Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-12-03 | Page 7 | Hoop Game next at the University

HO HOOP DP GAME NEXT AT THE TIlE UNIVERSITY Utah Has Has' National Title to Defend in Basketball Prospects None Too Bright but New Material Material Ma- Ma i May Stand Development I. By CURLY H University of Utah Utah having closed its gri gridiron iron season and made madea showing in In the Rocky Mountain conference T THE a a. a commendable will now now devote its time to basketball With the tho National Amateur Athletic union union hoop title title to defend and only two two of the he five five men of last years year's years championship aggregation back at at th e state institution Coach Nelson H H. Norgren will probably be an exception ally busy man for the next few mo months h A task equally as hard as turning out outa a a. football eleven therefore faces the Crimson coach The developing of ofa a first class basketball team at the state institution this year will be no little job The greater part of th the squad of last year as well as the team itself is missing this fall which means that Coach Norgren will have to select hie his five out of comparatively green material As M yet the coach has bas had hd little to say about bout the possibilities of another championship championship cham cham- team at the U. U Ho He is not inthe inthe in inthe the humor to talk of future prospects right now nov and seems to be quite riled up over over the showing his football men melt made madl In in the final game Things It Is rumored are not ot going according to Hoyle Boyle In Utah athletic cir cir- cir cir- cles des It vas Tas evident from the showing made by the Crimson players Turk Turkey y day that t there ere was something radically wrong The men n did not work r together e i and ft it lo looked d as t though h gh they were putting putting put put- ting on a dont care spirit I If H this h in h the case e It r looks bad a f for th the s state t of Utah In the national basketball tourney which will probably be held at Chicago In March The University of Utah must go East Easte and defend e lt itt t title or forfeit it T This iP means e n that a the e state championship n niP rag must mut be won before the idea of going East Is considered The rile competition for state honors honore this year II IB hi expected to be bo keen The Utah Agricultural college at Logan and the Brigham Young n university iv at t Provo O are rei rs reit reil to have bave most of their l last years year's e back The former is doped outto out outto outto to be the most dangerous of the two Last Loet Ut year they pushed the University of Utah hard and n were showing a marked Improvement o ea In each h game they played l There Thero are a a. greater number of A. A C. C men nen back than at B. B Y T. U. U However Coach Eugene Roberts has always put a 1 strong team in the field IiI His five I finished finished fin fin- In- In second last year ear and according to the hoop followers at the southern school Chool the B. B Y T. U. U is out to defeat the Crimson five this winter Althou Although h at present it looks rather gloomy at the University of Utah it Is expected TT that things will brighten up abit a abit abit bit In the near future Some of the newmen new newmen newmen men are picked to be able to work well with Ith Captain Lowell Romney and Roger Van Pelt who are the only onh men of last I years year's five back It is that the freshmen class b has s some good material material ma ma- to offer for the basketball team Several of the old hoop players of oC the high school leagues are at the university j l and it now looks as though the they thea will tj ti have havo to take a hand at upholding the 3 1 honors of the state institution Jj Whether or 01 not these green preen men willbe willbe will willI I be abl to fill the shoes of such stars as asI I former fonner Captain Bunny Clarke Clyde f Packer and n William Goodrich Is hard to say eay but Captain Romney Is of ot the opinIon opinion ion ton that th they y will be a great help to the U t. There are also aiso some sonic men of or last aft years year's squad back who had con- con experience with the first team last winter These a are aM Jim Smith Dorton Warner and Holly Another man is Steve Kerr He did not pet get out last year but las has iR had ial considerable s l r experience e c at t the west hi l the S f school Steve played forward on i Gj west rd high team two years ago with Bil W l Goodrich Leo reo G Greenwood of the B. B Y U U. is is hans haDS ono one of ot the best men en the will be e able leh to draw front from the V the 4 I class s He has played Jr at f t the lee high school and had v university at the tion Another r cruit at t who is expected to be be 1 worth is Cutler from t t e I academy of Prest Preston 7 A d that Cutler was one yards ard in Jn the state of 11 Ida who played center itY last last winter Is th the they th tb r desire desire- tog tog team a ts I where where the our A 1 this winter r ill rt-ill go to Chi Chi- I sti a regular team J e made to bring ou 0 expected expected to be a aj j it anit was last year c the he number of con- con It is understood iia tournament last year the tle th Eastern colleges ar are tent enter eRter r. r the competition this t h 1 universities as Harvard and Pennsylvania State Stat It o obe b be considering plans to send J A i