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Austin Is First Real Test F
Baytown faces its first real test to play a better defensive came day who paced the dub fa its ao I don't really know ho* good
of the budding basketball season than we have been playing. floss to llCstate 4A finalist Jeff he is or how much the team as
at 7:10 p.ra. Friday when Jayj Bollinger ran the souad through Davis. a whole has improved.”
“Davis is probahly one of the ^ The outside trio in Austin’s tan-
dem post offense, the same basic
offense Baytown runs, may in-
clude a small group in tbeJW to
S-foot category, or may range
from 5-11 to 5*2. *
“They are pretty good outside,"
ollinger said. “They are quick
and they gat that jump shot off
l Ther are pretty fast and
have a good fast break,”
Ganders, who
pm. Friday when Jayj Bollinger ran the
Bollinger’s Ganders take on Ste-ia lengthy session Wednesday, then
phen F. Austin of Houston hi the slowed the pace Thursday and ran
nightc.p of a twin bill in the BEL only about a 36-minute situation
gym. scrimmage to sharpen the Gan-
A 6 pm i squad scrip opens der offense.
Hie Gander head cage coach
saw Austin beat Pasadena 49-45
in their opener a few weeks ago
and he came away impressed with
both dubs.
“I thought Pasadena looked as
>od as Austin,” Bollinger said,
“but they just didn’t win. It was
un unusually smooth game for a
first game.’1
Johnny Sharp, the Mustange’
• pm _____„
the action in the first of only'two
Friday night dates Baytown plays
going to get beat,” Bollinger of-
fered cautiously Thursday after:
the underdog Ganders finished
their last workout of the week.
“I wouldn’t know how to predict
this game.
“I do know that we’ll have to
play a good game. I think we
stand a real good chance of beat-
ing them, but we’ll definitely have tack. It was Sharp again Tues^only played a couple of quarters,
best teams anywhere around here
right now,” BoUinger said. “At
least until mid-terra anyway as
long as they have (Darrell) Hardy
around."
Hardy is the Panthers’ big post
man who won first team all-state
honors last year and who leaves
at mid-term.
Sharp scored It points against
the Panthers and u part of an
inside combo that will include
either a (-foot-4 or 6-foot * base-
liner, c
“The night I saw them,” Bo!
high port at 6-’feet-5, was pretty linger said, “this (4 boy had just
much the key to the Austin at- come out from football and he
probably
will start the same five they used
against Smiley Tuesday, have
spent most of the week working
‘l plays and
trying to sharpen an often
against known Austin
looked anything
Tuesday.'
ense that
sharp last
ATiSLf^aBdnrt State? ^Ka5tt*on*tte Murttag
Tuesday despite a boat of oppor- time.
tunlties and missed 32 shots from
inside the foul line, about half of
these from inside the line. Al-
though the Ganders won a 36-
point victory, 54-34, it waa pretty
much of a scramble both offen-
sively and defensively.
Right now. defense is a major
concern of the squad.
‘We’re not as good defensive-
ly as we should be at this point,”
time.
Baytown only opened full scare
workouts Nov. 1, i
restriction, but one______.
will become law in the University
Intersholartic League. That
meant about 16 days work before
the first game.
“We’ve had to overlook
fundamentals,” Bollinger said “in
on drills than We ha
but thia i* just son
have to work out
along."
order to get ready for a game. We
normally spend a lot more time
dhf 1 C
«a we go Bollinger reduced hit varsity
Defense has been a major part
of the week's work, too.
"There were times Tuesday,”
{Bollinger recalled Thursday night,
“when some of the boys lost their
man altogether and had to look
'around to find him. Then, we
squad to 11 active players after left side.
s ssw .*
week ft» they (fid against Smi quirt back to the B
ley, which was an abononnal low least temporarily,
to the high percentage accuracy Friday’s probable starters wiH
that has characterised Baytown include Gafland Smith at middle
m recent years. The Ganders hit guard with Joel Lawless and
* 58 per cent from the Robert Oliver at the flanker
«. snasiv
the regional finals. Lee McDowell and Joe New.
Butch:
Lawless ati
Ash will be
REL’s Sylvester Is Honorable Mention
Crucial 4A
Moore Leads SWC PicksP*^.
