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SECTION 3 — PAGES 17-24 OUEILL. NEBH.. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 7, 1950.—PAGE 17. All-Holt County Football Team--1950 &SK 3ATKKHCH9 T Stuart Halfback JACK Q&m&Y, St. Mary1 a Canter X JERRY WAN3IE ~ { St* MaryT&okle. 1 1 JOSH OSBORNE Atkinson Fullback CLAYTON GOME Atkinson Guard LARRY KRYSL, St. I4*ry'e, 2nd 5ME S&3ER, 0*11*111 Guard 3CK TLC^FSNBORa, Ocelli I&ckl® Cards, Eagles Grab Most Honors Abundance of Backs and Lack of Good Lineman Makes Picking Difficult By a Staff Writer The Frontier is pleased to present its mythical all-Holt county football team for 1950. But not without certain misgivings. There was an over-abundance of baekfield material and a pro nounced lack V»f linemen qualified for the all-star laurels. Conse quently competition was keen for the baekfield berths while at least one line position went begging and a back (who couldn’t be omitted because of the votes he did receive) was granted a line slot. St. Mary's academy, of O'Neill, and O'Neill high school dom inated the honor list with four and three representatives, respec tively. During the season St. Mary’s won four games, lost three and lied one while the O'Neill Eagles won three and lost five. Atkinson high school landed two berths — one baekfield and one line—while Stuart and Ewing placed one each. The only Holt team failing to place on the first team was Chambers. The make-believe backfield | would be no pushover. If band- I | ed iogelher. Don Calkins (O' Neill high), John Osborne (At j kinson), John Joe Uhl (St. Mary's) and Ken Batenhorst (Stuart) could make tough go ing for any opposing prep line in the area. Calkins, 16, a junior, was hurt early in the season and didn’t hit | his stride until late. A hard run ner, good passer and a fine tack-1 ler, he was the most reliable per-! former in the Eagles’ backfield. j In O’Neill’s last three games of the season, Calkins produced 58 points. Calkins did O’Neill's kick ing. Osborne, a repeater from the 1949 all-Holt team, has still anoth-1 er year of competition. He was Atkinson’s leading scorer, was al ways good for yardage in t h e | clutch. Osborne was a power on ! defense and for the second con secutive year was a 60-minute' man for the Balers, who finished on the wrong side of the ledger. I Against Springview this year Os borne was sprung on a statue of liberty play and went 95 yards to score. Last year he was a lineman on the honor team. Uhl, St- Mary’s senior, was the level - headed quarterbacking sparkplug for the Cardinals, who had a good season considering the undefeated rbcord in 1949 and the subsequent graduation toll. Uhl was a hard runner, he led the Card pack in scoring, and defen- j sively he was indispensable. The only Stuart Bronc to make the dream team was Batenhorst, a senior back. He was Stuart’s leading scorer in a season which saw the Broncs win only one game. The Stuart defense left a lot to be desired except for Work Horse Batenhorst’s play; He made 95 percent of the tackles, accord ing to an observer who knows. He slapped down more than his share of enemy passes during the campaign and he was a bright spot on a team that needed more of 'the same. • Don Hoffman, a Chambers back, pressed the Calkins-Osbome-Uhl Batenhorst crowd for the honors, probably one reason he lost out was because too few voters saw him play. Hoffman was a marked man on every grid, he represented most of the Coyotes’ offensive strength and he’s expected to shine come the autumn of 1951. The 1950 alLHolt line lacks the finesse and maturity of its pre decessors. Obviously the less glamorous men in the line had a rough go on all six Holt teams during the past season. Because most of the teams were pushed around each week , the gems were hards to spot, at the end, tackle, guard and center positions. Chosen at end were: Larry Krysl (St. Mary’s) and Dwight Sc brooder (Ewing); tackle—Don Kloppenborg (O’Neill) and Jerry Wanser (St. Mary’s); guard— Gene Seger (O’Neill) and Clayton Goeke (Atkinson.) The center is Jack Carney (St. Mary’s). Carney, St. Mary’s senior, play ed both center and halfback for the Cards this season and earned the mythical honor by virtue of his all-around play. He was an apt hole-maker on offense and could knife through interference to haul 'em