Show Fox Polio Tilt Rates With Best in U US S 5 By Cliff A. A Miller With early ticket sales reportedly going at a brisk pace local basketball fans are snapping up the good seats for Saturdays Saturday's Saturdays Saturday's Saturdays Saturday's Satur Satur- days day's gigantic March of Dimes benefit game matching the worlds world's champion Phillips 66 against touted Century- Century Fox in the Ute field house Despite the fast early sale there are still plenty of good seats available for this cage classic and are now on sale at The Telegram Tribune and at the Mint cafe Sponsored by The Tribune Tele gram the game is beIng rated as one of the top basketball clashes on deck in the nation this week weekend weekend weekend end for both the and the are rated as two of the best A AAU A U in the country country country coun coun- try today Last year the tall and terrific Phillips squad captured its sixth consecutive A AAU A U championship and then beat Kentucky university university university sity for the national title and the right to represent the United States in the Olympic games last lost I summer The did themselves themselves themselves them them- selves and the country proud by thrashing all competition to garner the Olympic crown without trou trou- ble Few Steps Behind On the other hand the Movie- Movie men were just a n. few steps behind the Boasting one of the top A AAU A U clubs in the country the Fox five has been barnstorming the country and is enjoying a very successful season The meeting of ot the two clubs is being touted as a natural As far as talent goes only the cream of the nations nation's basketball crop will be on hand this Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day eve featuring three times Umes American all and rated as one of the basketball greats of all time Bob Kurland formerly of Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Okla Okla- homa university Kurland Is currently currently currently cur cur- enjoying one of his best seasons The big blond center through 33 games has built up a point per average The Kurland legend is one of the most amazing things in sports history When he first started his cage career in Oklahoma few spectators spectators tors tars of ot the sport gave the huge seven-footer seven much chance to succeed succeed suc sue claiming he was simply too big and too awkward But It didn't take Kurland long to offset the premature ratings as he paced his team to the national championships championships championships cham cham- two years in a row After his college days Bob joined up with the squad to make it one of the most feared and powerful power power- ful basketball teams to ever grace gracea a hardwood court Highly Rated Along with Kurland the have highly rated Gerald Tucker another former American all-American from Oklahoma and one of the mainstays mainstays mainstays main main- stays of the touted Phillips crew along with a host of other top star performers The come to Salt Lake this week end loaded Pacing the squad is big Frank Lubin several times American all and rated as one of ot the top players in inthe inthe inthe the tough A AAU A U loop Besides Lubin there will be Jack Lippert one of Southern Cals Cal's all time greats and B BY BYU's BYUs Y Us U's tall and terrific terrific ter ter- ter- ter rifle Mel Hutchins Without a doubt the game will willbe willbe willbe be one of the high lights of Salt Lakes Lake's basketball season And to top off the gala benefit program a stellar preliminary contest is being arranged between the highly rated Brooklawn Creamery quint and the American Legion post No 2 squad Both teams have gone undefeated in A AAU A U play in this region so far this season and are arc rated as two of the top contenders for the Rocky Mountain A AAU A U title |