DALLAS (AP)—Arkansas was
nosed out in the league chan
ship race but it hag placed
men—including the only unani-
mous selection—on the 1962 All-
Southwest Conference football
team.
The unanimous selection was
Billy Moore, the Razorbacks’ all-
and Brandi in the backfield.
Sonny Gibbs, Texas Christian’s
mighty passer, almost made the
laeeond team as did fullback Tom-
winner of the loop’s grid my Crutcher at Texas Christian.
Both were given honorable men-
purpose quarterback.
each placed
Oipwn, and Baylor
two men on the stellar squad turn,
while Texas Tech, Rice. Southern
Methodist and Texas A&M wound
up with one each. Only Texas
Christian failed to place a man
on the first team
The two University of Texas se-
lection-guard Johnny Treadwell
and back Tommy Ford-lacked
only one vote each of being unan-
imous choices.
Ladling only two votes for
unanimous choices were Texas
Tech end Dave Parks and Arkan-
sas tackle Jerry Mazzanti.
Jerry Hopkins of Texas A&M
was picked for center. Rounding
out the first team are end Gene
Raflsz of Rice, (tackle Ray
Schoenke of Southern Methodist,
guard Robert Burk of Baylor, full:
back Danny Brabham of Arkan-
sas. and halfback Ronnie Good-
will of Baylor.
Scott Appleton of Texas was
within one vote of a tackle spot.
Ray Trail of Arkansas was the
•same at guard. And Jesse Brandi
of Arkansas lacked only one vote to All-Star receipts,
of tying for a backfield spot The players previously had
The second team is made up of cefved 60 per cent of the recei
The second team is made up Of
Tommy Lucas and Tom Magoffin
of Texas Chrtetian at ends, Apple-
ton and Melvin Simmons of Texas
ASM at tackles, Trail and Robert | Sandy Sands, Texas; Jim Grizzle,
Mangum of Texas Christian at Arkansas; Bill Harlan, Southern
; f “ ‘ """ " “ " Rice.
ithem
guards, John Hughes of Southern I Methodist; John Sylvester, F
Methodist at center, and Don Tackles-John Knee, Souti
...... Hof r .....fifiia
Trull of Baylor, Ray Poage of
Texas, Pat Culpepper of Texas
Methodist; John Mims, Rice; Ben
Krenek. Texas ASM; Rudy Mat-
thews, Texas Christian.
Guards-Jim Phillips, Texas
A&M; Marvin Kuhin, Texas; Hen-
Simmons, Rice; Ray Ktibala,
tag A&M; Johnny Nichols,
Rice; Jim Harper, Terns A&M;
George Brocks, Texas. .
Other players given honorable Centers-C. C. Willis, Texas
mention were: Tech; Ronnie Caveness, Arkan-
Ends—Ben Nix, Texas Chris- zas : Dan Malta. Rice,
tian; Jerry Lamb, Arkansas; I Backs—Larry Elkinsk, Baylor;
Dm Campbell, Southern Metho-
dist; Duke Carlisle. Texas; Jim
Fauver, Texas Christian; George
Walker. Arkansas.
. Dallas, t»x. a(p> - th» 1942 aii-
Mlittwfelt Conference football loam:
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’Clas* AAAA and AAA district *galnst rebounding Notre"Dime
TACxtas - Jtrry. AiononfL Arkm- dWfrPiegf «*» ■ btetirtrictAfe Saturday in the Climax game on
snSor, mm 11 ***-“-“*--“ * “ — • - *
AgyScboonto, SMU,
wootnoftord, Tax.
GUARDS - Johnny Trtadwoll, Tox«
194, 21, >onlor, Aoolln, Tox. Robert Bin
Baylor, 201, 21, lonlor, Andrewi, Tex.
Smut ^ A&M-
wane will work behind Smith and
Newsome and Butch Hubbard will
work behind Bob Lawless. New-
some played the baseline exclu-
sively Wednesday when Hubbard
was 01, but be was back doing
double duty relief Thursday.
The
1
another
finger i
football.
The Ganders will
spots, their fourth straight v
st and many starts, are taiM.
