Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-11-28 | Page 10 | Eastern Preseason Trip Slated for Cougar Five

Eastern Preseason Trip TripS t S Slated for Cougar Five L' L PROVO Nov 28 Approval 28 Approval of the Brigham Young university preseason basketball schedule which includes a 3 2 mile 2500 tour lour to Creighton university university uni uni- uni at Omaha Neb was announced announced an an- Tuc Tuesday day by Dr Parle Parley A A. A Christensen chairman of the Y athletic lic council The Cougars will play only three gam games s ho however cr on their eastern jaunt which will be made just before Chr Christmas From 10 to 13 players will be named soon for or the trip Co Coach ch G. G Ott Olt Romney announces They will leave Provo at midnight December 18 for Omaha where the they will meet Creighton December 20 The team will return to Colo Cob the following night to meet Colorado Teachers and will go immediately immediately im im- im mediately to lo Denver where they will pIa play Denver A A. C. C December 22 A preseason triple header is slated Friday when the Cougars play Lauren W V. Gibbs' Gibbs team of Salt Lake City and two local fives Three e other home games are arc planned d before the eastern tour Pinne Pinney's Pinneys s Beverage of the State Stale Amateur league will play here December 5 the Brooklawn five December 10 and the Denver Denyer A. A C. C quint December 13 4 The squad will meet Colorado Colorado- Teachers Teacher in a return engagement at ah Provo December r 29 28 January W H the squad quad will vill be split to meet Dixie junior unior college and Branch A. A C. C here her herein in a header double each night The latter games will precede the ope openIng open jn Ing of the division schedule wi witS University o of Utah h here re x 11 1112 i This years year's ears preseason hoop schedule sched schedule ule differs radically from those o of past years for lor the Cougars in that tha there are more home games ames and it li considerably lighter J The trip to Omaha this year come s' s sas as the result of an invitation from Creighton officials who have bee been seeking another game with the Cougars Cougars Cou Con gars since their last appearance therein there therein in 1931 Creighton won that encounter en encounter counter 49 45 after Elwood Romney Youngs Young's all American forward entered en- en r n the game with a sprained ankle and scored 21 points