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Show THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1942 4 THE SIGNPOST Basketball Season Is Altered By Wartime Situation; J. C.'s Will Have Program By Dallas Burton A knock-down-and-drag-out basketball season for this year seems to be the conclusion to make from the remarks of Mr. Reed Swenson, Wildcat hoop coach. With the makings of a characteristically excellent basketball team beginning practice on last Monday, the school apparently has to send out scouts to locate some opposition because of the war. "Just what the basketball status will be is not known at this time," said Swenson as he eyed Norman Fox, sophomore guard, sweep the lensrth of the floor in his seven league style and pot the ball through the hoop in nice, easy fashion. "I feel, however, that the J. C.'s of the west will carry on," Swenson continued. Tournament Listed Certainly there is going to be a bang-up tournament at either Cedar City or Ephraim late in February, according to Swenson. For filler and amusement for the local fans there will probably be a series of tough games with service teams hereabouts and with traveling te&ms that come through Ogden during the winter months. Expectation is that when teams from Hill field and other local organizations such as Fort Douglas meet the Wildcats there will be a reversal of the experiences endured during football. Swenson's wily offensive actics and general skill in molding a miscellaneous group of high school stars into a finished team has heretofore befuddled older, more experienced organizations. Newcomers Present A group of newcomers to the Wildcat floor offer the possibilities from which the support for three returning stars of last year will be formed. Last year's whizzes now in the game for W. C. are Max Jensen and Wat Misaka,co-captains, and Fox, Misaka and Jensen hold down consignments at forward. All three of these men were spectacular last year The newcomers are: Carl Buehler: Came from Ogden high. He was a member of the team that took the state tournament. Buehler is a smooth player and should be a valuable team man for the coming year. Joe Kinney: Came from Ogden high. He is noted for his one- hand shots from out corner way. Kinney handles the ball with veteran dexterity. Jack Adamson: Came from Park City high. He is the tallest man out for the team. His length will be a sure asset. Adamson ought to handle the pivot post okay, and this station is a tough assignment. Dil Young: Came from Ogden high. Young is noted for football skill but he is giving the casaba art a try. Rangy and tough, Young is also speedy and that is what the game he is saying open sesame to is built around speed. Ray Noorda: Came from Ogden high. Noorda is best described as an all around athlete. He may do something. Bob Peterson: Came from Ogden high. Peterson is smooth with the ball. Among othe qualifications, he is considered a capable cartoonist. However, like his brother Rolfe, former student prexy here, he can do other things. While Rolfe was at Weber, it was eventually found out that there was one activity he didn't take part in. It was the girls' swimming team, according to rumor. Alma Longstroth: Came from Ogden high. Although he lacks experience, Longstroth has the size that counts. Bob Carney: Came from Ogden high. Carney makes up for his size by speed and an uncanny eye. Floyd Champneys: A sophomore. He is captain of the swimming team and is occupying his time at basketball while waiting for the swim season to come around. Champ is a serious minded man and might do something at the game, however. Vern Smith: Came from Weber high. Shows possibilities. Norman Shaw: Came from Weber high. Also good. Quiet and a mystery that may unfold in a basketball way. Davis Has Job To Coach Swim Team Busy, Strenuous Season Looms As Training Starts Though, according to his own statemnt, not amphibious like Mr. Ferron Losee, ex-swim coach, Mr. Robert Davis will take over the post left vacant by Losee. Floyd Champneys, swim captain, said yesterday that Mr. Davis, who is the Wildcat football coach by the way, has promised the team workouts at least as streuous as the ones they have had. And they have been strenuous, as the championship record shows. Plans have been made to meet the various high schools and universities, which will keep the Wild-cast swimmers busy during the biggest part of the season. Three or four A. A. U. meets are scheduled, in which gold, silver, and bronze medals will be awarded. Six members of the 41-42 team have returned to set new records this year. They are Boyd Farr, freestyle ace of last year; John Murphy, breast stroker and free-styler, who warded off all competition last year; Willis Wynn, breast stroker and freestyler, Who promises Murphy strong competition; Floyd Champneys, back stroker; Joe Wedell, freestyle distance swimmer; and Bob Petty, Weber's only fancy diver. Freshmen who have come out so far are Bob Carney, Don Woody, Ray Noorda and Bud Sorenson. Mr. Davis stated that training will officially start next Monday and urged all fellows who are interested in swimming to come and see him. Hours will be arranged to fit schedules. The men are working out from five to six. Concert Series Presents Cornelia Skinner (Continued Prom Pag One) the stage. Her father was the very famous actor, Otis Skinner, and her mother the actress, Maud Dur-bin. Her mother retired from the stage when she married. Miss Skinner grew up in an environment filled with acting and love of the theatre, and so it was only natuiul that she should turn to the profession of her parents. Her father, however, did not agree with her ambition to become an actress. He witnessed her debut a painful effort in school theatricals and after the final curtain, he remarked in a stage whisper that everyone could hear, "Well, she certainly hasn't a ray of talent, thank God!" Undaunted Daughter But his daughter was not daunted. She stuck to her acting and proved that she not only had talent, but originality in presentation as well. She has been called America's greatest single stage attraction, and deservedly so. Her original "Character Sketches" which she will present in her appearance at the Ogden high auditorium, November 28, have won her a position envied by all and equaled by none. Miss Skmner has had a variety of interesting experiences. She attended Bryn Mawr college with the screen actress Ann Harding, and once played Macbeth to Miss Miss Harding's "Macduff." During her tours, which have taken her