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Show 9 jbututa, lint 9 Jiead. . . ; By SECOND-GUESSER l!!lllliilllli:!!ll!!!!l!l!lll!I!l!ll!IIHi:!ll A few weeks ago we were chatting with our good friend Steve Maloney, Salt Lake's most accommodating citizen, and mentioned that, among other things needed in the Fair City of Milford, was a dance instructor in-structor to teach our young ones the art of tripping the light fantastic. Well, a week later we received one of Steve's j "loves and kisses" postcards ' with a notation that Johnny Patchen, one of the best in the business, was going to contact us. Sure enough, Johnny phoned the other day asking us to stick an ad in the paper announcing an-nouncing he'd be willing and able to handle one or more classes of tap students. He says he needs about 50' studtents to make the trip pay, since he'd have to pay transportation to and from Salt Lake, and two days' hotel and other expenses. Frankly, we dunno how he's gonna have wages left after deducting expenses, but we're glad to announce that he has decided to give tap instruction , V in Milford. ' 'V- Johnny is really "big time." Quite a few years ago Walter Winchell "discovered" him at Atlantic City's famous Steel Pier, where he was a featured entertainer. He has also appeared ap-peared with Abbott and Cos-tello, Cos-tello, Ben Blue, Hugh Herbert, Nick Lucas, Bonnie Baker, and lots of other "name" . entertainers. entertain-ers. Milford is getting on the right track when we can entice such artists to come here to instruct our youngsters. Parents interested in enrolling enroll-ing their children are invited to contact The News, in person, by letter, or phone 28. Classes will start in two' or three weeks. Who has ever seen a grander, classier bunch of ballhandlers than Tiger Coach Perry Neal sent onto the boards against Beaver last Friday? With Coon able to play the full game, or with Turner in action, or with one or two more reliefers to rest the front-line men, the Tigers would have defeated Beaver by 15 points. They really had the "number" of the east - enders, and dominated every phase of the game until the final three minutes, when they were so fagged out they couldn't keep up the pace. The " Tigers just don't have the reserve re-serve strength to beat teams Continued on Page Two 1 Here's More About I DUNNO Continued from Page One with eight or nine first-stringers. We were particularly pleased when two Beaver fans came up after the game to tell us we have "the best coached team in the district, and with a little more material couldn't be stopped." They gave us permission per-mission to quote them, but they live in Beaver so we'll withhold their names. Ever since Perry Lee Neal came to town we've contended he's the finest coach we've ever had the pasure of knowing. Along with our weekly predictions, pre-dictions, we want to add one for next year: Milford will have a district championship basketball basket-ball team in 1951. Mclntyre and Bockwoldt will be starters, and with their height will add the strength the team needs to make the Tigers a "coach's dream." Bock is just starting into real competition, competi-tion, and needs a few more games to erase his nervousness under fire, and add confidence. About all Mclntyre needs is experience and confidence, and he's getting both pretty fast. He did very well against Beaver. These two boys will work exceptionally ex-ceptionally well with Crane, Turner and Bracken. Fowles has more height than Bracken, and is a good floor performer. If he stays in harness and remains re-mains eligible, he will be contesting con-testing for a starting berth. Bob Crane will be back to I "wheelhorse" the squad. In our opinion, Bob is all-state material mater-ial in anyone's book. Clyde Turner will be back. He's as good a sparkplug as anyone could want, always on the go, and rustles the ball when it's needed and, he can dunk in .his share of points. Bracken, j I another sparkplug with lots of j fire, has earned his starting berth and will be a regular in 1 1951. On the reserve list, all with ! enough potential ability to play Jthe route or turn in good relief ( roles, will be Dale Brimberry, I Dick Fisher, Phil Rex, Paul ' Rhodes, LeRoy Griffiths and I Tommy Bradfield, and others 'are coming along to challenge I these ballhawks for their re-I re-I serve or starting berths. I And Perry Lee Neal will be back to teach the boys the fun-' fun-' damentals and fine points of the game, and assure us of a district possibly state championship team. This week MILFORD over Hinckley, by a nice margin. Both Coon and Turner will be back, and so far no other players have hit the injury list. This should be ours. DELTA over Beaver, by a 1 slim, slim margin. They're playing at Beaver, the Beavers are strong, but Delta is a much smoother outfit' Based on the Beaver performance in their last two games, we have to pick the Rabbits, but if the Beavers get their shooting eye back we'll be upset on this one. MILLARD over Parowan. It shouldn't be too difficult, but the Rams could pull an upset. If both teams play according to their ability, it should be Millard Mil-lard by a comfortable margin. We got "cussed out" the other day, which isn't unusual, but' 1 this guy is a citizen of Millard County, and it's unsual to get cussed out from that far away from home. We were rather emphatically told that "a lot of other people up around Delta and Lynndyl and that part of the state" don't like our recent comment concerning Highways 6 and 21. We didn't expect them to agree with us, but we don't see how they can honestly expect us to urge completion of Hiway 6 ahead of Hiway 21. After all, we live in Milford, and while 21 and the Cave Tour and Utah Parks will undoubtedly reap a nice harvest in tourist traffic diverted from Hiway 6, our major concern down thisaway is completion of 21. We try to be fair about the matter we want BOTH highways high-ways built. Too bad some of the Millard folks can't see far , V enough past Hiway 6 to realize that the more highways we have, the more EVERYONE will benefit. |