Show T Ute Cage Coach Searches for Much Needed Reserve e Guard Combination Sick List Also Gives Peterson 1 Cause to Worry i iI i I Aldo Allo Expected to to Hold l Key to lo Deren- Deren toj sive Power j J By Walt Beesley A rheumatic tarantula has nothing l' l lA to worry about compared to the cares cares' heaped on Vadal Peterson basketball 1 w roach at the Un Un- Un UnS 1 J I of Utah r f With the opening lash of oC the 1931 a 0 c Ie y Mountain j conference f t f flag I 1 ag y s against Mon Mon-i b. b itana tana State but p I Ag M d. d ft j three days oft off the 4 JUte Ute mentor is dig I f. f W Jim 1 m ging around around ln In thc th k ranks for j I ih J R a reserve ua d d S j o fit into his tZ J r l 1 t tern tem This Is his his' f hid hief concern at Wj ra nc he moment buthen but S 'S hen he takes his nind off that he hel has a sick list to toj J Aldo ildo think of oC I On the list is Lorr Lorraine 1 ne Cox regular I forward who vho has been in bed S with the thc flu f for r the past three days Stan Stanl Stani Smith another forward who has con can a severe cold and several other lesser lights who sho are arc whooping it up To make it a little worse worse Captain Sherm Clark still has a len ankle acquired in the last game of the recent Colorado tour He will wul be bc all rj right richt hl by Friday however While Trainer Einar Nielson is b ta tab tak ing mg care of his invalids Coach Peterson Peter son on is trying to make replacements replacements' for f Bob Sonne and Sherm Wood see sec ond string guards who have quit bas Sonne has left school en There are Ire numerous candidates candi- candi dates for tho defensive berths but for Cor or Peterson the they have to be more mori than just candidates S SPARKLES Vadal's little ra ray of sunshine the only one he has seen in a week is proving to be bc none other othe I than 9 Ike Ikc Armstrongs Armstrong's regu lar halfback halfback-Aldo u Aldo cant can't seem to forget that he isn't still running for tot touchdowns for lor he heis heis is all over the floor with the speed of ot a scared antelope His play at the guard post Monday night night night-it it it if continues will continues will land him a berth n no ower than the thc reserve post And if 11 if it improves the thc regular guards guards- will have to start practicing nights to lo keep their positions Passing faking fak ing and dashing down the floor to coast in for setup shots Rich ns stole the practice show Peterson is going go go- mg ing 10 lo take special pains to lo improve this his prize S I Meanwhile 1 Dick West is threshing lit it out alongside with Wal Wai- Bolic and Gene Wood a pair of freshman flashes for a assignment West lacked the snap and fire ire Monday night though that Peterson likes to see sec sec and will have to step some to beat out the froth roh aspirants despite the fact that the are arc sadly lacking in expert ence West has ability to spare and dash aplenty if he can be made to use it Jack Johnson giant football ll tackle has also been working in oa ori the guard cuard line LOOK LOOt FAST ON 0 OFFE OFFENSE OFFENSES OFFENSEN SE N S Peterson took his eye off ot the de des I ense long enough Monday to give his his his' offensive wall valL the thc and run run numerous candidates through the forward for for- or ward paces The most consistent per performer per 1 former formel in m the scoring zone in passing shooting and sparkling floo work was WS Ivan Miner former American r Fork Frk rk prep star Working coolly and with ease case this youngster slim drew com com- ment from all who watched him He He will bear watching Luck Sam Sam- v ders teaming with Miner most of the thc time proved a little firebrand to o op opposing 1 posing guards and slithered through through- ugh I them without an any trouble to lo register potshots galore A Cox played but a few minutes as asi as did Stan Smith but both bolh showed a smooth passing game and dropped their share of oC the thc buckets Clark also took his turn on the floor and showed more drive and fight than at at any time since the Utes started out the Colorado trip Ij I MORE SPIRIT SHOWN The squad as a whole showed increased increased in in- creased spirit in Mondays Monday's drill b bm must keep it up if it the they expect la ts stay on the thc floor according to pe Pet Pete V son The Ute coach hammered the I fighting spirit into his charges M I I their reaction resulted in 10 a 1 tt I breaking combination than has has' been apparent so far The most noticeable weakness S w j the entire play of the thc Redskins a their failure to follow up shots atthe at atthe the basket Time after time the the for forwards ort I wards tried for goals and then le lets Ie the ball drop into lOto the opposing SUar guaT hands without so much much as an e effort to lo take it away It will cost the Utes es' es esto a i lot of oC points if it they let the ball that easily a all 11 slip away from rom them season I 1 |