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Show Page F.our SOUTH HIGH SCRIBE Friday, September, 4, 1942, GMD SQUADS LOOK TOWARD HRST TITLE i Heavy Practice Turnout Jumps Hopes Of Three South Coaches Returning Men Bolster A" Team Hopes By the Benchsitter South's "A," "B," and "C" teams began practice this week in an el-fo- rt to dislodge from East the football crown. The first encoun-ter of the season will be trusted to the "C" team, which meets West October 14. The "A" team will be strengthen-ed by the return of several letter-me- n, as well as several promising former "B" team players. Carl Childs, former all-Cit- y tackle, Bud Newman, first-strin- g end, and Dave McLelland, all-Cit- y "B" end show up as especially val-uable- to mentor Ryan. Other players who show ability are Russ Graehl, end; Kenny Gem-pie-r, fullback; Stan Kilbourne, all ' returning from last year, and Lou Dods, formerly on the "B" squad, who, with added weight, should make a good showing. Gempler shows up as an expert kicker, and many say he may be the 1942 Sid Faldmo. Ryan will draw the rest ef his team mainly from last year's ju-niors, who turned out en masse for the practice last night. Many Respond to "IJ" Call This may be Coach Jimmy Gil-bert's lucky year if pre-ga- esti-mations mean anything. iHe drew a large group of the juniors with his first call. Many are promising, but practices will determine who has ability and those who "may wilt. Coach Nate Long, as always, has a reservoir of talent to draw from for his "C" squad. Among lettermen returning are Russ Mear3, dependable all-Cit- y tackle; Dick North, a steady backfield man; diminutive Cal Hathenbrook; Clyde Oliver, who spent most of last season with a broken leg, but is now back ready and rarin' to go. , Jerry Dalebout, last year's "B" captain, should draw a first string berth if ,he continues playing his 1941 brand of ball. Another "B" player, all-cit- y Bob Neilsen, may . be the team's first-strin- g center. Bob Story is a safe bet to rival Stan Clawson's record in the full-back position. He shows up well in every scrimmage. With strong student support, coaches anticipate a successful grid season. But with less than a , week of nractice, behind them, even the mentors cannot accurately pre- dict the '42 season. Only time and work will tell. iiiim nfltmiifMMWiiM mw nri r nr nn art;; f ',,01 F i r Courtesy Salt Lake Tribnue Paddy Davis and Pat Ryan Here's South's former Coach, now with the Panther crew, and Kenneth, "Pat" Ryan, who now mans the Southern grid machine. Coach "Pat" Ryan, former West coach, replaces "Tate" Wardell as mentor of South's "A" team. New Coach, Colleagues, Take Over Squads With Kenneth "Pat" Ryan now heading the "A" team and Jimmy Gilbert and Nate Long in charge of "B" and "C" squads, respective-ly, South makes a formidable ag-gregation for other teams to face this year. Last year Pat Ryan belonged to West, but through the loss of men-tor Wardell, Pat became the prop-erty of the Southerners. The Cubs in return, lost their beloved Paddy Davis, who now opposes the school he coached for nine years. Both mentors have coached out-standing teams during their stays at their respective schools. Paddy once tied for the title, while west dittoed the feat last year. Pat has expressed a desire to pull the Cub "A" machine out of its slump of last year. Latest re-ports say that he is pleased with the material he has to work with at South this year. The "C" team appears to have as good or better chance, at this writing, as in any former year un-der Long, observers testify. For the first time in three years, Coach Gilbert is somewhat optimis-tic over prospects for his "B" team, which threatens to dislodge the weight of ten straight losses. Scribe Scans 1941-4- 2 Sports Season Cubs Took Three Championships Lost Football Crown South High's Cubs dominated the sports limelight last year, winning three of the five city champio-nshipsbasketball, track and base-ball. The football season wasn't exact-ly all glory for South, but specta-tors didn't say that the boys weren't trying. Only the "C" team's efforts pro-duced wins in league play. The three court squads chosen to represent South established a rec-ord never achieved by any of the three city schools in previous years. They won twelve consecutive games in lea,gue play while losing none. The teams made their vic-tories more impressive by wlnnrng games with scores almost double their opponents. Coach Nate Long's "C" team stretched their winning streak in league play to eighteen wins with-out defeat. The midgets have now completed four seasons of league play and have yet to be on the short end of the score when the final gun sounds. Came the spring, and also one of the most outstanding track teams ever to grace the campus at South. Those boys of blue and white showed the Eciders that they were rulers of the cinder paths. The Cubs added to their glory by defeating Davis high in a dual track meet by ten points. Inci-dentally, Davis was state champ. South was particularly effective in the short dashes. With Jack Lowder, Stanj Kilbourne and Dave McLelland running for South thera wasn't any room for East and West in the win, place, and show columns. In the triangle meet at the "U" stadium, the Cubs really showed their talent, winning the meet quite handily. Coach Jimmy Gilbert brought the baseball championship back to South for the first time since 1936. Last year's aggregation was bene-fited by some steady hurling on the part of Kent Peterson and Macoy (Continued Column 3) ( Concluded from Column 2) McMurray. This, plus