Show few f ew Cage Veterans Return To fo r Prep Tourney Teams Ogden Must Build Title Defense round Ground One Ace AceS Acey S 3 y TOMMIE PORTER PORTERA ft A few veterans who performed n the state prep basketball tour- tour aey ey last March are back in the Jih school ranks for the coming eason son graduation and transfer laying JiVing struck hard into the ranks f he casaba teams Hit hardest are Ogden the 1940 chamIon cham- cham J Ion on which has a long difficult 1 UlI ll if it is to retain the crown nd d Jordan seventh-placer seventh in the thee age ge e sport L Coach Dixon Kapple has only ne letter man Glen ular forward remaining from he squad which swept unbeaten hough the tourney earlier this ear r climaxing its efforts by naring ring the prep championship i ie Junction city had held only nee ie Ce before in 21 years I Jordans Jordan's Coach Dunn Taylor as only one boy of his 1940 bas- bas team and must mold a aW ew W squad around that veteran leed ed Grant who gained honor- honor ble mention for his work as a orward last season 0 our r Dixie Boys coach Lee Hafen of Dixie loser ithe title game to Ogden by a 26 1 score is building a new quad jad around four reserves of last Son on He has Forwards Lefand Ler Lef Le- Le r f fand nd Frei and Junior Neilson inter enter ter Arlo Hafen and Guard GuardI I indell Tobler as those returning termen Provo third-placer third last March virtue of a 37 26 win over auth Cache lost half its cage j j juad ad by graduation but Coach len l n Simmons is rebuilding l' l i und Center Walter Girds ards Donald Phillips and Grant thins chins Forwards Mahlon Ras- Ras lussen 1 and Junior so the should get along all South Cache hopes to make a ao o oo d bid for Region One laurels ith three regulars back They i e Doug Shelton a guard Doug w. w t S 5 h S'S T S 15 t F Reed Grant Veteran forward forward forward for for- ward is lone returning letterman letterman letter letterman man for Jordans Jordan's high school basketball squad I Long forward and Aerial Maughan who gained state all-state honorable mention as a guard One regular Bob Cy Thompson Thomp Thomp- son a forward is back at Granite the five times state champion school Coach Cecil Baker also has Let Lettermen t e r men Ken Powell a guard Bill Jackson and Ray Gunn forwards again on the squad Granite was placer fourth-placer in the state last year after downing downing downing down down- ing Jordan 31 28 at the tourney Murr Murray y a semifinalist last season season season sea sea- son has no regulars back and Coach Paul Rose must build a around r a 0 u n d Lettermen LeUe Calvin Cahn Zabriskie Zabriskie Zabriskie Za- Za briskie Walter Jackson Robert Haldine and Bruce Peterson Jackson and Haldine seem likely to develop into outstanding defensive defensive defensive de de- de- de stars this season Coach McRay Magleby has quite a problem at South Summit with only two reserves returning to the lineup Just under six feetS feet tall those boys are Elmer McNeil S r Graduation Hits i Many Lineups For 1941 Race i and Carl Prescott guards of the I squad which won the Summit district district district dis dis- dis- dis title last season At Delta Coach Howard Bus I has three lettermen from last season but will miss Max MaxI I Bennett and Bernell Gronning who caged 76 and 71 points re respectively respectively respectively re- re when the Jackrabbits won the Millard loop crown last March Returning are Dene Dutson Dutson Dutson Dut- Dut son regular forward Bob Heyborne Heyborne Hey Hey- borne reserve forward and Velgene Velgene Velgene Vel- Vel gene Black reserve center Four reserves of last season form the nucleus of Coach Jay Whitman's squad at North Cache with Forwards Kenneth Elwood and Cannon Parkinson Guards Clark Ellerman and Charles Lowe again in uniform Carbon Ace Back Coach George Young has his regular center Lyle Bryner again ajain at Carbon together with Jack Belland Bell Belland Belland and Jack reserves of last season while Roosevelt's mentor Bert Asay is building around Marion Baumgartel regular guard of last year and Karl Johnstun reserve center Jack Mitchell regular guard together with Ralph Roberts center center center cen cen- ter Reed Nostrum Grant Ash and Don Evans forwards Jack Gray and Keith Eddington guards have returned to the up line-up at Lehi and Coach Ross Nielsen may not seriously miss his four graduated regulars Coach Arthur Hughes of Springville has Elliott Cameron regular guard again in uniform together with Guards Kelly JenSen Jensen Jensen Jen Jen- sen and Elaine Blame Dallin Forward Kenneth Rothwell Three letter men have reported a again ain to Coach George Staples at Monroe hoping to gain another Sevier district title while at Manti Coach Melroy Meiroy Luke has Keller Crawford regular guard of last year and two other letter lettermen lettermen lettermen men Forwards LaMon King and Cecil Cox |