Show DEFEND CROW W l Eighth Ward Five Battles II Idaho Entry Ogden Eighth ward will begin a defense of its Us all church all church M Mon Men basketball title Wednesday night Inthe in inthe inthe the Deseret gym against 15 ItS teams team in tho the colorful tournament sponsored sponsored spon span by the L. L D D. S. S church Th The he meet Burl Burley y at 9 p. p m. m In Inthe tho the feature encounter The meet has hils again assumed an international l aspect with tho the Cards Cardston ton ward cager of Alberta Aib erta Canada already in Salt Lake City with a team This marks the second second sec sec- ond tournament appearance O of a Cardston entrant In addition to Canada the followIng followIng following follow follow- ing states states' will be represented b by teams California Arizona Idaho Wyoming g and Utah The Tha latter latte state has nino nine teams entered in including in- in eluding two from Salt Lake- Lake Eighteenth winner of ot- the recent meet and Third ward in the same event Salt LaI Lake City Teams Should both Salt Lake City teams team win first round battles they will wil willme me meet t in a a second round game Third Thin ward plays Wyo on th the opening night at 6 o'clock ant and Eighteenth fa faces es St. St Johns of Arzona Arizona Arl Ari- zona one hour later Bracketed with the two Salt Lake City teams Is the defending champion champion cham chain pion Ogden Eighth crew winner of ot the Provo Prove division am and Cardston are arc the other teams in what appears the toughest bracket They battle at 8 p. p m. m Diamond ward victor In th the northern California area opens th the tournament at 1 p. p m. m against Sunnyside Sunnyside Sunnyside Sun Sun- champion from Price district dis dis- dis- dis Sunnyside is reported to hava have hav havea a veteran team and has been a favorite fa over the coast ag ag- ag Swan Lako Lake In InThe InThe InThe The other coast entrant Santa Anna from southern California takes the floor at 2 p. p m. m to engage Milford Cedar City division title title- holder Of the two coast teams Santa Anna is said to be the tho stronger strong strong- er and this game may be bo the afternoon afternoon after Arter noon feature Swan Lake Idaho from the Portneuf Portneuf Port Port- neuf neut stake is one of ot the touted toute teams in the upper bracket In pas past M Men meets teams from the Pocatello Pocatello Poca Poco tello region have always prove proved tough competitors and reports from Idaho indicate that Portneuf is b n no exception Logan Seventh ward In last years year's event ent is back with witha a strong team and battles s Marriott Mar Mar- ar- ar Ogden at 4 p. p m. m The Tho have virtually the same team that went to the finals l last st year and look like the class of ot the upper bracket Second round games will b be played ed Thursday semifinals Friday night and finals Saturday night Directors Homer C. C Warner Varner and Reed Richards are anticipating on one of ot the greatest hoop meets in th the history of church basketball ant and Interest is running high in the tho annual annual annual an an- nual affair |