Show iwami first sophomore to receive thomas award I 1 i aa 4 zd A q 01 A 11 IV v P t 41 1 70 t r 0 o yaw toe 0 na paul thomas is shown as he presented his annual basketball trophy to gobura iwami while coach clarice clarke johnsen looks on iwami chosen by opposing coaches as the best player on the tooele thoele squad is the first to be so honored since the award began gracean studio chosen by his opponents coach es as the outstanding basketball player on the tooele thoele quintet no bura iwami became the first soph in the 25 year old history 0 f the paul thomas award to wm win this coveted trophy the trophy is donated by paul T homas of tooele thoele to the athlete who in the opinion of rival coach es played the most outstanding 2 col to here basketball for the white buffaloes during the course of the season the tooele thoele cage squad had its best season in over a decade as it finished regular league play in a deadlock for first place with the murray Smelt entes rites tooele thoele was de feared in the play off game to de termine the title holder in the jor dan division but entered the state class B tournament boasting a record of eight victories and two defeats great defensive player A great deal of the credit for this fine record is traced to the de work of iwami gobura who is only five feet ten inches tall is a comparative midget a mong the rest of tooele thoele s starting five but he was by far the out stand ng dribbler passer and de player on the buff squad coach bill moran of the judge memorial bulldogs had this to sa say y about this terrific sophomore the great defensive work of iwami a our main scoring threat jim hill proved to be the difference between victory and defeat there fore my vote for tooele thoele s mg ing basketball player goes to iwami and that just about sums up the reason gobura iwami re the thomas trophy for 1948 sterling anderson lavar hansen and bill sutton returned to logan sunday to resume their studies at the after spending the spring vacation at the homes of their parents in grantsville Grants ville miss berdine bryan daughter of mr and mrs alex bryan of tooele thoele and a student at the BYU in pro vo was piano accompanist on the exchange assembly held at the in logan tuesday |