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Show District Nine Adopts Basketball Schedule Basketball, with football and other sports of the like nature relegated until next fall, is occupying the attention at-tention of sport lovers and Indications point to some lively sessions with the opening- of the league games, set for January 18. Six quints, according to officials, will be seen playing in the ninth district, and will include Gunnison, Gunni-son, Wasatch academy, North Sanpete, San-pete, Manti, Ephraim and Moroni. E. Allen Bateman, arbitor of the state athletic association, came down from Salt Lake Saturday and conducted con-ducted a school of Instructions for those who will officiate at league crames during the winter. Representatives Representa-tives from Gunnison, including Coach Peyton Alexander and Richard Gled-hill, Gled-hill, attended the school of instruction. instruc-tion. Others attending1 from Sanpete county were Roy Bogh, Mayfield; Edgar Nielson, Centerfield; Leland Anderson and Vernal Erickson of Manti; Geo. Beal and Evan Erickson, Erick-son, Ephraim; Merrill Cloward and Frank Bruno, Moroni. At the conference, a schedule for the winter's play was completed, as follows : January 18 Ephraim vs. Wasatch academy at Mt Pleasant; North Sanpete San-pete vs. Manti at Manti; Moroni vs. Gunnison at Gunnison. January 15 Wasatch academy vs. Manti at Manti; Moroni vs. Ephraim at Ephraim; Gunnison vs. North Sanpete San-pete at Mt. Pleasant. January 22 Manti vs. Ephraim. at Ephraim; North Sanpete vs. Moroni at Moroni; Gunnison vs. Wasatch academy at Mt. Pleasant. January 29 Ephraim vs. Gunnison at Gunnison; Wasatch academy vs. North Sanpete at Mt. P feasant; Moroni Mor-oni vs. Manti at Manti. February 5 Ephraim vs. North Sanpete at Mt. Pleasant; Wasatch academy vs. Moroni at Moroni; Gunnison Gun-nison vs. Manti at Manti. February 12 Ephraim vs. Manti at Manti; Moroni vs. North Sanpete at Mt. Pleasant; Wasatch academy vs. Gunnison at Gunnison. February 19 North Sanpete vs. Ephraim at Ephraim; Moroni vs. Wasatch academy at Mt. Pleasant; Manti vs. Gunnison at Gunnison. February 26 Gunnison vs. Ephraim Eph-raim at Ephraim; North Sanpete vs Wasatch academy at Mt. Pleasant; Manti vs. Moroni at Moroni. March 4 Ephraim vs. Moroni at Moroni; Manti vs. Wasatch academy at Mt. Pleasant; North Sanpete vs. Gunnison at Gunnison. March 9 Manti vs. North Sanpetc-at Sanpetc-at Mt. Pleasant; Gunnison vs. Moroni at Moroni; Wasatch academy vs. Epn- Coach Alexander is working out several splendid men, and in the preseason pre-season games his Bulldogs are showing show-ing fine class. In two combats with Salina, while meeting defeat, the locals lo-cals gave the contestants a big "run" in both events. By the time of the opening of the play, the youngsters f the Gunnison Valley high school will have gained strength, system and training, which should put them in the leaders row. |