timely hit-ting, made the Cubs practically in-vincible. After dropping the open-er to West high, the Cubs won three straight, sewing up the championship with a 17-- 7 victory over East. Once again the Ecide netters ruled the roost over South and West. One creditable performance was that of Dick Brower who went undefeated in league play. Dick was a junior and will undoubtedly be one of the stalwart performers in this coming year, according to former coach Johnson's recommen-dation. Tri-Opi- ne 'G' Squad Gets New Suits Despite the War By the Sportsdesk Vaughn Hendricks Says- - "C" Team Gets Suits Even with the National short-age of materials, it so happens that the "C" team receives new foot-ball suits this year. They came all cleaned and pressed and the mid-get grid machine will be expected to keep them that way, according to Coach Long. No dirt, no wallow-ing in the mud, no grass stains, was the order .given. The suits should be as good at the end of they ear as they are now. The "C" team, too, is expected to win every game and give South a victory. With the promising material on hand, Coach Long should be able to win quite a few games without even soiling the uniforms. Frank Allan Says 1942 A Football Championship Year. With the advent of a new school year, all loyal Southerners are challenged to present South with its first football crown. It was stated in an issue of last year's "Red and Black," East's pa-per, that "It is South's policy to give up hope for a football cham-pionship after the first game and begin basketball drills the first week of school." Although given in a jesting mood, there is more truth in that statement than we wish to admit. With the help of every student on the bleachers, we can show botn East and West that South is a great school with three equally great teams. Frank James Says Nate's Great! Although he wouldn't say so himself, Coach Nate Long is about as indispensible to South high in the athletic field as Miss Dyer Is in governing the school. Nate has the ability to bring out the best in his material, as is evidenced by the record achieved by his teams in the past. We have yet to see a team coached by Nate that did not perform to the best of its ability and get results. Let's take the record of the teams that Nate tutored during the past year. The "C" football team took three and lost one. Neither East or West "C" teams did as well. The midget basketball team again went through the season un-defeated. Their record now stands at eighteen consecutive wins. But that isn't all. The track team at South last year, was one of the best if not the best that has ever represented South on, the cinder path. Nate has apparently been able to inject into his teams that spirit Jie himself possessed as an outstand-ing athlete during his school years. Here s hoping that he continues his stay at South for many years Sports a la Femme Feminine Southerners Carry Activities Through Summer Season By Marge Wallin Hello sport enthusiasts ! It's good to be back, isn't it ? In spite of all the hustle and bustle of "back to school days," I just found time to peek in the girls' gym where I met quite a number of old timers and a few new faces. Finding Julie Spitz sitting on the bench, I immediately wondered why, because it's very seldom that you find Julie sitting when there's activity around. But it was Na-ture's necessity, for Julie took up horse back riding this summer and well, the horse may come up and the horse may go down, but Julie goes bouncing on forever. Elaine Anderson was playing Shuffle Board with Janice (Cookie) Hancock and I found that boating was their main feature during the hot summer months. Result? They learned how to swim in one not so easy lesson. One, two, three, hike! One, two, three, hike! chant Tess Seville, Beverly Olds, and Betty Allen. This is their patriotic theme. You see, to save gas and rubber they choose to hike, and hike they did. Over hill and dale, taking in all the beauties of nature, not to mention the callouses and blisters which each of these girls will proudly ex-hibit on request. Sports in Shorts Good reports are the two top notch amateur racket wielders, Joy Wiest and Violet Ruga, who can be found almost any day in combat over the net of Liberty Park. Light hearted and carefree Irene Sidwell, Frances Cowley and Betty Anderson take to open road on bicycles this time. No flat times in this crowd for they can really take it. A sport page couldn't be com-plete without a word from champ Joyce Fletcher. She's been holding her own in all sports this summer, but above all she has gained top honors in baseball tourneys. We expect her to add many more fea-thers to South's victory bonnet this year. The girls' sports department swarms with activity, and there's no reason why we shouldn't expect more from it this year than ever before. Good Luck, girls! Gridiron Scliedide "A Team October 16 et West October 23 at East November 6 at vVest November 13 at East "B" Team October 15 at West October 22 at East November 5 at West November 12 at East. "C Team October 14 at West October 21 at -- East November 4 at' West November 11 at East. ATTENTION CUBS! Our teams are fighting for the glory of the blue and white. What are YOU doing? Are you going to be on hand to cheer our boys to victory when they take the gridiron come October 14? It certainly ' is every loyal Southerner's duty, so turn to back page of the school hand book and practice all of those rousing South High cheers. Be sure to be on .hand with your voice in good condi-tion so that you can get out there and |