Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-12-15 | Page 9 | Murray Builds Dangerous Club

Murray Builds Builds' Dangerous Club 1 I Men Erratic With Passes Defense Fine I Editors Editor's Note This is the Sixth of a series in which The Telegrams Telegram's high sch school 1 sports sportswriter sportswriter writer k is reviewing the basketball basketball basket b ball n prospects of Utah high schools He is personally visiting visit visIt- lag ing the schools to watch the teams in games or practice before writing these articles Mondays Monday's story will be on Weber county high school of Ogden B By TOMMIE PORTER MURRAY De Dec The 15 15 The last fast lever Murray high s school hool crew will make a strong bid for district t and state honors this season judging from its flashy preseason showing The have hav a a awen well wen balanced balanced bal bal- squad with plenty of speed and end driving power team work anc and good morale One thing however must be corrected ed before Murray can gain a place among the leading teams of the state tate That trouble is too much speed The tight alert defense inter inter- cepis a pass pus or takes the ball bali off orf the back board In excellent fashIon fashIon fash fash- Ion lon but In breaking down the I floor the players drive so 50 fast that passes are arc fumbled or shots r CO go wild This difficulty is much easier to Iron fron out than many which beset a basketball team and after the have had two or three thre more weeks of intensive drill together with the three preseason games remaining remaining remain remain- ing they should be able to coordinate their whirlwind drive with steady cool nd shots Such a development devel- devel will make maka these lads one o othe of the outstanding aggregations in the state Wright Valuable Sherm Wright six foot six conter cen con ter will control the tip f a fair fail share of the time and is a valuable man close to the basket on both offense of tense and defense He rustles rustics the ball well breaks fast has an tive one hand shot for close work worle and seldom permits the opposition to tc gain a close in rebound shot Roy Campbell and Tommy Oliver are arc other fine rustlers and fast moving moving ing cogs in the passing attack Their shooting is somewhat uncertain yet due to the great speed with which they drive rive toward the scoring zone but this trouble should be easily cleared up p. Both are small as are arc Morris Mick Watts Earl Healy and Martin but will make up In sp speed ed for what is fack lacking g in height Ight Pete Fete Bogden is a brilliant dc do- player unusually dependable in iii taking the ball off the backboard when an 10 opponent shoots Three Lettermen Oliver Campbell and Watts are the only lettermen remaining from last seasons season's squad but Coach Gilbert says We make the mos most of what material Is at hand and hope to turn out a good team With such a hard working alert group rolp the outlook out out- look seems especially bright and the sophomore squad on which teams of the next two years ears must mast be bo built also shows promise of making makin Murray a dangerous contender con contender tender for some time Murray has won won a state tournament tournament ment berth four times twice times twice as Jordan Jordan Jor dan division champion champlon The 1931 team capt captured red the state title title while the team o of 1925 was runner up to Dixie This years year's squad has lost clos decisions decisions de de- to both Ogden and Weber It will play Weber at Ogden Friday December 21 and entertains Box EIder EI Elder El Elder der December 28 The final game is slated for December 29 29 with Ogden at Murray l lit t. t Wt E Ex Lx Ace Ae CJ dais CUM ht c 63 G 2 18 Sen Roy Campbell I 5 57 1 1 18 Sen SSI 4 1 0 1 17 Jun Lowell a 6 0 0 18 13 Sen Toni oliver lI a 2 18 Ben rl Martin tI Peach rl i e ti H 0 5 l 17 Jun Harold Pearson I 7 51 0 17 Sen Bill Smith s a 4 0 17 Sen MAX Townsend I 5 59 0 17 Sen Nick I f 0 17 Sen Pet Pete Dell Delis c 0 18 Jun Bill Johnson Johnon I f S ii 0 18 16 Jun Pete c 5 16 0 17 11 Jun un u.n. Stresses Defense I I II I iT I. I q 4 Gilbert 1 er er