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Show District Five at atHalf atHalfway Half-.Way Half.Way Half .Way Way HalfuWay Half uWay - . Mirk Mirkhi MarkIn } In hi Basketball BasketballBy By LwGrand L.Grande LGrande LeGrande . * YoungHalfway Young YoungHalfway Halfway mark in the Uintah UintahDivision UintahDivision UintahDivision Division of District Five basket basketball . ball warfare .finds finds Linda . . the Ulntah Uintah UlntahHigb UintahHigh UintahHigh Higb High position School five in a good posi posi- . - tion tlon to make ake a strong strung " ibid bid for forthe forthe forthe the Division Division Champiois Championship hampio } nl ii AI Af . After Ater ter ( a Q slow pre pre-season pre season - - scason s start start . , , and anda anda a shaky beginning in ht Jeagu league leagueplay leagueplay play , , the Utes have shown rapid Improvement rapidImprovement and under the thecareful tb thecareful careful guidance of Coach Coacb Frank FrankW Frankw FrankW W Wright , are now proving tobe to tobe tobe be a power to be reckoned withAfter withMter with withAfter After Mter being discharged from fromthe fromthe fromthe the servl service e . , , Coach Wright carn came back cameback to his h1 old Job at the Jhe loca local localschool localschool } st school ool , at the beglnnlnkof beginning beglnnlnk of the thepresent thepresent thepresent present season , to find an aU ) under- under undersized under"sized undersized - " ' sized hadhad hacthad group , none of . ' Whom 'Whorn Whorn hact had had any experience * in th tho theWright thoWright Wright system Undersized Undersized as asthey asthey asthey they are , his cbargeS charges charges'have chargeshave ' ' .have have . provv 1 > rov - ' prov-'On prov 'On On provveq eq to be a scrappy , o H bunch of ofte ofte9m ofteam te te9m m players , , who readily readily remtily adapt adapt- adapted adapted - - . ed .d d themselves to Coach Coacb Wright's Wrights Wright'ssystem Wright'ssystem Wright'ssystem Wrightssystem ' system of man to-man to man - - defense defenseand , , and fast break and screen of offense oftense oftense oftenseLeading fense tense fenseLeading tenseLeading bunchis Leading this fighting figbting bunch is Captain Albert Lopez . , . five- five fivefeet fivefeet five-feet five feet - - feet four inches of basketball basketballdynamite basketballdynamite basketballdynamite dynamite Despite } h ils fs deminutive deminu- deminu deminutive deminu-tive deminu tive - tive tivestature tive Isthe stature , , Lopez a forward , , Is isthe lathe the na natui natural al leade leader leader-anJrtheHoorgeneral leader anJrtheHoorgeneral . - a4the the noor floor noorgeneral floorgeneral general of the fighting fightng ! Utes A Agood Agood Agood good handler shot and clever ball hand ler , , he is also very eUectivewhen effectivewhen effective eUective effectivetactics when ballstealingtactics applying his ball-stealing ball stealing - tactics He is in his last year ot of high ofhigh othigh school competition . Sam Snyder occupies the theother theother theother other first string berth as a for for- forward forward . - ward Sam is a junior and is looking lalooking islooking forward to anoU1 another r year yearplay yearplay yearplay play rustlingis for tor the Utes Ball rustling is his long suit and Ohd he causesthe causes causesthe causesthe the opposition no little trouble troubleBeing troubleBeing troubleBeing Being only five feet eight inches inchestaU inchestall inchestall taU tall he uses his height to verygood very verygood verygood good advantage on the back backboard backboard backboard backboardAnother board boardAnother Another junior , Ernest Weeksholds Weeks Weeksholds Weeksholds holds down the center posiUon position positionLargest posiUonLargest Largest man on the team . , Weeks Weekshas Weekshas Weekshas has workingbackboards had bad lad his hands full working backboards oppositionErnest against opposition Ernest is continuing to improve improvein lmfrovein lmfrove in The scoring department departmen and andwith andwith andwith with a little more experience experienceshould experienceshould experienceshould should add a much needed scor scor- - - ing scoring punchk punch * GeorgeCalder k . * Raymond York and George Calder form fonn a strong fefensiv defensive defensivewall . < defensivewall wall for the Utes . . York York , , . a Dv DvfOot five fivefoot live-foot live foot - fOot ten inch lad stick sticks * like likeglue likeglue likeglue glue to hix his assigned man , anddoes and andhawking . does more than hIS share of oil ofball oilball ball ballhawking Ibawking IbawkingVernal ballIbawking hawking hawkingVernal Vernal fans are artlcularly particularly particularlylooking artlcularly.Iooktng totE tE . proposedfloor looking forward to the he proposed .Iooktng Iooktng floor duel between Calder Colder and and'Wayne andWayne andWaynfr 'Wayne- 'Wayne Wayne Wayne- 'WayneVan WayneVan ' - - Van T Tassell ssel1 , y yTabiona's Tablona's Tablonas Tabiona's Tabionas Tablona'shope Tabiona'shope Tablona'shope Tablonashope ' ' hope for all state honors Van VanTassen VanTassell VanTassell .per per . Tassen Tassell has averaged 2 29 25 $ poihts points poihts.per pointsper pointsper per gamesHowever game in his last threegames tluw three- three - games . , , However , Coach Coacb Wright Wrigtit Wrigigt ! hasexpressed hasexpressed has hasder expressed expressedconfidence confidence that Cal Calder Calder der can adequately cope with withhbn withhim withhim hbn him , , and intends to assign George assignGeorge to the Tablona Tabiona flash , . at attheir attheir attheir their next meeting to be played playedat at the Tabiona gymThe gym gymThe ; The fact that Coach Wright has hasadequate hasadequate hasadequate , adequate replacements is In Inby indicated indicated ' dicated by the record 07 dl of his hissecond hissecond hissecond second team The seconds have haveIlost havelost havelost lost only to Roosevelt high , , and andare andw andare Ilost are out for revenge tomorrow tomorro w i . ie r rt 'Na Na 'Nai 'NaSecond , ' nJJ night , 4 i t . , \ 1 { A ' < " t . Z ; w1 riJ . ! . 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