; B Rr aed ee: me Bae Se PTs “i *ae - yas nt hie ¥ Co : So > «et —_.. & — a = a ne of the highlights.ois thes \ nt basketball season, We- i Ollege will play the oy CoeCity YMCA squad on Mon- day at 8 p.m. in the Weber Col- lege gymnasium. , The “Y” squad was the first: basketball team in Mexico and introduced ‘in the game. 1902,, At in Mexico that. time the 5000 and YMCA had 300 members but since that time their member- ship has grown to. they floor one of the ketball teams in the nation. best bassouthern The Mexico “Y” team also. brought the first American squad to Mexico to play in 1933 and they were also the first Mexican team to invade the that he could im-' United States for a basketball | series, also in 1933. Until 1950 the team was composed of men who had finished their university training and played ball only as a hobby. ‘But at that time, Coach Carles! Bru decided prove his team’s brand of ball by playing students between the ages of 17 and 22. He reports that his team spirit and desire to win increased after the reorganization. _ The nickname for the Mexi-| canos is “The Red Devils.’ | Last’ season they played a 19. game schedule, winning 13 and. dropping 6: The Mexican basketball season is different from. The that in the United States. equivalent of their “‘summer vacation” runs from December unThe regular bastil February. ketball season in Mexico com- mences in August and is com{pleted by the time U. S. teams| get underway with the regular season’s play. Coach Bru will bring a fourteen man squad to Ogden to test Reed Swensons’ “Wildcats.” Bru is 22 years old and dou Pee fiat and guard spots. — oe “a 1947 he played against. me "os Pe a fiend at 7 p.m. in tite eon é a ues mi Wen) pe