Show Backseat al alI alj i I j ii I Driving ng By Frank K Baker Bakeri i f Telegram Sports Editor Why Not Hold Intermountain Tourney I The Thc reestablishment of the inter inte mountain basketball tournament herfor here her for tor high schools may not be so fa fain tar far in the future after 1 L i. all t f A move mo that ma may f 1 t I 1 lead e C a d to another fj venture at the poj pop J t S ul ular r tournament is being beme made th this l 3 week with the ii in n or the Utah High School asso asso- 4 cia elation t Ion to su surroundinG surrounding sur- sur rounding states t to their have state stat 0 champions m me c e ethe t s. s the thc Beehive till title i s winners for char char- p ity Ii C. C Oren Wilson secretary of th the Wilson state prep association tion is suggesting the first week end in April as playing dates for th the games in his letters to the associations ions in neighboring states t. t I j People People Like to Compare Teams of States Comparison of teams in d different states and sections has long been beena a a popular topic with That's why intersectional games always alwa's prove prove such an attraction and why Jordan Jordan Jordan Jor Jor- dan high schools school's trip to Phoenix Ariz last fall for an intersectional football game was so keenly followed by bj the prep fans of two states in particular and the whole Rock Rocky mountain moun moun- tam tain region in general I J The intermountain tournament as lS formerly conducted by bj the Utah High School association was abandoned eight years ago Igo because it became too unwieldy and too expensive Profiting Profit Prom ing by that expensive lesson the association asso asso- elation proposes to invite only a few teams instead of a flock of them Champions from each of or four tour or fire he stat states s meeting in round robin pia play would provide almost 1 as much Inter interstate tate interest as s a half dozen entries from each sec Hon tion and the cost would be tremendously reduced The star Slabs invitational In I tournament at Chicago for forthe forthe forthe the national title ran In competition lion tion to the Intermountain as formerly for merl merly held but now that the Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago meet has been discontinued a I. mountain tournament would t again prove pro popular j b Pave Way Toward Annual Tournament f This years year's activities would not be bean bean bean an intermountain tournament in name but would simply be interstate competition for charity chanty In effect however the successful operation of such a meet would simply pave the way toward the reestablishment of the intermountain tournament as a yearly feature I The association is wise in m suggesting an n April date for the event Previously Previously Previously the meet was held immediately following the state contest here and both players and fans ians were a bit weary of basketball That partly accounts for the 2200 toss loss the a association took on the tournament tournament tournament tour tour- one year car Another good reason rea rca son con was the 1800 account for team expenses alone fc t Under a charity program much of the expense would be lessened The fans Cans would get their athletic appetite satisfied and charity would also be beb b benefited I f I |