Show CAGE iS- iS iSGET GET INTEREST OF HOOP FANS Utah Prepare for Fast S Season ason on the Hoop Floors Collegiate basketball In Utah II i causing ore n moro speculation with the tans fans tn il northern Utah than ever be- be before before be before fore The Tho students of tho game rame arnot are not only interested In la piecing the changes In tao lito I 1 lules ules put Into the but they thy seem elated over the fact that the th schools have adopted the system of pIa Ing each other four times Instead of twice as in other years and that the colleges have agreed to play under a strict InterpretAtion Interpretation Interpretation tation of the th rules and thus making the officials nork 1 ork snore more pleasant In tal fosmer mer years the colleges of the state have havo only played each other twice during the season once on each teams team's floor Under the new system each team will III TV III play each other team four times time during the tile season twice on the home floor and twice on the 01 op opponent's floor The two games cames at I home as os well as the two t Games cames awal awa nih be played on two t consecutive 1 nights usually Friday and Saturday nights In past ers ears It If one team got gotOff gotoff Off to an early start and nd won two or three gomes games it practically assured it- it itself Itself It self of the championship I he tour four game Idea nih will Et t least keep heep up the Interest In the race until later In the season The fhe Th fact that the coaches of the three state Institutions decided to have haVo their teams tams live up to a strict InterpretAtion interpretation Interpretation tation of rules will wUl not only make male the games faster but it will make the of- of of officials work more pleasant In the past few years the officials claimed that too much was left up to their own Judgment In handling the college games With the th cOlleges adopting the of a strict interpretation of the rules the officials nih will be bo on sate safo ground as long lone as the they know the th rules and use their best judgment in the th decisions that they render RULES KULES A noto note under Rule Rulo 7 Section 10 tale saS that what Is I known as guarding from the rear usually results in per per- personal per personal sonol contact which Is a personal foul At the coaches meeting they Interpreted that to mean that guard guard- guardIng guarding cuard Ing from front the rear is not necessarily a foul but that in guarding from the rear pushing riding holding and such things are aro fouls This is Just another way of saYing the th same game thing thin or at least it Jt proved to be bo so in the th game at Logan Locan between the Montana State cOllege and the th Utah Aggles A man manwill manwill will ill find It almost Impossible to guard from the rear and not push puh hold throw his weight on the tho opponent etc eta which are all personal fouls This rule ruha was the th only one on that the college coaches felt needed a II little additional explaining It is fortunate for the teams that these changes chances are ar e be being Illg made this year ear Each Cach of the three schools still 1 have havo more new now faces on their teams year thons than Is the usual case ease The has six nix members ot last ears ear's ears ear's squad back this ear but ut of these thes only one on of them Captain Watkins atkins Is a letter hotter man Tile fhe Th Utah I Aggles will line up with Ith only t two 0 rog- rog regulars ular rec-ular ulars of last year s team playing this season The Tho Aggles have hae three throe letter latter iren of last ear on their squad but the balance of tho the squad with Ith one ex- ex exception ex exception is made up of freshmen 01 men playing for tor the first time tinte on the college squad The Th B Y U nih will bo forced to play with Ith but four letter lettermen lettermen lettermen men of last year back on this years year's squad and ond like 1111 the tile U of U and Aggles they thy will have several fresh fresh- freshmen freshmen freshmen men on their squad It If the changes nl ft the rules were ere made mad at a time hen when the teams were ere all made Up of omen men that had played two or three bars ears It would be bo a harder task for forthe forthe the coaches to change chance theIr st stile Ie of playing than it will III be bo to teach the lounger fellows th the thi game earne under the strict interpretation of the tile rules The games eames at Logan Loenn between the Montana State college collece and the Utah Aggles were pIa ed under the officiating of ot Homer Warner Arner and W WW W V both graduates of the high schools school tor for officials The games game were nero clean fast and hard fought and the fans were well ell pleased with the brand of ball displayed ed The tans fans seemed to get enough enjoyment out of ot the fa fast t passing and the clever basket shooting to make malce up tor for the rough under the old rules J IANS AN ANXIOUS IOUS After belne being so well ell pleased with the close lose and hard fought Games eames with Ith Montana the tho fans tans of Logan Login aro are even more anxious to witness the th first games with the th B Y U to be bo played In the Attics fim nm on February 2 and 3 In the Montana Games came Cowley and ands s college both playing their first col- col col lege lee games at guard luard played well but people are wondering Just whether hether or not they tiry can till flit P Hanson s z and Claude Claudo Lindsay's places Hanson and Lindsay tho the guards of last years year's lo Aggie team were ere exceptionally nally fast I Many litany of tho the fans tana hope that the com com- com com- combination of Cowley and will be willbe just Ju t as effective 0 as the tho Hanson and ay pair nu was as But this will not come about until these men have bave had moro more experience and bite hivo played to- to go gether togo together longer II who played center last year is captain of this lears lear's cars car's team and Is holding down the th same place Hammo Hammond d had a badly sprained ankle and ond was only able to play In parts of the th two games came with Montana He is well now and Js is I Improving pro vine with every nights night's practice a a forward of last lut lear oar and Ivins who substituted at forward for Happy Robinson last latt season are ar playing these positions position this year sear ear for forthe the Aggles with his hi one on years year's year experience li is playing a tory ery heady game came while J Is working hard to make mako a regular berth on the th team substituting Cecil Baker Daker a freshman Is at center while Henry Webster and Anthon Lunt both freshmen are aro ar Substituting at the forward jobs joba job At guard Stanton Belnap and Harvey Woodside Kirk are Cowley and Wood Wood- side Id a 0 hard Ilard raco race for tor the thu regular job Jobs Kirk Kirl Is a 0 n versatile v l player and can be used at either cither guard or forward The Th Aggie squad is working hard each night In an effort to get redy for the B Y u team February 2 and an 3 S anS The people at the Agricultural cOllege are expecting to see e a vei el y strong team when wh n the ho B Y U five comes to Logan With such uch men as Keeler Packard and Dixon all will the letter men of la t year lear ear and with i the bAlance of the th guard built up sip with i How such men as 48 Bird Stewart and Sanderson the fan tans of Logan I feel certain that the th Young university will come corn forth with an exceptionally strong trone stron combination |