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Show 9 Page Four SOUTH HIGH SCRIBE - March 6, 1942. Soutli Reigns as Big 3 Casaba Champions Again Nate, Midgets Achieve Glorious Hoop Season ' Fourth Straight Unbeaten Year Completed Smashing all of their cross-tow- n rivals in this season's race, Coach Nate Long's midget "C" team for the fourth consecu-tive year completed its schedule without a single setback. The midget victory streak was stretched to sixteen at the ex- - t pense 'of the hapless East Leopard clan with the blue and white boys coming out on top with 28 to 23 score. In downing their opponents from the slope for the second time, the midgets clinched the Big Three championship. CUBS JUMB TO EARLY LEAD As usual, the rampaging "C" team from South raised havoc against their opposition and jump-ed to an early lead during the first few minutes of play. And as usual, Smith, Roberts and Brower led the invading Cubs as they played beau-tiful ball from the start to the finishing of the encounter. The defense and offensive of the Cubs were deadly as the Leopards were held down to a meager one point during th first quarter. The score read 13 to 9 at the close of v the fist half. LAST HALF HARD FOUGHT Slowly but surely, the victorious Cubs increased the gap between the fast faltering Leopards. How-ever, it was a slam-ban- g affair as each tried vainly to surge ahead. When the gun barked, a triumphant Cub team walked off the floor with 28 to 23 victory. Egli, East center, stole high scoring honors with a total of ten points. Smith, guard, followed with eight for the Cubs. Roberts and Brower, forwards, wound up with seven each. Box score: South Pts. Roberts f 7 Brower f 7 Oliver c 4 Smith g 8 Crookston g 0 Corbett f 0 Ingram c 0 Bradshaw g 2 East . Pts. Langston f 6 Ellerston f - 0 Egli c 10 Dowell g 2 Tomomatsu g '. 0 Miller f 0 Smith f 5 Ludlow 0 They're Unbeatable Undefeated Record Set By Four Times Champs Cubs Fill Ten Positions On Dream Team Once more South's casaba squads proudly lead the annual caravan of city hoopsters into Crownsville for the fourth con-secutive time. Yep, that's how many times the Cubs have had the Big Three Cir-cles. Riding at the head of the pro-cession were 10 Cubs with "ALL-CITY- " labeled in their blue and white shirts. THREE RECORDS ESTABLISHED Not only did South dominate all-cit- y berths but they also copped three hoop records to add to their already much-decorat- ed and prized crown. These were : an undefeat-ed season; an unbeatable junior ag-gregation; a victory streak of 18 consecutive triumphs by the mid-get clan. - Paddy Davis guided the pint- - sized cagers through two seasons, 1939 and 1940. Nate Long fol-lowed Paddy's footsteps and re-peated the trick in 1941 and again ahis year. Tate Wardell produced the Big Three's first freshman squad with an undefeated stand-ing. Eddie Isaacson rounded out a varsity squad with a perfect slate in 1940. Jimmy Gilbert's squad lacked one win last year to make it a clean slate. CUBS DOMINATE SELECTIONS The championship S outhern group filled in ten positions. All-Cit- y "A" Team Player Position School Dave Cooper, forward South Frank Brooks, forward East Ray Ecker, center South Fred Weidner, guard South Frank Davidson, guard South Ail-Cit- y "B" Team Rex Ballard, forward South D. Livingston, forward East Clair Empey, center South Dave McClelland, guard .... South Tony Tolich, guard West All-Cit- y "C" Team Paul Roberts, forward South Jim Corbin, forward West Clyde Oliver, center South Howard Smith, guard South Blair Egli, guard East Captains for the city honor teams were: "A" team. Fred Weid-ner; "B" team, Clair Empey; "C" team, Howard Smith. I I Courtesy Salt Lake Tribune Here they are, fans. Here's South high school's powerful midget basketball squad. By remaining unde-feated again this year, these boys have established an envious record that will be, in all probability, unsurpassed by any other school. Players are, standing, left to right: C. Oliver, D. Brower, H. Smith, P. Roberts, B. Crookston. Back row: D. Davis, C. Hathenbook, D. Morgan, J. Corbett, D. Piatt, M. In-gram, G. Bradshaw, and Coach Nate Long. Here's Big Three Cage Statistics To the unsung heroes who did a great part in helping South retain her Big Three hoop championship for the fourth consecutive year, much praise and credit should be extended. The spotlight hasn't been fo-cused upon them, but nevertheless their work deserves high praise and credit. For their important contribu-tion during the campaign, whether the going was tough and rough or when Lady Luck was riding with us, CURLY, EMMETT and HOW-ARD deserve recognition from each and every Cub fan. They've given everything they had for the players on the floor. For their energetic leadership at every game throughout the pig-skin as well as the casaba cam-paign, BLAINE, STERLING, and BILL truly deserve much more than we can say. Yes, boys, the role you had undertaken, played a major importance in this suc-cessful season. Last, but not least, we cannot overlook Mr. Armont Willardsen and his peppy band, tooting out marches and songs that gave new pep, and the fighting "do or die" spirit to the players as well as the student body. These players reallyi do deserve cheers from us, do they not? Box score of the game follows: East "A" G T P P Lence, f '.. 