Show Utes Play St. St Josephs Joseph's Monday in By Jack Schroeder University of Utah's basketball team will open Monday fonday night at Philadelphia against St. St Josephs Joseph's In the first of their game four-game eastern tour I L It will be the initial test the Redskins will have against the rugged competition In the eastern 7 section of the country and will vill serve to give some indication of the relative strength of the Utes I However the big t test t will come just two nights Inter later when hen the 1949 Utah team ventures to the I 7 44 j jAi 7 4 c Ai AiL L I rr v pp y 4 1 J d 0 y 1 Tribune Telegram Photo They'll Spend Christmas in Philadelphia Utah's basketball squad boarded boarded a n plane Friday night headed for a tough series of four basket- basket j famed Madison Square Garden to take lake on StJohn's St 81 Johns John's JohnS John'S currently the best basketball team In the country and looks to stay that way for some time Mighty Blighty Tough St. St Johns John's has beaten just about anyone worthy of playing in the Garden and just recently made short hort work of San Francisco winner of or the national national national na na- na- na invitational title last spring Other games on the schedule include a powerful Canisius club at Buffalo N. N Y on Dec 29 and ball hail games ames In the east and midwest Including n a Madi Madison on Square Garden game with St. St Johns I I then the final test will come against Loyola in Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago stadium on Jan 2 This will be the first real test for the Redskins and it should make the conference picture considerably considerably considerably con con- more clear The Utes raced through an early game 12 joust with Brazil clubs cluba and won all but one It n Helped t Then the Utah quintet having the advantage of 12 games under thc their r belt came back and proceeded proceeded pro pro- to knock off Oregon and Southern California California Cali Cali- fornia lornia In short order This made the Skins rather impressive on a season record basis In the Skyline Six tourney the Utes moved past Colorado State In the first round but fell toa to toa a potent Denver quintet in the semifinals However However How How- I ever the Utah squad r redeemed itself in the final I lIT 1 night nigh t of play by walloping the powerful five by a sided lop-sided score j Split Even 1 ii After the completion of or the tourney the U went to Corvallis Ore Oie for a two-game two serf I with Oregon State and split even there in losi the first and then bouncing right back to d the second j The final game before the eastern trip w Wi wj I I with Lawrence Tech fech and the Utes drubbed tl Detroit team rather handily i Members of the squad that are making makin tl trip include Gordon Crofts Bob Burns Glen Sm Smi Dolan Condie Jimmy Cleverly Bill Glenn ins Duggins Gene DeHaven John Jeffries B Peterson Norm Buchan and Paul Shrum l i The Utes Ute left by air lines at 8 30 Friday nig fig |