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Show Parsons Score Second W Boxing Team Seeks Favor League Win Westminster Colleges newly tle scrappers also showing possirevised sport of boxing is startng bilities in the pugilists sport are again. As Boxing Coach John Ilanlow Quoek and Dock Smith. Elordi is molding a couple of top Two of the larger fellows coming prospects to walk away with along fine are Charles Knight some of the conference laurels. and Boris Dodson, who also put in bouts last February In the initial showing of the 5th.their initial boxers in a preliminary to the Parson-Dixi- e basketball game, the With all these fellows and newbouts revealed some interesting comer Phil Mapes, youve got a possibilities of boxing becoming a pretty well rounded boxing squad. major sport as in other collegiate Some of the fighters who have a circles around the country. Deme- good chance of walking away trius Kyremes looked pretty good with their weight in the conferfighting veteran Bob Cicle Feb. ence meet are Demet Kyremes, 5th, as did 'little Jimmy Sako Bob Oiele, Boris Dodson and Jimagainst George Flangus. Two lit my Sako. The others, like Charles There was 'an occasion to ring the victory bell for the second time last February 5 as the Parsons overcame a fighting Dixie Flyer five, 52-48- In a closely . fought game all the way. George Dimas kept the Parsons in the game during the first half by. cond long sistently hitting shots and some circus drive-inIn the second half, Dave Steele came in to give the purple and gold boys a much needed boost In the pivot slot. Taking the ball off the boards, feeding the ball off nicely and connecting with a couple of badly needed was sparkplug Dave Steele, who gave the Parsons the one big shove to retain their final lead. Making . his conference debut was Bill Patsouris, a second semester newcomer,'' who ' helped the Parson cause along with six points. In two tilts, the Westminster five bowed to Idaho 2 State at Pocatello, 8 and on two consecutive nights. Bay Buhler played his final game for the purple j ersey ' squad in the second game and helped the Parsons to keep in the struggle with five field goals- and four free 'throws. ' In a practice game against Tooele . Ordnance Depot, West9 minster, barely eked out a win to boost the morale .of the home team, Playmaker George Dimas led the Parson scoring with 11, while 'Alfred . Bridem baugh added 10, Pop Johnson 9, and "Ralph Bowman .8.. Coming back a little stronger' in the second game, Westminster played a well controlled game to. outclass TOD After .starting out fast, the Parsons coasted along, giving all benchWAriers a chance.' Still the Westminster squad continued to roll and by halftime, piled up a 7 lead. From then on Westminster glided into thefin-is- h well-time- s. : , two-pointe- rs . ler had his big night, scoring ten goals and 8 charity tosses for a grand total of 28 points for con- Johnson Pop tributed 10 points, while John the Evening. . non-conferen- Alfred Brid-fiel- d enbaugh and Pete Ota each 2, and George Dimas one, to round out the very lopsided box score against the Parsons. Calevas scored 3, ' f ' ? ,' t v 69-5- 63-4- - , ' ce " - V -- If - , - ' . Ray Buhler goes up in the air to sink one ACACIA FLORAL SHOP . Bunnys . me e, A i Ski Meet Westminster was represented at the first IOAC Conference Ski Meet by a five man ski team composed of Bob Fehr, Bob Christensen, John Wach, Barry Wright, and Peter Prout. With little more than nerve, school sponsorship, and a king-sizehelping hand from Mr. Day, the fellows entered competition against teams from Weber, Carbon, and Boise. up the wire for their second straight victory over TOD. ; "Branch Agricultural College overcame Westminster Parsons to sweep a two-gaseries on the Parsons home court. Big Max Bond led the BAC quintet in the first game with 22 points, and lit- 6. school. ry teenth, Barry sixteenth, John nineteeth. All the fellows passed 1 58-4- in the Payne Gym. Since boxing at Westminster College comes originally from requests, it is in the hands of the student body as to whether it will become a major sport. It is a question of how the student will react to 'boxing in this match that will decide its future at Westminster. Lets all get behind this match to help make it a success and give boxing a chance to establish itself at our cross-count- 28-1- left-hande- February 15. The first match has been set for Tuesday, February 19 at home The downhill and were the first day events. The full team was entered in the downhill with Bob Fehr turning in a very creditable 1:43 flat for a fourth place. Chris ran tenth, Pete four- 2, tle Tuft and Hansen helped the BAC victory along with 10 and 11 points, respectively. For the Parsons, it was Pop Johnson with his d shoven shots and hook shots scoring 12 digits. Pop was nudged along by Ralph Bowman, who hit for 10, and Ray Buhler for 9. Coming back stronger in the second evening, ' but not enough to outscore BAC, the ParPosons dropped the tilt tential Ray Buh- - The first intersehool meet has been set against Southern Idaho College of Education at Albion on d 60-5- 57-4- t Knight, Hanlow Quoek, George Flangus, and Dick Smith, are future prospects after a little experience in this growing sport here on the Parson campus. By t Theodore P. Jorgensen Lunch Where Better e Flowers Are Grown . . Bouquets . Corsages 1953 S. 13th East Phone 7-04- 22 . . Appreciates the Patronage of Westminster College Students FOR GOOD FOOD cross-countr- y. The second day' brought the slalom and the jumping. In the slalom, Pete got eighth with a time of 1 :09.2. Chris was ninth, being one and three-tenth- s seconds be- hind. John placed twelfth, and Bob got fifteenth. Both Bob Fehr and Chris were plagued with falls in this event. In the jumping, only Christensen and Fehr entered. Fehr came in fifth and Chris seventh. In the team totals Weber came in first with 1311.6 points, Boise second with 1073.4, Westminster 'third with 677, and Carbon fourth with 542. The team is looking forward to more competition with hopes for more meets this year. The school owes a lot of thanks to the team and especially to Mr. Pay for helping introduce a sport which has been lacking in the Conference much too long. |