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Show Jim Corbett, Howard Smith, "C" team co-captains; Fred Weidner, 'A team captain, and Clair Empey and Darrell Lund, co-captains of squad "B" join forces to retain the casaba title for the fourth consecutive con-secutive year. . A. B. C. Squads Elect "Bosses' for Hoop Season With the 1942 casaba season in full swing, South high school's senior, junior and midget squads are prepared to retain the City hoop title for the fourth consecutive year. The midgets have paved the way for a clean sweep of the Panther series with a 32; to 16 score. Five capable and indispensible cagesters were named leaders of this year's 1942 Hoop Docket "A" DIVISION Jan. 23 West vs. South at South. Jan. 30 South vs. East at East. Feb. 6 East vs. West at West. Feb. 13 South vs. West at West. Feb. 20 West vs. South at South. "B" DIVISION Jan. 23 West vs. South at South. Jan. 30 South (vs. East at East. Feb. 6 East vs. West at West. Feb. 13 South vs. West at West. Feb. 20 East vs. South at South. Feb. 27 West vs. East at East. "C" DIVISION Jan. 22 South vs West at West. Jan. 29 East vs. South at South. Feb. 5 West vs. East at East. Feb. 12 West vs. South at South. Feb. 19 South vs. East at East. Feb. 26 East vs. West at West. hoop aggregation. Basketeers from the three Cub quintets went into huddles this week and came out proclaiming that Fred Weidner would captain the "A" team, Darrell Lund and Clair Empey would serve as the co-captains for the "B" outfit, and Howard Smith and Jimmy Corbett would lead their "C" mates during the 1942 hoop season. Fred Weidner, a steady guard in line for all-city honors, won a decisive vote from the "A" members. mem-bers. His excellent team spirit and capable playing in addition to his general popularity were deemed factors in his selection by teammates. team-mates. Due to illness, he was unable un-able to perform under the Blue and White last year, buc he has bounded back to become a valuable asset this year both on defense and offense. of-fense. Darrell Lund and .Clair Empey excel at guard and center, respectively, respec-tively, for the juniors. Lund is a hustling, but smooth-playing, hoop-ster hoop-ster from Lincoln He has established es-tablished a reputation for having genuine team enthusiasm. Empey hails from Provo high where he made things hot for rivals ri-vals of the quintet at that school. His height is a welcome addition to Coach Wardell's problem of maintaining a big, yet clever, ball handler at the pivot post. Howard Smith, last year's captain cap-tain of the "C" squad, again has been chosen to lead the team in its quest for another undefeated year. Scribes from city papers last year unanimously voted him an all-city performer. Indications this year point to another successful year for this flashy midget. Assisting Howard as co-captain will be Jimmy Corbett. An experienced experi-enced and consistent player, he has expressed confidence in the ability of his team during all coming casaba ca-saba battles. |