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J Thursday, December 19, 1945 Page 6 THE DAILY NEBRASKAN Post Ail-American Squad Ignores East The East, which dominated the football picture last year, wins only two places on the 1946 All American team selected by the American Football Coaches As sociation and announced today in a copyrighted story in The Sat urday Evening Post The South and Midwest take three places each, the Southwest two and the Far West one. Holder of seven places in 1945, the East is represented by Army's two great backs, Glenn Davis and Doc Blanchard. Described by Coach Dick Harlow of Harvard, presidents of the Coaches Associa tion, as "unquestionably the out standing football players in the country," they are the sole 1945 selections to retain their places. The South, which failed to get a single first-team spot last year, comes into its own with three standouts back Charley Trippl of Georgia, tackle Dick Haffman of Tennessee and center Paul Duke of Georgia Tech. Notre Dame, which shared the national spotlight with Army, also shares with the Cadets the honor of placing two players on the first team. They are back Johnny Lujack and tackle George Connor. Giving the Midwest its third All-American player is Il linois' guard, Al Agase. , Southwest Delegates. Named to represent the South west are end Hubert Bechtol of Texas and guard Weldon Humble of Rice. End Burr Baldwin ofj UCLA represents the Pacific' Coast. As a result of the flood of talent released for the first normal foot ball vear since the war. four mem bers of the 1945 frst team had to "boy of thirteen years weighing be content with less favored spo j 105 pounds climbed into the ring this year. Warren Amling, Ohio1 and won a wrestling match for State tackle, George Savitsky, Omaha Central high schooL Today Pennsylvania tackle, and Herman he has a record of winning 77 of Wedemeyer, St. Mary's back, were ' a possible 80 bouts and is the pushed back to the second team third ranking 165 pound wrestler and Dick Scott, Navy center, to in the United States. He is Harold the third team. Bob Fenimore, jj Bcker standout performer of Ne Oklahoma A. St M. back, also on brafka's wrestlin team, the 1945 first team, does not ap- "We s'-aali be able U pall pear on any of the coaches se- down same wins this year," re lections this year. 5 Marked Baker whea asked abaat Besides Aatiios. Savitsky and the prospects fr this year. Wedemyer, Uk 14S seeand team i There is a lat'aff caaapetitiaa far includes Haak Faldberg aad teaaa rutins. Ia (act. Fat Barney Poole. bath af Army, estdserea sure af asakiag the Muad." Dick Barwegaa f Pardae aadj Charles Miharr af Dake. gmaras; ' George Strahaaeyer af Natre Dame, center, mad Araald Tacfcer of Arm?. Bahhv Larae af Texas and Harry CSaaer af Alabaaaa,: backs. In addition to ScotL the third team is made up of Leonard Ford! of Michigan and John Zilley of Notre Dame, ends; Frank Wydo of University Slate Of Intramurals Best in History Students are currently engaged in the most extensive intramural program in the university's his- year lay erf fraaa arresting whOe tory, according to Louis E. Means,, ia the anrrire. he law dfattrly director of student physical wel- earned a ptsitita aa the team fare and organized of the pro-jjwhea be retaraed ta Nebraska ia gram. (January. 1546. He started arrestt- S i x intra iai il pttrtive iac as a bearywetcht sllhaagh he events, exclusive af varsity apart, weiched aaly ITS paaair. After are underway this aeasaa. Traai iai daaa several af the now until Christamas the total ata-1 hearier aaea. iariaalag Jim Xd- dent body wSl have every ap-' portunity ta partacipale ia all the ; action tbey ataaa." Jaeaas said, jairaaaa aad finished the regular Over 50 men are organized in anraaa auaAefeated. ten leagues with 73 teams for thej Boker entered the National In-all-universily basketball sched-'tercollegiate Wrestling Meet held iJe, a record bieh. The basketball j at Still water. Oklahoma, in the season wjU conLmue until Maich 1.1 ICS pound division. In bis first Biggest Taurnry. j match in the lorumameot be de- More than 200 men started Sfeated Burl Borixig from Michigan petition in intramural mTlhxig ' State wt was previously un latt week, with championship Jbeiilen. fie then sutlered his otJy finals hed at the Nebraska St. kws of the season when be tangled Mary's badtetball game at the 5 colisemn Detember 17. Thi is by far the largest and most spirited wrestling eompeliiiftft ever staged at the universaly," Means declared. There are aa fiitiaaal 2M tnen eara&ed ia the H-mmivmjtj swimaoing ber 1S-I7-U at the calianwa and 24 hsadbiM teaaa are mmm encagad ha Iai aa anal Py. Thirty learae bawliat' at the B1tar attrys. Vhe title ia Cbe tndlvidaal table tenuis cham Swonsblps. which started three -eeks ara with 245 entrants, will be decided by Christmas raca-tknt. Cornell and Bob Davis of Georgia Tech, tackles; Frank Barzilauskas of Yale and John Mastrangelo of Notre Dame, guards, and Levi Jackson of Yale, Tony Minisi of Pennsylvania, Charlie Justice of North Carolina and Clyde Lie Force of Tulsa, backs. Teams Matched. In announcing the Coaches' All-American, Harlow paints to the handful of unbeaten teams and observes that the 1946 season "was the most evenly matched in football history." He adds that "football played in 1946 was no better than the football played be fore the war, but, technically, the came improved to the point where it was both a better game to play and a better game to watch. He states that the trend towarn 4Tk n Jlr nnaninr T fnrmauAM HUlta vi'.iii"B rontiaoed. "with more emphasis than ever before on forward pass ing and long-gaining ground