| Show oporto 14 pic KY pt td t d 1 1 by A T roberts in training Trai ninn for coming fights r gil I 1 I 1 9 t ad 4 va 1 we i 1 al S 11 V t t t 9 lu 1 TV o 0 I 1 ia remo left and windy 0 hanlen are seen as they take a few laps around the track to keep in shape for their corn com ing bouts the pair are working out an average of 5 times every week at the tooele thoele high school gymnasium and the TOD fire station punching speed bags and heavy bags trotting skipping the rope and doing calisthenics they also spar with training gloves to help with their box ing remo has been working es specially ally hard these days by bundling up good and watching his diet trying to shake a little weight for the s rap with paul tooele thoele high school will field strong basketball team this yea tooele thoele high school will send a f tall rangy team into action when the jordan basketball season season op ens january 9 1948 under the watchful eye of coach clarke john son over hopefuls have been practicing for almost a month in photo by gracean perkins As yet no terms hove have been reached and a contract has not been drawn up for the tight light but it is possible that the two will battle it out on either the or 0 hanlen expects one more amateur right before he turns pro he stands a fine chance of representing utah in the olympic tryouts windy has not only con himself but has also solved one of remo s big preb lems that oi of keeping a compe tent sparring partner remo has not been able to hold onto any one to spar with 0 hanlen has helped considerably order to give every man an chance to show his ability coach johnson with the aid of coach kept the cage hopefuls at this number until just this week when it was trimmed down to four teen men I 1 charlie lee and gordon bunn are the only returning lettermen but the balance of the squad have shown worlds of ability and en thusia sm which bodes nothing but trouble for the buffalo opponents when the opening whistle blows C coach johnson will send out a team that will average over 6 feet in height and while its it s much too early to list the starting line up here are the boys that will likely see the most action charlie lee tooele thoele s all state halfback is icalla assured a starting berth since he played regular last year lee is two inches over six feet and will be playing his last year for tooele thoele glen rupp a junor stretch es up in the stratosphere 6 5 an other junior loren dunn is slated for a starting role for the buffs tall and rangy loren stands 6 4 and is a tricky left handed shoot er glen bones hamilton another all stater in football has laid a way his cleats and has hag tabbed a starting post for himself bones is another boy that goes over the six foot mark marl standing 6 3 gordon bunn the only other letterman on the squad is a cinch to see plenty of action this boy is an even 6 feet tall one of the little fel la s on the squad is noboru iwami who is only a sophomore and is 5 10 tall lightning fast no boru is a deft sure ball handler and is slated for a starting role even though he is a senior dale leatham has turned out for the cage sport for the first time buti but already dale has shown plenty of I 1 natural ability and as he acquires more polish leatham will be a tough man to keep on the bench I 1 he ie s 5 11 the balance of tooele thoele s team will consist of chuck gillespie kay christensen and richard fernau all juniors glen rolph bud con ion don sawyers and billy grif aith seniors two or three boys will be cut from this squad but not until coach bohison has had plenty of time to pick the best I 1 men and this is no small task as everyone of these kids are scrap a ping for those starting roles this is clarke johnson johnsons s first year in the coaching game having come to tooele thoele from the A C in logan where he learned his bas netball under beebe lee coach johnson is a former service man serving three years in the army while at the A C johnson was a regular guard on the farmers quintet in 1946 and played regular in 1947 until an injury to his knee forced him to the bench midway in the season an impressive list of pre season games has been lined up in order to give the boys plenty of eunity to be baptized under fire before the lid is pried off in league play the ath of january weber high from ogden comes to tooele thoele for the first game mon day nov this is an after noon game slated for 2 30 one week later the lincoln high tigers state class B football champions from orem will invade the top too ele gym granite high annually one of utah s best basketball ag gregat ions will come to tooele thoele on the ath of december on the alth morgan high comes to tooele thoele and on the the payson lions come to the tooele thoele tooele thoele s next two games are a way from home friday the they go to ogden to play weber and on the they play box elder on box elders home floor the highlight of tofele tooele s pre season basketball schedule takes place january 2 and 3rd when two crack cage teams from idaho come to tooele thoele valley to play tooele thoele and grantsville Grants ville january 2nd these games take place at grantsville Grants ville with grantsville Grants ville playing bancroft while tooele thoele plays grace in the opening game the next night these four teams move to tooele thoele with grantsville Grants ville playing the op ening game against the quintet from grace and tooele thoele playing bancroft this attractive 9 game schedule will pit the buffaloes against the finest teams from all over the state and should provide coach johnsons team with the campeti tion necessary to sharpen their shooting eyes and develop team play and coordination and at the same time give the fans of too ele ample opportunity to see plenty of action packed basketball games game |
