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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1958)
Atkinson, Inman Land Two Each The Atkinson high Balers. Holt county cage champions of 1958,« and the strong Inman high Tigers landed two berths each on The Frontier's mythical all-Holt county basketball team. Balloting was conducted among coaches and the Holt tourney officials. Unanimous choices were: Ned Kelley of Inman, Duane Humphrey of Atkinson, Don Sladek of Atkinson, Larry Tomlinson of St. Mary's academy and Dana Bige low of Stuart. Lacking one or two ballots • of being unanimous were Ray Shaffer of St. Joseph's hall, Rod Elkins of Chambers, and Sonny Carl of Ewing. Other two honorees on the 10 member dream tram are Holland Hansen of Inman and the only sophomore on the team Larry Oetter. NED KELLEY: He was a shoo-in, hands down Nobody overlooked this chap who rolled up 421 points for the Inman Ti gers averaging 21 points per game. He established a school scoring record against Elgin, racking up 51 points. Kelley was the heart of Inman's fine team, which posted a 23-4 season’s rec ord. Kelley is a senior. LARRY TOMLINSON: Here was the power of the St. Mary’s team a cool, able athlete who ranked in the top three on every ballot. A junior, Tomlinson clip ped along at 20.6 points per game, hitting 54 percent of his shots, lie was a great relxHinder (both ends I and sparked SMA's fast breaking offense. One ballot said: "Tomlinson does everything well." He captained the 1958 Cardinals. RODNEY ELKINS: A four year letterman at Chambers, he led the Coyotes in scoring both his junior and senior years. His production during the just-end ed season w*as 358 points- an average of 21.5 per game. The Coyotes enjoyed a good season 1 ut buckled under tournament stress. RAYMOND SHAFFER: Here was an all-around ball player who sparkled throughout the sea son for the St. Joseph's hall Blue jays. The Jays improved vastly as the season wore on. largely around Shaffer. DEIJiERT CSONNY") CARL: A four-year cage veteran at Ewing, he played 15 games and averaged 20 points. His bulk was Ewings strong point at both ends of the court. ROLLAND HANSEN: This be spectacled chap is a good ball handler, smart and effective re> tounder and played an excellent floorgame all season for the In man Tigers. He is regarded by his own coach as a gotxi college prospect. Hansen barely edged out two teammates for the slot— Sam Watson, whose support was very strong, and Dick Appleby DON SIADEK: Here is the long boy (6-2i on the mythical dream team. He sank over half of his shots for the surprising Atkinson high Balers, and was a key in the Balers’ potent offensive. "Sladek is a smart, natural-bom ball player," declared one of the ballots, and he uses his height effectively. DUANE HUMPHREY: Easily one of the best ball players in the season in 24 games -a W-point area, he tallied 405 points this average. He was the Balers’ “quarterback" on the floor; earn ed cage letters three seasons. > DANA BIGELOW: He hit over' two hundred points for the Stuart Broncos, who at times turned in dandy basketball Bigelow was a good rebounder, crafty guard and consistently made a good ac counting for himself everywhere on the court. _ LARRY OETTER: Here’s the smallest guy and youngest of the all-stars and also played with a team (O'Neill high) that won the fewest games (one). His joining the ranks of the dream crew was by a cat's whisker. Oetter is a lightweight (138) and is only 15 years-old. A sophomore, point getting is his forte. Voters al so considered O'Neill high play ed the tough*“St schedule and Oetter could have shown mightly against lesser competition. He buzzed at 15 points per game on a small and green team that was dwarfed by most opponents. The Holt county tourney offi cials Glen Blakeman of Wayne State college and Brad Wame munde of Winside- insisted on their joint ballot that if Inman's Sam Watson failed to land a berth on the first 10 he should be giv en sportsmanship recognition. Watson played an excellent floor game all season and regularly ivon plaudits of officials and re spect of the fans. His floor game was excellent. The berth on the team won by a teammate, Holland Hansen, was virtually a tossup between Hansen, Watson and another matie, Dick Appleby. The latter is a junior. Another very strong contender was Atkinson's Jim Hendricks (5-10. senior). He was Atkinson's best shot at the' gratis line and was team captain. He tallied 238 points for the Balers in 21 games won and three lost. It is significant that Bigelow, Tomlinson, Humphrey and Carl were members of The Frontier’s all-Holt football team for 1957 an nounced in November. Butte Has 11 Vets for Track Campaign— BUTTE Twenty-six track can didates are reporting to Coach Ken Frazier at Butte high. Eleven men of the Boyd county championship squad are: Don Dye, Francis Reiser, Jim Lewis, Dennis Riesselman, Gary Ellwanger, Jerry Roether, Phil Fried, Allan Mitchell, Brent Kehn, Bob Kyriss, Boyd Blomen kamp. Guest Speakers Church Parley— A fellowship meeting was held at 3:30 and at 7:30 p.m., last Thursday at the Assembly of God church. Members of Assembly of God churches in this area attend ed. Rev. Wayne Allen of Burwell was the afternoon speaker and Rev. Lester Dickinson of Grand Island, district superintendent, was the evening speaker. The ser vices were welll attended. Try FRONTIER want ads for they pay! Thursday March 20 Friday March 21 Saturday March 22 Your Foxbilt Dealer invites you to attend "Appreciation Days". Come and get acquainted. Ti.ere will be favors for everyone. Register, aid receive a foxbilt Gift Stamp-Bock with $7.50 value in FREE stamps. 