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Show t Page Six SOUTH HIGH SCRIBE December 19, 1941. Shoiv Ability I " , : .,.,.. '.,.'. i : s ' - j. 'if i ; f J B ' T " ' ffini imni nrr" " Frank Davidson and Ray Ecker, graduates of lat year's B team, will play great parts in the sea-sen- 's try for the crown. Davidson, Ecker Shine on A Team South's A team seems to have the best chance to go undefeated this year of any of the teams. For the past three years the C team has carried that honor and the Se- -' niors think it is about time the burden was shifted. The A squad has many promis-ing men who are returning to play the second year in A class basket ball. These boys form the nucleus. They are' bolstered by members of last year's B team. Glen Earl. Mark Schwendimann, and Dave Cooper are hold-ove- rs from last year's A team, and Frank David-son, Ray Ecker, and Chick Woolf are the outstanding B team mem-bers'. Davidson and Ecker in particu-lar will lend great assistance to the cause. These boys wtre all-cit- y last year and have a good chance to repeat again tfcis season. Davidson is, without a doubt, one of the fin-est athletes in school. He excels in football, basketball, and tennis. He is also a good man on the base; ball diamond, but hasn't found time for it at South. Ecker played football his first year but didn't continue this sea-son. He and Davidson are very of-ten the high scorers of the team. This is unusual for a center such as Ecker. Every team possesses the same quality fight. It. may be the at-mosphere or maybe the coaches. At any rate it is the true Cub spirit. . A Basketeers Swing Into Pre-Seaso-n Hoop Campaign South's A team cagers will meet Logan at 8 :00 p. m. to-night on the local's floor. The "B" squad will engage the juniors from Logan at 7 :00 p. m. So far the Cubs have played five gamos, winning two. The boys in blue look as if they are hitting their stride now if their victory over By Y. high means anything. The excellent shooting of Ecker and Cooper, plus the good passing! and ball rustling of Davidson, Weidner, and Earl looked like o. winning combination. One of the outstanding men of the current basketball season is Glen Earl, commonly called 'Guin-ea.' Glen played wingback on the C team this year, where he gained honor for his great amount of fight. In basketball he is known as a swisher, a man who is usu-ally fed the ball to make the points. In his practice, Glen has developed a one hand push shot that has no equal in the school for accuracy. In addition to being a swisher, he is a rustler. This is one of the finest combinations that a forward could have. Usually a team has one man as a rustler, one as a close range, set-up shooter, and one to shoot from the area outside the circle. These are always long shots. Earl can do all three. Earl was a substitute on last year's A team, but saw a lot of ac-tion, particularly in pre-seas- on contests. Like most high scorers, Glen has his hot and cold nights, but when he's hot on the hoop, the score keeeprs have to relieve each other to keep from dropping from ex-haustion. Midgets Take Up Challenge Of Fourth Straight Year A fast and clever C basketball team from South which will take the floor against "Big Three" rivals this year has commenced i practice in an attempt to record their fourth straight undefeated year. Coach Nate Long has chosen 15 boys to weather the hoop wars in the midget division this year. Picked to preserve the team's long victory string are Howard Smith, Paul Roberts, George Bradshaw, Joe Brammer, Max Ingram, Jimmy Corbett, Dick Davis, Clyde Oliver, Bob Crookston, Phil Rasmussen, Bob Storey, Cal Hathenbrook, Bill Demke, Dean Piatt, and Darrell Morgan. Return of Hathenbrook, Corbett, Brammer, Davis, Piatt, and '40-'4- 1 Captain Howard Smith are expect-ed to be valuable to the squad. Loss of all-ci- ty Stan Clawson, and Dick North, Harold Smith and Kay Spackman, all of whom are return-ing, but failed to get under the midget size limit, will be made less conspicuous with the addition of promising juniors. Roberts, Stor-ey, and Demke are among those who show talent. In former years, the midget squad, under tutorship of mentor Long, has been a large factor in keeping South high school's stand-ing. With cooperation of B and A squads, now rounding out rosters, The basketeers are looking forward to bringing the city's newest high school its fourth consecutive title. Nate Long's gridiron aggrega-tion finally broke its victory string this year, and East and West are hoping this will continue to be a jinx year through basketball. How-ever, in spite of this optimism in the opponents, the Midget, chances of extending their line ofwins look very strong. The newly made rule that an athlete can participate in basket-ball or any other sport for three, years seems to do the team virtu-ally no good. For the boys who would have been coming back for their third year in the hoop game can't make the age, height, and Weight limits. One or two were lucky enough to slip under the limits. It is an ironic thing that every member of last year's first string is returning but none can make the limits except Howard Smith. i Where No' Man Roams Senior volleyball tournament terminated last week when Miss Iris Sleater's fourth period senior team defeated Miss Virginia Walk-er's third period team. The victors of the game showed a fine brand of playing, finishing the game with a score of 18 to 50. Members of the winning team were on the snap and go during every minute of the game. Coop-eration and uniting of playing were unequaled. The losing team how-ever, displayed some well execut-ed plays. Members of the winning team are: Marion Cherrington, Marjor-i- e Cherrington, Leah Rolls, Helen Billings, Aylo Whitestone, Ruby Hendricksen, Joan Fishburn, Con-nie Kanell, Rhea Margetts, Joyce Daughters, Betty Hand, and Afton McDonald, captain. Referees were Norma Sarbach and Betty Holmes. Final games of the junior volley ball tournaments were finished yesterday. Announcements of the winning team and its players, will be published in the nextr issue of Scribe. Miss Barbara Biesinger acted as sponsor of the series. Several weeks ago approximately 40 students of South attended a performance of the Lloyd Shaw Dancers at the Brigham Young University. The artists were on their way to Southern California to teach dancing and made a brief stop in Provo, where they consent-ed to give a performance. These people are representatives of the Colorado Springs high school, their principal, Mr. Lloyd