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Show Page Four SOUTH HIGH SCRIBE Thursray, June 4, 1942. Scribe Picks Year's Top Notch Athletes Davidson, McLelland Gain Honors As Cubs5 All Round Athletes All-St- ar Squad Includes Members From Various Teams On Basis of Brilliant Performance In recognition of their outstanding performances throughout the year, Frank Davidson and Dave McLelland were chosen by the Scribe sports staff as South's most all-rou- nd athletes in the senior and junior divisions, respectively. Davidson starred in "C" foot-ball, "A" basketball, tennis. His excellent ball snagging on Nate Long's midget pigskin gained him all-cit- y honors. He repeated all-cit- y honors on Jimmy Gilbert's un-defeated casaba aggregation and won the guard position on the hon-or team. Completing his shining sports activities, Frank smashed his way in the net event to become Billy Johnson's number one senior racquet wielder. Because of his topnotch show-ing in every event he participated, Frank Davidson was chosen as the year's outstanding senior athlete. Number One Junior Rated as the number one junior athlete at South was Dave McLel-land. His record the past year rightfully gives him the honors as the most all-rou- nd junior man. Though the pigskin game was not too successful, McLelland played a championship brand of ball. His splendid performance gave him a berth on the all-cit- y freshman eleven. In the casaiba sport, Davy's guard work proved valuable in producing the first undefeated "B" quintet in the history of the Big Three circle. An all-cit- y spot was rewarded Dave for his bright playing. In South's winning its second cinder title, McLelland was of great importance. Long legged Davy could always be expected to place in the 100 and 200 yard dashes. All-St- ar Squad Here are the players in the ous squads who, because of their shining performances, were placed on the honor squad: "A" football, , Cooper; "C" football, Higgins, Clawson; "A", "B", "C" basketball, Weidner, and Ecker; Ballard and Lund; Roberts and Smith, respec-tive- y; baseball, North, Stewart and Earl; tennis, Brower; track. Cotton, Van Cott, Kilbourne, Low-der, Adamson. Best Performance Ratings Clair Empey and Larry Palmer were rated as giving the best brand of playing in their respective ac-tivities, basketball and track. Era-pey- 's role as captain and pivot man on the casaba squad played an important part in making pos-sible an undefeated cage season and the first undefeated junior squad. Palmer's performance and record this year are enviable. Records show that Larry piled up the most number of wins and the most points. Whether it was competi-tion in the Big Three, or at Provo or against the Davis men, he played a winning game. Cubs Romp Home With Baseball and Track Titles i i Championships Won In Final Encounters South teams this spring went "all out" for the respective "Big Three" championships and were rewarded by undisputed crowns in baseball and track, while the ten-nis team gave East its first real battle in many years to place sec-ond in that division. After dropping their first en-counter to the Weciders, the Cub diamond aggregation came boom-ing back into the title picture by trouncing the panthers in the next game. Coach Jimmy Gilbert's clan was just getting up steam when it met East, and a rally saved the game. 17-- 6 Victory , But that was the end of resist-ance by the Leopard crew. South took the final game last Tuesday by drubbing their hilltop rivals un-mercifully for a decisive 17-- 6 vic-tory behind the stellar pitching of MacCoy McMurray, who was re-lieved by southpaw Kent Peterson late in the game. The entire baseball team this year has done fine work. Stewart, Northrup, and Davis with their big bats; relief pitchers Gerald Wolfe, Jack Wigren, and Gus Funtus; ers Earl, Dalebout, and North, upheld by utility man Hal Scott. Also on the credit list are Bob Story and Vernon Sceili, catchers, and Dick Lawrence, outfielder. Tracksters Retain Title In the track program, the thin-cla- ds from South have shown brightest. The trackmen took both dual meets, and then went on to cop the triangular meet with East coming in second and finally the Panthers. Cale Cotten has been one of the brightest spots on the team this year. New Record