Show tI giving Driving ving p. p Products of Lehi by hij FRANK K BAKER BAYER Lehi folks have a close personal interest in the fortunes fortunes fortunes for for- tunes of the Brigham Young university basketball team this year And naturally so with six players who rose roseto rose roseto roseto to stardom for their high school schoot fighting places on the Cougar squad Heading the list of ot Lehi talent at the Cougar camp of course is Captain Jay Whitman conference all-conference guard last season Others include Whitman's running mate of high school schooldays schooldays days Faye Spud Evans who W was vias out Jut of school last year year after having already earned basketball letters in previous campaigns Two other products Lehi-products Don Don Evans center and Markland Markland Mark Mark- land Allred Alired forward forward both both of ot whom ha have hav drawn v lt 0 tion when a all state all state material was the topic of cony conversation r a ion I are also at the Provo institution Levi Hunt a teammate of these two but who graduated from high school schoola a year later has had experience both as a n guard and a a forward S e e 0 e. e And finally there is Glen chilton who captained the Lehi Lehl team last year It Is no wonder that many Lehi basketball fans are partisan to the Cougars S S Just Another Bit of Proof About Hoop Popularity in Indiana Chuck Taylor the former professional league basketball star who will direct a casaba clinic at the Deseret gym Wednesday night at 8 o'clock offers some interesting data about the popularity of the hoop sport in Indiana The Hoosier state has long been known as the hotbed of basketball but its it's hard to visualize such interest unless you have witnessed the enthusiasm yourself Taylor hails from Columbus Ind md and he knows his Hoosier state Information on basketball with authority Basketball gymnasiums with witha a seating capacity capacity- of to in in communities of ot much less population population tion are common What's more those halls are frequently filled to capacity S e S STaylor's Taylors Taylor's home town boasts a gymnasium with a seating scat scat- ing capacity of A packed house is the rule instead of the exception he says In In fact there are arc times he tells me mc when twice that many tickets could be sold Only last y year ar though the high school had an un- un f r 2 J team and the paid admission crowd of the season was This lack of high school interest in the gridiron n sport there is keenly keenly- reflected ed in the hapless history of football at the University of f Indiana When hen Bo Do McMillin quit Kansas State Jast last winter to go to Indiana his friends philosophized that it is a good thing the former Centre college star is already white If he wasn't they said hed be haired gray-haired anyway anyway anyway any any- way after a year of trying to make the Hoosier high school graduates es into football greats |