Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-12-18 | Page 24 | Utes Battle Idaho Quint

UTES BA CATTLE QUINT Hoop Season In Salt Lake Opens ins Friday By BILL McCREA The collegiate basketball season season in Salt Lake City opens Friday night at 73 o'clock in the Deseret gym when the University of Utah quint plays a header double-header with wit Ricks junior college and University University sity of Idaho Southern branch The reserves will meet the Rick Kicks five at the earlier hour while th the varsity will engage the Pocatello at Last year th the U. U S. S I. I B. B team downed the Ute in a preseason game Coach Vadal Peterson will start star the veteran duo of Stew Pendleton and Harold Miller at forwards Orlo Or lo 10 Childs or Merlin Ahlquist at al center and Bob Mullica and Captain Cap Cap- tam tain Mecham or Parry Wilson at guards guard Fore rore Plays Center The U. U S. S I. I B. B aggregation is Jj built around the six-foot six inch four-inch Merrill Fore who plays center At Al that Fore will be towered over by bj six-foot six seven-inch seven Childs of Utah who literally dunks in the baskets In Bill Spier Wallace Skidmore and Glen Prince the Idahoans have three capable forwards and Charles Charlei Atkinson is a stalwart performer on the guard line The Pocatello courtiers split a series with Brigham Young last week losing the first game at Payson Payson Payson Pay Pay- son 34 30 and winning the second on the Cougar home floor 35 3 The Ute machine is still somewhat of an unknown quantity but promises promises prom to be one of the fastest in re recent recent recent cent hoop history a at the school j i Beaten Last Year Still smarting under the loss last year when they were picked to beat U. U U.S. S. s I. I B. B by a sizeable margin Continued on Following Page