57-55 decision from Houston ]_____
gan in the opener and following
up with a 58-41 win over Akhne
and last Tuesday’s 54-34 win ova:
By BOB GREEN
Associated Press Sparta Writer
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The battle between Irving and
Borger, undefeated and untied
ship for the West Coast for
first time since 1939, goes
Facing Notre Dame —
Southern Cal Reaching
For Title On West Coast
Kevin Lounsberry’s B squad is
seeking its third straight win ti-
ter opening with a 32-22 win over
ne and then posting a 54-34
win over Smiley Tuesday is
Claude Lower? dumped in 25
points. The B squad will be
strengthened with the addition of
Whaley and Dahlquist._
her of
in Texas
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Major league Cuts
One All-Star Clash
m I
Associated Press Sports Writer
NEW YORK (AP) - The major
leagues will return to one All-Star
game in 1963., The game will be
played on Tuesday. July 9, ’
resentattvei, reluctantly agreec'
Thursday to drop the second All
Star game, at the request of the
owners, who compromised by
to relinquish all claim
except tor the commissioner's 5
per cent, to aid the minora.
Aa a result of the compromise,
the player* will receive 96 per
cart of the aw game. The otter
5 per cent go to the commission-
er's office for All-Star game ex-
ensea.
"We didn’t want to buck the
tt^Mnfor, Lm!oMRoc*', ^rt!’*<Tornmy
SECOND TEAM
_ENDS - Tonwiy Loom,-Town, ond
Tom Magoffin, Tixe» Chrlifton.
TACKLfiS - icolt Appltlon, TOXM,
'Mxsmtul
Bob Friend, of the Pittsburgh Pi-
rates. die National League player
representative.
"We wanted the second-AR.
“ft*- The program also includes such
The Irvtag-Borger fray and the tidbits aa the colorful, traditional
clash of Houston Bellaire and Army-Navy clash In Philadelphia
Branch are expected to and closing action for national
the finalists for the top powers Mississippi, Alabama and
championship, Oklahoma. -
Class AAAA likewise offers El Mississippi and Alabama are
Paso Auatta-San Angelo, Fort «Pectod to announce ai
Worth Eastern Hills-Dallas Sam- of bid to the Sugar and
uell, Sherman-Lufkin, Beaumont Bowls, respectively, lmmedia .
South Park-Galena Park, Austin- after their games, wdiich would
and San Antonio complete the line-up for the ma
Antonio Bracken- jor port-season classics.
Southern Cal already has se-
SA«?’-Oofl Trull, Boylor; Joou
•ranch, Altonmi; Roy Rooso, Ttxoi,
Nix, Toxat Chrfcttan;
Sondy Sends,
the owners, who used the money,
SWC Closes Saturday;
No Rankings At Stake
The Methodists and Christians
play ta the Cotton Bowl at Dallas.
H Of the eight clube that started
reaches its weary jtfc. race In September, two will
appear ta bowl games. Texas, the
champion, meets Louisiana State
ta the Cotton Bowl Jan. 1. Arkan-
sas, the runnenip, will appear ta
the Sugar Bowl, its opponent to
be named Saturday,
By HAROLD V. RATLIFF
Associated Press SportB Writer
Hie Southwest Conference foot-
ball campaign reaches its weary,
close Saturday with’ little left to
be decided and only deep rivalries
between the teams as crowd get-
ftice aims at a fourth place-fin-
ish in a battle with Baylor at
SUSA rs S S SX Sf A- ffWB £
a winning note but to knock an
arch foe out of bowl contortion,
tag ta all of them, try to halt
TCU’s Horned Frogs, who bat-
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Sort HufekMos—Sorvieo Msmsor
tered Rice 30-7 last Writ and
started talking about a bowl bid.
Only the Gotham Bowl appears
pen for TCU. A loss to SMU un-
jubtedly would quash that hope.
Baylor and Rice will draw about
20,000 for their finale at Waco.
Neither has any bowl ideas. Bay-
lor would like to finish ta a tie
for fourth place, and can do so
if it beats Rice. SMU would do
the same if it downs TCU.
Texas Christian already has
third place clinched.
