Show I Mentor Glen Simmons Hopes to Regain Post PostIn PostIn In Utah Hoop Tourney i Cleon Menlove 1 Proves Consistent Performer at Center Center Cen Cen- ter but Little Forwards Have Trouble in Finding Find ing Ring Rustle Well WellI I Note This Note This is the sixth of a series in which The Telegram sports editor is reviewing the basketball prospects in the state strite He will personally visit these schools and see see the different teams in action before writing these stories Today's account is about Provo high Fridays Friday's story will be written about Granite the defending state champion By FRANK K BAKER Telegram Sports Editor PROVO Dec Dee 14 14 If If either of the Provo forwards start hitting the hoop the Bulldogs are going to be beard hard ard to stop in the Alpine district this season Cleon Menlove 6 foot 1 inch center II has b been connecting with regularity J in the preseason gomes games but Coach Glen Simmons is J per m 1 dubious du duo du- du t bious blous about the ther f chances of winning with wilh a single barrel bar bar- r J rel jt 2 rd gun ik l jT He figures that X j r Carter Cody and f y Bud Barber his v t first string forwards for for- wards have the 1 I J 1 I makings of good goodS S p basket as k e t men tv They're small but 1 rustle the ball well with the rest of the i squad They get Simmons plenty of chances at the hoop but apparently tight tighten n up a little on firing at the basket No Lettermen Theres There's not a single letterman back for the Bulldog squad this winter but the outlook is not particularly dark Menlove to all practical purposes pur pur- poses Is a veteran campaigner He saw considerable action last season but didn't win a letter because he didn't want one It is a peculiar situation Menlove aspired to play M Men basketball after he ho was out of school and high school lettermen were barred from the Mutual competition He solicited the cooperation of or his coach and managed managed man man- aged to stay on the bench enough to keep from winning the letter The M Men have passed a new rule this years yean however which permits a high school letter winner to play in their leagues after being out of school schoola a year Menlove doesn't mind earnIng earn earn- Ing lag his school emblem this winter and undoubtedly will do so Valuable Man ManIn ManIn ManIn In fact hes he's a valuable man to the Bulldog mentor Rangy and fast he does docs yeoman service und under r both back back- boards He scored 19 points as the downed Spanish Fork 52 25 in a preseason game and has netted well vell in the rest of the early games Provos Provo's defense rests mainly on the shoulders of Ted Jenkins six foot senior and Don Overly a junior Je Jenins Jenkins Jen Jen- 1 kins ins makes good interceptions and takes the ball off oU the backboard with cons consistency tency Hes He's not exceptionally smooth on his liis floor loor work but generally s stays ys in the and leaves that work to Overly who is last fast and shoots almost well enough to be a forward The Bulldog mentor has a prospective Uve tive center in Ashton Fielding a six six- one Inch junior who played on the thc sophomore team last lart season With Menlove around though theres there's little littie lit lit- tle tie chance of ot Fielding seeing much action at the pivot spot this season Fieldings Fielding's height would be mighty valuable under the bucket Simmons has experimented with him on the forward rd line but hes he's hardly fast enough to fit Into the teams team's continuous ous triangle attack Most of the boys shooting shoot shoot- ing lag before the football season was over With few gridiron aspirants on the squad the Bulldogs have moved along rapidly as basketball To guard rapidly at nt basketball To guard on a light practice program during the holidays This Is Glens Glen's eleventh season a at Provo which went to the state tournament ment meat six years In a row under his coaching The team has never done worse than six wins and nd four lour losses In league comp competition and it seems destined to do as well this winter PROVO PRO hIGH SCHOOL Name Po Pos Ht H. Wt Wt Ex Class Cass Bud Barber Darber f 58 0 Sen Ben Carter Cody Codr t 58 irs US o 0 s sin n Don Conover t 58 0 o Jun RAlph Do Dc Moisy Moby 15 0 gin Sen A Fielding c 61 0 Jun Reed Jones 59 0 Jun Ted dJ Jenkins m I. I 0 U g o 0 1 Jun Virgil 0 Jun Dwight f King o r Ho l g o 0 Jun Lavar Laar r Kump t 5 o 0 den Sen John Lewis Pi t 59 U g 0 g Ben Sen t tArthur Arthur McArthur g 5 0 Den sen Cleon Ibo 0 Sen Een Arthur MorriS K 0 Sen Preston Norton i iDon 1 ISO 0 o Jun un Don OVerly K 58 0 Sen Paul Thompson r p 59 5 0 Jun Nevin Williams I 59 0 Sen |