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Wt NED KELLEY, Inman . 17 Sr. 6-1 ^ 160 DANA BIGELOW, Stuart _17 Sr. 5-11 168 DUANE HUMPHREY, Atkinson _... 17 Sr. 5-11 160 DON SLADEK, Atkinson ___.... 17 Sr. 6-2 Vi 160 ROLLAND HANSEN, Inman 17 Sr. 5-11 155 RAYMOND SHAFFER, St. Joe _ 17 Sr. 6-1 165 DELBERT CARL, Ewing _ 18 Sr. M 195 LARRY TOMLINSON, SMA _ 16 Jr. 6-1 185 RODNEY ELKINS, Chambers _ 17 Sr. S-lOVfc 155 LARRY OETTER. O'Neill . 15 Soph. 5-10 138 Witte to Be Grid Coach at Albion Winner of 20 Games at Chambers CHAMBERS Coach Bill Witte, whose baskettv»U teams posted a 500 record during three seasons at Chambers high school and whose football teams amassed a total of 20 wins, compared with five losses and one tie, has an nounced he will coach football at Albion high school next year. Witte is a native of Winside. His contract with Albion was finalized Tuesday, March 11. Witte's football team last fall won six, lost one and tied one. Meanwhile, the Coyotes are turning to track. Witte will field a limited track team with Rod El kins and running the 100 and 220, doing high and broad jumps; Harry Swanson, a freshman, has "real track prospects", according to the coach. I Vug Dankert is working out on the broad jump and the 100-yard-dash. Witte hopes to put together a relay team. Anderson* Feted In tiet-Acquainted Party— ATKINSON Members of Wes leyan Methodist church held a get-together Friday evening for a ‘ get-acquainted" party for Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Anderson, who recently purchased the O. A. Hammerberg farm. The Andersons moved here from Redbird. Games were played and refresh ments were served. The party was held in basement of Wesley an Methodist church. HONORABLE MENTION HOLT ALL-STAR TEAM Dick Cork, who was the hub of Page team (five wins and 10 loss es), an excellent rebounder. Scored nifty 225 points. Sam Watson of Inman, excel lent floor man and tops in sports manship. Dick Appleby of Inman, strong contender with another year to go Don Schmaderer of Stuart, re ceived three votes for choice in the top 10. Robert Henning of St. Joe, cited by Holt tourney officials for stellar performance. Bill Craig of St. Mary’s proved he could score from any position but content to play feeder role. One of best defensive perfor mers in the area. He’s a junior. Jim Hendricks of Atkinson, two of his teammates received the nod. He was a stabalizer for Bal ers. Dennis Scheer of Ewing, hust led all season for Tigers. Gale Stevens of St. Mary's, a sophomore who clipped 10 points per game, good outside and set shot artist who has lots of glory ahead. Gary Holly of St. Mary’s, show ed ability to play great ball. Celia News Bill Focken was a Wednesday, March 12, overnight guest at the Clarence Focken home. Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Focken and son were supper guests at the Clarence Focken home. Coach Marv Boesen of Atkin son high school U**k Jim Hend ricks and Duane Humphrey to Lincoln Wednesday, March 12, where they attended the 48th an nual Nebraska state high school basketball tourney. Mrs. Boesen and son, Mike accompanied them and went on to Nebraska City to \ isit her mother, Mrs. Josephine Knoll. They came home Sunday evening. Dorothy Scott was a Wednes day, March 12, dinner guest at the Frank Kilmurry home. Bobby Knudson was one of a class of 21 members of the Fut ure Farmers of America chapter at Atkinson high who attended the Hereford field day and judg ing competition at Butte Monday, March 10. Two hundred and twel ve persons including adults, Iwys and girls, competed in three div isions. Mr and Mrs. Merrill Anderson had Sunday dinner at the home of his brother, Clair Anderson of Newport, and also visited her mother. Mrs. Bertha King, at Newport. Lioroiny onui morning visitor at the P. W. Kil murry home, also a Sunday din ner guest at the Duane Beck home. Mr. anil Mrs. Merrill Anderson visited their former home in Red bird Friday. Victor Frickel and children and Mr. and Mrs. I>eRoy Hoffman were Sunday visitors at the Bob Jonas home where the children attended a 4-H meeting. The men are leaders. Vickie Frickel spent Wednes day night, March 12, with Peggy Armold. Emil Colfack attended the L. J. Kostan farm sale at Newport. The sale site was the farm the Colfack family came from when they moved to the farm they now own. Mr. and Mrs Kostan are returning to Bloomfield. Jim Sicheneder was a Satur day dinner guest at the Victor Frickel home. The men went to Atkinson in the afternoon. The 1 snow was so bad Mr. Sicheneder j can't get out to the highway ex cept by tractor. Robert Doming, township as sessor, has been calling on many I homes in the community. Mi', and Mrs. Bob Lewis and family were Sunday evening, j March 9, visitors at the Joe Hend ricks home. Name Son— Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Butter field of Niobrara have nameil their son, Jodie J. 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