Show c. c i u rivin 4 Expensive e Misunderstanding I try FRANK K BAKER BAKER- Bingham is in the state basketball tournament as the third place l school In the Jordan district but it has cost close to to keep the association from fron changing norse in the inthe the middle of oC the school f. f state high A j jOh little misunderstanding a member of oZ the board it Oh it was wa only a of oZ control said at the special meeting this week Little misunderstanding indeed I do no not call caU anything trivial that causes an unnecessary expense r C fj r A I J o of oi Nor do I regard any misunderstanding trivial that cn causes cs a group of ot educators to break laith with the boys they are are are- trying to teach The duty of the board of control was plain when it tot got ot together to see sec what vhaL it should do in lii the argument about whether Bingham could cowd come to the thc tournament direct or play pIny of Heber the up runner in Summit division divIsIon- for the tournament berth There were the minutes of a December meeting when the board specified that the first three teams of the Jordan division should I play In the tourney Trying to offset this unquestionable policy waa wasa was wa wasa a telephone vote in hi which bich several members cast opinions without asking for or bem being told all the facts In the Ute case use I have every reason to believe that some of the board voted approval to the proposed change in good faith believing bellev- bellev ing that the region board was unanimous in its plea to substitute substitute substitute sub- sub a playoff for the direct tournament entry of Jordans Jordan's t 1 third place team I Even 50 so the affirmative vot voters rs certainly acted without much study for it should have been quite that Jordan Jor- Jor Jordan Jori i dan a district of eight teams would no not volunteer to give up t a tourney entry I Call it misunderstanding understanding umi if you wish No matter how you describe it the act brought about a special session of the I board of control These men had to be brought to Salt Lake from the he flung far-flung regions of the state and that cost ap approximately approximately approximately ap- ap proximately and and that to my mind is poor business Delegates Travel 2200 1 Miles l to Hold Meeting i Two hundred and fifty dollars for a single meeting to make the board keep faith not only with the boys but moreover with Itself I 1 One One man had to co come corpe e all the way from St. St George Another came carne carnet t from Logan the other extreme of ot the state Others came from froni Uini ulu- ulu i G. G iI f f l I f. f i iT r c I tan Tooele Provo Morgan and intermediate poin points The map shows i that these delegates totaled slightly more than 2200 miles mUes which at the I F expense rate of five cents a mile allowed by th the association is f 1 T. T Hotel restaurant and telephone expenses there being a lot of the If latter tatter before the delegates actually got together ran the cost coot t S close to t 1 There may be some merit in the proposal to have a Summit SUmmt team vie vi with Jordans Jordan's third place school for the fourth i f b berth rth from Region Two Summit and Jordan teams mS will compete together In region track meet this spring Thc There e 1 is Is' no reason reason I why vb they cant can't be welded closer together torether in basketball competition perhaps to the mutual benefit of or all nil the teams from Morgan Heber and Coalville to the region b bordered by Davis Gr n Bingham Granite j and Such legislation however must be made before a seasons season's campaign campaign cam earn palm is started not after somebody has finished the season and andI I gained a berth it |