Show I- I UTE MENTOR BEGINS DRIVE ON CONFERENCE TITLE w tl w r Tp n. T To en Utah T U UN T T Netters N etters Prominent in 1930 State Rankin 0 n i UTAH WITHOUT R. R M Ce e BANNER SINCE 1916 Preseason Skirmishes Designed to lo Tone up Redskin Red Red- skin skill Ba leers for 1931 Campaign b o By WAYLAND HAND Basketball at Utah at-Utah Utah which to varying degrees has been littie little little lit lit- tle tie short shori of an anthology of woe ever since the red-clad red leather agate jugglers rs d domesticated the R. R M. M C C. C back in in 1916 again wages on the hill Training thanks to divers and sundry football football foot foot- ball banquets and to the b gluttony attendant on them has been slow but Vadal Peterson adroit B. B B. B skipper looks forward to the opening ening Western Division contests with the Montana State college e five firs early in January I with no enthusiasm He Ho i is s anxious anxious to see sec what his crew o of f hopefuls will do when pitted ah a against a revamped M. M S. S C. C which ff h has almost forgotten the flash flashy Y Utah prodigals Ward and Thompson Thomp Thomp- Yh son in welcoming another Utah Uta h boy to the fold to be specific specific- c- c a certain Booth from Magna Mag- Mag na who has been a dominant figure figure fig fig- figure ure in Copper League ball for four fou r years or more Basketball Situation Shifts Throughout State With the steady rise of football temperament at U critics an and d laymen alike have watched th the e gradual decrease in Utah's magnetic magnetic mag mag- attraction to oncoming ming prep hoop loop stars Not Not long ago Salt Sal SaltI t Lake county high schools virtually I usurped the basketball spotlight inthe in inthe inthe the Beehive state and the Crimson Crimson Crimson Crim Crim- son stronghold close at hand drew drewa a fair amount of the choicest timber timber timber tim tim- ber and made hey-day hey the while At present with an exception o othe or r two wo the personnel of the hoop squad is if we may inflict the truth ruth on you OU homogeneous local homogeneous local youths The wide distribution o of f good basketball throughout the I state borne out best in the dearth of championships won by Salt Lake teams eams makes this distinction very inconsequential nay pathetic to acoach a acoach acoach coach who is trying in vain to bolster bolster bolster bol bol- ster year after year Holiday Tilts Will be Feelers s The first snack of intercollegiate competition comes Dec 19 and 20 with the Bengal Pack from C. C C C. after which the Utes will be a ahome at t home lome to callers during the Christmas Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas recess Jousts with Montana a U two or three their itinerants mayhap Phillips Coll College ge or St St. Marys Mary's and tilts with motIe motley l aggregations aggregations ag ag- gregat ons composed of former college college college col col- lege and prep stars hereabouts will act as season pre-season feelers Contingent upon Petersons Peterson's a ability ability abil abil- il- il ity to whip his casaba into shape during these preliminary skirmishes depends very largely what will happen during the strenuous strenuous strenuous 1931 campaign which winds up the last day of February Mental Balance alance Plays Plas Big Dig Part PartA A good start with coI confidence to carry carryover over can make erstwhile mediocre teams unbeatable Th mentor in default of an oVer supply supply supply sup sup- ply of talent is attempting to mold the temper of the team to a winning pitch No new departures are hinted in the floor tactics the Braves will employ They will be typically l which is symbolic of the best which the popular popular popular pop pop- ular winter sport has to offer Given a cent center r and a quick- quick breaking marksman to team with Cox and Smith Utah will be bs very much in the running The Redskins Redskin's guard line Cooper and Magleby 1 of Young to the contrary is as good goodas as anything in the conference and if the scoring department is toned up a bit no apologies for the 1931 edition will be made |