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Show r AMATEUR TALK By TOMMY FITZPATitiCif The basketball bin; is here and the local ithlete. who have Ji'st returned from h. artiiv mirk, nre eatrer to aet Koins. i , the schools will te pitted against the t "winners ai tha other a-huoIa. ! A An Indoor buseball league will be oiaS ( i aanlxed at the Utah armory alao for the' ' in em Iters of the guard. Ther are four 1 teams now at the armory and the men, 1 uho are hack of the plan, expect to put the Indoor srort in some of the high f ! Th scbonl athletea have also h;id all the 'rest perud that they want and are now ready to bitkle down to real work on the . hoop game. 1 Practice uimen for 'he hlch whool and ifi!Uge .;mii uHl I pleiittlnl this season I its s"eni! Independent oig.nilaal Ions will Mm- oik: i II I zed. Many of ll rw ttilllLB will i Is in Ihe Commercial HaskettmH league, i which ill be orv-anizet! by Itobby ki h-; h-; arlson of ihe 1 eeret gmnsluni. Ku h-jardsoit h-jardsoit Is planning to hold ihe games at I the t'tnh Armory, which has been fitted (up with son it new show -r tuiths. He ; expects lo have eight or ten learns and ; will cair a meeting of the man igers after 1 the holidays, so that the hoop tourney i can get under way at once. I Many of the boys, who have been com- ; In? home nnd many who have lMen passing pass-ing thruugh S -t l-ake ha asked the employes rf t:e depot If Salt 1.nke has an athletic club. These men have been ' accustomed to spending some of their I sim re moments In such clubs In larger cities. Such a club would aurely boost ! Sail iJiku Lets not fortet that an a'h-tbtic a'h-tbtic club would also make a great nie-mortsl nie-mortsl foe ttrt tovs who have been (ight-Ing (ight-Ing lor I'lule Sam. The Y. M. C. A officials at Poentelln are pta lining a btisv winter S4asun for ihe niemlers this w 'liter. Hoxing, wres-I wres-I tllng. volley b.ii: ni d basket hall will le I etiet.iirnced more than ever, and leagues will ta organise! at once. The railroaders have taken it keen Interest in these si orts and w:ll have two or three teams j to enlt-r. ! I" The Colorado com he are busy with ! Ihelr lsketl.iii men Although the 8. A. ; T. C units have len disbanded at some of I he schools, t he coaches w ere able to keep their athletes h the school work went rul.t iihad Coach Hothgeh has i . taken the Jump n the other coaches sa ! ' be was able to get Into his gy mriHuitim, ! while (he other xms are stiil used as; ItniTiMimi for the army unit. The Colo- I ! rado basket ball h. .lue w ill be made out ' nt the annual neetu.g of ih Kooky j Mountain conference I i Fmle Fnllentine. Allan Conkwright. and I a few ot t he ol her "gotm' who are In town are trying to orvsiue an independ- j ent basketball team to play the colleges and high achwo.a Thee men expect lo Im around Salt lake for a t:ine and will 1 make It hot-for ny of the local quintets after the first of the vear. They expect to secure permission from Charles Langc to use the puelic siifetv gymnasium. The boxing and wrestling tournament a that the I'tah co'.ler" held a few years aro will likely be revived this aeason and there will be a chame for nil of the would be champ to get In the swim. J These matches will be worked out on an elimination rUn ard the "champs" of |