Show t SAYS U SHOWS HAD AD TEMPER WITHOUT 3 CAUSE GAUSE rB B. Y U. U Coach Declares 1 That Contests With Uni Uni- of Utah Team Are Only Practice Games f Special to to Th the Telegram I PROVO Jan 24 That That the University sity itty of ot Utah has haa worked Itself up into I Ii i a a. fit tit of ot bad bd tem temper over nothing I is tho I Ii i declaration of ot Coach Eugene Roberta of the tho B. B Y YI U U. who never had any intention intention tion thu of Leo Lea Simmons in tho championship basketball gUIles fames this sea sea- son on Utah's protests protest against Simmons wore were made l before Roberts had even evon turned in hie bis list of players payers t to the eligibility eligi committee to pass Judgment A Ahard hard fight tight will wm be made however to retain retain re re- re- re tam tain Lester Letor Greenwood who I is accordIng according accord accord- ing to Coach Cooch Roberts Bobert eligible according t to ti the spirit of the Utah Utai collegiate con- con rules My My contention that B. B Y U. U games gamos f with ith the University of ot Utah are aro only i practice games ames is iB based o-n o on the following following follow follow- I ing conclusions on declares Coach Conch Roberts Rob erts Utah has openly withdrawn 1 from ironi the tho Utah conference and has no nomore not t r. r moro more right to protest my players than I would to protest the Montana uni university er- er 7 5 city sity players player whoso whose 1 basketball team B. B r Y U. U meets here early in Fe February r When the L. L D. D S. S U. U basketball team plays here hero our faculty never questions the a athletes nor are our athletes pro pro- h tested ted The same sarno is true of the other games we J play lay outside of the state con ference terence I may be wrong but I cant can't cantsee see Bee 1 if it the B. B Y C. C and Logan Ag Ag- gies agree to B. B Y U. U players why the theUnIs UnIs University of Utah which is out of the conference has any right fight to pr protest Coach Roberts Roberta has hns used Simmons in in practice games gamos this season Utah seemed to believe that Roberts intended to use V this player in all the games and hurled forth a protest against him Simmons attended th the tho university until December of last year ear and then went to the B B. B Y U U. H He never Co competed in any intercollegiate intercol intercol- le athletics while at the thc state institution in in- and according to the technical wording of the tiie conference rules is eli cU- gible Roberts however declares ho be will wilI not att attempt to misuse the state conference rules playing eligibility by Simmons but will Keep him out this year vear year Utah became considerably concerned con con- corned however and protested prot protest sted ed Simmons before betOt hi his name h had d ever or been men men- Tho intention of Coach Roberts to fight light the protest against gain t Greenwood is based bated on an ethical version verion of eligibility eligi digi- rules and a lo logical cal claim that he was iva used without b having n been bean made mad eligible eligible eli eli- gible gibe by the faculty of B. B Y U. U or the conference eligibility ty committee The matter mattert however will win be left entirely to the jua judgment ent of or Arbitrator William E. E Day If Mr MT Day declares him ineligible bl ble Rob rte will make no effort to use him in athletics Gre Greenwood was used in 1909 against the along with four other youngsters just jud to try him out The first team m men nion n looked on None of the young players used in the last half of this basketball game had been passed b by iny ry ny eligibility committee Their paying according to Coach Roberts is ise e classed used the same as that of any high lehO school l t team am which hi h plays playa a practice ga game e against a collegiate quint and the competition cannot be oe classed as collegiate collegiate col col- any more than that of the Salt L Lake Lako high school chool athletes who meet tho the A. A C. C tonight in a a. practice game B. B Y UJ ill will argue that Greenwoods Greenwood's ds d's case ease is constitutional and will leave the tho decision de de- de- de ci clion ou entirely with Arbitrator Day In r reply ly to correspondence with O Coach sch ach Ri Roberts bert asking that the protest of Greenwood be brought up and settled immediately Arbitrator William E. E Day stated that no protest against the athlete ath lete had be been n registered with him and he therefore had no authority to act ct Roberts Roberh will push tho the matter and have havethe havethe havethe the affair settled settled before the league opens as ho is now practicing Greenwood Greenwood Greenwood Green Green- wood with tho the regular quint and if the decision is il against him him desires eires to whip another m man n into shape Everyone seemed to jamp at and from certain new newspaper reports reports re re- re ports orts it would be understood that the B. B Y T. U U. ivas was trvin trying to use ineligible players which is s decidedly untrue w lay aya Roberts For the tho best of athletics athletics ics ice and to keep the standard hi high h we will win not attempt to use any player Wb S eligibility is questioned Green Green- case cue I is ill different To throw him bun out would 1 be 0 a shameful injustice as he hehu has hu competed in but two years of actual collegiate athletics In Logan when hen h he be played in 1900 1909 be he was not even considered considered consid consid- ered as a a. collegiate man In 1910 he be played plaTed but half naIf a game gam I We We are going to be game If Simmons Sim Sim- mons and Green Greenwood were we-e used B. B Y U. U would have the best pair pur of forwards who e ever er played in the state However i I will ill hold Simmons out and if it Greenwood Green Grcen wood is s declared ineligible by Arbitrator Arbitrator Arbitrator Arbi Arbi- Day well we'll take our medicine like little men and make no complaint int A Anew now new te team m will be bo developed edt and even if ii our lot is as bad as al that B. B Y Y U. U will wil stand a a. J a ch chance b tice to wi win tb this I y yc year r r in hi basketball Wo We do not inti intend d to us use Simmons and never did It afforded me considerable amusement the wa way Utah got ot concerned because Simmons was wu b bo boing ing used in a f few w practice games Utah il is evidently edtl vi I U afraid id of the Gr Greenwood w dI d d- d I Simmons combination I Greenwood is still being practiced with ith tho the B. B Y U. U basketball squad quad at f forward position and hi his work is 18 won Coach Roberts staunchly believes be be- lieV that h b he will b be allowed to l com compete m m. pete efe this year year rear The quint is displaying l form and looks looka good to win the state hate h In the many meny t tic tice games played thi this year ear the tho local loca quint has won by bv by wide margins Tomorrow n night ht the B. B Y U. U tie tic quint will gill m meet tho the fast L L. D. D S Shigh S. S high school team of Salt Lake LakO J |