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Show THE Page Four Friday, v August 25, Y'LDCAT 1944 Juniors Held by Hopes Championship At B Y High School This Season Squad 'Dope The championship hopes of high in every sport this yearextraIt's interesting to follow the progress of B V high ath- - will depend greatly on an their in lete in the service of their country. While browsing through ordinary group of boys These 14 boys partithe Wildcats that date back to 1939 (five years ago) its sur- junior year. cipated in athletic at the Y last left civilian a theres that understandable hardly prising yet year. out of the male portion of five graduating classes. Five will be returning lcttermen When I first entered the portals of the A we were admir- - on the football squad. Some even and Mac Woolf ,j made starting assignments against ing such bovs as Paul Smith, Bruce Dabling, ea as 1939-4Paul was re- - uppercRw-eoiiipetitithe-4-B- j - who comprised the basketball team of cently reported missing in action over Italy. He was a bombardier. Bruce has also gained his wings and Mac is a lirst lieutenant in the Medical Corps. Out of the eleven men on the hoop squad that year ten are in the armed services. Its the same story with the Alpine champions of 1941. Out f eleven members, ten are in some branch of the service on 0. and one has been honorably discharged. Two of them are commissioned flying officers and three more expect their commissions shortly. Every boy who participated in sports of any kind in the is in uniform fighting for Uncle Sam. school year of 1941-4- 2 The greatest percentage are in the army or navy, and the rest branched out to the marines and the coast guard. Over half of last springs graduating class is in the armed . , ' , j the athletic manager. The duties of the athletic manager are many and varied. In the fall, just before football season gets under way he and the coach go over the football equipment to get everything in shape, new spikes must be put on the shoes and helmets are cleaned and painted, and all other equipment is put in for sometime during the first two weeks in September. Coach Crouton is his prospects out for a look ovei outing aml general )eforc sc100 begins, The date js yet to be set. liminary plans show the party scheduled for Wildwood resort in gel-acquaint- forces or scheduled to leave very soon. Some were in even graduating and received their diplomas through the mail. Darrel Jensen who left for the navy in March had seen action in the three months. 1b Y. high as well as Coach Crowton will miss big Reed (Moose) I aylor on the gridiron this eai. Reed was injuredin the last game of the season and isn t in shape yet foi athletics. It was first supposed that it was merely ajiad sprain but later it was discovered that he had a broken knee, lie; went to Portland, Oregon to have an operation in which his knee was broken over again and reset. He was flat on his back in the hospital for four montss, and didn t get back to Provo until the first of August. - - - Dean Ashworth, who team of last fall will be received mention on the is holding down the doing double duty this year in that he center position and that of student body president at the same ' time. In a school the size of ours it takes practically every boy to put an eleven man football squad in the field. Iast ear s senior class had 17 boys in it, out of which 14 were on the a little lower, squad. In the junior class the percentage -was with $ out of the 1 boys out for football. - - George B&llif who was unable to participate in sports at all last year due to Polio, is expected to be ready for the basketball season this center. year. He likely will play forward or Few people realize that the high school coach is one of the busiest men on the campus. In the case of Dave Crowton this is especially true. To help ease his burdens, the student He is body elects a bov to help in the athletic department. on ed Pre-befo- re Pro -- foo( Canyon. Dr Lloyd Culh- - be tlie orcler of the day. - Opening Grid Practice Slated for Sept. 11; Ten Lettermen Expected The B. Y. High Wildcats will begin grid practice on the opening Coach Crowton day of school, said today, looking forward to his second year of eleven man football. The opening call will bring approximately 20 boys with 10 more joining the squad after registiation is completed, he reported. Since the University has decided not to play football, and the Army ASTP has moved from the field house, the high school will have ample practice fields and shower facilities. The grass is in tip top shape and considerable new equipment has been added to the athletic stores. Lettermen returning this fall from last years pioneer eleven, are expected to form the nucleous for the club this year. Veterans coming back are: Dean Ashworth, center; Alan Hansen, guard: Mark Graham, fullback; Chu& Craven, tailback; Malin Perry, center; Dan Larsen, guard; Earl Johnson, end; proper repair. Gene halfback; When actual practice begins, the boys are soft and bruise Grant Johnson, and possibly Arnthese bruises and Swensen, guard; rub must athletic The manager easily. old Mecham at tailback if he is Charlie horses and tape slightly sprained ankles. From time sufficiently recovered from injuries to time during the season he has to treat minor cuts and received in an automobile accident scratches and bloody noses. last spring. Although the team as look he can done are a whole will ue green these ten When the year is tfver and his duties back and say, I had every bit as much fun as the boys who boys will add experience and confidence to the squad. played. outteam of last year. This bunch in played practically all competition their class, compelling- opposing coaches to run in the junior string against them. Of the twelve boy who made the team last year, eight were sophomores. This makes possible d a team next spring that is and skilled. The fourteen boys who will likethe Y, ly make athletic history at if not this year, next year, are: Chuck Craven, football, basketball; baseball; Sterl Broadhead, basketball; Lloyd Cullimore, basketball; basketball; Don Don Forspth, Hansen, basketball, baseball, Earl (Greek) Johnson, football, basketball, baseball; Stan Madsen, basBob Morgan, basketball, ketball; Malin Perry, football, baseball; basketball; Gene Robinson, basketball, baseball; LaVerne Smith, foot ball; and Eric Stienekiert, baseball. Some of these boys will be giving the sniors a tough fight for the starting births on the football team and may even rate postions on the first string basketball squad. sea-oiic- . All-Regi- ean heavily on the ten Boys wbo comprised the sophomore ball wft Among the young hopefuls who will likely turn out on the opening Eric Bob Morgan, day are: Stienekert. Gene Robinson, Jim Rawlings, Sterl and Don Broad-heaOrrin Cullimore, Lloyd Baird, Steve Azuma, John Christensen, Shafter Bown, Reid Way-maand Lee Larson. The club looks particularly strong in the vicinity of center and guards, with five of the lettermen expected to fill those positions. The backfield will be small but speedy with Chuck Craven slated to take over the ball carrying duties. Dean Ashworth, who attracted manr an eye last year with his outat center, standing performance likely will get the pivot spot this year, although big Malin Perry will give him some strong competition. As yet Bob Frees successor to the quarterback spot isnt apparent. Mark Graham may be called upon to fill that position, but he likely will get the nod at fullback. Mentor Crowton hasnt divulged the type of ball he will play. Last years squad played power football, utilizing the traditional single wing formation. The possibility of a more open brand of ball will depend entirely on the talent of the team for that type of ball. d, n, ire-turni- ng -- |