Show HOOP TITLE IN SEVIER AT STAKE mi FRIDAY finn snappy monroe guard staples may be out of G game ame with bad knee by bv coach red wade with and panguitch in a tie and four remaining games to paly one defeat may determine the district basketball championship for the other team panguitch is in a much more desirable position to take the division than monroe is because the southern teams which she has to play are much weaker than the northern teams that monroe must play panguitch need not fear the two games with circleville Cir cleville as in the two games with monroe and richfield they only counted twice from the field and those in the last minutes of play at monroe marysvale Marys vale and escalante are ara fair teams but not of the same calibre that panguitch is monroe has two games left with richfield one with salina and one with bicknell at bicknell richfield at the present time is the best richfield team I 1 have seen and possibly as strong as panguitch this was shown by the one point margin of panguitch over richfield handley will be a threat at all times he is big and capable of shooting from any angle poulson and penny or green are working nicely at forwards Poul sons floor game is commendable goodin and lowe are also dangerous lowe plays a marvelous defensive game and is a good scorer our monroe team knows what it takes to be a winner and we intend to win with the odds against us the game with richfield friday is as much a championship game as if she was playing the tie with panguitch the monroe team at times has looked very good especially the past three weeks staples at guard and johnson at forward have improved the offense considerably monday night the elongated guard threw one of his knees out of place and this may mav keep him out of the battle hansen at center should give handley plenty of trouble johnson and neilson are improving every lay day and with staples and wally gregersen or lee at guards this combination should make it hard for richfield the team looks even better than tile the championship team last season monroes monroen Mon roes big fault has been in the percentage shots in the bicknell game monroe had four shots to Bic knells one richfield has been much the same in previous games the game friday should be similar to tile the college games of today the one wins who happens to be on top when the gun is fired |