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Show Slow BireoEi Has rowra Y 1$ Teams . ... eight. Some of the team sponsors during the decade of the 7U's were Wil's, Carolyn's Billiards, Pack Construction, Con-struction, Wasatch Bank, Ted's Style Shop, Doug's TV and a group called the Kinsmen. Pack's teams won several league titles and Wasatch Bank captured a pair. Bill Hoglund has been I he force behind the formation of the league and as City Recreation Director he slill plays a major role. At present, Paul Schoonover is the league director, and he has done a great job organizing and coordinating the games and officials. He .s assist by Cliff Hales who scores, the games and keeps the league statistics. This season gamesare played on M i'ruesdty and Wednes ay at lhe high school. Game times are 6.30, 7:40 and 8:50 p.m. As ()f Januarl, there are three undefeated squads: oug s TV Wilkinson-Bowen and Leav.tt and the Kinsmen. Each boast a perfect 6-0 "Trouble elimination tourney is scheduled the week following the final league game which is set for February 18. From a four-team group started in 1966, the PG City Recreation "slow break" basketball league for men has grown to a 14-team, three night a week league. In 16, the City Recreation Department started the program for older men who couldn't or didn't want to keep up with the then popular fast break LDS M-Men teams. The "older" guys played weekly in the girl's gym at the old junior high school where the baskets are 9'6" from the floor and the court is 75 feet long. Players on the first year's cham pionship team included "Duke" and Kay Giles, Bob Davis, Don Crump, Jack Hill, John Gourley and Jerry Parduhn - all long-since retired. The program stayed "slow break" for three more years and was moved to the high school gym where teams sponsored by Gene Carter and later Erv Pack captured first place. When the church program went to volunteer officials and eliminated the All-Church Tournament, the city opted to go "fast break." The number of players desiring to participate in the "better organized" city league increased the number of teams to ' I v I !v ' ' - , " , - maw- & i . RON MOOSMAN of G & C Construction looks to pass over Bryan Taylor of Kelly's Plumbing in P.G. City League basketball last week. (Piiu by Clark Hill) |