The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-11-30
BASKETBALL TAKES
FOOTBALL PLACE
Close of Gridiron Season
Marks Opening of the
Indoors Game.
By Tad

The football season is over In Utah
and from now OH the coaches will direct
their attention TO basketball and other
the varsity men put away their suits and
broke training. The fellows are all in
good shape after their strenuous season
and arc all glad 10 be through for the
year, This season has been the hardest
the university squad has ever had and
las required longer and more faithful
training, OF course, such season hns
told heavily on the men and In Thurs
days game The players showed signs OF
being stale. Those who are intereste ed
only in football will now turn their un-
divided attention TO their school work,
while those who are basketball men will
resume training again this week and will
start the regular work OF the basketball
season.
After the men meet about the end OF
next week for their official picture the
football suits viii be turned IN for the
year. On Friday, December 10. honor day
will DC held At this time awards for
this years football men and last year'l
Ina skctbaIl. baseball aud track men viii
be made. The men who win receive let
ters for this years football are Bennlon
olesen. ToInlan. Gardener, Cole. Peterson
OFT Rouney. Fitzpatrick. Sutherland. L0I
konncy, Hamilton. Hampton, Holm
stead Love Summer. Naylor and Barker
The prospects for T. winning basket
ball team are just as brilliant now O
the past season. Ali Of last years mel
are now in school with tho exception
OF Nnowltou, and II is almost sure Iha
he will be In the lineup again by the be
ginning OF the second semester.
OFT Ronney Is captain OF this year:
team and has bunch OF players to worl
with who cannot be cqualed in the state
Captain Romney, Erickson and Abbott
all OF last years squad. arc available fol
the guard positions. Lon Komncy and
Cdy will he ready for the work Ut center,
while Happy" IIolms lead aud Evans
and Knowlton will be In the forward po-
sitious. Most OF these men have played
together for several seasons and should
exhibit perfect team work this winter.
The boys will have splendid scrimmage
work with the freshmen The freshies
will have = team this year that should
be worthy OF college metal and Will make
the varsity men hurry all the time. Cap
tain Curliss Jlawley and Harold Pyho
who played the forward positions for the
Salt Lake high school last year, md 70,
Mcintyre. who played center. arc all cN-
Cellent men. Besides these there are
Clark who played forward FOR The i. d
5. team last year and Il man who vas sec
ond to no nigh school forward In the state
on making difficult baskets Skidmorc
who played for the champion B. 7. {;
team las season. and Seal, who played
fast ball for the Ricfiield team, are avail,
| able. There are many other players oil
lesg note but who will help 10 liyen u1e
interest In the sunae and strengthen the
varsity.
immediately after Christmas Coach
Bcnnion will go TO Denver TO the meet
| ing Of the Rocky mountain conference
st that time he will arrange trips tc'
both the varsity basketball and basehai
teams, which WIN enable them 70 mee
every conference team Just as In foot-
ball. Bennlou viii also promote TIE idet
OF holding "a conference track and hel'
meet. q, which all the teams viii be rep
! resented.