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Show ' Page 6 SOUTH HIGH SCRIBE Tuesday, June 1, 1943 t, ! 4 g 4 Tiese boys earned recognition as the outstanding Cub athletes in their respective sports during the year 192-3- . Right to left: Carl Child, captain of the "A" football team, chosen outstanding man on the gridiron. Eldon Story, who captained the "A" basketball squad, ranks as tops in the casaba group; Ralph Jackson, all-arou- nd track man who sparked Nate Long's team to the third Cub cinder title, outstanding among the thinclads; Kent Peterson, out-standing baseball man who liad fun whiffing opposing batesmen, and Dick Brower, top notch raqueteer on the senior net squad. Scribe Picks Year's Outstanding Athletes Five Gain Top Recognition As Cub Sportsmen the exception of one man. Dick Brower has been a thorn in the Leopard's side for the past two sea-sons with his southpaw perform-ances. Last year Dick was un-defeated but he has found the com. petition stiffer this year, averag-ing 500 per cent for his season's efforts. His performance has been by far the most consistent. i Scribe inaugurates something new this year by naming an out-standing Cub athlete in every sport that South has participated, pick-ing men not on individual game performances, but rather on sea-sonal records. Scribe awards its outstanding athletes honors to the following: Carl Childs, football; Eldon Story, basketball; Kent Peterson, base-ball; .Ralph Jackson, track; and Dick Brower, tennis. These are named in their order of appearance during the school year. South's showing during the foot-ball season is one of the best since this school has entered into city competition, and a great deal of credit goes to the A team under the capable handling of Pat Ryan. From- - the senior squad Scribe chooses Carl Childs, captain and the "rock" of the iCub line. Childs played a beautiful bit of tackle through the entire season and in one out of three times it was num-ber 53 that struggled to his feet last. Basketball proved to be a great disappointment to Cub fans and players when East broke South's championship string at four. De-spite this, Cub performances were excellent on occasions and the comeback of the "A" team was es-pecially a boon to the school's morale. Eldon Story, perhaps the best guard that Coach Gilbert has yet produced, excelled in his posi-tion and managed to ring up more than his share of points in every game. Spring brought baseball and also the first championship to South this year. With pitching, batting and fielding better than ever, the Cub nine just couldn't miss. South-paw Kent Peterson, rated by many as the best pitching promise since the era of Gordy Rhodes, allowed city opponents just nine hits dur-ing the thirty innings that he pitch-ed. His mates gave him good sup-port and Cub hitting made life miserable for Pete's mound adver-sary. South's third consecutive cham-pionship came in track after their decisive victory over East in the triangular meet. One man cap-- s tured two firsts in that meet and came very close to tying or break-ing the record in both events. You've guessed it, Ralph Jackson is that man. After outjumping the best that East and West had to offer in the high jump he pro-ceeded to run his opponents in the ground in the 880 yard run. De-spite a stiff breeze that Jackson encountered, he came within 1.2 seconds of beating the city record. Tennis as usual was all East. Leopard netmen vanquished their epponents quickly and quietly with Jay Child breaks the tape for first place in the 220-yar- d run, which gathered points and .boosted South into the track championship. Stan Kilbourne, left, came in a close second, and Dibble of East tacked on a third. South Thinclads Grab Third Straight Title At U of U Decisive Triangular Meet going strong until he hit the next to the last hurdle and lost his stride. South took eight of the 15 pos-sible firsts. East took five and West two. Most notable first for East was the shotput, with Walk-er taking the first easily and East capturing all places. East's Ed Woolums nosed out Doug Heiner, South anchor man in the medley relay, on the home stretch path to win a breath-takin- g first for East. West placed first in the discus, with big Elmer Leake chucking the platter and in the high hur-dles. Jackson missed a record in the 880-ya- rd run by 1.3 seconds, but he topped all previous high jump efforts by leaping 5 feet 11 inches during the triangular meet. Others who aided South in re-taining the championship are: Finishing the city track season with their colors flying, Cub thin-clads grabbed the title for the third consecutive year as they dropped East and West's cinder-me- n, 64-49-2- 2, at the triangular meet May 14 in the University of Utah stadium. East high's men led the parade during the field events, but when time came for the track events, South's superior power manifested itself and the Cubs went into the lead, which subsequently alter-nated between the two schools until South annexed the title near the end of the meet. High point man for the meet was the ever-versati- le Cub per-former, Ralph Jackson, one of the most outstanding trackmen to wear the blue and white. He had 10 points in taking first in the high jump and the haif-mil- e run. Jay Child and Stan Kil-bourne followed close behind with 9li points apiece. Child pulled in his points in the 220-yar-d run, which he won, and Kilbourne won the. 100-yar- d dash. They split on seconds and combined with Dick Palmer and Ralph Parker to cap-ture the 880-ya-rd relay. Jim Neeley, powerful 440-ya- rd man, took his race haads down, with Billeter of West finishing strong in the second position. The mile run was the heart-breaking event of the day for the Cubs, when Roger Bean of East pulled ahead of Virg Van Cott, who lost his stride near the finish line to break the city record by two seconds. His time was 4:46, the old record established by Mat-thews of West harboring a 4:48.2 mark. Van Cott set a blistering pace for the four laps, breaking the strong wind for the other men. It was in the home stretch that Bean passed Van Cott. Van faltered, lost his stride with his face twist-ed in agony, and stumbled over the finish line. Later, his legs tied up, and he admitted that "I didn't know Rog had so much left." That, by the way, was the first time Van has lost a race in seven starts. It was a beautiful finish for Bean, but for Virg a heart-breaking way in which to end his high school running career. In the hurdles, South garnered se,ven points when Koller and Woolf lost out to Ben Hathaway of East in the low hurdles and Glen Vincent of West in the high hurdles. Wilford Stevenson was d'Scribing It by Frank Allan The sports schedule during the school year of 1942-4- 3 has truly been one that won't be forgotten for a longj long time. Games in IW Ye,very phase of imports activity p fwere highlighted $P fPpvlky exceptionally li brilliant p I ays, ls!S'u n mistakabIy EVff Cwtragic affairs. WH JmM 0 n e s u c h Kr "tragedy" oc- - $$Vfeurred when Abe &&2:.MifeftBerthold, Cubs' near - flawless first baseman, broke his bat that cherished Lazzeri during the third game of the year. Abe was on his way to get five hits for, five trips at the plate when he stepped up to the plate, sighed wistfully and smiled at Pitcher Rollie Burt and hauled off with a clean-cu- t single over second base. But was Abie's mind set on running to first, Never! He was thinking of .his long-lo- st Laz-zeri, for at the moment the bat met the ball, a heart-rendin- g crack was heard, and it cracked Abe's .heard as wide as it cracked that bat. As Abe reached first base, he sat down and cried in anguish. There, dear Cub, is a TRAGIC occurrence. Perhaps the most spectacular play of the year was Don Mc-Ghi- e's leap into space to inter-cept an East high pass during the la.?t trame of the season. The play occurred near the 50 - yard stripe, with the Leopards in pos-- ! session of the ball. Both teams were out for blood. McGhie tucked the ball under his arm and loped for a touch-down, and Kent Peterson con-verted to win the game. To those who are entering the armed forces: "Good luck, and GPVE TGM HELL, Y-O-- U Cub!!! He: May I have this dance? She : If you can find a part-ner. Mistaken , "Who was that lady I saw you on the street with last night?" "That; wasn't no street" |