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Show Heres How Former Prep Athletes Speed Up Basketball Action nv. ) ' ,-r:.v:-fc' ' " ,;i : ( V V -Hr : I J Clifford Roach tries a free throw as Park City athletes prepare for the opening; of th basketball-en-roller skates season la their rink-gymnasium Wednesday. Tw Park City squads will compel with teams from Salt Lake and ether Bear-by towns. Former Park City high, school bssketball stars make op these rival teams of roller skating adepts for competition in a fast and exciting sport. Spills are numerous, but usually not painful, as players wear high-top boots and street clothes for protection. Park City Cagers Don Roller Skates Knivial In The Tilirram I o PARK CITY, Jan. 16 Because unfavorable weather has curbed ice skating, devotees of that sport have turned to basketball basket-ball on roller skates. Two squads of former high school casaba stars will open the roller-cage season here Wednesday at 7 p. m. and Fay Green, forwards; and Donald Young, Keith Lindsay and Norman Correll, guards, for the Red team. in the Parrish. rink. A schedule of games between Heber, Salt Lake City and Park City teams is on tap and 12 players play-ers are being trained here. Three changes In standard basketball bas-ketball rules have been made; first, the three-second rule was eliminated; then instead of the foul for running after- two steps a five-foot glide Is used In place of the two steps, and third change Is that Instead of two centers Jumping for the ball to start play, the ball is placed at center of sideline side-line as out of bounds and one team is given the ball. It also has been decided to use a four-man team Instead of five, as the game Is so fast that five men crowd the regulation court too much. - Because of the danger of fast-moving fast-moving players getting shins bady barked by collisions with fallen players, street clothing snd high-top shoes are used instead of basketball uniforms. Fans here last week were thrilled by the speed with which a player can dribble from one end of the court to the other, the grace shown at times and the spills which came quickly and unexpectedly. unexpect-edly. Training for the season's play are Captain Melvln Fletcher, Clifford Roach and Clifford Streets, forwards; Less Roach, John Novak and Don Gridley, guards, for the Blue team; Captain Cap-tain Lynn Daniels, Earl Teasman |