Show COUGARS II AYE VE SNAPPY CAGE PLAYERS I FOR NEW NEY CAMPAIGN I By Br IL n It n It MERRILL Jan 9 While 9 While the PROVO P coaches at Brigham Youn Young university declare that the squad of basketball men has not been picked and while they say the squad quad will not be picked until the season opens the fans have long ago decided that the squad Is grad gradually picking Itself In fact most of the tans fans who are eagerly watch watch- watchIng watching ing lag the procedure at the parent church school are of the opinion that that Is Just what the tho coaches intend l shall happen The game with Oklahoma Wed Wed- Wednesday Wednesday evening was enlightening Coach E H L Roberta throw threw five men Into the contest who played II a great reat brand of ball They were soon relieved by others others but th the opinion was rather general that that first five represented pretty I closely the coaches coache's selection for first team That five was made 1 tip of Fred DIxon and end fluell Swenson forwards Golden Rom Rem Rom Rom-ney ney center Orin Howard and Wil- Wil Wilbar bur Wll-bur bur bar Collins Colllns guards The squad will be made up of the the five men Just mentioned plus pIUS Wes Lloyd Frosty Richards Sanky Dixon Lowell Biddulph Taylor Dave Pearce and Ree Reed l Swenson Other men may be add add- added added ed cd to It but these men are pretty likely to stick FINE ASSORTMENT That flat gives Roberts six alx forwards forward one center and five guards Santa I Claus was not good to the coach He did not leave another center other than Romney Homney In the mentors mentor I stocking and Roberts must find such a man If It he ha has hae to search heaven and earth for tor him Biddulph has been used a little as pivot man and Swenson ho has been used a bit but neither man possesses the spring that Is reo re- required re required or the natural ability that goes to make a ft great center Russell Hussell Swenson looked good In Reed Stewarts Stewart's place at forward Swenson rustled the ball ban In great shape teamed well and guarded unusually well In the old days das before lie he left the B Y T U for tor the mission field he was wo looked upon as ft a fast forward lIe Ha doesn't seem to have slowed up much In tho thosa two years year Richards Richard a LlOyd and DIxon were all given elven a chance chane to show their wares ware against the land savage and all 1111 had a a fair display lay It looked good to see ie the two sor tel rel DIxon brothers playing for for- forward for forward ward sard together for a a few moments during the game before Buck was relieved by Wes Lloyd SPIE SPLENDID C GUARD nD Wilbur Wllbur Lob Collins Colllns looked like a bit of chained lightning at guard lIe Ho Is fast shifty accurate and a 0 great rustler He will probably probably ably hold the position at guard made vacant by the graduation of Paul Packard one of the last fastest est little guards guarda the state has hae ever seen Collins Colllns Is small but his hii speed offsets the handicap Reed Swenson Dave Pearce and Taylor are all playing guard nand Pearce got an nn op- op opportunity op opportunity to play against the Say Sav- Savages Sav-I Sav ages but they were not quite so 80 impressive as Colllns Coiling The chase chaee for that basketball pennant Is to be bo a merry one The Utes and the Aggles are forti fortified tied by some of ot the greatest basket shooters basket shooters hooters this state has ever turned turne 1 out In fact those two Institutions Institutions got all of the men except Collins who showed up best beat last year In the waxed floor game Out ot CL their assortments Coaches s Arm Arm- Armstrong strong and Romney ought to beable be beable beable able to pick some winning teams team Armstrong has Roberts and Dow to add to his hla long list of stars and has Worthington Wade and a list of others almost equally fast The Y T champions how however ever will be In the running for tor honors all season In spite of the tho fact that DI as a usual In vital places the Y Is short of reserve strength ot of Just the right quality Anyhow those basketball games gome are all to be heart breakers for tor formen formen men as well as u spectators |