The last go-round;
Southern Methedist-Texas Chrito
tian; A weak vote for TCU;
Baylor-Rice; Baylor wiH win,
the obligations another way, we
are perfectly happy with th* com-
promise.”
Terms for the
originally proposed by
stoner Ford Frick, who was stout-
ly supported by Dan Toj
jresldent of the New York Yan-
tees.
Judge Robert Cannon, legal ad
visor of the players, who sat ta
on ttr tdeettag between tKfe 2D
player representatives and 20 club
owners, said the players were
pleased with the new ar-
rangement.
The two-All-Star game setup
has been ta existence four years.
The National Leagut squad won
both games in 1959, There were,
splits in 1960 and 1962. The Na-
tional won one gams in 1961 with
the other ending in a tie. The
American holds an ovsr-all lead
of 17-15
won’t be easy.
since the mid-summer
meetings began in 1983.
The players and owners also
to a change in the pro-
portioning of the World Series
adding the fifth
* die spoils. Each
place team, storting ta 1963, .....
get 2 per cent of the World Series
player pool.
It would amount to approx-
ly 3300 per player on the
place teams, tut as Bob
Turley,’ of the'Itw Angeles An-
gels, the AL representative put it:
“It’s not the money involved; it’s
Toxoi; Jim drlulo, ArkonMi; INI Hor-'
fen. Southern Mtthoettt; John Sylvoofer,
Was MJ,t m^'sMS
ok, Texas AtAA,- Rudy Motthows, Ttxa
GUARDS - Jim RhllllM. Toxa« A&M;
Morvln Kubln, T*xm; Henry Simmons,
Rico; Roy Kubafe, Ttxos AIM; Johnny
Nichols, Rlcm Jim Harper, Texas AIM;
8&TT.RS -CtJ««to Texas Tech;
Rennl# Coven ess, Arkansas; Dan Molln,
SACKS— Lorry Elkins, Baylor; Tom-
my Crutcher, Texas Christian; Don'
Campbell, Southern Methodist; Sonny
Site), Texas Christian; Duke COrllsIo,
Texas; Jim Fauver, Texas
George Walker, Arkansas.
Christ la*
k jcq re card
Seminole, Denver
Qty vs. Dalhart, Dcmna vs. Staton
and Albany vs. Munday are other
THURSDAY
State *
Pacific, Ore.
Lewis Clark St, Oregon Tech to
Llntleld 02, Southern Oregon t9
Oregon Education 7t, WITlametfe 51
' u OTHER GAMES
Fort Hoys St. 97, Southwestern Okie. 74
Southeastern La. m.Mlllsaps 40
Ouachita M, East Texas Sapllst U
Howard Payne «S, Soufflwesfern, TeX. 72
It. Edward's,. Tox. 71, Sam Houston ft, .41
TODAY'S FRO BASKETBALL
NBA '
Syracuse 112, Chicago 05
St. Louis 128, Son Franc
San
TODAY'S GAM
Syracuse at Cincinnati
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
_;h 103, -Chicago 74
City 10), Oakland 99, overtime
TODAY'S GAME
Long Beach at Chicago
Northern South Dakota
New Major College
Cage Play To Start
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TBe new major college basket-
ball season opens tonight, with
some of the regular powers of the
games.
The schedule remains a hand-
mmA- Sottin*-
*, topped by
ut cl Cincinnati’s two-time de-
the new season's
force,
debut ________
fefldtag NCAA chunpions.
Illlnoia. expected to be among
the national as well as Big Ten
Georgia
jfoung at Oregon, Santo CUiro aj
Southern California, Denver at
UCLA, Colorado State U. at Wuh-
tagton State, and Florida at Mi-
ami (Fla.) in tonight’i key pair-
four of their starting five bade
again, open at home Saturday
. but must get past
Irish to complete an
season and retain
Dumas, defending champion of solid control of the No. 1 spot ta
STifflS
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Brownwood - Brownfield winner, upset this season-1 could serf-
Brownwood is rated the top team ously jeqpardire tiieir tad for the
to many quarters. national title, which will be de-
Other Class AAA games send elded In next week’s poll.