to London, and to 42 of the 48 states, she has formed some very pointed opinions about people in general and audiences in particular. Favors Road Audiences "When it comes to audiences," she said, "I'll take those on the road any day. The typical road audience arrives on time and in a state of sobriety. Parties of jaded playgoers don't struggle in late to wedge themselves into distant seats trampling all over such as have had the decency and taste to arrive in time, nor do they at intermission plow past again for a smoke and an orgy of staring and being stared at. "Nor are they more interested in who's in the audience than who's on the stage. Nor, just before the final curtain do they start squirming into coats and wraps and making hundred-yard dashes up the aisles for the nearest exit and the first taxi. The play is definitely not the thing on these occasions; it's the audience, and to go to the Let us give thanks for all the precious relationships and possessions that we have. But let us rededicate ourselves to unstintingly striving for the Victory which will endow all the people of all the world with that liberty which is our greatest reason for Thanksgiving. The most gratifying way you can observe this holiday this war year is by inviting one or more service men into your home for dinner and heart-warming companionship. BR0ADST0NE DRUGS KAMMEYER'S, 318 24th Toys, Sport Goods ELIZABETH HUTH 2454 Washington Blvd. Phone 6811 KLENKE FLORAL 2955 Washington Blvd. Phone 9958 Star Forward Has New Honor . . . Max Jensen, co-captain of this year's basketball tc shares the honor. theatre to see an audience seems to me a bit cockeyed. Actor Is Secondary "And what of the actor amid all this so-called 'brilliance?' He, poor wretch, plays as secondary a part as the groom at a society wedding and is in an even worse state of collapse. He wonders what ever made him want to be an actor. He tries to think of his opening line and can't. His throat is dry, his heart pounding itself into a rapid angina. It's a replica It's up to every one of us to maintain the tradition of this holiday the kind of tradition which we're now fighting to preserve for all time. KEELEY'S, INC. THE OGDEN STANDARD-EXAMINER Established 1870 Ogden, Utah St. STEVE'S OFFICE SUPPLY CONTINENTAL BAKING CO. JERRY'S Wat Misaka of an actor's nightmare, only a lot worse." She also believes that drama will play a very important part in keeping up morale on the home front. "Good plays will see us through many a trying time," she said, "but let me emphasize this: the fare must be really good. It must help audiences forget themselves. Any dramatist who realizes this, I think, will be doing a real service to his country. Nobody wants to go to the theatre to be harried." Home Athletics Show Zip Under War Conditions Faculty Intramural Champs Disorganized But Still Plotting and Dangerous Bl Iran Watts Intramurals have currently shifted into high with a bang perceptible to plane spotters, located in Five Points. The Weber college -sports machine probably takes zip from the lower grade of gas being peddled this year, when you can find a service station not closed for the duration. That is, some clubs have entered a team and some clubs hain't. But those that have have. There is more pep, more fight, is more pep, more less rubber and more give and take in all the teams. Of course some aggregations are, by some error of the priority board, tractors instead of tanks. But America needs fighting teams and that is just what the intramurals are building up. There is some thought of calling the cellar teams the General Losee, in dishonor of Mr. Feron Losee, last year's intramural director, who "celled" us out and went to Los Vegas this year as recreation director. Those teams leading can be christened the General Swenson in honor of you know who, who is the current intramurals director. "Intramurals are doing as well as can be expected," said Mr. Swenson just an hour ago by yesterday's time. He spoke with characteristic conservativeness, but one thing about Swenson is that he will be on hand when the votes are counted. So will the faculty entry for intramurals. The faculty, intramural champ of last season, this year is short a few of its star players: Orlo Childs, Farrell Collett and Ferron Losee. Nilsson is laid up with a varicose vein and Baddley has his tongue in a sling. The organization plans to win by entering everything and then losing in each as gracefully and as quickly as possible. Espy, most ambitious athlete of the group, originated the plan. So far, however, the faculty is holding its own. Riley, basketball forward who makes baskets only when they are not needed, is a newly made father and so is Espy. This year Vikings is heading the list in volley ball, being undefeated. For second place Excelsior shows some promise because of its previous record, made last year, by being runners-up for the intramural grand award. Total results of intramurals so far show Vikings first in that also. Faculty, Phoenix, Sigma and Alpha POULSEN ELLISON Distinctive Dry Cleaning BRAMWELL'S OFFICE SUPPLIES We Are Grateful to Weber College for Much GLEN BROS. MUSIC Rho are bunched some distance behind. They have three victories each. Frenisti and Excelsior, in spite of Excelsior's offhand ease in volleyball, are pursuing each other around and around in the cellar, practically neck and neck. Skull is even farther back among the stored vegetables and spare gas. It is tagging along with a score of zero. Dr. Wirt's Lecture Relates Many Alaskan Tales Dr. Loyal Lincoln Wirt, who for some years was the United States commissioner of education and president of Alaskan missions, appeared before the Weber college student body Tuesday, November 10. Bringing official word from the United States government, Dr. Wirt lectured on "Alaska in the Present World Crisis." His address was a recital of personal adventure, three years by canoe, snow shoes and dog team, during which he covered every corner of "America's Treasure House." One of the marvels related was Dr. Wirt's 1200-mile midwinter dash across Alaska to bring relief to a starving mining camp. His lecture emphasized Alaska as America's first line of defense, or "Achilles' Heel." Mesa pre-game write-up on the Weber college football game with that school, played at Grand Junction, said, "Very little is known about Weber's team this year, except the fact that one of the greatest traditions of the school is to have a winning football team." The score was six to seven for Weber. CO. |