Show B. B Y U. U AN AND CRIMS CRIMSON N QUI TS ARE ARE RE READY OY F FOR R CRUCIAL CRuciAL H HOOP op SE SERIES RIES Cougar Primed for Fr Contests Cot Buck Dixon Provo Prove Star May Be Out the Greater Part Fart of Coming Coining Hoop Series By Edward Berrett I o Feb 5 A 5 A crucial collegiate basketball bas series serie will vill willbe Jr P PROVO be played Friday and Saturday evening at the BrIgham Young university between the University of Utah and Cougar K in the collegiate title race A double victory for either team would give them a big lead in the therace race whereas a split tied for forthe will leave eaVe all aU three teams I. I the lead I Coach CoCh Twitchell has his primed for th the event They are ready and Sand anxious for the starting night The of the the fray tomorrow with the exception of Buck team is in good physical condi condi- Dixon and tion Dixon has a mangled toe has been wearing a gym shoe nursing it in every way with the from hope that it will not detract his playing He works out every everyday and expects to hold up his end day of the work when the time cm es Coach Twitchell In all probability at center Ingerson Ingersoll start will ity ad advantage advantage advantage ad- ad This lanky forward has the t vantage in the lIe He is the tallest center in the state with one exception and that is Romney his teammate For this reason he ran an the ball baIl from any other center in get the state Romney will be kept under cover coyer Friday evening so he will be in the best of ot shape for Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- SatI I and Dixon I night Stewart be started in the forward po po- po poI I will third i I This season Is the have consecutive year these two I teamed together Packard and Howard will at attempt attempt attempt at- at tempt to hold down the scoring fourth year This is Packards Packard's Utes guard on the B. 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U lineup He HeIs e as scorer in addition consistent Is a a. watching his forward very close close- jo o made his is debut Howard ly lr Captain against the Utes in basketball in their first encounter of last season I I His guarding is up standard to-standard and ind he fits well into the machine He I Ihas has pla played ed more times in the games played thus far this season than any his teammates r I of Stewart leads the scorers of the to date Dixon pack up Cougar less next with one field goal comes conies tied with Dixon and Stewart are I Wood and Boberg of ot the Ute tribe this season Both In scoring so far of forwards had the same set sets with the their games In of guards Utah Aggles Tickets for the game are already gone for the classic contest of the of parking space bit Every year old will be utilized by in the gym fans both young and old The University of Utah hoop g the workout of ot squad held its final this afternoon In the U gym f- f week In preparation for the two-game two series with the Young and Provo Friday university at Sat Saturday nights workout on basket A A. hour half-hour shooting was the program followed by the Crimson basketball sharks The entire team with the exception exception exception tion of George Paul is in perfect condition for the series serles with the Cougars Paul has been on the sick list lately and failed to show this afternoon up for practice until It Is expected that he will wUl b be ready t to play part of the game will leave for I The Crimson team Provo Friday at 12 1230 30 o'clock from h c the U gym m The team will make mak the trip in a stage and will return immediately after the game LOGAN LOGA Feb 6 The The Utah- Utah hoop series that was scheduled scheduled scheduled sched sched- to be played here February 20 and 21 was postponed until March 5 and 6 by the heads of the two The schools yesterday esterday afternoon delay was made so that the Aggie squad could make an eight-day eight trip to California Coach Tommy FItzpatrick of the University of Utah cut his basketball basketball basketball basket basket- ball squad to fourteen men this af af- af oon Five varsity men were j turned loose and two from the freshman squad were to tobe tobe tobe be given ghen varsity suits The Utah coach was anxious to have haye all aU track men who ho were playing playing playing play play- ing basketball to start their training training training train- train ing for the spring sprin sport and so he cut his squad The following men were were lost to the squad Bill Cox Orvid Cutler Hy Goddard Millward and Bagley What two freshmen Coach FitzI Fitzpatrick Fitz- Fitz I Patrick will add to his varsity squad is still undecided The CrimI Crimson Crimson Crim Crim- son pilot will either select Frank j I Jonas E. E Peterson J. J Dennis or orI Tony Denman on the first squad I OCONNELL O'CONNELL N MAY MAYBE MAY MAYBE I I BE CONVICTED BY JURY NEW YORK Feb 5 JImmy Jimmy I I OConnell O'Connell blacklisted outfielder of ol the New Kew York Giants may be beI I I guilty by by his confession of violating the New Kew York state laws laW's covering baseball bribery but there is no case against Cozy Dolan former coach also banished from the game according to the report f the disI district district dis dis- I attorneys attorney's investigation Into the scandal made public yesterday The report made by Assistant District District District Dis Dis- Attorney Brothers after examination ex- ex of all prominent figures I in the case except OConnell O'Connell suggests suggests suggests sug sug- that the advisability of submitting submitting submitting sub sub- evidence e to a grand jury for possible Indictment of OConI OConnell O'Connell OConnell O'Connell OCon nell neU be taken up with Landis upon I the latter's return from a trip tp the Panama canal zone I The report disclosing that no nb new evidence has been unearthed to alter the case as it stood last fan fall following the expulsion of ot OConnell O'Connell OConnell O'Connell OConnell O'Connell OCon nell and Dolan b by Commissioner Landis al also o reit reiterates rates that there Is no ground for implicating Ross Young George Kelly and Frank Frisch Giant stars named by OConnell O'Connell as having knowledge of the deal but iut exonerated by Landis OConnell O'Connell who is now in San Francisco refused to submIt to further examination here when his request for immunity Was rejected by District Attorney Banton If It convicted under the law covering baseball bribery OConnell O'Connell would be liable to imprisonment of one to five fhe years and nd a fine tine of 10 l No corroboration was found for O'Connell's statement involving Dolan Dolan Do Do- lan Ian as Instigator of a offer to Heinle Heinie Sand Philadelphia shortstOp shortstop short- short st stop p not to bear down in a game with the Giants Nevertheless the report says that t the e suspicion attached attached at- at I at-I i to Dolan by the evasiveness 1 of his answers to Landis have not been removed by Mr Brothers' Brothers ex examination ex- ex |