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Show 5 Festive Hoop Season, Says Swenson 8 A Coach Swenson announces practice for the 1953-19 54 basketball season. Practice is into its second week. “A very competitive season is expected,” says Coach Swenson . Some of the boys trying three states are represented: Try-outs are: 1953 - 1954 NAME , WEBER Pos. Tom Hansen................... c Lew Wright f Gary Jesperson.............. g Elroy McDermott........... f Carlyle MacDonald....... g Don Nish c Varge Christensen......... g John Parry c Curt Van Alfen.............. f Kieth Olson zg5h Ralph Johnson............... £ John Jolley TS te me } f out hold COLLEGE Ht. 6’ 5” 6’ 5’ 11” 6’ 6” 6’ 6’ 6” 6 5’ 6’ 4” 2” 4”. 2” 11” 6’ 1” Wt. 180 175 155 160 state honors, and BASKETBALL Age Home boys ROSTER Town 162 19 19 19 19 20 Ogden, Utah Morgan Ogden Weber 198 175 1902 180 155 155 19 19 18e 18 18 18 Plymouth, Bear River Bear River Shue Duchesne, Utah Ogden Ogden Lehj 150 18 No. Hollywood, Calif. —Lehj Med: Moyes... 35.5....:.058 gz 5’ 10” 165 19 Ogden Robert Subic f 6’ 1” 185 19 Superior, Wyoming Neil Dickson................... f 6 2” 160 18 Morgan Roger Sandall................. f 6 1” 175 18 Kaysville Don Cottrell......00000......... g 5’ 10” 145 19 Kaysville Lairy Wood..................... f 6’ 2” 178 21 Woods Cross Frank Mokuau............... f 1 aNd fd 130 18 MHoatechua, Hawaii Tom Williams f 5’ 10” 150 24 Ogden Bob Hazen aa 5’ 10” 155 18 Ogden Kenneth Hull 4 6 150 18 Ogden Billy Bell f 6 155 18 Sahara Village Clark Draayer................ f 6 2” 195 19 Clinton Larry O’Brien g 5’ 11” 195 17 Centerville Jerry Taggart................ £ 5’ 11” 150 18 Ogden Darrell Stoddard........... g 6’ 2” 155 19 Ogden. Ronald Van Ry............... f 6’ 147° 18 ~=Bountiful Neil Adams f 6’ 1” 155 18 Layton Kent Stanger.................. g 5’ 10” 150 20 Weber High Max Elliott f 5’ 8” 140 18 Farmington Fred Biesinger............... gs 5 8” 160 18 Morgan Melvin Pobanz £ 6’ 1” 170 18 Ogden Phil Peterson g 5’ 11” 170 18 Ogden At_least seven additional tryouts for basketball are expected to be held after the completion of the football season. Weber’s first basketball game of the year will be in a dual program featuring Weber versus Hill Air Base, and Westminis ter against Travis Air Base on Nevember 8. On December 12, Weber will go on the road. They will play at Grand Junction, Colorado: Big Springs, Texas; Kilgore, Texas; ‘Tyler, Texas; Jacksonville, Texas: Deckteur, Texas, and Borger, Texas. They will return home to open the league season play with Carbon at Price, 28. Utah, on December Determined by region play, the N.J.C.A.A. Region Four Tourna| ment is scheduled for February 19 and 20 at Ephraim, Utah. Winners _|for the Region Four Tournament will be featured at a Tournament at _| Hutchinson, Kansas, from March 9 to 13. ‘ MYRNA LARSEN, Weber college student and John Elzéy, student body presiden body vice president, t, put the finishing touches on “Standing Heifer,” the wooden Indian that will go each year to the victor ofthe Weber-Boise Junior college game. two at 8:15 o’clock tonight in the Bronco The stadium half teams will meet in Boise. At _BJC student time of the Same, Elzey and Jerry Crandall, body president, formally will dedicat e the wooden Indian to better school spirit. _ from | peo ; 4 — |
