Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-03-13 | Page 6 | Sexteen Teams Determined for Title Tourney

I Sixteen Teams I I Determined for forI I Title Tourney Seat Sale Heavy for State Hoop Classic The time is drawing near when I I II the cream ot of the state basketball I i teams will begin the trek to the I I De Deseret eret gymnasium t to compete o pete in the annual annual state hoop tourney which wIll get under way next S Wednesday afternoon Sixteen I teams will be seen In action the I first day with the first game being bein at aL 2 O'ClOCK and a game every hour houi to 9 tise entire entry list has Ilas been I I completed after aner a week weel of round I Ii robin tourneys playoffs lit In various i divisions and the meeting of the of other circuits Tnt lne sixteen teams which will meet hithe in hi inthe the tourney include Box lder Logan Lo- Lo Logan gan and Ogden from region one L. L D. D S. S bast Murray Bingham and Park City from region legion two tso Pleasant Grove Provo and Spring Spring- yule r m region three Manti l and I from region lour ur flom region five and anu Dixie irons region six The team to enter the tourney was decided last night when West Vest high trounced the Last hast high In iii a playoff altel a tie for second place in the Salt alt Lake division lany ot of the other teams were wele de- de last week while a few or them were determined two weeks aoI ago ao i I ns are that capacity crowds will witness the tournament games as as tile the teams progress progress from tiie first to th tile f final al C. C Oren secretary or of as- as and in Iii charge OJ of au all ar- ar tOl or tile the me l announces tise eat beat sale is muon nan lust year out but that a few lew good seats are still available due to the placing ol of i more mOle seats on toe J lain floor All reserved seats are to be sold out the first the of-the week Wilson announced that the of U- U have been selected for the J n Y Saturday These men worst tn pairs tile entire entire en- en tire m meet et and will not nOL pannel'S part pan nets net's as was the tise policy last ast year ear This Will enable tile men Inert to clate a much better game Os as both in hi a game will under tan the 1 lOo or of refereeing used by he oIlier othel The officials are ale Sid id and ancl Lolo Lob Spencer pen r Bingham Homer Varner arner and Woody Homley itom- itom ley of S Salt lt Lake Lak S Wilson or PaYson and Hap Holmstead oil 01 American Americ n l Fork ork Hen Ben und and Mickey Oswald of Salt Sait Lake Beal BeaI of and Byron mister But of Merlon tev- tev enson of Ogden n and Lee Simmons air of Salt Lake The men will work in the pairs pairs' stated above All of th the officials will attend a meeting Wednesday morning at 10 1030 30 where they will then be assigned to the varIoUs teams during he first days day's play All necessary instructions be given them at this time i of Ii cia 1 will be requested to wear wear white rezard ss I of f the color or of the teams team's jerseys At O the coaches and players of every ery e high school In the meet mee will attend a meeting where the teams and coaches will be instructed instruct instruct- ed as to the length of games issuing Issuing ing of pasSes and any ther Instructions lions that seem necessary It is definitely known that the games will have Ilave quarters df r ight minutes Instead of the regular ten minutes with two minutes between quarters and ten minutes between the half That there wilt will be a bitter tight fight throughout tile the tournament seems assured b by the unusual strength of the tue entry list and the prolonged fIght which took place in many of the divisions for places There are several e teams whose performance has bas be been n not noteworthy worth d during th the I regular gulu Season eason led Iry In this r are 1 1 L. L S. S Minersville l Dixie and Pleasant Grove Gro who have gone through divIsion schedules without a a. defeat deleat