Hurst Bell against McKinney, Wisconsin, the No. 2 team ta
Corsicana vs. Jacksonville, Or- the nation and the Big Ten
ange vs. Conroe, Bay Qty vs. La champ, scored s 174 triumph
Marque, Austin Johnston against over Notre Dame and the com-
San Marcos and South San Anto- parison with the Southem Cali-
nio vs. Kiarr-San Juan-Alamo. forma result is inevitable. Wlscon-
Denver City, the undefeated and sin closed its season last week,
untied No. 1 team of Class AA, The Trojans rule t one-touch-
plays Dalhart. Other icondround down favorite to turn back the
contests ta Class AA match Win- Mt but a form reversal « a
ters and Crane " Jacksboro and decided possibility.
Rockwall Datogerfield and Mine- Coach Joe Kuharich’s lads ffom
ola, Mason and Rockdale, Livings- South Bend have stormed to four
ton and Humble, and Missouri straitfit victories after a shaky
Ore Dulles and Pleasanton. start. They’ve piled, up 119 points
Donna, the Class AA defending in rolling, over Navy, Pitt, North
champion, tackles Staton, nieta Carolina and Iowa and have his-
dians, who surprised everybody tory ui their favor. Notre Dame
by winning,the 1961 title, are back holds a 22-9-2 edge in the old
with a team rated considerably series. ■
weaker than last year’s. Southern Cal, winner of nine
Albany, the dan A champion, straight, is seeking its first un-
takeson Munday. The Lions are beatem untied season ta 30 year* II
sport irivolved to tiie handful of at Michigan State, Utah State at
Ohio State, Wisowisin at Air
Force, Southern illtaois vs. St,
Clara at UCLA, Colorado State U.
at WashtagtMi, and Lafayette at
Princeton.
Virginia Tech at Kentucky, Da-
vidson at Duke, Wichita at Wyo-
ming. Utah at California, Georgia
at- North Carolina, Kansas State
Princeton shows for the first
time as a varsity player, 6-foot-5
Bill Bradley, a sophomore from
Crystal City, Mo., who is consid-
ered one of the brightest pros-
pects in the college game in sev-
eral yean, —'___________
Ohie State, ranked No. 1 nation-
ally the last two years although
beaten both times by Cincinnati
in the NCAA final, tries its hand
_ . „ ... \ BLWn^Bg'-, wittout All-America
Ctactanati Bearcats, withperry Lucas. Big Luke had grad-
uated along ith John Havlicek
and Mel Nowell, the other two
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against Petersburg, Rotan against
Big Lake, Clifton against Van Al-
styne, Jefferson against New Lon-
Rotan and'New London tong
been favored to reach the finals.
to make fifth jiace mean $<nne- a new war rf word* today-two
NCAA-AAU Track Fuss
Now In New Verbal War
DE^ITJ^-lhe. .seething lAtty..General BohertF,. Kennedy,
n^te^ beween tne^Mu and I had been designed to end the 2t4-
rr ,;?r. ® .^ year squabble and help toward to-
United States had baled over into suring a stong U.S. team for the
lifter it seemed peace wj,.^
Rice Opens
Cage Play
In Atlanta
Federation, charged the AAU
with reneging on an agreement
made ta New York Nov. 13. Hie
AAU replied there was a mis-
understanding on details in the
agreement.
The federation’s charges came
Thursday night, hours after the
AAU-’s 35-man executive commit-
tee unanimously endorsed a track
and field coalition which was
formed at the New York truce
meeting. That meeting, called by the AAU plan was unsatisfactory.
.1964Glympics,
with the
tadple of a coalition. At issue
just what the coalition will do,
particularly in international track
competition.
The AAU insists it will continue
to control U.S. participation to in-
ternational meets. The NCAA ar-
gues the coalition—made up of
several groups including the two
warring bodies—eventually should
have International control.
Soon after the endorsement,
federation leaders held an urgent
telephone pow-wow and agreed
A crowd of about 85,006 is ex-
pected for the game in Los An-
geles, while about 101,000 indud-l
fag President Kennedy are ex-
it for the service classic in |[
delphia Stadium. The game
also will get national television!
coverage (CBS, 1:30 p.m. (East-
ern Standard Time).
