The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-12-12

shut down because of numerous
cases of influenza. They were to
nave taken the floor against Wapa-
10 In a game that would not have
gwen TOO clear picture of the
Lions power or weak spots.
This Friday night they will be in
Toppenish for the first real test. If
Ioppenish makes with a win, an i'm
presslVe win should say, it will give
Inc conference something to go by.
For that matter the Lions landing
on top would not be an upset. In any
case the Kennewick club will go onto
the floor with a So mile trip under
us belt. Another thing that might
make them push-over depends on
now much the flu epidemic hit the
ball club.
One of the interesting things that
mas drawn a lot of attention in the
southern class A circuit has been
the games in which teams from this
league have played with Yakima.
Sunnyside was the first to eat dirt
on the bottom side of a SO to IA
score. Toppenish went down the
next night 80 to IS. While Wapato
was the latest victim, taking the bow
40 to IL. It is apparent that Wapato
IS going to have tough time of it
this season.
Wapato is one of the few schools
in this conference which has a diff
terent mentor for basketball. Coach
AL Learned, a fine leader out on the
football field where he has the wide
open spaces, but in a gym he is STOP
ped cold. For one thing the cheer
ing sections can't get word in
any place during a game, it is said.
In fact some say that the echos are
still bouncing off the walls for days
afterWords. Other reports from
Wapato are that the new gym is
being built bigger so that it won't
fill up with talk so fast.
You may think that all this talk
about AL places that boy on the spot
but during football season he got
in the last punch. With the last
game Of the season played against
Toppenish, Learned got his lads in
fighting mood by reading various
press clippings to them. Not saying
that it helped any but the score
which should have gone above 80
to 0 for the Cats hit a snag at 6
points. Looks as though it might
be total war before long.
AS far as the current basketball
season is concerned Learned says
his boys will be. lucky to win one
game. But do not give the Wolves
to the go by and forget about them.
They will be a big number next sea-
son.
Year in aid out, one school in this
league turns loose winning basket
ball team, not always but almost,
the Prosser Mustangs go to town.
Monte Reynolds, the Mustang coach
was counting on building hoop
squad around Wally Ivey, but foot
ball put his leg in cast. In spite of
this loss Reynolds boys went to work
on Pasco last week and won out 35
to Is. That is a good start, so lets
move the three top rated squads
over bit and make room for a not
too dark horse.
SunnySide will have it's chance to
| do PaSco no good this week in Sun
nyside. Mentor Julian Karp at Sun
nyside is going to make with a lot
of groans over the words coming up
but it looks like the straight stuff.
With another weeks practice hav-
ing been pounded out since the last
time this column watched the Griz-
lilies in action, they should by now
have become really smooth. So
smooth, in fact, that they should be
able to put a Hollywood lover in a
hick town to shame. Bob. Church
and Art Heberlein looked as tho
they are going to star little this
year. - zaaaAss&S +
Talking to various boys in the
know concerning the meeting of the
Washington High School Athletic
Association meeting in Seattle a
while back when the KenneWick in