State Champions in Basket Ball

STATE CHAMPIONS IN BASKET BALL FOR 1921-22 B. Y. U. l. Paul Packard, 2. Glen Simmons, forward; 3. Russel Swenson, for- ward; 4. Ralph Keeler, center; 5. Kenneth Wright, captain, guard; 6. Elwood Jackson, sub-guard; 7. Vernon Tolboe, manager; 8. Leo Meredith, suU-guard; 9. Teuton Reeve®, sub-forward; 10. "Monty" Groesbeck, sub- guard; 11. Ross Nielson, sub-center. Partridge not in the group. Once more the Brigham Young University emerges from the inter- collegiate basket-hall season with a championship pennant for its trophy room. The history of the indoor sport in Utah shows that the big "Mor- mon" university has won more intercollegiate championships than all of its competitors combined. In the sport of basket ball especially, the Brigham Young University has established traditions of winning. These traditions are wonderful stimulants for continued winning. Each year the basket-ball team is made to feel that it has a long line of successful ancestry to fight for. Each season the players are made to see back of them a series of championships and a lineage of fighters. The awareness of this history is one of the greatest factors in forcing the athletes to extend themselves to the limit to uphold past traditions. Habits of living are, perhaps, more responsible than anything else for the success of the B. Y. U. athletes. With but few exceptions the basket ball boys representing the Church university have been fine examples of "Mormon" living. It has been noticeable that the championship teams have been composed mostly of this type of young men. The athletes have observed carefully training rules in every detail. They have kept the Word of "Wisdom. They have regarded their athletic battles with prayerful seriousness.