Basketball Report STEVE Our coach, your coach, and a friend to everyone, especially to a fighting man. If there is one thing Steve is fond of, it is that which can be termed the best, in any man. He began the season's practice with good material, but he found it in a poor condition. Here it was that he displayed his colors in trimming and shaping his men until he turned out according to his own words, the best Wildcat team in years. We all love Steve: probably that accounts for our willingness to work for him. Coach Stevenson is a man who stands for clean sportsmanship, hearty friendliness, and hard work. BLAYLOCK Assisting, prompting, correcting, a big help, a regular fellow, and a friend to the boys, not only upon basketball tours but always. Just a word about his car driving-he turned around three times while going to Idaho, and yet, what would we do without him KNAPP Our captain hero is apt at all form of athletics, bar none, He not only upheld the honors of Weber in every game of the season, but he also won wide recognition by obtaining a first-string position at the tournament. He is one of the best all-around athletes Weber has produced and stands as an example of real sportsmanship and ability. LINDSAY This quiet, aged-in-the woods youth can't escape attention. This, his first year at Weber, was a successful one for him. He showed remarkable ability in handling the forward position, and kept Knapp, at center, assured that he would be there to get the ball or prevent the opponent from snatching it. We hope to have him in '32. AHLF His very presence made the team feel more secure. He was one of our most consistent players, always upholding his share of the burden. FRANCIS We just have to turn our eyes toward the other end of the hall and there in his important guard position stands none other than Francis. Yes, sturdy and staunch he stands, but nothing could mould in his hands. He has the gift of ability to move his 110 pounds in any direction he wishes. It is needless to say that he is usually in the right place at the right time. CHAMBERS We needn't write his name in red to add color to his fighting spirit. He is a fast man, and while Jim is back keeping the hall from the basket Don is either with him or dusting the floor for another two points from the foul line. You may be sure that no mistake was made when Don was placed on the all-state team. More power to you Don. HEINER People, do not get the idea that these five men whom we have just mentioned were the Weber team. If you should think so you are disregarding the importance of a refueling station at the edge of a desert. Heiner is to the team what gas is to a dry tank. A handicap in the form of a sprained ankle held him out of a few practice games, but when we needed him most he was there. TIPPETS It's not that we're trying to speak of Morgan products first; anyone would want to make this man an object of conversation. He helped us out in most of our pre-season games and was a strong contestant for a first string position. A man not so fat but fast. TAYLOR (Picture not available) Little did we know at the beginning of the season concerning his qualities. He is one of the biggest finds and will be one of the strongest links in the chain of '32. VALENTINE Val. Swede, or Valentine-a mighty man is he With muscles trained to get the ball and work in harmony. He plays the game with mind and might Then shares the honors won. A "frosh" at Weber full of fight- His career has just begun. POALETTI Question-What would the cannibals say if they were to boil Freddie Poaletti? They would be squelched. They couldn't even get a fork in the gravy. Tough, yes, and healthiest kind of toughness, bands of muscles were his and took him after the ball always. TRACY Black, curly hair reminds one of a fast-stepping Weber forward, a classy scorer, and clever pivot man. His support to Weber will no doubt continue throughout '32. He is a man who gives the game everything he has. CHANDLER The sub also has his part. He must practice" and push the regulars. Chuck found himself playing now and then with the team, but most of the time against them. If he hadn't played a minute he still would have been a link in the chain, a link full of spirit and a power to keep the team in a joyous mood even after the worst defeat. KEARNS Much can be said about our Mr. Kearns, a choice product from Morgan. We feel thankful to Morgan for this part of our strong Weber team, a good scorer, and one of the best sports to be found, He doesn't say much, but where speech is silver his silence is gold. Kearns, like Lindsay, is a first-year man and one of the best to wear the purple and white. We look forward to big things from Grant. Basketball WHILE the football party was still basking in the California sunshine, a score or more athletic lovers of winter's great indoor basketball pastime were at home warming the Weber gym floor and getting the jump on Coach Stevenson and some of the courtiers who were still wearing cleats. The Santa Rosa excursion put a rather tardy start on the new hoop season, but a potential wealth of ready material set mentor Merlon cheerfully constructing a five-man combination of no mean ability. With Elton Knapp and Don Chambers, veteran center and guard, again in togs, two-fifths of any basketball director's problems would be solved. These tall and powerful regulars looked mighty good already and the return of Augy Ahlf and this same Jim Francis of football fame brightened a rosy outlook. Former high school favorites from nearby divisions boosted Frosh contributions to the cause and within two short weeks Steve had whipped together a classy quintet to throw against the University of Utah Reserves in the first practice tilt. The Reserves gained the decision, 41-31, and repeated the following week in Salt Lake where they were forced into an extra period to win by a single point over our determined Weber Wildcats. Two more losses, one to the Utah Varsity, Rocky Mountain Conference champions, and the other to the Seventeenth Ward, M. I. A. champs, rounded out the pre-season workouts, and Steve announced that he had ironed out all the rough spots and was prepared to send one of the strongest teams he had ever coached into league competition. On the evening of January 23, 1931, a new and much improved Weber team, donning their new uniforms, met and defeated the Albion cagers by a score of 3 5-33 at the home gym. The game was fast and bitterly fought and both teams showed fine form. On the following night, Weber again trounced the Albion five by a 43-2 3 score. In both games the Weber first string, composed of Captain Knapp, center; Kearns and Lindsey, forwards; Francis and Chambers, guards; worked like parts of a well-oiled machine. Red lead the scorers, and for Albion, Keller, Thompson, and Asterbout KNAPP HEINER LINDSAY AHLF KEARNS VALENTINE FRANCIS PAOLETTI CHAMBERS CHANDLER