Set Pacemakers Jack Lowder, Stan Kilbourne, and Dave McLelland went places in the dashes and re-lays this year. Jack's good ex-hibitions were climaxed by a new record in the 220, while Stan has won several races this year and made the Lowder-Kilbour- ne com-bination a dreaded duo. McLelland is pointing toward another evenjI more successful year on the squad. Others on the squad, Husky Ray Adamson, Reed Johnson, Ralph Jackson, Virgil Van Cott, Grant Kelly, and the always dependable Lawrence Palmer have turned in wins on almost every occasion. Others on the squad who piled up seconds and thirds are too numer-ous to mention. They Did Great Work In Snaring WS" Cinder Title I J Courtesy Salt Lake Tribune These boys aided teammates in taking cinder title. Top row, Stan Kilbourne and 'Dave ScClelland; Middle row, Jack Lowder and Ray An-damso- n; Lower, Cale Cotten, Le Soy Swingle, and "Whitey" Bullock. Soucide Twitter by Tash Hard, diligent and vigorous training on the part of all athletes, here at South paved the way to a glorious and successful season, as the Cubs soared to championship heights in basketball, track, and baseball. All South high school is truly proud of the splendid performance of these do-or-d- ie for the blue and 4 white athletes. Not only for their outstanding show on the field, but their sportsmanship has been ac-claimed by their opponent. For many years to come, the brilliant record recorded by this year's casaba squad will be a goal for future squads to strive for. An undefeated string of twelve con-secutive victories on the part of the "A", "B", and "C" teams in winning the fourth successive Big Three title is any player's or coach's dream. Leaving the casaba title, Cub athletes swung into the spring sports, track, baseball, tennis. (P.S. Let's skip football.) After handing South its first un-defeated hoop aggregation, Coach Tate Wardell bade farewell to the Cub campus. Wardell' s ever so inspiring leadership was a great contributing factor in the first South freshman squad attaining an :T undefeated season. Wardell was replaced by a young, handsome graduate from the University of Utah, Billy Johnson. Billy guided the Cub racqueteers to one of its most suc-cessful net season by gaining sec-ond place in the Big Three cam-paign. However, the E-ci- de dom-ination still reigns. Billy and the junior netters are looking forward to next year with high hopes of toppling the Leopard rule. Track once again took the spot-light as Nate Long produced a , title-winni- ng clan. The blue and white shirted cindermen gained un-disputed possession of the track title by knocking out the rs who managed to gain a tie for the crown last year. Long's jubliant trackmen gained wide recognition during the season.. i. All eyes turned toward the Cub cinder clan, when it recorded a de-cisive nod over the Davis Darts, this year's state champions. (Now, if we had entered the meet well we beat Davis and Davis took the weir you know). At the In-vitational meet at Provo, a strong i Cub squad thoroughly crushed all opposition in the dashes and relays to capture four first places, the 100, 200, 880 relay and medley. After beating around the bush for many moons in the Big Three circle, Coach Gilbert brought the Cub diamond teams into the sport-lig- ht by copping second last year. Then this year, greater heights were reached when Jimmy's boys finally came to the top of the list. Well Cubs, that long awaited base-ball crown has finally found a place in the walls of South. Nice going, Jimmy, and you horsohiders. Cub Netters Finally Emerge From Cellar Coach Billy Johnson's Cub net-ters concluded a successful season this year, winnmg five and losing three to average .620 for their sea-son's efforts. By doing so, the raqueteers attained the second place berth in the season's stand-ing, quite an accomplishment for South's racquet wielders. Senior Frank Davidson and Fred Weidner handled the singles duties while Harvey Schmitt and Jack Richards covered the doubles assignments. For the juniors, Dick Brower came through with a remarkable performance, sweeping every sin-gles assignment without defeat. Jim Neeley, Joe Bonny and Eddie Anderson came through with credi-table performances. Ecide netters once again cap-tured the championship. Their tal-ented