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Show Meet the Athletes!! A consensus of opinion among the "big-wigs" of the American sports world seems to be that there are a good many more self-made athletes winning national honors today than the naturally robust youths that seems to have little difficulty adapting themselves to successful achievement- in most any skilled competition. When the lad who gains success only through diligent drill walks off with the honors, the American Ameri-can press spares notlring in their widespread acclaim. ac-claim. And so we (Scribe Sports Staff) spare nothing in the expressing of our appreciation to South's athletes in behalf of the Cub student body. Lou Dods, our athlete of this issue, is a perfect per-fect example of a self-made athlete. Like many juniors, the big school and the many new faces frightened Lou his first few weeks at South, but this was soon absorbed in the thrill of his first football tryout. In Lou's own words, "The first big thrill I received in athletics was hearing my name read by the coach as one of the boys to whom QU pjods . footbal suits would be issued." As many self made athletes find it, Lou's first year in football yielded little success and even less encouragement. Few third stringers in their Junior year get enough out of football to draw them back a second season, but Lou was not one of these. In the fall of the second year Lou was rewarded with the first string quar-tcrbtick quar-tcrbtick post. Lou's football record this year speaks for itself. Remembering Coach at Ryan's brain-twister signals is quite a feat in itself, but knowing just when to call each play requires no less than a genius. Next to football Lou prefers tennis. Our net chief recently established himself as the top high school tennis player in the city by defeating Jack Coombs, East High ace. This column would be incomplete without some mention of Lou's scholastic achievements. Many high school students lost straight A grades because of extra-curricular activities but this has not been so in Lou's case. |