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Show Class B :Casaba Open Tourney Today Classic Lures Top Clubs Four-Da- y Halt lake Sports Mirror by John Mooney Page 2 II Salt Lake City, Utah March 4, 1964 ' Wednesday Morning ; By Bill Coltrin Tribune Sports Writer PROVO All roads led to Provo Tuesday as the first of the dihard basketball fans began arriving for the four-da- y state Class B high school tournament beginning Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the Brigham Young Tribune Sports Editor Remember the radio skit presented by the Mighty Allen Art Players, the Mountain Justice bit with the judge (Fred Allen) hearing the case of the man claiming damages for five acci' dents? . IT WOUND UP with the plaintiff contending, There was live, Judge. Zing! I was up. Zap! Its the barrel. Zam! It'S the roof. Zow! Its the barrel again. Whap! Its the ground. Wham ! Its the barrel Thats five accidents, Judge.0 But Judge Allen ruled, " Cordin to law,-tiand taint, Jolo. fieldhouse. AND WHILE aH of the casaba teams wont be winners, the motels, the restaurants, the gas stations and the fieldhouse concession booths figure to take it all before the week is over, Its a gala four days,' win or lose, for the cagers, with old friends from widespread points in Utah getting together in what has become an Old Home Week for many. s When ye say em slow, ye got five. But reel em off and they group up on ye. ' Wednesday; Lower Bracket 10 a.m. Uintah vs. Dixie. 11 :30 p.m. American Fork vs. South Sevier. 1 p.m. North Sanpete vs. , Mil- lard. 2:30 p.m. Judge vs. Moab. w Upper Bracket 4:30 p.m. South Rich vs. Emery. 6 p.m. Pleasant Grove vs. Green River. 7 :30 p.m. Morgan vs. Lehi. 9 p.m. North Sevier vs. Hurricane. Eight more games Involving the same 16 teams will be Thursday, with the THERELL BE fans who will played which teams play in the lower bracket in the afternoon Wednesday playing at night on Thursday. Thats the type of mountain justice the area basketball teams feel they have been getting from the NCAA tournament committee in recent years. Read the tournament records fast and the conference from the area doesht deserve any better than a playoff date to earn the right to play in the Western Regionals. ' IN THE DAYS when the major conference in' the area was (he Skyline its champions fared so poorly in the western tournaments the committee couldnt do anything but rate the league as a poor basketball conference. , i Titans Blast read the record slowly and the tournament committee appears to be wrong." ALL TEAMS IN the upper bracket, which play in the night session Wednesday, will play in The Western AthletkfConference Is being tarred by the old the afternoon (or late morning) brush and being blamed for the basketball sins of its predecessor. on Thursday. ! Arizona State, as the WAC representative last year, beat After Thursdays play,' four Utah State to gain the tournament at Provo and them Slaughtered teams will be eliminated for ' tJCLA to gain the regional finals.' , , Fridays session, leaving six games on the docket All teams ! NO ONE COULD complain about the caliber of basketball down Olympus High cagers, which lose both Wednesday and in tlie WAC last year. This year,, the record against and practically out, got up and will be eliminated. knocked Highland down Tuesday Thursday opponents is even more favorable.' ' and with the victory caused a TWO MORE teams will leave celebration not only at Olympus, the tournament Friday, leaving The Formula Needs Revising but at Granite High School and just eight to play the four games The procedure used to pick the regional teams is faulty. at West, too, for that matter. on Saturday. . The WAC representative, in being forced to play off to gain Undisputed region champions . COACH KEN FARRELLS Tithe regional tournament, Is paying for the failures of some must rate as favorites so this teams not included in the current conference alignment tans, playing like iron men with would put Judge Memorial, South Sevier and Hurricane as .The WCAC (consisting of smaller colleges in California) only five getting into the the top threeTju3geYwrftegwn-Si- x, - beat theTtams, tecord ofH Qualifies Its champion, largely In Tuesday South Sevier' won Region anTiduibio U., In the'llayswhen the Dons were national the final scheduled Region Three Nine and Hurricane won Region champions. ' game for both teams. Ten. L Yet WAC teams have slaughtered WCAC teams this seaWith the victory, fourth place Lehi and American Fork son without losing a game. in Region Three is now a defitied for first in Region Seven three-wa- y nite a tie and possible Actually, when a coach schedules a WCAC team a lot of us four-wa- y tie. With fourth place and didnt play the tie off. record, and rightly so. figure that coach is padding his won-logoes a coveted berth in the state At this moment,- - Lehi looks tournament. , PAST HISTORY, beyond a year or so, means so little In luckier than the Cavemen since athletics It is foolish to consider the old scores. In the Rose it won the flip for the title. lOdra.