Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-02-28 | Page 22 | Nephi Displays Strength with Deliberate Attack

N Nephi Displays Strength With Deliberate Attack The cool coot deliberate attack and clever defense which has made Juab county high school of Nephi one of the most dangerous teams Inthe Inthe in the tho state high school basketball race during the p past three years I gained that school the distinction of being first to place in the seventeenth seventeenth seven seven- annual state tourney to be held at the Deseret in Salt Lake City next month Idle Ide this week with one game re remaining remaining re- re at Tintic March 6 6 Nephi holds a two-game two advantage to be bec c of or its fo fourth rth district championship championship championship cham cham- in the past five years durIng during during dur dur- ing which time the Wasps have won 3 31 games and lost only five in regular league play Since Ed Isaacson began coaching coaching coaching coach coach- ing at Nephi in 1930 Juab has won has won 43 and lost 12 in district play taking taking taking tak tak- ing third place in the s state te ev event nt of 1934 Last year Nephi was pushed from the title running on on the opening day dayot of ot the state meet by Beaver the first team to win a place in that meet by a 30 27 score in two overtime overtime overtime over over- over over- time periods T Two To o Lettermen Return Only two lettermen neither a regular last season returned to Nephi Nc Ne phi this season and one of these boys was lost after atter the second game He was Captain Ross Park who after atter overcoming the tho handicap of three years' years illness promised to tobe tobe tobo be bo one of ot the tho teams team's most brilliant tars stars I only to find his career cut short because he had attended seven weeks of his first high school year before belore going to a hospital I Since six Ix weeks weeks' attendance constitutes a semester Park be became became became be- be came Ineligible after Nephis Nephi's second second sec sec- see sec ond end victo victory y of the present season I but has coI continued assisting In the direction of tho the squad from train the sidelines Valore Garrett slender guard who succeeded Park as captain since he w was s the other returning letterman also had to overcome the handicap of Illness this season but butIs butis butis is now leading scorer of ot Nebo distrIct district district dis dis- dis- dis guards with 37 points paints for seven games games and ranks fifth filth in the entire scoring race Pay Leads Scorers Tom Pay Nephi forward leads all scorers in the district with district with 66 points while his Max Davis Javis has caged 46 to hold second place and Harry Duckworth center basH has bas 44 H points to tic tie for third In all Nephi has scored points to for tor Its opponents an average of slightly more moro than 31 34 to 19 only 19 only two foes coming within seven points of victory over the Wasps Last j cars car's team won seven of eight games wIth ith an average of 27 n to 20 Much of ot Nephis Nephi's fine defensive showing is due to the brilliant work of La LaMar Mar Kendall who has bas limited his opposing forwards to 10 points in the last three games and rustles tho the ball bali unusually well wen Kendall Duckworth Alma Garrett and Ross Golden will return next season This seasons season's record Nephi 33 33 ID 10 N PM 30 no York Fork 20 Nephi 1 1042 42 19 10 Neph 29 TIntic 22 Nephi Neph 31 25 45 Fork pork 20 Nephi 33 33 14 The squad Ht Ut t. t WL wt Ex Ap AFe- AFe Garrett g s c 10 n. n 5 10 1 17 Thomas Thomaa m pay t. t an an 10 5 O O 0 17 ir Max Davis Vf 1 t f. f to 11 g 5 0 35 g g O 0 H 17 La LaMar Mar Kendall 1 g Jn ja 58 5 8 0 O 16 Harry Duckworth c c. c O jn 6 0 0 17 Ron Rota Golden c c. c jn jn 60 6 0 O 15 Max Strong c an an 6 O 0 17 Alma 1 3 Garrett k t Jn 5 10 o ig g 0 iI 16 Milton Mllton Shaw g g. sn Sri 57 0 17