OCR Text |
Show Page Four SOUTH HIGH SCRIBE Friday, May 19, 1944 f I. in ii " 1,11 ' - . ' .... . Ptl --d ft TT (T7 4 ( ll 0 Kent Peterson Hurls Cubs to First State Title; Gilbertmen Go Wild With Athletic Trophy By CLIFF MILLER All predictions of South high's baseball team as being the best in the state came true yesterday as the Cubs blasted their wav into the State championship ranks by defeating Carbon 9 to 4, at Community Park. Peterson carried on nicely despite his form-er sore arm, striking out 15 Carbon batters. Only one of the Southerners did not get a bingo. Don Brewer led the . Cub attack by knocking out 3 hits, followed by Bob Story getting two. Errors were spread throughout the entire tussle with both teams contributing. Carbon used two pitchers to try and stop the Cub offensive, but to no avail. The South-erners gave both of them a headache. The longest hit of the afternoon was con-tributed by Lyle Koller, blasting a triple into left field. In the runs batted-i- n department, Peterson and Story led, both getting 2. Brewer, Thomas and Dalebout each collected one in Kent Peterson that category. Coach Gilbert's boys proved that they were the best in the state. They won the game without much trouble, and more or less took the game in their stride. After the game was over, Ken E. Weight, the president of the U.H.S. A.A. presented the team with a shiny golden trophy. It is the first state athletic championship to be achieved by South high. Proving that they are still masters of prep baseball teams, the South high nine humbled the Box Elder Bees 15 to 2, in a one sided affair at Brigham, Tuesday. It was the semi-fin- al game for the state championship, which sent the Cubs into the finals for the state diamond race, with Carbon. With the two-h- it pitching of Sonny Pratt, and the clubbing of 19 hits by his teammates, the Southerners needed little else to clinch the semi-fin- al game. This win was the second for Pratt, winning his first as a relief pitcher. He held the Bees hitless for seven innings, Box Elder scored both runs in the fifth, on errors. South's pitcher was backed up by some exceptional field-ing, which included a sensational catch by Don Brewer early in the game. Triples were knocked by "Big" Brewer and Lyle Koller. Collecting two base hits were Jerry Dalebout and little Dick Powers, getting two. According to statistics, Bob Story was the big gun at the plate for the Cubs, getting 3 for 4. Koller, Thomas, Powers and Dalebout all blasted out 3 for 6, to take honors also. Giving them their first setback in 14 tries, Bingham dropped the Cub nine 12 to 4, in a hard-foug- ht battle on the Miner's field recently. Coach Gilbert started the game by field-ing the. second string up to the third frame, but Bingham by that time had the score fixed in their favor 5 to 0. The reg-ulars then went in, but to no avail. They could not drive off the Miner's attack. The Southerners managed to drive home 4 tallies, but they did not have enough hits left in their bats to do them any good. This was the only loss of the season. This one didn't stop the champion Cubs. Big Guns in Winning Nine i ; ' ' I y ' Mainstays on the Championship baseball team . . . Dick Powers and Don Brewer, outfielders (upper photo). Captain Jerry Dalebout and Bob Story (lower picture) have also held down major roles on the squad. Dalebout is the captain, while Story is the catcher. This is Story's third year behind the plate. i Scribe 1 SPORT SCOPE By Grant Woodward Major league baseball leaders are having a hard time this year in trying to make ends meet be-cause of a player shortage. Theyffw don't see how thepife great American p sport can lastEW.wJi much longer unp y-- f 4 less something ;gf jggfei J happens mighty soon. High school SbwW baseball squads M " JCrJ are the only onesp that are running JE1 smoothly, but lSjr still there is need? tsS of more leader-tQ-I tM ship and enthu- - j siasm. Bobby Grant Woodward Coltrin, former Yankee scout, has long empha-sized the importance of encourag-ing and helping high school teams. Hats Off! ! ! ! Hats off to South high baseball team for bringing home the bacon. This is South high's only cham-pionship this year. Jimmy Gil-bert and his squad members should be praised highly. If high schools in the state who do not have baseball teams had an en-thusiast like Jimmy Gilbert on its faculty, baseball would surely be played in all the schools through-out the state and it would surpass the gridiron sport and even bas-ketball. Gilbert says there is nothing wrong with high school baseball except the time of year it is play-ed. When the field clears of snow there is only about six weeks that the young enthusiasts can get their schedule over. Gil-be- rt proposes that the prepsters carry their baseball into the sum-- mer, using only players who were eligible at the close of school year. As it now stands the season is over with and the players are looking for another team to play with. Many South high stars are on the Pinney Beverage team and with the right pull the whole team may play for Ken Price this summer until the army steps in. Summing up proposals from coaches, critics, and cranks, base-ball needs: (1) More good coaches and better equipment, (2) Less snatching of promising young players by professional teams, (S) More support from friends and relatives, (4) More leagues and tournaments for the prepsters, (5) A summer or late spring pro-gram to extend the present setup. Scribes Pick Big-Fou-r Honor Team; South Places Eight, East, Bingham, West Get Five South high school's mighty baseball team came through as champions of its region. For the third straight