Show y ernal emal Tackle Ecker Quint Saturday Ecker Studio reportedly one of the strongest basketball teams team In the Intermountain area will Invade Vernal Saturday night to lock horns with Vernal's own crack Vernal The gamE I is scheduled to be played at the Uintah high school gym at The Eckers quint has a record of 12 wins against no defeats They boast wins over some of the strongest Independent teams of the state and In a tour of the west coast early In the season they hung up victories over three college teams including the touted College of Los Angeles The Eckers squad is made up entirely of former University of Utah stars Including some of the most outstanding play play- ers era ever to wear the Utah red Player coach of the photo five Is Merlin The WIzard Ahl Ahl- AhlQuist quiet Quist who Is 64 tall and holds down the starting center spot He was an conference all per per- performer performer former for two years and last st years was rated as one of the defensive men in the American Basketball league Nick Watts one of Utah's a time dI-time time l-time greats will lead the team as fl Odor or captain Watts spent four years yeah in the army where he reached the rank of major He is still enrolled at the University of Utah where he is studying law At six feet tall Nick is one of the smallest men on the Ecker squad Also appearing on the Ecker team will be Clair lair Anderson guard Mel Atkinson known as Rubber legs because of his jumping ability Don Thomas six foot four inch center Vel- Vel Veldon Veldon don Larson guard Reed rant forward Juan Whiting forward Don Dorton forward Blaine Openshaw forward and Bernard Hafen guard Vernal coach Reverend Blase reports that the showing of his team against the Springville Kiwanis team was D a marked marked improvement and that his cages will be at top strength for the Ecker ter Sterling Cook rugged guard has returned to the squad after having been out with a leg in in- in injury Jury and the squad has been strengthened by the addition of Avard Avant Rigby six foot three three Inch Inch performer Coach Schumacher r states Starting positions on the team have ave apparently been clinched by Ken Frank Wright but Coach Schumacher macher reports that the other three posts ire are being fought for forby forby by Cook Asa Johnston Jim McKnight cKnight Harold Alexander and Clark Roberts The game Is sponsored by the Vernal Junior Camber Chamber of Com Com- Commerce merce Tickets are on sale at atthe atthe the Vernal Drug store and at atthe atthe the Uintah Drug |