netters have won tennis championships for countless years, but look out, East, Cub net men will upset the dope bucket just as did the baseballers. For "Deeber" Missing from Big Three athletic competition this year was Toughluck Dee Lowder. Last year, Dee's wholehearted cooperation in basketball and track contri-buted greatly in winning these two titles. Destined to reach the top of the sports ladder, misfortune overtook Dee. A broken leg kept him out of fall and winter sports. With high hopes of coming back next year, another acci-dent recently befell Dee, an injury to the same foot. It is now doubtful that he will be able to compete in any field next year. However, Cubs' Dee Lowder deserves the respect and admiration of all. His heart has been and always will be out there on the field. Even with his in-jured foot, he was out there on the cinder paths encour-aging and giving the Cub spirit to his fellow mates. It will be heartbreaking to be kept front participating next year, but, Dee, all of South high school will not forget your courageous stand. Cub fans salute you, Dee. You've poured every ounce of your spirit, energy and heart to help bring glory to South. Four Answer Call For Scribe Sports Writers Instead of having one head man assuming the responsibilities of editing the Scribe sports page, three students were tentatively selected to handle the sports page for the coming year of 1942 and 1943. Frank James, Vaughn Hendricks and Frank Allan were the students selected for the editorial positions on the sports page. These boys earnestly and diligently have taken great interect and have submitted their dummy sheets for the posi-tion of sports editor. Missing from this year's sports page was the feminine angle on the athletic field. This problem has been solved. Sports-minde- d Mar-jori- e Wallin submitted her try out sheet for the position of girls' sports writer. Marjorie will cover the activities in the girls' gym de-partment. So, next year, the Scribe sports page will not cover jus the masculine angle but also th 'mi-ni- ne half. It is hoped that any person in-terested in contributing articles for publication, submit his story to any of the boys or to Marj. Also by contributing articles for Scribe, an award can be earned. Sirty inches must be published be-fore one is entitled to an award. played steady games against their opposition. The junior netters were led by Jo Ann Squires as they dis-played amazing skill in the net meet. Massball y Massball was a popular sport Thursday as Ann West headed a team to play against the rs. Irene Sidwell and Ruby Hendriksen took leading roles in putting the game over and making it possible for South to win one game and tie the next7 game. Archery Last and most exciting of all was the archery tournament. This bow and arrow sport was a favorite of the girls as the archers of the the blue and white struggled against the red and black Leopards. The battle was a hard fought and . square encounter which, in the end, found the E-ci- de squad walking off the field triumphantly by copping all of the matches. We girls promise to make our Sporting events get in the sport-ligh- t, and also get into the sports page next year. So There! Says Marj The old philosophy that this is a man's world went out with the horse and buggy. Of course we can't claim it's a woman's world, but we girls at South so desire a little notice. For a year now, you boys have been monopolizing the sports page. We crave attention! Baseball In ibaseball, Mary Lashly pitched a winning game, supported by the 'power packed sluggings of Ruth Whaley, Leah and Loah Osborn. The final score read in South's favor, 24-- 2. The opponents were completely overwhelmed by the tight defensive and the heavy of-fensive of the blue and white girls. Tennis Our champion racquet wielders, Vione Walker, Beth Adele Jensen, Gloria Hancock, and Lois Widdi-so- n, performed brilliantly as they Final Big 3 Sports Standings Baseball Won Lost Pet. South 3 1 .750 East 2 2 .500 West 1 3 .225 Tennis Won Lost Pet. East 7 1 .875 South 5 3 .620 West 0 8 .000 Track Won Lost Pet. South 3 0 1.000 East 1 2 .250 West 0 3 .000 Swat Mark Peterson 600 Story .538 Stewart 473 Northrup 400 Shephard 400 Earl 388 Dalebout 380 North 357 Davis 312 McMurray , .285 Lawrence 50 |