year, the Cub's smooth Working machine rolled through practically all opposition with only one setback. Cubs dominate the honor team. The winners always come out with the most placements. Practically every member of the Cub team is worthy of a berth on this mythical nine, but all the teams in the league have at least one outstanding baseball mem-- ber on its squaa. Kay Greer, South First base Greer is a dependable hitter and probably the best base run-ner in the league. Kay is no "fancy dan" when it comes to fielding but he manages to main-tain a fairly high fielding average. Jerry Dalebout, South Second base Dalebout is by far the best second baseman in the circuit. This clean-u-p hitter for the Cubs has the highest fielding average in the league as far as infielders go and is the most capable hitter on the squad. He is also selected as honorary captain. Ken Barret, Bingham Shortstop This Miner shortstop is a pow-erful hitter and a smooth fielder. He is the outstanding player on the Bingham squad. This Bing-ham baseballer did some "doity woik" to the Cubs. Kenny Torp, East Third base Torp is the Leopard mainstay. This East third baseman stood out among the others in the line of both fielding and hitting. Jack Bale, South high's hot corner per-former, is an excellent fielder but his hitting wasn't as outstanding as Torp's. Dick Towers, South Left field There are very few outfielders in the Big Four who are up to par. Little Dick Powers is one of them. Powers is a powerful hit-ter and has been pounding the baseball over the right field fence all season. Don Brewer, South Center field Here is another Cub outergar-de-n expert. He specializes on catching the flies the hard way. He is also a powerful hitter, which has aided the Cubs con-siderably this season. Gates, AVest Right field Gates is the other fly catcher. He leads the league in hitting with a lusty .623. Gates also has a high average in fielding. Bob Story, South Catcher Three consecutive years behind the plate nets Bob Story the cat-cher's spot. This spark plug is an excellent hitter and in the opin-ion of everyone he is the best receiver South has had in many years. Kent Peterson, South Dan Wells, Bingham Buddy Reese, West Sonny Pratt, South Dick Walkinshaw, South These four pitchers all have wins to their credit this season. Kent Peterson blanked Bingham in the opening of the Cub's sched-ule. Dan Wells defeated the Cubs at Bingham with his mound work that day. Buddy Reese has been able to stop every team in the league except South. Sonny Pratt in his performance at Brigham City netted him a spot among the five pitchers. Pratt has two wins and no losses to his credit. Walk- - ingshaw in his first mound duty proved to city fans that the Cubs could win without the ace Kent Peterson. It is regretted very much that we don't have a spot on the team for catcher Vic Ashby of West, outfielder Bob Fisher of East, and . infielders Jack Bale, and Bill , Thomas of South. Here are the ! sports staff selections. How do i they compare with yours? t I i I Meet the Athletes!! A consensus of opinion among the "big-wig- s" of the American sports world seems to be that there are a good many more self-ma- de athletes winning national honors today than the naturally robust youths that seems to have little difficulty adapting themselves to successful achievement- - in most any skilled competition. When the lad who gains success only through diligent drill walks off with the honors, the Ameri-can press spares notlring in their widespread ac-claim. And so we (Scribe Sports Staff) spare nothing in the expressing of our appreciation to South's athletes in behalf of the Cub student body. Lou Dods, our athlete of this issue, is a per-fect example of a self-ma- de athlete. Like many juniors, the big school and the many new faces frightened Lou his first few weeks at South, but this was soon absorbed in the thrill of his first football tryout. In Lou's own words, "The first big thrill I received in athletics was hearing my name read by the coach as one of the boys to whom . footbal suits would be issued." QU pjods As many self made athletes find it, Lou's first year in football yielded little success and even less encouragement. Few third stringers in their Junior year get enough out of football to draw them back a second season, but Lou was not one of these. In the fall of the second year Lou was rewarded with the first string quar-tcrbti- ck post. Lou's football record this year speaks for itself. Remembering Coach at Ryan's brain-twist- er signals is quite a feat in itself, but knowing just when to call each play requires no less than a genius. Next to football Lou prefers tennis. Our net chief recently established himself as the top high school tennis player in the city by defeating Jack Coombs, East High ace. This column would be incomplete without some mention of Lou's scholastic achievements. Many high school students lost straight A grades because of extra-curricul- ar activities but this has not been so in Lou's case. Yesterday's Game In Poetry Our center fielder had golden locks Our left was short and fat, And "Pete" was in the pitcher's box And Bob behind the bat. They took the field without a word And grim was every face, With Kay at first and Jack at third j And "Cap" at second base. Among the green Utah hills Of forests then unhewn, They played the game of count-less thrills Through all the afternoon. Until against the azure sky Arose a mighty shout, T'was "Cap" who gripped that arching fly And put the last man out. And still where gallant deeds are done The tale is told anew, Our rival's score was only four And ours was ninety-tw- o. |