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Show ' Monday, October 12, 1942. Paf?eFour . SOUTH HIGH SCRIBE CUB SQUADS DRILL FOR PANTHER BATTLES Coaches See First Champ Aggregations Although both East and West gridders meet this week in the first league games of the '42 sea-son, Cub gridders will not see league action until next Thursday, when the "B" and "C" teams meet the West High Panthers. The teams have had three weeks of strenuous drill and practice games. East High's "A" team m two pre-seas- on encounters, dropped a 13-- 0 game to Granite High while downing Logan High 14-- 0. West's senior squad coached by Paddy Davis, former popular coach at South, has also played two games." Using strictly power -- plays, the Panthers edged Murray , 14-- 0. In their other practice tilt v the Panthers battled Box Elder to a draw which is very commendable considering that the Bees were runners up to the state champions last year. Most observers rate West as fa vorites with East a close second. South's chances are figured wholly on "A" and "B" team perform-ances. While the Leopards and Panthers are dividing an even num-ber of hard-earne- d victories, the Cubs could very easily win enough games to capture their first foot-ball title. This is far more than hopeful wishing. This year's midget squad is on a par with previous "C" team standards, and should win the ma-jority of their games. The junior squad is "raring to go" and this spirit bodes ill to any opposing team expecting an easy win. The "A" team under Coach Ryan has potential ability, and have prom-ised to win a couple for "Pat." Our players are always willing to give their best on the field why can't we students give our utmost support at each and every game Southerners, let's make this our year of years! ' yi.u.1 i..i..hi,....i. inn I n "I 1 vW! Af O - Three-quarte- rs of the Cub "pony backfield" which is expected to do so many tricks with a football that even the opposition will applaud are, left to right. Chick Patterson, Ken Gempler and Russ Graehl. Patterson and Graehl are wingbacks and Gempler a fullback. Courtesy Salt Lake Telegram Teams Experience Ups, Downs With Farmer Squad' Meets The Midgets' second fracas was against more formidable opposi-tion. Lincoln High of the Alpine Loop greatly outweighed our .grid-ders but could not succeed in striK-in- g pay dirt. One Lincoln scoring threat was halted by a Cub recovery of a fum-ble on South's one foot line. By holding the larger and well-drille- d Lincoln team to a scoreless tie, ob-servers agree that the "C" team will more than hold their own with opponents in league play. After three weeks of vigorous practice South now has a good deal to hope for when starting city com-petition next week. All three squads have had chances to sound warnings to the other city schools. The "A" team has in three starts lost two games. The first game was lost to Granite 7-- 0. by way of an aerial attack. An excuse is of-fered that tht Cub backfield had been changed the night before. However, Granite played a fine game, and deserved their win. A week later the Cubs journeyed to Bingham and were beaten 12-- 0. The defeat again was via the pass route and the Southerners failed to click several times when, if they had, it would have meant touch-downs. The last game they played was at South and against Judge Me-morial. South won the encountef 21-- 0 although the "B" team made one of the touchdowns. The "B" team besides fighting Judge Memorial in which they showed up as a team brimming with enthusiasm, went to Ogden and held their seniors to 13-- 0. "C" Team From performances in pre-seas- on games, South's mighty "mid-geteer- s" are pointing for another successful season. Their first en-counter was against Wasatch Aca-dam- y of Mount Pleasant. Relying upon superior speed and deception, Coach Long's proteges scored twice in the opening quarter and added single touchdowns in each succeed-ing period. The final score was 31-- 0. Duo Dope By Allan and James Cubs Boast Champio nship Material After wandering around for three weeks, eyes and ears wide open, we're beginning to think more than ever that South has the ma-terial :to take the ."Big Three" championship this year. The "A" team, having several defeats mark-ed up against it, still has an exce-llent chance to upset both East and West and steal several games for us. We're also impressed at the fine spirit and go the "B" team pos-sesses and, if they don't upset some of these pessimists hanging around, it won't be because they're not in fighting all the time. Unless the two coaches from the other high schools have a lot of un-reported talent, the Mighty Mid-gets should have no trouble trounc-ing both East's and West's "C" this year. But they aren't too cocky, for they remember what happened the first game last year. Gilbert Grooms "B" Team For West Clash Southerners are prone to over-look the difficulties that confront Coach Jimmy Gilbert at the be-ginning of each football season. Due to the fact that football is not on a competitive basis in the jun-ior high schools, each year Jimmy must start from scratch with boys that are willing but admittedly green. He has but five weeks to segregate would-b- e linesmen and backs and present the finished ed-ition. No returning veterans strengthen Jimmy's starting lineup, as is the case with the "A" and "O" squads. This year's junior squad has had but one pre-seas- on game, that being against Ogden High. Although South was defeated 13-- 0, the squad gave a performance that shows promise in regular league compe-tition. THIS MAY BE THE YEAR! PAT'S A PAPA Oh, by the way, have you heard about the new arrival at Pat Ryans house? It happens to be a boy. 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Main - Cubs Pick Yellmen Demonstrating their vociferous talent before Cub fans in the audi-torium, four boys were selected as Cheer Leaders for the coming year. Those selected were Roy Marsh, who was later chosen by the Board of control to lead the yellmasters, Royal Neilson, Ralph Miller and Bill Green. Gridders Select Leaders Because they were recognized as the leaders of their respective teams, three boys have been elect-ed captains of the "B" and "C" teams. The "C" team has selected two veteran stars to act as Dick North and Russ Mears. Ironically both were injured in the game against Lincoln High. The "B" squad has chosen Neal Adams to lead them into the fray. Neal plays backfield and can punt and pass well. |