-UINT-AH THE TIE, regardless of what V5. DIXIE Bowl, the West Coast team is the winner of the AWU conferit is numerically, will have to In the eastern part of the ence. If it happens to be UCLA this fall, the Bruins will go, I UtOctm.-AMERICA- N where Region Eight FIG SOUTH SEVIER be played off this week. At the with no penalty for the failures of previous UCLA teams to stretches from the Wyoming to moment' Olympus, Highland and 1p.m.-nor- th make good showings against the Big 10 team. Granite are tied for fourth with the Arizona border, no playoff records and if West beats was held,,with Uintah winning JUDGE vs. MOAB No one could complain about the reputation or caliber the northern half and Green Skyline Wednesday the Panthers of the three at large teams selected this season. In Utah River the southern half of the 4:$0p.m.-$CUT- H EMERY RICHvi. also will have a 7 mark. State, Oregon State and Seattle, the committee selected three So no arrangements for a play- regional title, -contenders. outstanding GREEN RIVER 6p.m. PLEASANT GROVE off can be made until West No matter how yon look at But there seems to be a complaint when the winner of a T.lOp.m.-MORCA- N plays. vs.LEHl the lower bracket which It, bona fide conference must play off to qualify, when the other two -- NORTH SEVIER GARY STAHL AND Phil Tuc-keplays the early games WednesV5. HURRICANE conferences in the area gain the regionals without playing off. were the biggest bombers day, is the tongher. for Olympus Tuesday as .each It has South Sevier, Judge, Independent Status Easier" picked up 20 points. But the other American Fork and Uintah in Conference schedules Involve home and home competition, Basketball fans from close and distant points In the state opening round of eight games in the Class B tourney set three Titans were in double it, along with North 'Sanpete and and, normally - this cuts down the winning records of most. of are converging on the BYU fieldhouse in Provo with the for Wednesday. Tourney will continue for three more days. figures with Vern Utley picking winners, who Millard, two the member teams. up 13, Craig Evans 12 and Randy missed out inleague to cop the trying MacKay getting 11. titles. The Independent team schedules Its games where it can region Tops for Highland was Bob g And so, the games sign them. This has advantages and disadvantages, naturally. Shafer with 14. The Rams fell on the opening day would have behind quickly and couldnt to be American Fork vs. South To fill out a tournament bracket of six teams in the West, catch up although they did come for example, it is necessary to select three at large teams. Sevier, North Sanpete vs. Milup to within a half dozen or so lard and the final Again we point out, no one could find fault with the three Special to TheJrlbune met all season. Stone broke the Jim Benedict added 18 and shot as Thompson led a regame of the points in the final quarter. independent teams named this year. R.I. Provi- Aggie back with outside shots Jim Ahern 10 for the Friars. PROVIDENCE, day. North Sevier (second in bounding brigade that stopped OLYMPUS 76, HIGHLAND 44 dence College downed Utah early in the game and, when the Region Nine) vs. Hurricane. the Ags. HIGHLAND OLYMPUS BUT, IN CHECKING the tournament fields around the Providence used a zone deOT FP here defensive on OT PP State, Tuesday night Ags put pressure 16 Millet country in recent years, we have noted at times a tournament Evans 4 4 4 12 fense throughout the game and USU GUARD GARY Watts hit 45 02 01 10 Ward Stahl I 4 4 20 will have one or more at large representatives with inferior in a game which saw individual him, Thompson took over in the 12 points on outside shots but the 15 13 Simpson II Mackey 5 2 Call me up 4 4 3 11 D. Jackson Tuckatt 7 in scoring records for each team late stages. Stone scored 25 kept the Ags off the backboards, records, much poorer than the records of the runners-uSB ball B couldnt the into 3 3 7 Ags 4 Jackson get Utley BUY A FORD seldom allowing more than one broken. points. 