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Show ItASKKT HALL ! tlnskiit ball season In npproachlng, Ifjj ( nnturnlly our Intorost begins to con. fj' i toi around tho prospoct ot tho Am-fl Am-fl $ orlcnn Fork high school for u tllvis Bj , ' ion title. Aftor tho loss ot sovon mon ' from tho regular squad ot Inst year. Jjl ',' t hard to prodlct our stronBth fJI ' this yenr. So far no lmvo about soil;! so-il;! j von or olght boys, of sufficient size jjj ,' ni"l nhlllty, frou which to build a ho' I loam. Only ono or this number has I ' hnd first "string" oxporionco. This II, Is Orunt Ingorsoll, who sorvod as a I j utility man last year, Grant should prove a vulunblo conter man this I , yenron account ot his groat height, coupled with his genoral ability at j caging difficult basket shooting;. Tho forward positions will probably bo taken caro ot by Hofelni and Lelge I Cblptnnn. Hoth of these men are I "fast, aggressive players, and handlo the passing and receiving end of the j ' Ktmo like vetornns. At guard Dirk 1' 'Will make one ot th0 positions. This & ' Jad is full ot pep and determination. i . He is a good basket shooter, a fine ' toamer, and a leech at sticking to his II man. At the other guard position j wo have Roreral good candidate; & ; Alton Storrs, Earl Parker, James K Okadwlck, and Allen Gardner are the M' brightest prospects. ijLj ' " Following the plans last year there m ' will bo .a regular schedule for tho so. coud teams In tho Alplno district. I TIiIb will lo nn ndded Inducement for more boys to try out for basket ball. It they 11 ro not successful In making the first team they will get th0 ox-porloneo ox-porloneo of nctlvo competition with other Hocond teams that will bo val- . uablo to thorn anothor year. I Our dttlslon has suffered a slight! luidJiiBtmont this year. The B. Y. II. high has dropped out of uctlvo nthlotlc competition, so It has been eliminated from our section. Lincoln high, a now school, has been admit ed. Hobor High, one of tho old time members of the Alpine division has boon readmitted to our conference, making five teams in altl Lehl, P. fl., A V,, Lincoln ond Heber. On paper, Lehl presents tho stronger dln up at the present tlmo, having on ontlra toam of veterans. Pleasant Qrovo comes noxt with three hold-porn hold-porn from last year's five. Nothing can be predicted from any ot tho nth. tor schools until they lmvo had a vhanco to domonstrato their abilities. EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING Tho students of ttio A. F. H. S. nro preparing for tho extemporaneous speaking contest to bo held next Thursday morning In tho school auditorium. aud-itorium. 1'loasnnt Grovo challenged American Ameri-can Fork, Lehl, and Lincoln for the contest, and all of tho schools accepted. accept-ed. Representatives aro to bo chosen from each school to represent their school at each of tho nboVe mentioned mention-ed places Supt. Walker ii to telephono the subject to tho school next Thursday morning. Tho studonts wlllbe given thirty mlnutos to prepare the subject before speaking, and the finished speech is to take up only about three minute. . The Judges are to be chosen from the faculty members and tho honors jwlll bo given to the school receiving the most points. Mae fflleox Thojlvllost hour ot the week was occasioned by,the contest Thursday In Extemporanooua speaking, that is speaking wherein neither arrange, merit -riot phrasing 'msy be prepared before handt ' American Fork was disqualified by 'falling to occupy th6 required time. (Pleasant droW'and Lincoln' failed to close within the required time. "Lehl J thorcforo technically, woa the conteet, (though her score was lowwt of the four schools. ' ' ' Pleasant Grove scored 287. I Lincoln scored SIB. American 'Fork scored z!2. Lcht scored 216. |
