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Show SPRINGVILLE CAGERS DRILL Nebo Champs Have Formidable Formida-ble Squad ; Meet Jordan Friday Night. Sprinrville's hoopsters are drilling their hardest in preparation for the coming Nebo division season. An interesting practice fray is billed for Friday night in the Springville high school gymnasium, when Coach r Ted Foxley's strong Jordan high school team will in vade the Red Devils' lair. Start At 7:30 Friday-Friday's Friday-Friday's game will stare nl 7:30 f.'clock, and will be a benefit for Rex Packard and Ted Anthon. who suffe'red broken arms during the football season. Both men are on the basketball squad, and are mak ing strong bids for regular berths. Coach C. B. Ledingham's squad is showing considerable class at present, pres-ent, the chief trouble being to de-ve'lop de-ve'lop a center. Maurice Manwaring, Manwar-ing, a junior, is showing up well, being be-ing particularly strong on basket shooting, while "Roxie' Childs and Wendell Nielson, forward and guard of Jast season, arc also look- j ing good at the pivot post, where they "are be'ing tried, due to the surplus sur-plus of forwards and guards with experience. Bill Paxman and Packard are the other letterme'n at forwards, while Grant Thorn and Leonard Harward are other veteran guards. Others On Squad Others fighting hard for regular-berths regular-berths on the team arc : Lamar Weight, forward ; Rrcd Averett, forward; Lyman Metcalf. forward; Art Hughes, guard; Ted Anthon, uard ; Howard Law. guard, and Roy Blanchard, guard. Fans are keenly interested in tho opener with Jordan, as giving on indication of Springville's possibilities possibili-ties in '.ie season to come. The? Red Devils are eager to arrange ar-range practice games for January 1 X and February 8, the two open : ( s ifor Springville in the regular !7(,Jo division schedule. |