7 4 14 Shaftr the neighboring conferences. Estes running mates on the t D 0 4 Hall THE CONTEST was the last In this area, in the years to come, the Big Sky Conference WALTER 5 Howard front line, center Troy Collier a i must be considered as a bona fide representative in the Western for each in the regular basket16 11 and 64 Walker. forward It Total LARSON LeRoy U 16 16 76 ball season and left Utah State Scot by auartera: Regional. Collier and Walker each Highland 1 262-26- 1 13 with a 20-- mark and Providence Olympu 22 scored 14. That would give four conference champions. at 20-i Wayne Estes ot the Aggies PROVIDENCE SCORED four Then the committee could do one of two things expand the tossed in 33 points to give him a ' to forced tournament so each conference champion would.be straight baskets just before the season total' of 751,. surpassing half ended to take a 5 lead. play an at large team to qualify, or it could seed the confer- Cornell Greens 745 recorded in ence champions and force the at large teams to compete in 1960-6Associated Press By 1 Ulis Williams said theyd talked The Ags came within four points playofis to gain the tournament berths. 3 but the Friar defense TEMPE, ARIZ., March 3--A to Bergstrom. Caldwell said he at PROVIDENCES John Thomp- former Arizona Universialso was questioned by West- held off that surge and moved A belie way would be to consider each tournament pairStatq .. son canned 22 for a team career ty coach said Tuesday that h? ern Athletic Conference " Com- out in front again. ing on the basis of the seasons records. record of 1,472, five better than has been questioned by a Na- missioner Paul Brechler, Providence had the edge in It shouldnt be too much trouble for the tournament com- Jim Hadnots 1,467 completed tional Collegiate Athletic Asso' percentages, 51 per HE shooting me JUST If asked was I mittee to study the records of the competing teams and seed two years ago.' ciation official In connection cent to 42 for the visitors, althe learns with the better records, and then make a bona fide The victory gave Providence with the school's athletic poli- getting any excessive aid, Caldwell said, and I told him though the Ags improved on its sixth straight season of 20 or cies. drawing for the other positions in the bracket. , no. He said he had heard their shooting in the second it bound to be unfair, espe- more winf. For Utah State Any other means Is arbitrary and half. investirumors." The NCAA is now cially when two conferences qualify automatically with nothing was the third straight for alleged irwho coached UTAH STATE Markham, PROVIDENCE gating but past records on which to base this favoritism. e f p Caldwell and Becker after help- 96 F 11P Watt BOTH TEAMS will embark on regularities in its program. 0 Blolr 6 Eenedlct t 64) 16 06 1 Long freshto NCAA them as recruit play tourney ing Ward Observation Francis 6 Dlttebrand Kinski 6 J 2 Markham, (Fanny) next week, Providence in the who 6 Hansen men, declined comment on their 6 16 Ahern 4 If Sonny Liston had boon an Olympic akfor ho could hava fln-- fs resigned as an assistant Walker 2 Lher 1 wouldnt 615 3314 Este selecting 25 Stono 10 had a surprising second against Cassius Clay and givon causa for 14 Collier A 10 22 The Thompson to comment western in on the regionals. anyone that," coach at lay and optimism. in 1961, said Dutton 6 64 6 Kovalskl 2 21 6 Ags will meet the Western Ath- he has talked twice with NCAA he said. What I know, I know letic Conference winner, still 31 75 Arthur Bergstrom. and thats that Halftlm in Eugene, Ore., investigator tcora: Provldonca 44, Utah undecided, Bergstrom said he was talk- Stala 35. d game. MARKHAM, now a basket- ing to a lot of guys, Including Tuesday in, a Parional foul Utah Stato Watt 3, Elinor SAYS: .. Markham Long 1, Dlttebrand I, Walker 4. Estes 1, Jim Stone joined with Thomp- ball coach at Bolsa Grande High some . alumni," Collier 3, Providence Benedict 1, Ahern son to give the Friars as good a School In Garden Grove, Calif., added. . 3, Stone 3, Thompson 3, Kovalskl 3. Plan ahead and ENJOY o punch as the Ags have said he conferred with Bergthe EASTER HOLIDAY in strom last October and again about a month ago. ELKO at the STOCKMEN'S $ r Bergstrom, Markham said, MOTOR HOTEL & COMf 4 L K also talked to former i MERCIAL HOTEL. i i Pi assistant football coach Dick W f" Manspergen 0UR RESERVATIONS NOWh jttk H m M I M Tickets At: ilinoc bailey, Mgr. 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