Show i I v The Basketball Season i 9 I I 4 With the game to be played with the five from the he Agricultural college next week the short basketball S season will have ended and the limited schedule have been completed Whether the season season sea sen- son has been a successful one for Utah is to be d decided by each individual according t to his own Opinions From a playing standpoint the judges the season to have been worth while even though we e were out of f the honors in the last game Utah has come coma from a mediocre show show- lag ing t to playing as good basketball as has lias been seen in ill fl collegiate circles for some time Competition has been keen and interest should have been whetted to a great extent because becas of the close race between the state c schools But nut has the interest of he Utah student body been whetted in bask basketball this year by this condition con con- or any oth other r factor To 10 all appearances itI it it- I has not This opinion is not based upon individual ual nal personal judgment but r rather upon the thc matt matI mat mat- t tar ter being behig pointed to out us by several who should I know We Ve have haye no available figures at hand to uphold our contention If it is true then there I Jiust be be a. reason a-reason nn and the the c condition should should l b 14 b bet bet- Utah is ir s handicapped in making basketball the sport in collegiate circles that it is in hl scholastic circles It is even handicapped in making it tile the sport that it is fast becoming in other collegiate circles This handicap is in the fact that in its schedule it is only able to secure gRm games s with two other institutions and this necessitates a wait of I two weeks between games which wait has served as a n particularly detrimental factor in securing the interest of the supporters at the different in in in- Basketball has taken a sudden n and pronounced cd spurt in pop popularity r t. t in all schools of the country during the past season as is evidenced b by the reports reports re re- re I ports r received front from student newspapers in all sec see It is fast com coining ng to serve as a 1 rival in inmany inmany many parts to football And Ana there ther can be no I doubt that the sport is continually growing as asan asan an au important one in high high- schools Further r it has probably been given more importance up until I this time as both n n. high school and college sport in the state of Utah than in any other state I It is to be asked then if something cannot be bedone bedone done to so arrange schedules in coming years so soto soto soto to provide Utah stUd students ts 1 with more college ge games gaines i I coming oftener during the playing season and so soto soto soto to stimulate and keep up the interest that should be manifest in the indoor game We note that Idaho has just entered the Pacific conference and has luis immediately turned about and taken the bas bs- basketball championship from those schools which recognized her as being worthy of their compe compe- From reports we cannot doubt but that Idaho is glad that it took the step that placed it in this conference It also no d doubt has been a financial success for them if we are to judge from the interest shown What we are wonder wondering ng and what we desire to say sar is Is it not possible for the athletic council councilor or graduate manager to make certain connections or ot arrangements whereby th the basketball schedule I could be filled in with a greater number of games I with college teams even een outside the state which would no doubt be necessary anti and so help tho the sport in collegiate circles at our institution 7 |