Shaw, acts as dance director. They consist of students of the high school, and their talen. is quite remarkable for such a young group. They have appeared in several eastern states during their tours. Once they performed in Radio City in New York. Basketball Observations South's chance to retain the hoop title this year seem to be as bright as any year in the past. The sen-iors are rounding into fine shape and have looked great so far in pre-seas- on games. Although they absorbed two setbacks at the hands of Provo, last year's state champs, the A boys have looked good in every game. The team has, on the whole, nearly every quality that goes to make a championship aggregation. It has speed, flawless ball-handlin- g, and a fair amount of height, nearly all of which rests with Ray Ecker, six foot two inch center. The rest of the boys, while not small are no more, than average with the possible exception of Fred Weidner, a guard, whose seventy-tw- o inches will come in mighty handy against any kind of opposi-tion. Shooters are not scarce on the team. Glen Earl, a swisher from anybody's point of view, and Mark Schwendiman, seem to be outstand-ing when it comes to piling up the points. Ray Ecker is no dud either. In fact every man on the team is a good shooter. Modern basketball makes this necessary. In these advanced boys, every man is a forward and every man a guard. Positions are more or less done away with. This is more noticeable in a man for man de-fense, which the seniors expect to employ. In watching a basketball game one seems to pick out as the best man, the more spectacular type of player. An average person misses the steady, consistent and more less indispensable man. It takes all kinds to make a bas-ketball team and the A team has them all. A good example of the spectacular man is Glen Earl, whose brand of playing is such that it attracts a great deal of at-tention. The latter is exemplified in Fred Weidner or Ray Ecker. its ik 3k The Midgets again seem to pos-sess the power and speed that they have always displayed. Their coach, Nate Long, has been giving them the old "Long treatment" and we all know what that means. Nate has never disappointed the school with his teams and I can't possibly see how this year can be an exception. The presence of a man with the experience of Howard Smith will greatly increase the effectiveness of his already dynamic quintet. May the mighty Midgets always be just that, and we all know they will as long as we've got Nate. It takes two good coaches to turn out a team of any value. Who's the other one? The B team mentor. The boys that make up the "A" team usually come from the junior squad. Coach Wardell is the men-tor with all that responsibility at South. Last year he did a com-mendable job, as his juniors not only upheld their end of the deal but have come up now to bolster ' the A squad greatly. Maybe you've been wondering how to tell these "physical genius-es" when you see them. Just re-member if they've got much hair they don't play basketball. Wardell Begins B Team Drills Drilling steadily ever since Thanksgiving, the B team has im-proved greatly for a bunch of in-experienced Juniors. The squad as it stands at the present shows great promise and not only insures Tate Wardell a winning combination this year, but also gives Jimmy Gilbert good ma-terial to work with in the coming year. The members of the squad are: Gerald Baranida, Wilford Steven-son, and Don Shepherd, centers; Don McGhie, Frank Marchant, Don Cop, Darrell Lund, Jim Neeiey, Kent Peterson, guards, Dave McClelland, Rex Ballard, Emerson Cannon, Wayne Cooper, forwards. Last year the B squad broke even, losing two and winning two. This year they expect to bolster the .500 mark. Coach Wardell is drilling the boys many hours every night in an attempt to keep South the most feared school in the league during the hoop season. The boys have come out , on the short end in a couple of pre-seas- on games. Both contests were played before the fellows really had suf-ficient practice. The material Wardell has to work with is excellent. His ability as a coach should lead juniors to a good season. I CAPRI Italian Restaurant Where Cooking Is An Art "Alivays Something Different" Dial 121 S. W. Temp. ANYONE CAN j FIX IT I !IF .PARKS- I I THE JEWELER j CAN 25 W. SO. TEMPLE ELKHORN RIDING ACADEMY SPECIAL SPECIAL Rates to Clubs Excellent Facilities Both Riding and Grounds Week Days 50c..hour Sundays .75c hour Entrance Opposite Saltair Depot I MERRY CHRISTMAS ( 1 j and I HAPPY NEW YEAR j i to the SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL ! . STUDENTS j and I FACULTY MEMBERS j REED'S ! Riteway Stores j 57 E. 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Great pains and exclama-tions were evident as Joe's friends tried to aid him in freeing his trousers. During the confusion of students hurrying to classes as bell rings, the implement which finally brought freedom to Joe, was noth-ing more than a common kitchen knife. Did you know that one's char-acter can be analyzed by the way he chews his gum? There is the neurotic type, who rolls his gum with his tongue. Then there's the prim 'book worm" who minces her gum, be-cause she is afraid to let anyone see the contortions on her face. And don't forget the toughie who chews his words with his wad like a cow chews her cud. The artistic type "pulls" amaz-ing designs such as "babies' pants" or jumping ropes, and once in a while, blows a few bubbles to break the monotony. Whatever type you are, be sure you find a waste paper basket in-stead of "any old place" to park your gum. ' Do You Know How To Spend Holidays? Did you ever stop to think what Christmas holds for some people ? To most of them it means gather-ing the family together and enjoy-ing a poyous Yuletide with a good dinner, Christmas carols and laughter, and interesting packages forgetting all disturbing prob-lems and remembering the real meaning of Christmas. Christmas is a family holiday. It should be observed as, such. It's fun to gather about the tree and let each member of the family proudly open and display his gifts. Especially if, after opening all but one of his presents, someone finds that he has about six pair of slip-pers and the last parcel looks strangely familiar. The day is usually ended with a line-u- p at the medicine cabinet waiting for the becarbonate. So make arrangements to spend this Christmas with your family. There's plenty of time for your friends and you'll enjoy it more than you think you will. |