Show I Local missionary is star player on team in Australia Basketball programs a n i newspaper clippings have been received from Australia by and Ercil of parents of Elder Snellen who has been laboring in that mission field the past year They tell quite a story of the success of the basketball team who have hung up a fine I record preaching Uio gospel on tho round-ball In one issue of the Lithgow a newspaper published in the city of over half the sports page was devoted to a build-up for a return game between and the and Uie Lithgow all-star Also included was a biographical sketch of the missionary team that had made such a record on their Tho team was the only one to defeat Uie Mormons during the and the return match was drawing tremendous attention f the The following from the Mercury illustrates the prestige tho Mormon Y in s have developed of r of American Basketball players to participate in Australia sinco the Mormons always iv-hed on to a brilliant Sydney recent winners on the Sydney Basketball competition and three time winners from thus peal I state are touring the country districts of Lithgow was Uie only center STAR with the missionary basket hall team In is Elder Snellen who is representing the Ballard Be is also playing for Sydney YMCA to defeat them on their Represented on this year's bean Will be players from four American Universities B nd three states in Elder Snellen who is representing the Ballard la rated one of the finest players ever to play in that This is the summary of 6 4 from Was an all-region center from Union High School in Utah and then attended Brig-ham Young One of the finest defense any Also a very accurate jump shot Other members of the team Robert G. Calif Dick Woods Sherrell West She Noel Rich anil Lanny Nalder from Presiding over the Australian and one of the fine boosters of the game and is President V. Not only has Elder Johnson played with the Mormon but he has been allowed to play ball with the Sydney YMCA team His winning basket in the final five seconds won a ball game that sent the YMCA team into a tie for the Men's basket-bell championship of the He was rated by Uie press as the best player in the game |