2 3 15 Wilkinson, f 2 3 15 Weiss, c 1113 Brooks, g 110 2 Herscher, g 2 4 3 7 Barnes, f 0 0 0 0 Herley, f 0 0 0 0 Errickson, f 0 0 0 0 Brown, c 0 0 0 0 B. Lewis, c 2 0 0 6 S. Lewis, g 0 111 Totals 9 11 6 24 South "A" G T F P Schwen, f 110 2 Earl, f 3 3 17 Ecker, c 5 3 2 12 Weidner, g 4 0 0 8 Palmer, g 1 11 3 Cooper, f 2 2 0 4 Davidson, g 3 2 0 6 Totals 19 12 4 42 Cubs! Give These Boys Three Cheers When 1942's Big Three season had come to a close last Friday, South had written down in the annals of Salt Lake City's basketball campaigns three new records that will remain for a long period of years unchallenged. These new records were: an unde-feated season; the first junior team to finish unbeaten; a "C" team with an undefeated record for four consecutive years. Final Big Three Standings Won Lost Pet. South 12 0 1.000 East 5 7 .416 West - 1 11 .087 High point scorers of South were: "A" squad Cooper, 41; Ecker, 35; Earl, 22. "B" team Empey, 23; Ballard, 21; Cooper, 18. "C" team Roberts, 37; Oli-ver, Smith and Brower followed closely behind. Results of South's encounters: "A" Division South 33, West 13, at South. South 47, East 41, at East. South 36, West 31, at West. South 42, East 24, at South. "B". Division South 21, West 14, at South. South 22, East 19, at East. South 31, West 19, at West. South 21, East 8, at South. "C" Division South 32, West 16, at West. South 38, East 18, at South. South 36, West 23, at South. South 28, East 23, at East. Box score: East B South B GTFP GTFP 2 10 4Livngstn,f Ballrd,f 2 3 15 0 10 0Bauer,f Cooper,f 1 10 2 0 0 0 0 Delano.c Empey.c 3 117 0 0 0 0 Glade,g Lund.g 0 10 0 0 5 3 3 Hlmn,g McLelnd.g 2 115; 0 0 0 0 Allen,f Barsnickf 0 111 0 0 0 0 Carron.g Petrsn.f 0 0 0 0I 0 2 0 0 Sasaki.c Cannon,f 0 111 0 0 0 0 McMrdy,f Shprd,c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Homer,g Neeley,c 0 0 0 0I 0 111 Kirk,f Marchant,g 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rchrdsn.c Stvnsn,f 0 0 0 0) McGhie.g 0 1 O 0) - 2 10 4 8 Totals 810 5 21 "Bye Tate" I ; I Tate Wardell Vacates Post As Cub Coach After giving South high school its first undefeated cage quintet, Coach Tate Wardell bade farewell to the athletic department of the Blue and White. Tate had been teaching at South the past two years as gym and World History instructor, as well as coaching varsity football, junior basketball and tennis. The "A" football squad under his guidance last year produced a two win-tw- o loss standing. The casaba squad also had the same record of two victories and two defeats. In the tennis race, South wound up last season in the cellar position. This year, his senior pigskin team dropped all four games. However, what he and his junior hoopsters achieved this year is truly any coach's dream that of going through a season unde-- i feated. His unbeaten quintet was the first in the history of the Big Three to have a perfect junior cage record. Tate will be replaced by Bill Johnson, a graduate of the Uni-- L versity of Utah. Jrs. Attain Unexpected Standings Coach Clayton "Tate" War-dell- 's "B" squad gave him a grand going-awa- y present in their final game against East as they became the first junior squad in "Big Three" history to complete a basketball season undefeated. Final score in the game was 21-- 8 for the Cubs. In the current season with the juniors, Wardell developed the squad from a rough troupe to a smoothly clicking team. In the final game, the players were par-ticularly well-vers- ed in the de-fensive phase as they held East's team to only two field goals. East was so unable to hit the hoop dur-ing the first half of the battle that they scored only two points, both foul shots coming from the hands of Dean Livingston, East forward. High point man for the South-erners was Clair Empey, highly prized center of the championship squad. He dumped seven points through the mesh during the con-test. Following him closely for high-poi- nt honors were Rex Bal-lard and Dave McClelland with five points each to their credit. While the last battle the South "B" squad was engaged in with the Edders almost turned into a lost cause for the blue and white team, there was never any doubt about the result of this contest. East was without a single "hot-shot- ," while South boys were all over the floor during the game. i Senior Win Gives Cubs Hoop Record An inspired Cub varsity Friday, February 20, rounded out an un-defeated year with a championship already behind them by hitting the East aggregation for a 42-2- 4 vic-tory on the Deseret Gym floor. Coach Jimmy Gilbert was "all smiles" as his "A" boys complete-ly dominated every field of play to smother the hilltoppers. After holding the blue and white team to a first quarter 5-- 5 tie, the Leop-ards completely fizzled and al-lowed the Southerners to sink bas-kets from every position in East territory. When the half-tim- e gun sounded it was hardly more ex-plosive than the rampage the Cubs were on as they slapped East for a 24-1- 2 score. Particularly impressive to fans was the performance of all-cit- y Ray Ecker. High-poi- nt man for the evening with a total of 12 points, Ray also was outstanding at his defensive post as he blocked East passes and scoring attempts. lso on the honorable mention list is Dave Cooper, who was largely responsible for keeping the ball in pay territory for the South men. Coach Gilbert has manufactured his machine this year without the services of any of last year's regu-lars. |