The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-14
BASKETBALL HOLDS :
INTEREST AT HIGH
Task of Choosing First Team
Now Before Coach
Richardson.

The interclass Mskctball series at the
Salt Lake high school has uncovered 80
many good players that Coach Henry
Richardson now hopes to form cham
pionship five The west siders have
never been champions in the hoop game
Az in football, Richardson played the
class series before the regular season
in order to get line on many Of the
new candidates.
Richardson is greatly elated over the
chances of a championship team ana
hopes that the vest siders viii be able
to compete in the state basketball tour.
uament. Last year the locals had d far
team, but when they met the strong IL.
D. s. FIVE they lost. The L; d. s. VIC
good work Of their center, "Shm I"
Smith
The only old letter men OF the basket
ball team of last year are Captain
Roy Siddoway and Calvin Rawlings.
Both are among the strongest in the
state and Richardson will build his
team around these two players. :,
The worst blow to the basketball
squad was the accident to Wendell
Packard s knee. Packard has been hav"
ing much trouble with his knee since
played left end on the red and black
Football team, During the last week of
football his knee was hurt in scrim-
make, He has been practicing in the
gymnasium and the knee was thought
to be all right. Last week he started
to play in one of the practice games
and his knee started to pain again. The
physicians assert that Packard's knee
is in bad shape and that only rest will
e. "a I'LL. Sa1 poa n alx
ard not to practice. There is hope OF
having Packard with the squad again
within a month.
Johnson a Star.
The biggest surprise of the week
has been the playing Of Stanley John
! son, the big center of the sophomore
| team johnson is more than six feet
in height and is the biggest man In the
school.
1t is unlikely that any of the fresh
men will go out for the first team, a:
they are the smallest boys in tbs
school and there is an abundance OF
material from the other classes. The
! les are Andrews, Peabody and Evans.
Glen Holt is one of the most accur
ate men at the school at shooting
baskets He played with the sopho
mores and has distinguished himself
Holt has a lanre leg and is greatly
handicapped, but Richardson hopes tt
have him for the first team.
The sophomore team undoubtedly
| has had the best material from which tt
| pick its team. When such men as Up
| ham, Hudson and other good men are
rcompelled to stay on the side lines, tht
team must be good. Captain Ray Don
kin and John Holden have played I;
strong game for the second year men.
The Juniors had a good team, but
were not as lucky as the freshmen il
their first game when the underclass
men won. The juniors will attempt tt
tie the sophomores for first place wher
they play tomorrow,
Captain Wifi Romney, Lester Jarvi:
and Hugh Lyman have been the star.
for the third year men. Romney ha'
played great game on defense and ha:
shown the fight that has made the Rom
neys famous.
| Lester Jarvis is a good man on bas
kets and is also clever on the defense
This is Lyman first year at the hooI
game and he has done great york. II
the game between the Juniors and
seniors, he scored fifteen points.