything else and lie hopes to tobe be able ablo to maintain a largo large squad quad all through the season |