down from his defensive posi tion. He was a good blocking back and when called upon could carry the mail effectively. Krysl latched on to four touch-1 down passes during St. Mary’s six-tman campaign as well as cat ching numerous other flips that piled up yardage. Defensively he was a “perfectionist,” one ballot stated. Schroeder, the Ewing entry, its the backfield performer who couldn’t be overlooked on such an aggregation. So he was given an end berth. He was Ewing’s fastest man and was at hits best when the Tigers were on the offensive. Kloppenborg, usually head-and shoulders above other Eagles on defense, was the only unanimous choice for the 1950 team. He was ( mentioned by every voter! He was a rugged tackier (his 190 pounds helped emphasize this), a fine blocker and he was a morale factor for a team that had lots of rough sledding. Wanser, of St. Mary’s, is the only sophomore on the honor teaun. He played end for the Cards and developed rapidly as the sea son moved along. He specialized at getting into the opponents’ backfield before the plays got underway. His selection here will come as a surprise to same ob servers, perhaps. That he earned a berth cannot be disputed when his performance for the season is analyzed. The Seger and Goeke selections might also surprise some, but they got the votes. Seger, a 6 foot 1 inch junior, layed down some key blocks at the right time and the guys with the voting pads remembered. He was a good blocker. One official said Seger was as good a lineman as he'd seen in the county. Goeke is a 200-pound 17-year old lad who usually went 60 min utes for the Balers. The kid has an even disposition, was very ag gressive and delighted in break ing up opposition plays. The brains of the other team usually discovered early in the gamei there was no use trying to go through Goeke. This is the filth annual all Holt county honorary football team selected by The Frontier in cooperation with the coaches, superintendents and officials who have been working with these teams. Like most honorary teams, the award means nothing except for newspaper publicity. O’Neill, Atkinson, Ewing and Stuart played 11-man football while St. Mary’s and Chambers competed in six-man. Atkinson played .three Holt foes while Ewing, Stuart and 0| Neill faced one each. St. Mary’s and Chambers played all games against out-of-county opponents. EWING TIGERS ARE NIPPED IN OPENER EWING — The Ewing high school Tigers lost their opening game to Brunswick Friday eve ning, at Brunswick, 16-15. A final effort by Warren Klinetobe, which would have won the game for Ewing, barely missed. The Ewing reserves won eas ily, 20-16. Coach Pennington, us ing every player in suit. Kline tobe led the reserves with 10 points followed by Pollock with 6. Dwayne Hobbs broke up a considerable number of Bruns wick plays and it appears that Klinetobe and Hobbs are press ing for first team berths. The schedule: Dec. 1—Brunswick, there. Dec. 8 — Page (Conference), there. Dec. 12—Tilden, here. Dec. 15—Elgin, there. Dec. 21—Meadow Grove, here. Jan. 2—Osmond (Conference), here. Jan. 5—Clearwater (Confer ence), here. Jan. 9-12 — Elkhorn valley tournament (Brunswick.) Jan. 16—Orchard (Conference), here. Jan. 19—Inman (Conference), there. Jan. 23-26—Holt county tour nament, (O’Neill.) Jan. 30—St. Boniface, here. Feb. 9—Battle Creek, there. Feb. 13—Brunswick (Confer ence), here. Feb. 16—Inman, here. Feb. 20—Chambers (Confer ence), there. Feb. 23—Oakdale, there.* 1950 All-Holt County Football Team Player, School Pos. Age Wgt. Hgt. Year DON CALKINS, O'Neill ...QB IB 165 S'ZVi" Jr. JOHN OSBORNE, Atkinson FB 17 180 6'1" Sr. JOHN J. UHL, St. Mary's ....... HB 17 160 5'9" Sr. KENNETH BATENHORST, Stuart HB 17 150 5'9'' Sr. JACK CARNEY, St. Mary's Center 17 175 5'19" Sr. DWIGHT SCHROEDER, Ewing End 17 155 5'10" Sr. ( LARRY KRYSL, St. Mary's End 17 165 5'11" Sr. DON KLOPPENBORG, ONeill Tackle 17 190 6'2>/i'* Sr. JERRY WANSER. St. Mary's Tackle 16 160 5'8" Soph. GENE SEGER, O'Neill .. Guard 16 165 6'1" Jr. CLAYTON GOEKE, Atkinson Guard 17 200 6' Jr. HONORABLE MENTION Backs—Don Hoffman, Chambers; Jay McConnell, O’Neill; Al ston Rasmussen, Chambers; Don Shald, Stuart; Jerry Wills, St. Ma ry’s; Don Godel, O’Neill; Jim Good, Ewing; Don Donohoe, St. Ma ry ?s. 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