Show i i 1 MORNING JANUARY 15 5 1922 THE fHE SALT LAKE TELEGRAM I ZT UR HAS W GREAT E SQUAD SOA READY ruti FOR OPENING ur OF SEASON 3 i iUT AH SCHOLASTIC SCHOLAST C BASKETBALL SEASON OPENS WITH MANY UPSETS 0 L I Crimson Chances for Flag I In Utah Basketball Rac Race i Greater Than Ever Before No Position Yet Clinch C Clinched ed on pp er Quint but Enough Great Hoo Are Out to t University Assure University of One of Best Teams in M Many any Years s t iT By fly 11 Harvey arvey Hancock WITH WIT the e opening of the collegiate fate ba basketball s season aso onI only y two TT i weeks ee S away way away Co Coach ch Tommy Fitzpatrick of the University nty of Utah sliced his hoop squad to fifteen men yesterday and will con con- time tinne H mc the down cutting process next week when five more players h will be eliminated Which men will be the victims of the CUt nt is ig uncertain uncertain vine The Crimson machine has not been In action and Coach Fitzpatrick Fitzpatrick Fitzpat- Fitzpat rick Is not Intending to choose the ten- ten man squad for tor the season until every man has nas been Jeen carefully Inspected under the fire of or battle In three practice games this week peek OUTLOOK UNCERTAIN Just what the Crimson quint will look like Ike In action Is problematical There are ire many men who are sensational basket shooters and who can cover the floor follow the ball and guard In splendid splendid did style but everyone will agree that solving the fundamentals In practice Is different than participating In a real contest with real stiff opponents From practice the coach can get a aUne aline line on the movement and speed of ot his players but only In the game when the nerves and mental strain tells can a coach be sure cure of choosing the right man There are plenty of examples In basketball history that show a man to be a a. wonderful banket bas ban ket shooter and floor loor coverer covered but his but his nerves are such a nature that th he strain of actual contest he loses ef ef- ef q GOOD ON PAPER I i r rIn In choosing the man fifteen-man squat squad Coach each Fitzpatrick has picked men men- that have lave been under fire and and are eX experienced in the hoop game Floyd Flod Romney Romney Romney Rom ney Mickey Oswald Captain Harris nan Glen Anderson Jim TIm Anderson Elmer Dean Mac Swan and Dutch Tauter Have battled In basketball games too to Innumerable to mention And th the test rest of f the squad composed of Le La Ya JoN genson Benson Morrison Nell Neil Smith terson Whiting Mel Watkins and W Watt tt have had considerable experience In both college and high school I SQUAD IS CUT Elm Elmer r Dean appears to be the tho c It lc of Coach Fitzpatrick for one foti ard position He Ire Is a two letter man and nd can shoot long shots with the accuracy acy that most flop lop In the sort abort ones It was rumored for a short Urns time last week that Dean would not be able abla to participate this year on account of ot his studies but the rumor bubble burst suddenly when Dean appeared on th the floor loor the last three nights and showed up in wonderful fashion Floyd Romney last of ot the famous Ro Roney Ron Rom m ney family seems to be slated for ih other forward position He played for forward forward ward last year after atter relieving Captain Captala Orson Wright with such dexterity that the leader was unable to take the position post tion away from the haired curly won der and it was his sterling work Jn the ln th last two games that assured Utah of th championship MANY GOOD SHOOTERS The other candidates for tor the basket shooting end of the game are Le Va Jorgenson Morrison Whiting and Neil ell Smith Jorgenson loomed out In th the class series like Gibraltar and has all aU th th qualifications of a clever forward H H. H is fast and shoots foults with deadly aoa ao curacy Morrison and Whiting are alsa also good at covering the floor loor and baskets but probably the best but man manthe ol the trio is Nell Neil Smith who Is as de dex and agile on the basketball n nas floo flood floodas as on the gridiron The Crimson Is well fortified with ex 4 guard material and it Is se dom that a coach has has- such a host o of 01 stars from which to pick two men Cp C taro tain 1 Martin Harris Is assured of ont ons on position not because he Is the leader of the quint but because he Is the best guard In the Intermountain West H Hhas Hs He has played for the Crimson the last two years rears and previously played four years year on the Tooele high school team Th The Tha keenest competition on the floor loor Is for rOl forthe forthe the other guard position between Mao Swan and Mickey Oswald two veteran and Dutch and Glen Olen Watkins less experienced in college but very adept in holding opponents from trona scoring ti Mickey Oswald Is playing laying a a. stellar f game but has hILS not het hit his stride in sh shoat shott tIng t- t ing the baskets so far this season but bUS with a little more practice the fat it should develop his long shot which atlle defeat for the opponents Swan Pla played ved ed edan an exhibition game for tor the Layton eglon eglon e- e glon gion last week and showed excellent It nt form Watkins a substitute on last years year's team and of the East SC Side e are also dependable men and it is a tossup tossup tossup toss- toss up which will make malte the regular bert berth CENTER CINCHED The center position Is the only poss tion that seems to to be cinched Jim Anderson center on the football team and substitute pivot min man on last years year's quint is filling the shoes of Earl Earl Fer Ferguson Fer Fer Ferguson guson nicely Although he Is not a as a. accurate a a. basket shooter and hasn't the height of Ferguson he covers the the floor toor with more speed than the former former benter ben ten ter Some Somo have hinted that Mel Watkins Watkins Wat- Wat kins former Boxelder star will be In th the pivot position before the season Is Over This This' pla player er is the real find of the season sea sea- 8 sea season ason a- a son and plays with more agility than most any man on the floor Watts Watts' and Glen Anderson are the other two candidates candidates can can- can can- for tho the center position 0 It is Is' Is certain that Coach FitzpatrIck will have Elmer Dean do the foul bing b- b Ing again this year and If the new in interpretation interpretation in- in n. n of rules Influences colle collegiate late ball Dean will have his hands full tossing tossing toss toss- ing the the ball from the foul line Coach Fitzpatrick commenting upon the new interpretation said The Te greatest trou trouble ble will b be In educating the public We favor the game under the stricter ruI rules s but the new game makes It Imperative that I teach my men to make the Other ther fellows foul as well as teach them them to to ball follow the the- |