Show Parowan Becomes Tourney Prospect With Win Over St. St George Winning Coach In First Year I As Cage Mentor All Five Players Who Put Jinx on Dixie Are Over Six Feet Tall By Wendell Ashton Just how do these Parowan boys get ct that way That's what Utah's basketball gentry in general is Wondering won Won- dering today following the victory of tile the Parowan quintet over Dixie high Thursday evening at St. St George 26 to 18 lB The triumph firmly entrenched Parowan in the top notch of the Dixie district and almost assures Parowan o of its first tournament berth since 1925 when Frank Frnnk Ward center on the late Montana state wonder team was tossing buckets for the Iron county county county coun coun- ty town Curious to know just how Parowan manufactured its 1932 wonder team we put in a long-distance long telephone call this morning for tor the Parowan high basketball coach And here herr what went over the wires Hello is this the coach Yes sir What is the name please Garner Ray Garner Vic Vie Watkins Parowan i s coach for the past few years coaching coaching coach coach- ing Lag there this year No Vic gave up the te teaching leaching hing game last year and is now in the chicken business at Draper Here are some more questions and answers NEVER PLAYED Q Have you ever coached before Mr Garner A. A No sir this is my first trial at atthe atthe atthe the game In fact I never took partin part in sports in college and have played no competitive basketball My business business business busi busi- ness is teaching leaching vocational ture You see I 1 graduated from the Utah Agricultural college at Logan and have been teaching at Parowan for five years Q Just how many students have hav you OU at Parowan coach A. A We have IBO Q How about this team coach The They tell us you OU have a team of regular regular regular regu regu- lar giants down there A A. Yes the boys bos are tall all right In fact every everyone one of the first team stands better than six feet Saunders Clark a forward is the tallest maron manon manon man mar on the team He is 6 feet 4 inches The other forward orward Bob Nicholson is six feet 1 inch and Blame Blaine Benson o our r center is 6 feet 3 inches Alma Ainu Bettridge and Marion Lowder the guards both stand better than 6 C feet SCHOOL CELE CELEBRATES RATES Were having a real celebration on down here today Coach Garner continued con con- There is little school anc and students are waving banners of Gold Golc and Blue the schools school's colors and everything is excitement And with that the conversation with the jovial Parowan coach ended j I If Parowan's giants come through a as expected they will present one ol ot of the tallest teams that has ever come com cometo cometo to the state tournament Furthermore Furthermore Furthermore Further Further- more Parowan will vill enter one of th the strongest favorites As to the game at St. St George Parowan Parowan Parowan Paro Paro- wan led all of the way but only by bj t the narrowest of margins as predicted pret pre pre- d in Thursdays Thursday's Telegram The score at the end of the first quarter was 8 3 for tor the ultimate winners anc and 13 9 at the half Parowan led at th the end of the third period 14 PAROWAN a DIXIE G 0 T pp I Nicholson rf 4 4 0 8 McArthur lf if 1 i S 3 1 f 3 Clark If It 3 2 1 7 Empey rf yf 0 2 1 1 Benson Denson c c. c 4 1 1 9 Benson c. c 0 7 4 4 Louder I 1 0 0 0 0 Fawcett r re rg 0 2 1 1 rl re rg 0 0 o 0 0 Cox Is IS lg I 1 0 1 0 2 Empey II If l I o 0 0 If If 1 2 3 Stubbs t rf rI 0 o g 0 g 0 l a n tri rf 2 3 0 4 Adams I le hr 0 0 0 c. c 0 0 0 0 Blanc Blane l le 0 0 0 0 Tota Totals |