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Show ? t Februarr 13' 1942- - I SOUTH HIGH SCRIBE PageFour South Casaba ' Squad Rolls Toward Titleville I Sparkles in Hoop Wars ,. .... ,.wm.jvWWWWWXWWWJ ' i, - - m f IKT1 - j I . A - isir tt-v- ri 1 " " ,"' rrctlsTuTLaKe XeleKram Here is one of Coach Wardell's indispensable cagers, Co-Capta- in Clair Empey. Clair has turned in a top-notc- h performance on the junior hoop squad this season. His height, fighting spirit, and superb floor work has helped the Cub squad in a big way. Juniors, Seniors Primed For Final Clash Against Panthers 1 Senior Quintet Victors in Second Tussle A squad with six consecutive victories and no defeats plus play-ers with skill, accuracy and snap pitted against a team with fight and spirit but which has beei un-able to break into the win column at mid-yea- r. Well, that's how tonight's battle between South and West stacks up. Coach Gilbert's varsity casa-ba clan, which has vigorously trained the past two weeks in an effort to keep its record within the win columns, is now eager and ready to repeat the thumping they gave to the Panthers, tonignt at the Deseret gym. In their last en-counter, the Cubs thoroughly laced the We-cide- rs 33-1- 3. Tonight the Panthers are determined to whip the Cubs and finally break into the win column. However, the Southern clan is rated as favorites in the clash which will see these two rivals tangle for the last time this season. South Downs East, 47-4- 1 A late fourth quarter rally by the hiii-to- p rivais was stemmed by the Cubs as tae latter chalked up their second conference victory by a narrow score of 47-4- 1. This encounter saw a well matched group of waxed-cou- rt specialists exhibit skill, accuracy, and speed., from the opening giwi until the final bark of the gun, which saw the blue and white shirted boys emerge on the long end of the score. The invading Cubs jumped to an early lead as Dave Cooper and lanky Ray Ecker lead the attack which gave South a 14 to 7 lead at the quarter. South's deadly offense was going full blast as the Cubs increased their lead 25-1- 8, at the half. Both teams' defensive and offen-sive work was brilliant, as they tanked one shot after another and kept their foes from getting too close to the rimmed-ne- t. The Red and' Black hoopsters lost ground in the third canto as they gradually saw the Cubs pull away from them. In that quarter, the Leopards succeeded in tanking only two field goals, while the Cubs rained shot after shot to add fourteen points, making the score read 39-2- 2 at the three-quarte- rs mark. Leopards Stage 4th Quarter Rally East finally caught its shooting "eye" in the final stage to rapidly gain on the slackening Cubs. Amid the cheering and roaring of the frenzied fans, South emerged tri-umphantly to cop its 'second Big Three battle by a 47-4- 1 score. Cooper and Ecker were deadly in tanking the ball and led the of-fense throughout the game. As for the defensive work, mention must be given to Fred Weidner who did a top-not-ch piece of playing. Earl and Davidson also clicked bril-liantly for it was their hustling, passing and floor work that helped South emerge victorious. Wardell Men Eke 22-1- 9 Win Over East Having already equalled their 1940-4- 1 .500 average, "B" team cagers will attempt to boost that mark when they clash with West high school's juniors on the bard woods at the Deseret Gym tonight. In their first game with the Panthers, Coach Warden's team won easily. The game was,, how-ever, a rough and inconsistent af-fair, marked with wild shots and numerous fouls. Substituting was frequent for the Southerners as they poured through 21 points to top West's 14. Wayne Cooper came through as the big surprise of the night as he led all scorers with a total of six points. Shiraishi played an all-arou- nd game for the West siders. Cub Rally Downs East A much closer tilt materialized when the Cubs tangled with East. The Leopards, determined to sal-vage at least one of three games for the Eciders, led the South un-derclassmen all the way up to the final frame. Rallying, the Cubs oozed out a 22-1- 9 victory. Gerhart Bar&nick deserves men-tion for hitting the hoop to put the Southerners out in front for their last-minu- te win. Empey, Lund and McClelland played a smooth floor game and Rex Bal-lard was high point man with seven points. Rough praying is a characteristic of "B" squads, as evidenced by 33 fouls in the Easj; game. A 0-- 0 quarter-tim- e score in the same con-test exemplified the difficulty the younger players had in sinking their shots. Improved Quintet Promised Mentor Tate Wardell has been polishing his players during their week's lapse from conference play, and a much improved squad is ex-pected to take the floor tonight. With the exception of Darrell Lund and Clair Empey, the squad will probably sus-tain several changes in the line-up. Starting the first game with West were Ballard and Barsnick, forwards; Empey, center, and Lund and Marchant, guards. The East game saw Cooper and Can-non start at forwards, Empey take over at center, and Lund and Dave McClelland handle the guard posi-tions. Wardell may start either of these combinations, or a variation of them, tonight. Reserve players still are to prove their worth. Providing the Cubs can take the advantage tonight, heavy substitution is possible. Where No Man Roams Games of the girls' basketball tournaments are still being played to determine the champion team. Senior series terminate tonight when remaining contenders meet. Playing of the junior series, how-ever, will extend on through next week before finishing. Articles and ideas on dancing-ar- e now being contributed to the girls' gym department by the stu-dents to be considered in helping to select a possible theme for the biennial Dance Drama. One sug-gestion that has aroused consider-able interest is that of presenting a dance called "Hi-Wa- ys and Bi-Wa- ys " of America." Throughout the development of this dance the main idea will be to present differ-ent scenes that