Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell

tof '* I*' tamtt. larmry 17. 1936
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By Julk Wooc
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"Our bipseii uancr ii 6 Icrt. 1
inch...aK^ut the \iic of an)body
clw't i^urdi. Ntt the pla>crs make
up for thn duadvantace with n lo. «f
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hard wuik and desire, ana tha* can
only be in Alvantjgc," rcma;Lcd
David Low, hen*' varv.y ha\ketSatt
coach.
tn addition to this daolvantage. the
!».-
•14-man tcani lacks experience Of ths
five rctumint players, only seniors
Mknael MaLMico and Mwk Fukuda
had considcrabtc playing time last
year.
Six of ihe pUycn are senion, and
the rest of the young team consists of
three sopltomorcs and five juniors.
Senior Brian Gardner taid, "We
Itnt a kx of Ley ptj>ers frum
Sjnxir Sicprun Kooilun mt«txj for u\ t«> vocfcccd."
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Mike MatMiao ptedora an eslra effort as be lay* up a basKft.
Lady hoopsters
rebuild team
By Mart e
The Lowell vanity girt** ha*krtrull
team it hoping id leau fiK a repeat
of Uu year's uicfruful «awn of 19
wtm anu •* I repeal
last icason's record. hnwrvc.
"At the cnl of last season. I Tell
we had an excellent chance of winning
Ike championship," iuted
Thomas.
Several cf hit eipcctH tuning
players d*l not return thir year.
Thonus hi* beta f> Tied to put in two
or thttC inexperienced pUycts in •!«
lineup.
" We hive u start from ufu/c one
asrf teach them the plays." cotntncaicd
Thorn*.
Thomas Kklo*. "The seniotl and
the wrter rcttrnfog players oc tf*
team have u> havr » hera aaj.*idc
than ihr.'ve shown thus fat.'*
Became of this. Thomas believes
that ths team U losing ground on The
other cily schools, such -*
and Wilson, who are
Lir»elt*« ceatru crnnpctUhMi in the
Academic Athletic Association
(AAAJ.
In (filer to ^iii c«tvrknci*. nuny
practice frame* and tourramcntt lu>c
been id 4 lot ol pre*wire t*cau*c
ihcy'rc qmck."
Low puiho ihc pttyen u» i»t 100
percent inio every pcrfonnance. He
dewtib«n the team's style uf pUy as
"attack, pressure." an-i "agjre**;**
hall contiol."
"The key ii being fast and smart
— n* running tod and being out of
control." Hated Low.
League pl&>* began on January 7 in
• game against O'Conncll. LowcU
edgeJ out O'Connell by a r.ore of
M-35. In the secood league fime on
Jtmrary 9. Uiwcll lost to Balboa
66-46.
Tbe players took a trip during 'he
preseason lo Hawaii, where they
played t*fl f»mcs. LowcU smashed
MtdPacific Imttttite by a score of
62-37 but lost to Kai>ani 62-57.
IU1VS VARSm' BASKETBAU.
Thun. JM. 23 v*. Anpn al Sen %Utto
3:15
VH. trh. 7 «v M;»i— at MtWca 3:15
Krl. Krb. 14 »v WUM»I •! LtratD 3:15
Thurv I'cb. 10 *%. McAlnr *t Ktt»r
Ben SantamarU attacks hb opponent ulth dctcrraloatloa and drivt.
Gropplers display skill
UimtinurJ fum pmtc l>
On January 4 tlie vanty wrcMlct^
competed in a tournament st OukUnd
Tech Hi^h School. The team received
a tropij for placing fourth out ot
16 leaim. No member placet! Tint,
but Bokun took second place.
At a previous rjnity tournament
held in Sc*jth Cit;- on December 20,
the team came tn fifth out of IK
team*. Hrad team captain Dokura
placed first, while co-captaini Mai*
ui:ipcricncetl wrestler?. I'm gUi
to ice \t& many undcrclaumcn arc
intercticd in the »port." conmcntcJ
Bokura.
Earlier in the prc-tcason al the San
Mtrtbi Tounumcnt. the vanity team
look fount) place DM of 15 teann.
Bokura again pUced fin*. whiJe Masuoka.
Chans, and sophomore
Parrict Curminjtham placed second.
"Competition outside the city is
really tough to it was hard to place,
but »c intud to improve and be
prepared for out of city tourrumcats."
stated Nlatsuoka.
In a amice tournament at StcAieer.
Jiwm Bonduux and Mario Hill plac*
cd firM. while Gilbrn Niwa an: John
Ridunbon took *xor*J place in their
weight divbions.
According tn axjchc* and team
captaim. luma to walch for include
Nori>ukiHfyavti. BlaincTomimrto.
Brad Clark and Binuby f^yne. a&
well as St. John. Bondoux,
Mansfield. Richardson, and Lcc.
"Practice a outrageously hard, but
it'll pay off in the end." amarked '
mphomore Steve Yabu.
"We work so hard in practice that
it's no wrprac »c do well in mevts."
explained Fukuda.
"Our lul meet will be agatml
McAtccr. Wr'll have to work hard in
onlcr to t-at then. LM year we beat
McAtecr al AU-City. and we hope to
do it again. For the time being we're
the learn lo best." said Vollnih.
VAUStTY WRKSTUNC
Fri. Jan. I? %«. Balboa M la»
Thmn. U*. 30 w liocabi at
Sat. F«b. 1 n. Su Maria M Urn f>^tim
Wrd. trb. » *v Wasalnttoo at
t
\Um. Ffb 1* »*. Umu at Oruni
Wrd. F«b. 19 *•. CtMra at Lewctt
Wtd. Tth. 2* n. NkAlc*r al Uwttt
Month,
despite iut"\
Nfoirts M I j <
Kill inJ 11
only
in ink 4
nmlh & J-
She sp-. •>
al
pbyikol
onlcr to h i|
Morili
Mjt\u
jrar*. A*
Califo[ni.,)
though h
H.~o |
otty t
"Johii.l
Ihcruinpv
come thn
ciucho. .'j
made. I
MalwoU ]
"Even '
• Iy lunl i,
•injury.
9 remarked H
tlv»ctv>n tell
.became a]
• junior >e
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