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Show Nate's Trackmen Seek Third Straight Crown South high thinclads this week tested the cinders in practice sessions ses-sions designed to again lift the track crown for the blue and white school. Cubs last year garnered the title at the triangular meet at the University of Utah. Leading the returning tracksters are Stan Kilbourne and Dave McLelland in the dashes and Virgil VanCott and Ralph Jackson in the distance events. Chick Woolf should enjoy a good year in the high jump events and Clair Empey and Carl Childs should make East and West very unhappy by again throwing the weights. Among newcomers who will be in Nate Long's title-bound crew are Walt Thompson, flashy "C" forward for-ward who has speed to burn, and Dale Thomson, from Lincoln high. If Reid Keddington can live up to his brother's reputation, South will have an excellent 440 man and perhaps a hurdler. Jay Child also is looking for points around the 440 lap. Other possibilities are vested in Don McGhie, Kenneth Gempler, Charlie Patterson, Clyde Oliver, and some promising juniors. The four aforementioned hopefuls were members of last year's track team. The possibility that Deeber Low-der Low-der may run and thereby bolster the team has been voiced, but Dee hasn't yet responded. Some other members of the team have been practicing since the fall, however. It is reported that VanCott has developed a nine foot stride to carry him to his victories in the mile run. Virg was undefeated last year, running the event well under five minutes, and with a better stride, real training and coaching, and more experience, he has his eye on breaking some longstanding long-standing records. At any rate, Coach Long will probably line up some pre-season opponents to bring out the real worth of his boys. Following will be dual meets with the hilltop and cross-town rivals and the South-East-West triangular meet at the "U". |