Show i a k t Fr r t 3 B t r GAIL SMITH SMITH ome games are being d the Carbon division of tate hoop race and according e and nd standings of the x fa ms 1 it lOoks as s lC If a very success success- Tobin Is bound to tot t take ke place The teams winning out this tourney March 3 3 4 5 will vill t. t alt mak make a good goods s tR l vin In the state meet pere In tl r f eh f. rIn Tn over the h likely material s ti t f a state hoop team It looks as wt s o of Pleasant Grove I. I v be among the men the men given gen g en care care- tl This player pla er has hasi i a remarkable showing up to fate ante and wm will In aU all probability con con- fInde 1 I. I e to set a fast pace Hoover and Bullock of oC Provo will willbe be r a tot lot of watching if the Bull Bull- rr 0 get Into the finals These layers have b been en the main cogs In J-he J victories of the Provo Pro team all s 's season ason The SaInts are practically sure 9 a berth to In the meet and Davis stellar guard for Cor the past two r y 5 irs sfa t 1 ti i tu e ll In In this dl l l' l r Q I t a give Stature he manages Ui an es tit give bi big g. g boys bos plen plenty y o 0 Lybbert is also going goo l a at th the other guard position for tilt th Saints and will be bea a worry to the opposing players The race In the BIngham division division divi- divi sion Is certainly cl cloe e and up to the presEnt time Murray Is tied with the Miners 1 for toP position honors with five wins and one defeat each Coach McMillan o oC the Bingham team has the usual scrappy quintet quin- quin tet but Coach Howard of Murray Is giving him plenty plant of oC tion A very enthusiastic fan Can In Bingham Bing- Bing ham speaking for of the hoop followers In the dIvision wrote to The Telegram and brought out some ver very good points which will II no cause a lot Jot of serious thinking and comment on the mat matI I tens The letter follows The writer who has closely followed foll fol lowed scholastic basketball in Utah for seven years p past st st. wishes to take exception to th the statement made in your basketball column of the issue of February 13 in which your writer stated that it would please a few of the fans in Bingham to have the state tourney played on the fhe Bingham high floor Such a statement is an absurdity inasmuch as any fan of Bingham high knows we could not begin to accommodate the tourney crowd No doubt if such a thing were done Bingham would win the title as she has played some three sixty games in inthe inthe the eight and one half years she has been at the game gamo on her own court and has lost but three a record record rec- rec ord few teams can cah boast of However However How How- ever ever after a careful survey the consensus of opinion among the fans hero here seems to be that two radical radical rad- rad ical changes could and in all fairness fair fair- ness should be made in the tour tour- our our- ney First the officials should be brought from outside the state from Colorado or elsewhere which would please all the fans in the state and satisfy them on the fairness of the tourney management Second the L. L D. D S. S team should not be permitted permitted per per- to play tourney games on its own floor The last is perhaps a abit abit bit difficult but in all fairness to other competitors should be done However even as things stand and with little hope for a Change hange the Bingham Miners and the supporting sup porting shekels are coming in full blast in March and let the others beware Nine may be our lucky number Quien sabe Yours for better sports T T. L. L PORTER In talking to many of bC the best c coaches and critics In the state the writer finds that the officiating In Inthe inthe the state of Utah Is ot of a very high standard anti and that the officials here go through much more difficult tests to become becom officials than Is required required re- re In the other states c. c Oren Wilson Nilson secretary of the Utah State High School Schod Athletic asio ration received the following letter from Oswald Tower head of oC oCI the National Athletic association Dear Mr Wilson I Thank you very much for sending send send- ing me information concerning your schools for basketball officials I have read it all with great interest Without question your group in Utah is doing the most thorough job of any officials officials' association in inthe inthe the country in the matter of examinations exam exam- and in disseminating correct correct cor- cor information about the rules and the game Sincerely yours OSWALD TOWER |