one may encounter in any of the four regions of America, north, south, east or wrest.. Attention, girls! A deplor-able condition has arisen in the girls' gym. It has been report-ed that some of the curtains of the dressing room and the shower rooms have . been torn from from the rungs. Also many girls constantly wipe lipstick on the curtains. Other "prank-sters" insist upon tying these curtains into knots, leaving the gym in an exceedingly dishevel-ed appearance." The girls' gym teachers stat-ed that "this condition is a det-r'fcne- nt to the reptuation of South." The Board of Education has spent a considerable amount of time and money in its endeavor to create efficient and neat con-ditions in this department. If a visitor should ever look into our gym it wouldn't be a very com-mendable sight. Girls! Cooper-ate with us and help us main-tain decent standards of cour-tesy and respect for school property. Rampaging Midgets Smash West, 36-2- 3 Successfully defending their per-- 1 feet record, Coach Nate Long's "C" squad chalked up a 36-2- 3 win at the expense of the hapless West high school Panthers on the spa-cious Cub floor Thursday. The vic-tory gave the "C" team fifteen straight wins over a four-yea- r period. In giving West its seventh straight setback in the local cam-paign, the Cub "C" machine set all wheels in motion by utilizing every man on the bench. Cubs Jump to 9-- 0 Score The Westerners started out slowly, and the South quintet took advantage of their lagging rivals by tanking nine points in tin first frame while the Red and Black team was busily engaged in doing nothing. Half-tim- e score reading was 14-- 6. The Southerners momentar-ily lost the shooting range while West racked up three baskets. First-strin- g hoopsters took over in the third quarter where their second-tea- m mates had left them and scored fourteen- - additiona1 points. Panther members could find the hoop only long enough to swish two points. Completely stalled for a moment In the final period, both teams be-came 'shot headed' in the final minutes of the game. Both field goals and foul shots were being scored so rapidly that only the referee could accurately keep tab , on them. Rallying too late, the Panthers found themselves on the short end of the 36-2- 3 score as the gun sounded. Oliver, Smith Shine in Meet High point honors for the after-noon went to West., high school's Corbin, with a total of thirteen points. Corbin's fine team work was largely responsible for the comparatively close score. Clyde Oliver performed brilliantly for the Cubs with eight points, and Howard Smith played a stellar floor game although he was un able to connect with the hoop. Only one more game with East is on the 1942 slate for the Mid-gets. Success in this last hurdle will round out Coach Long's fourth straight perfect basketball sceason. South Receives AAU Invitation Invitations for the annual A. A. U. boxing tour-ney have been received by Coach Nate Long. Tentative dates for the contest have been scheduled for March 23, 24, 25, in Salt Lake City. Competition will be divided into three classes novice, junior and senior. The novice division con-sists of boys ranging from the ages of 16 and 17 without any pre-vious competition. The junior class will be composed of boys be-tween the ages of 17 years and one month to 18 years and six months who have competed in nothing but the novice class pre-viously. The senior division will be made up of boys 18 years or over having experience only in the novice or junior classes. Contestants must cover expenses going to and from Salt Lake City, but hotel and food bills will be paid by the B. P. O. Elks club. SAM Plans H. R. Tourney All would-b- e hoopsters from South's home rooms will engage in the annual basketball tournament sponsored by South Associated Men. To the winning home room a trophy will be awarded. Any boy enrolled at South is eligible for play. Only those boys who have participated in Big Three games are ineligible. February 23 has been scheduled for the first round. S A M is planning for more home room contests during spring in the fields of tennis and baseball. The schedule for the coming tournament will be posted in the SAM office. Big 3 Completes First Half of League Play Midget squads from South and West, for the second and last time, battled to a 36-2- 3 score for the Cubs to start the last half of the 1942 Big Three hoop race. Coach Nate Long's powerful Midget squad recorded its fif-teenth- consecutive victory during a four-ye- ar period. The victory kept the Cubs with a clean record of seven victories and without a single setback. Big Three standings at thv3 half-way mark showed the Southerners far ahead of their cross-tow- n rivals with six wins and no losses. East's Leopards trailed South with three wins and three set-backs. Lady Luck seems to have overlooked the Panthers this sea-son, leaving the Westerners hold-ing the bag with six consecutive defeats. Here is a brief summary of the first half of league play: Ihe South-We- st Midget battle initiat- - t ed the Big Three cage wars which saw Nate Long's boys keep their victory streak by easily overpower-ing the Panthers, 32 to 16. "A," "B" squads chalked up victories to sweep the West series. In their second encounters, the Cubs again swept the series against the East Leopards. Scores red: "C" game 40-1- 8. "B" game 22-1- 9; "A" game 47-4- 1. . Last week saw a much im-proved Leopard squad trounce the Weciders to make a clean sweep of the series and to ad-vance to second place. The re-spective scores read: "C" game A 43-4- 0; "B" game 26-2- 1; "A" game 31-1- 2. The standings: School Won Lost Pet. South 7 0 1.000 East 3 3 .500 West 0 7 .000 REMAINING SCHEDULE A - B Division Feb. 20 South at East. Feb. 27 West at East C Division Feb. 19 South at East. Feb. 26 East at West. '" ATTENTION, CUBS! Heavy student support is needed to dull the Panthers' claws. Come on, Cubs, scuttle the West high crew with cheers at the game to-night! 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