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Show CHIEF . p: WeGuess'Em0 I By TOMMIE PORTER The wigwam on the slopes of the Wasatch mountains was empty, the entrance flaps tied tightly with rawhide. A nearby near-by typewriter was bare of paper, the campfire was cold, and no welcoming grunt of "How!" greeted our panting messenger. For Chief "We Guess 'Em," prognostlcator of high school athletic ath-letic events for The Telegram was off the reservation. But pinned to the tepee was a bit of birch bark on which was scrawled "Happy "Hap-py New Year. Chief, squaw, ponies go land of sunshine. Catch 'urn Rose bowl game." Meanwhile, a telegram had arrived ar-rived at the sports department and the Chief, sparing no wampum, had sent us the following message: "Dear Boss: Plenty hard job pick 'um opening games Utah high school cage casaba race. Long way to see, an' all telescopes, binoculars bi-noculars an' such still with fellas who rent 'um for see game from seat In Rose bowl. Injun still got rose petals In scalp lock, all over blanket an' some In eyes, so pick 'um pretty much in dark. "Fella at Mount Wilson observatory observa-tory here tell 'um Chief that moon almost full now In land of Ilten Tooele at MURRAY. JORDAN at Davis. Summit District Judge Memorial at NORTH SUMMIT. Morgan at PARK CITY. Wasatch at SOUTH SUMMIT. Alpine District LINCOLN at Brigham Young. American Fork at PROVO. LEHI at Pleasant Grove. j Nebs Dtatrlet ;' Payson at SPANISH FORK. Springville at NEPHL Sanpete District I Ephralm at GUNNISON. Mantl at WASATCH ACADEMY, North Sanpete at MORONL I Uintah District Duchesne at UINTAH. Altamont at ROOSEVELT. so Injun think moon mebbeso light way to many baskets and victory for Granite, Bingham an' North Summit. "No like puttum wampum on teams In dark, but have to take 'um chance, so 'not her wire follow fol-low to give you predictions quick-like. quick-like. Mebbeso come back to tepee for games Friday night Thanks for earmuffs. Me puttum on when come back. Be good. (Signed) Chief "We Guess 'Em." His predictions, with winners denoted de-noted by capital letters, follow: Logan-Ogden Dietrict Bear River at WEBER. SOUTH CACHE at Box Elder. Ogden at NORTH CACHE. Jordan District GRANITE at Cyprus. Grantsville at BINGHAM. Carbon-Emery District Castle Dale at CARBON (Thursday). (Thurs-day). SOUTH EMERY at Greenriver. South Sevier District MARYSVALE at Circlevill (Thursday). Tropic at ESCALANTE. North Sevier District Bicknell at MONROE. Richfield at SAUNA. Millard Dietrict DELTA at Fillmore. Beaver at HINCKLEY. Dixie District Parowan at DIXIE. Valley at KANAB. Hurricane at CEDAR CITY. ENTERPRISE at Hurricane (Saturday). |