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Kv KM SON TAYLORJoe Prater. Stephcnville High School head basket hall coach, bo-gan working? with a group of bright young prospects in an attempt to rebuild the Yellow Jacket hoop squad a round one senior let-teiman starter from last year's distI id c hampionship squad and t wo rettuning letter squadmen.The 28 lads who have either retorted for workouts 01 announcedtheii intentions of so doing? post an average height of ♦VJH/* with eight of them 5 11” or over, four of them breaking? the b* mark.The squad is yet to be divided into “A” and “Bv teams with thefirst games set for Nov. 2U against Hamilton here.Looking especially good to mein the warm-up workout Thursday afternoon were what could very well be the starting? lineup for the “A” squad, b’2” Jody Weid-ner, the returninir letterman starter who played a foward slot lastyear; b’.T* sophomore Steve Davis, who may he the big? man at the jump slot this year; BillFerguson; little quickie 5’T* Jerry Huston, who will likely be in a lot of *ht bigger boys hair at one of the guard slots this year, and 5’8M Boldiy White.White is one of the two returning? letterman squadmen with the other returner being 5*1 1* Don Davis, who is presently busy anchoring? the Yellow Jacket grrid squad at center and will give somebody a run for the money at a forward slot.Another group of the early wor kout hoys looking? g?ood Thursday were lt;*2** sophomore Coy Willaims, 5*11*’ George Brooks, 5*10** Doyle Dee White, ami Ross Grief and Jerry Ward, both hit-a * -ting? -j - .All of the youths still need a lot of polish, which Coach Prater will try to g?ive them in the next 17 days, but many of them wereBucks Win Over Steersshowing? a lot of promise in the early workouts.Other* out working? hard Ilims-day were Rusty Burnett, George Brewer, Bev C'awyer, John Hancock, Milton Lowery, David Olson, Bobby Bailey, Floyd McCoy and A. J. Fidler. Any one of this group could make the “A*’ squad with alittle hard work and determinationlarly g?ood on hitting? their basket and many of them looked particu- | shots, emphasis being? placed on that phase of the trials to date.and Mike Kcahey, both around5* 11 *.Coach Prater brings up thebackground of a basketball mindedcommunity to the local hardwoods,having been the mentor of theBowie High School team last year. Aiding? Coach Prater in the off-court duties during the season willbe student managers Ferel Littleand Jimmy Garner.Expected to join Davis in re- j porting after the football season are 5’11” Rex Carey and a brace of 5*8” boys, Jim Coleman, Guy Golden, Tommy Glasgow', Wayne Stone, Jim Denio and Wayne Zim-Merman, all of whom were “R”team members last year and will add a lot of polish to the currentsquad. Some of them will likelymake the “A” squad this year and . one or two, should they show similar form with the expected improvement in experience, will he top contenders for starting berths. Several other members of thefootball squad are undecided abouttheir basketball plans but are expected to report for workouts. Included in that list are Larry Jones States Ail* Force.★ AH of a sudden you seem to lose interest, energy, zest. Everything goes pf-f-t.” Then it’s time to see your Doctor. Be guided by his competent counsel and care—and always bring his prescriptions to this Reliable professional pharmacy for careful compounding.Slaughter Drug StorePhone L-3414PRESCRIPTIONS
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Stephenville Empire Tribune
Stephenville, Texas, US
Fri, Nov 25, 1955
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