Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-10-24 | Page 12 | Cougars Making Ready to Defend Hoop Title

Cougars Making Ready To Defend Hoop B B. B Y U. U Hold Inaugural Practice Wi Wj Drill Three Times Each Week I PROVO 00 Oct 24 The 24 Thc Process of or selecting a basketball ll squad J Jwill thi will be able to defend the Rocky mountain conference championship IU luS u started in earnest at the Young university Monday at y a when 53 candidates reported for practice Replacing cing such a trio tilo as El Romney Malcolm LeSueur and Ea merson last year regular regul Is a huge task but with nine returning to say nothing of a wealth of new material it should not prove as difficult at it may seem 1 Coach Ott Olt Romney Rom- Rom L ney icy had many a Pt happy lappy moment as ashe ashe I he watched with a critical eye the first actual workout of I the squad Among t the thc newcomers that I w were e ere r e particularly outstanding Mon Monday M 0 n- n day night w were ere Dick Grimmett all all- Whitman state slate forward in Idaho last year Howard Adams of A. A C C. who for the past two years year been selected guard on the tain fain Junior college mythical five Gunnell a lanky center from froni Grac Idaho Frank Ward from Jordan an an Wayne Millet brother of Floyd Mille Mile Material From Afar Brigham Youngs Young's basketball has has- baj a players from all aU sections o othe d the United States stat this year and player from rom as far east as 33 New Yr o City and one from as far west as as' as Call fornia from Canada on the north m iii an Mexico on the tire south were on h hail hii i Monday afternoon Stephens wh wb gave his home as New York and Wi W Wiford f ford Fischer of Sacramento Cal di played excellent possibilities Wayne King and Fay Walker seated Canada and Romney hails fro Mexico Other states represented 0 the squad are arc Nevada Arizona Ne Na Mexico Wyoming Colorado Idah and of course Utah t Headed by Captain Jay Wi-il Wi I who rated an conference all-conference pos io last year and former captain MYr Myro Nelson eight lettermen were out 1 fc practice Monday The other in suits were Jim Hunter Joe Jo Joson Joson Job Jobson son Whit Shit Ball George Gourley Gounley H Hug Cannon and Lyn Walker a 1931 terman who is back to school this y i Floyd Millet who was also selee sele on the conference all-conference team last will join the squad when the tooth season is finished There are also a number of candidates on the freshman team team- eluding such players as Turpin of CJ who was selected on the U 11 Uto state all team last season Marki Mark Allred of ot Lehi Lehl and Giles of Wasat as well as several others not so W known I Preseason Slate SIte T The squad will practice each Meday Moi Me day and Thursday afternoon an an Wednesday evening under the dl di dir tion of Coach Romney with daily pr pa to be held starting in the mid of oC November The Cougars have a stiff schedule which starts on December when they play the O Ogden den Boost Booster composed of former Henry Cloth players here in Provo The balano baian of the preseason schedule is as foil foU follow D De December 1 14 0 Osden 14 Ot Mn BOt Boosters Boasters rs at a O December 15 Denver 15 Denver Athletic club Ogden December imber 19 11 Colorado IS Colorado lorado I Pro December Dember 21 Pesa 21 Pasadena dens Jf MaSon at P December 23 22 western 23 Western State at d 0 Oi December 36 26 Wl ly at it DenT Deny Dear December 27 27 Denver Denver university at DeyeT Dei De n yeT vcr December oember 28 Denver 28 Denver Athletic club De December 23 Colorado 22 Colorado college collen a at roo Ool Ca Oolf f mn Junior college at Pro ProSS ProS'S SS S'S t