Show State Amateur Basketball Loop Opens Seasons Season's Play This Week Three Games on Tap Strong Lineups to Battle for Top Honors of Seniors J Juniors STATE AMATEUR LEAGUE Tb Weeks Week at Cathedral Judee Memorial Wednesday p. p m m. m Gemmell at Thirty eighth Infantry Fort Douglas Friday Priday a 8 p. p m. m Sup Super r Neon eon at Lourdes Lourdez Saturday u p. p m. m of the Utah State Amateur Basketball league will blow the lid lidoff off aU ff the seasons season's play this week with Thirty-eighth Thirty Infantry playing host bost to ta the Gemmell club Eastman Kodak appearing at Cathedral and Super Neon teon at Lourdes The Red and Highland Boy game booked for this week will be played next week since the champions are not fully organized The Junior group will see ee its it initial action next week with four tour teams participating Red and White has lost Pendleton Parker Cleveland and Fornelius of its championship squad but Coach Cal Woolley Is optimistic of his team placing high in the final standing Gemmell also has lost some players payers from last years year's team but again will wUl ha have ve Tom Torn McCann high scorer of ot the league for the past two years Billy Johnson Kenneth Fullmer and George Dahlstrom Sammy Adams and Powell of the strong U. U S S. S team of last season have been added to the Gemmell roster The beat Thirty Thirty eighth eighth Infantry but lost to 10 Powers Shoe in practice games Thirty eighth Infantry has hu lost some stellar players player but again will have the services of King Tuttle second in scoring honors to McCann for tw two years In addition Manning Marshall Marshall Mar Mar- shall Surbaugh Bratton and have returned to wear the Soldier colors Searle and Grant are rew new players player with the military team The Soldiers have won seven of eight preseason preseason pre pre- season tilts Two Catholic are entered Cathedral a last Jast years year's entry and Lourdes new this season Cathedral will have several players again in inthe inthe inthe the harness including Bill BiU Keating Jack Argentos Argento Gilbert McGinn MeGina and Bill BiU Leary The crew will Include such uch tars stars tar as Roly Sl Sleater ater Mike and Henry McGean former East high players Owen Sa Saunders un- un ders dens of the L. L D. D S. S team which represented zepre- zepre Utah at the national scholastic hoop tourney and Charles Neville o of Judge Memorial Neville shows promise prom ise he of crowding the league high scorers ers ens during the coming season eason Super Neon Is new to the loop buhas but bu has some good in Branting Peterson Eldridge Whitland anc and Brown Eastman Kodak also promises prom prom- he much in the way of fa fat t action during the season with Mel Scott Vern Busby Ray Lloyd Melvin Jordan Jor dan and Harry Hammond back from last season Ed Carr and Roy Owen Iare are new Eastman Highland Boy A. A C. C of Bingham looks good to set a fast pace In the amateur loop with George Markovich Steve Dan Church Hugo BJ Bianch Bi- Bi j- j anch Ray Error and Day The Mountaineers have downed Cyprus high Thirty eighth Infantry and md Draper Draper Dra Dna per in practice games lIames Golden Eagle will defend its laurels in the junior group without the services services ser ser- vices vice of two stellar performers Jack and Ernie Smith but undoubtedly undoubtedly un will again set the pace The Eagles won their theil only preseason game by a comfortable margin De Do Molay has a large squad quad but bu most of the boys are ore new and the team will miss the shooting of Bill Bil Andrews hi high h scorer of junior junio play last season Westminster will wUl enter its second string consisting of at several everal promis ing lug who have had exp experience and the Hellenic quint has a likely looking group of players includIng Sam and md Nick Veils George S Stavro- Stavro polus George Floor and George Georgen n Floor I 1 I |