Show I Springville Looks Like Whole Show In Nebo Division Basketball Chase 1928 Champs Pit Veteran Lineup Against Less LessI Experienced Contenders Nephi a Possibility I PATSON Dec 29 29 Rod Red Devils look like the whole show In the Nebo division for the he coming season and if any of the champions' champions rivals are able to upset them in the title race basketball observers will willI willbe willbe I be amazed Coach C. C B. B Eel Ledingham I has a veteran team on hand hap and andI I since the Red Devils took fourth I place in the state tournament last year ear after annexing Nebo laurels without difficulty they should be hard to dethrone this season unless some of the other teams Improve remarkably Judging by preseason performances performances performances perform perform- ances this is Js not the case Except for the Nebo teams seem decidedly inferior to the Alpine outfits Nephi runner up in tho thi division last season is the dark horse of the contenders and may flash some surprising strength Payson Pason seems fairly dangerous but Spanish Fork and Tintic appear lamentably weak this season SPRINGVILLE HAS VETERANS has a first string ar array array array ar- ar ray of oC veterans ready for Cor the championship championship championship cham cham- chase Captain Bill Pax- Pax man Roxie Childs and Rex flex Packard Packard Packard Pack Pack- ard forwards Wendell Vendell Nielson center Leonard Harward and Grant Thorn guards are all aU letter- letter men Ted red Anthon a guard and Maurice Manwaring forward are exceptionally promising among amons- the new talent The only man lost from the 1928 team is Lou Johnson center center cen cen- ter and Nielson formerly a guard is working nicely at the pivot post Coach Monty Groesbeck has a somewhat mysterious aggregation at Nephi- Nephi The Rangers have lost losta a number of veterans but have Blackett forward and Sperry guard as a a. nucleus Nephi has captured several pre preseason eason tilts with teams from other regions and may prove to be most dangerous rival Payson is appearing not too well welland welland and and not too badly Coach Stan Wilson Vilson has hasa a scrappy outfit which Is powerful on defense and whose greatest need is a scoring punch with greater basket shooting ac nc- nc curacy Snyder and Patten Fatten X forwards forwards for for- or- or wards 3 J J. Wilson center II H Wilson and Searles guards are the probable probable able regulars at the start of the season SPANISH FORK WEAK Spanish Forks Fork's with Coach Fenton Reeve at the tho helm are not strong Only one letterman Nelson has returned to the fold and devel developing a contender out of the talent at hand Is a herculean task Spanish Fork may be formidable formidable formidable for for- later in the season TIntic High with Harvey Kirk Kirkas as coach has lost practically all its last years year's men and will have a ahard ahard ahard hard time to escape the cellar Tintic was formidable last season with a number of veterans but has shown little thus far this season The Nebo season starts on Januar January January Jan Jan- uary 11 11 with four of oC the five teams in action |