It’s strictly a pick-’em affair
between the Cadets and the Mid-
‘ i, With President Kennedy ex-
ited to break tradition and go
midfield for the pro-game coin
tossing.
Titles and bowl bids don’t enter
the picture for toe colorful dash
but Army pride does, Coach Paul
Dietzel, hired toil season to break
ring ol three straight,
has used his three-platoon magic
to forge a M regular season rec-
ord, Navy, sewing a record
fourth straight over Army, is 4-5.
Mississippi, ranked third ta the
nation, is a solid favorite to close
out an unbeaten, untied season
against Mississippi State. Alaba-
ma, No. 5 with an 8-1 record,
also is favored over a tough Au-
burn team.
Oklahoma, No. 8, already has
the Orange Bowl spot and the Big
Eight title, and has little but pres-
tige at stake against Oklahoma
State.
Scouts from both the Gator and
Gotham Bowls are expected to
scout toe Florida-Miami night
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rice’s Owls were in Atlanta
Friday to open the basketball
campaign against Georgia Tech.
It is the first of five games.to
be played as Southwest Confer-
ence teams get. things moving this
week.
Saturday night Southern Meth-
odist opens at Oklahoma City Uni-
versity, Texas Tech is host to Ne-
braska and Texas A&M plays
Centenary at College Station.
Texas, looked upon as the cham-
pionship favorite, entertains How-
' Star Con-
oward fayne already
two games and won
Arkansas, Baylor and Texas
Christian wait until next week to
start the campaign.
Rice starts a three-gafte tour
ta its battle with Georgia Tech
Friday night. From Atlanta the
Owls go to Knoxville to meet Ten-
nessee Monday night and to Nash
ville to clash with Vanderbilt
Tuesday night.
Three returning regulars and
FIRST AND,
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starting Rice team. Big
1 Rhine, Larry Phillips and
Stetakamp are the regulars.
from New Mex-
ico Military Ihiitute and Frank
Plckena from Victoria an the
'junior college products.
transfers make lect players fa each class who
One of the most difficult pe- |
riods of the year for sports writ-
er* — this one, at least — is
just about finished. That’s the
all-state voting.
For over a month, now,
sportswriters, from El Paso to
Texarkana and from Amarillo
to the Rio Grande Valley have
bedn talking to coaches and oth-
er writers and compiling a
small mountain of information
on boys playing in I he top four
classes of University Interscho-
lastic League football competi-
tion.
Just this week, the ballots be-
gan to go out from the four
state chairmen of classes A,
2A, 3A and 4A, and now writers
are making their choices.
Shortly, the wire services will
release the names of the 33 se-
should represenj lhe cream of
Texts schoolboy football.
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Often, you wonder if those 33
who finally wind up on a first,
second ot third team are the
best.
I don’t know how other writers
arrive at their final choices, but
ta my case it is a three-day
agony. Three days is the normal
gestation period in my case.
It begins with a thorough read-
ing of the nominations, it often
includes telephone calls to peo-
ple who can offer an opinion
on boys I have not seen, and it
ends with the final judgment
hinging on the finer points of
the nomination. ;
It leaves me exhausted, and I
never mail a ballot without won-
dering if I'm committing a
blunder equivalent to that of
Paul Pierce; who is famous for
telling Buddy Dial he was too
small to play football for Sam
Houston State.
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The all-state teams,
a year or
Imhh jnd a
orabte mentions to a simple
three teams is the responsibili-
ty and pride of the Texas
Sportswriters Association.
The Association selects all-
state teams in football, basket-
ball and track. So far, the only
all - state baseball teams are
those selected from toe state
tournament, and they are
called all • tournament teams.
Basketball used to be selected
that way; no matter how fan-
tastically talented a bey might
be, his-team had to make it to
the state tournament before he
could be considered.
Selection of the aU-state teams
is a massive and thankless job.
Thankless, ta any of the sports
but particularly football, be-
cause of the probability that a
deserving boy is going to be
overlooked. ------- --
Massive because of the size of
the state and the development
of the athletic programs. In
are
state teams are selected.
That means there are more
than 15,000 high school boys
who are eligible for nomination
to an all-state football team. In
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