Show THEORIES BLAST BY 11 17 HOOP PLAY I 1 Schools Playing Football a at Disadvantage in the j Q Quint Game l I IBy By Ralph J Jordan ord an K T OW that the tho state date high school school NOW I and collegiate basketball season season sea sea sea- L son has come to a close it may may not bo be amisa amin amiss t 4 if nake ake a resume resume of tho the outstanding featured of th 17 season Probably the most mot f cant facts brought to arc are that the tire city high schools and those that parti pate in In football football cannot play th the hoop game with the efficiency that stamp stamps the tho country schools where the tho gridiron game is not in vogue Tho present re nt system of scholastic basketball js is building up some good material for college oge and the fact that a weak spot pot or two on o-n a basketball team cannot be made up for by tho the remainder of the squad being of the star type Year Tear after year the L. L D D. S. S high school has consistently taken the Salt Lake divisIon division title from the away the other other other oth oth- er local 1 high schools not because th the tho Saint teams have havo always had the tho better better hetter bet het- ter players but hut because there was Va more time timo spent on tho the quint gam at the church school Again the tho G Gold Geld ld and Blue has always lost out mit in the state tournament because the country schools were a able ablo blo to spend even mote more energy on tho game arne than tho the local team Tho high schools which play football are working under a a. disadvantage vantage with the schools which dont don't dontas as fur far as 36 tho the hoop game gamo Is la concerned An old theory which ha has been blasted blast blest ed this season Is that a a. good b basket ball team must be the result of two or throe three years years' work on on the part port of tho the coach and players Coach Roberts Robert and und his B. B Y Y U. U five are responsible isible for tor this state of affairs Th The T P mentor has built bunt his lila team from green material and practically nil all h men ma have havo never nover had any better than high school training It goes to show that the popularity of ot the r game throughout the state promises to build buildup buildup buildup up some good teams for tor the he colleges Tho The Idea that two or three st stirs stars ra could make mako a good team was wis also shaken during tho the past season se Nor Nor- gran started with two of at the b best beat men men in the c country as zi as the tho oh for or his hit team but he ho could not find any run run- nine ning mates for tor them and the r result sult was that all the other colleges of the state took tho the proud pr-oud to an on artistic trimming |