| Show Three Regulars Return For 1927 Hoop Turnout t Center Post Proving Hardest For Coach Peterson To Fill y 1 Goodwin Couch and Vincent form Nucleus for Team Dow Lost for Season Of the vast throng out for basketball basketball bas bas- there are only three of last years year's regulars back namely Captain Captain Captain Cap Cap- tain Ralph Goodwin Pete Couch and Lamar Vincent Other lettermen lettermen lettermen letter letter- men back are Frank Jonas George McCurdy and Blackie Davis There is a mi mighty big hole at center center center cen cen- ter for Coach Vadal Peterson to fill caused by the graduation of the towering Rudy Lyons and it is going to be hard to fill fiU Also the absence of Pete Dow Dow- Ute captain captain captain cap cap- tain and forward of last years year's squad will be keenly felt The problem of finding a competent competent competent com com- center is made doubly hard hardy i by y the lack of tall taU men in the Redskin Redskin Red Red- skin aggregation There arc a number number number num num- ber of or men of or good size and some of them like Neele Neeley and Vincent have lave had experience in the pivot position but thus far fir men of exceptional exceptional ex ex- exceptional ex- ex height arc a minus quantity quantity quan- quan ity in the Ute camp Taking all aU in all prospects are not so good this year for a championship championship championship cham cham- team due chiefly to the fact act fact that a number of new men menvill will vill have to be broken in to fill vacancies of a number of last years year's regulars Every possible effort effort effort- is being made nade to arrange a trip during Christmas holidays either to the coast or br else to Colorado to play playa a series of games If this trip can cane be e arranged it will mean a lot toward toward to- to ward vard bolstering up Utah's chances for or a title as it would do much inthe in inie inthe the ie way of putting the players into proper roper condition for their conference confer- confer nce ence cm e games As As S yet there is nothing definite definite about bout the up line-up that depends entirely entirely en- en rely upon who shows to the best bes advantage There are forty men out I and every man is working hard to tomake tomake tomake make the squad if not the first team Therefore This issue cannot be settled at the present but will have to be determined as the season season season sea sea- son progresses Every man has been against playing in the intramural series or with any other team This precaution is taken to prevent the players from forming careless habits habits habits hab hab- its of playing But when sizing up Utah's chances chance's just remember this she has an array of high ex-high school stars the like of which is seldom seen banded together along with witha a few regulars that can commonly be termed a fighting crew An Andun unless un- un less something goes sadly wrong Utah's opponents are going to have plenty to think about before the season is over oyer I |
