Show 7 J l rM k N t x j i 1 7 L 11 t t r i iy 1 y I l 1 t. t tY W. W t yF I i I. I FRANK K BAKER LARAMIE W Wyo Y o Se Sept p t 23 Football is 1 be begin beginning g In ning S so It its it's s hardly Y time to b be e. e thinking g about basketball b but a few e of f the casaba stars stars' are alread already y tossing s si the meld melor n around W Wyoming's Y om i n S s famous half acre court here On the way out of Graduate Manager Elton Davis office I t saw saw a Y young sung giant who almost bumped his head on the backboard every time he got near it A second glance disclosed the young mans man's identity as Lou Young the former Fort Collins Colo high school ace who played with the Denver Athletic club in amateur circles last Jas t r winter Young is 6 feet 5 5 inches tall talland and he beats pounds by bya a ic few v ounces H Hes He's s 's a little ittle beau heavy footed Y footed but Coach UD D Dutch u Witte Vitte figures he may become more nimble with training and ails continued growth The youngster has a just turned 20 and f what's more he will be lie elf eligible ible for basketball this his winter 1 barring poor grades between now and then of course f Youn Young 8 like man many Y Fort Co Collins pins hi high 8 h school 8 graduates a v t turned to Colorado A g ies when casting S a about bo ut for Jor fora a c coll col- col ola ol- ol M l lege c g ge e He di didn't nt t fare so w well cl l in his s grades r a des thou though s h and v was Ws was W s 's tu ruled ed inch ineligible s ible After a a seasons season's season seas ns n's s cx experience P with the i Denver A. A C C. s he entered red W Wyoming Y om in g for the s spring P 4 quarter ter In in time to o defeat defeat the freshman rule for the forthcoming in ing g boo hoop P cam campaign P ai n Incidentally Witte Vitte believes he will have an an improved s Basketball s squad 9 this season alt although ou ough g h he is not P predicting g a championship Just the same one arc can rest assured that the J Cowboys y s will be a threat for the eastern division divisio crown I The They Y are 1 just as much mach of a basketball contender contender contender-by by habit and tradition as tradition as Colorado university and Utah university uni uni- are arc in football 1 E Even en en in ui 1 1935 S 35 ti when n t the he Co Cowboys y s w were ere nosed out of the eastern division race by Greeley State the W Wyoming oming crew was in In the running g until the vet very y last week The Cowboys y s j von Avon the division ca crown wn and lost lostin in the conference playoff to I Utah Utah Utah-at at Salt Lake City ity in 1931 They beat Brigham Young univ Y for the title here in 1932 r lost to the Cou Cougars g ors at Provo in 1933 and took the Cougars into camp here in 1934 t tl tI S. S Des Despite p ite all aU his tremendous success as a bask basketball y r mentor mentor mento Witte sa says Y s he P Pk prefers refers to coach fo football k- k t Basketball strafe strategy SY is too uncertain he sa says Y s In r. r football r we can coach P plays la Y s with the understanding that thet each man has a specific s P assignment S Thin Things 8 s are not ot so set in basketball We VI e have P plays la Y s to be sure but the asP as- as 7 si 8 arent aren't a apt P t to be the he same once in a hundred i t times ines on on the same P play Ia Y because the P place placement ent of enem enemy Y 1 men will seldom be the s same me One enem enemy pl player la y er can move and force ever every Y one of Y your our men to act ct a a little different- different jf 1 ly Jt than on originally mall intended Basketball leaves a lot to to the fife thed 1 i. i d d devising 4 S In ingenuity 8 e n u it Y o of f the me men n for the they Y must be working S Tout 01 t their heir own salvation practically P Y eve every rY minute the they Y are arc floor loon i U Coaches at Greeley State are mourning the death of Floyd 1 Shaun Shanny Y Monroe who was a member of the Teacher r rein relay lay Y team team i which ran ran- the fastest mile in the history of Rocky Mountain t i track Monroe teamed with Smith Davidson and McLaughlin t in n 1933 to cover the mile in 3 s a tenth of a Second econ faster than r the conference record J. J He had also run the quarter in well under 50 seconds Just V f g getting under der way as coach in the high school at Fleming Colo ff Y young Jung Monroe succumbed because of a a a ruptured appendix f T The inscription on the front of Wyoming Wyoming's s famous gym with t Its g gt great teat basketball floor reads Man is of soul and body formed for or deeds of high resolve 1 t |