plays, both T-formation virtues. On defense the element of de rpntirvn was relied on "to a de gree never before seen in foot ball," Coach Harlow declares. "Lines overshifted and under shifted, there were sliders and loopers, backers-up shuttled in and out of line with unnerving suddenness. Harold Boker Should Boost Husker Hopes BY DOC UXGLUL Back in the fall of 1939, a young Boker started wrestling at 105 pounds but has grown up to be a full fledged light heavyweight at ITS pounds. During his high school career be lettered four years and was city and state champion in 1941 and '42 in the 135 poimd division. He lost one bout as a freshman and one bout as a sophomore but was unde feated bis last two years at Omaha Central. His high school record stands at 70 wins and two losses. Air Carps Tel. Boker entered N. U. in the fall of 1942. but joined the air corps before he got a chance to wrestle. He was a turret gunner on a B-I7 with the Eighth Air Force stationed in England, and was decorated with the air medal and six oak leaf dusters. Eea tt-aagh he had a three 244 fraaa lawa. he aawed dawa ta the I7S iih Wayne Walker of Oklahoma A &. M. Walker went on to wm second place and Boker ended up third. Taaghest Fae. Wbes asked who he thought was tlje toughest man be ever faced. Boker pondered swhQe and came up with this derision: "Well, none of Utem were eary. but Walker certainly wasn't toe toughest. That Bocky Idoumain ChamptOB from Colorado. Joe JUune. was too strong to risk taking any chances with, so I played it sale and won.-Also this 1 240 pounder from Iowa, Jim Nel son, gave roe a rough lime; that wai jurt too much weight to throw j around." KU-Cowpoke Battle Opens Keen Rivalry Lawrence, Kas. Kansas and Oklahoma Aggies, those two dead- ' ly basketball rivals, will ring up the curtain on their winter's three- game series Friday night in a bat- ( Ue that shouJd stacK arouna ,um fans into Kansas City's Munici pal auditorium. Although the NCAA spotlight will be in the distant background there won't be anything at stake Friday except prestige. But U Dr. rhog Allen, the Wizard of ML Oread, and Hank Iba, the Iron Duke ef Stillwater, that is enough ta wheel every gan into range. rt 11 fl -1 1 1 . . aH i:,r "' """i r '.rT-ZZS Tt-i 1 cvatiuiig atruu uj uu iidutMi. Until last year when the National cham pion Cowboys lashed the Jay hawkers, 46-28 and 49-38, the vic tor of any game in the series never triumphed by more than a 7 point margin. Despite last year's twin triumph Iba still trails King Phog 7-9 and must fashion a clean sweep of this season's frays to pull on top. The two quintets will meet in Still water February 11 and in Law rence Feb. 24 to round out this season's warfare. There is a pos-' sibility that the two clubs might clash in the All College tourna ment at Oklahoma City which opens the flay after ennstmas. Oa paper the Aggies awa the SMHCH arvire lor vuun; inc I Jayhawkers plenty af height AH the nation's caaehes cheered whea j serea-foat Bab Karlaad walked the graduation plaak. bat Iba suH has some tan timber left ia bis corral. Mast notable af these is -tittle Jae" Halbert brother of West Texas State's famed Chuck, wha ased his six-foot eight inches ta sab far Kurland last winter. The Throckmorton. Texas, lad has come along rapidly and is a certain starter against the Allen men Friday. Iba can pack in even more altitude in the stringbean form of Jim Moore, six-foot ten- inch Fayette, Alabama, product. He owns another towerhouse in six-foot six-inch Bob Harris from Linden. Texas. Along with Hal bert. however, the starters are ex pected to see A. L. Bennett, a sec ond line forward last season; Tom Jacquet. six-foot four-inch Still- water sophomore; Blake Williams, lone returning regular, and Joe Bradley, a fleet, sh'arpshootmg sophomore from Cowden. If Iba chooses to use his height Kansas will run into the same barrier which wore down the Hawkers in the Big Six tourna ment at Kansas Ciry. The red and blue Big Six champions turned on a terrific finish to over haul Arkansas, 53-52, in the semi finals but finally went down under SVTU. 46-49 in the finals. Both dubs boasted a long edge in the skyscraper department, a fact which ran the Jayhawkers out of gas. mm talk Battery trad LancfeoAttlt THE TALK OF THE TOWN JttW Tm 1310 0 A. n.Tl.t.ai CafTea, Tmmi f7E WON ALL -AMERICAN ft HONORABLE MENTION AS TAT A A FORWARD IN 1942 T I j - ll f& post guard '.lJiff nH f J . h rMXTOWN IS WEST- ( li POtUT, BUT HE PLAYED V 11 fl V-3 rV8f PREP OALL WITH SACRED ljz 3pT s- rw Hwr NORFOLK. 'f.A I IN THE ARMY HE PLAYED KSL & ' A ADEPT q Cyclones Prep I w- t m li ftf I . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1Sl iTM Game Saturday Ames, Iowa. Coach Louis Menze is weaving an intricate pattern of practice, final exams and study of scouting reports all in preparation for the Iowa State-Minnesota game here Satur day. One day Menze is able to have one part of his squad while the rest takes exams and then work with another part of the squad later. Meantisae he is poring over the scouting report brought back from the North Dakota and SL Laids games by L. C. (Cap) Timm. None of it adds up to happy news, except that physically the Cydones can stand some of the rest caused by irregular practice sessions. TanSaaoUL The Gophers will be tall (6-3 average), they will be big (190 average), and they will be fast and accurate. All this the Gophers themselves admitted before the season started. Four games this year have proven the correctness of the forecast. The average score has been 59.75 while opponents have averaged 35.5. For you to give this Christmas P. J-JanJhercli ieji Coilume 2. Lore Dinnrr doth ... Filiate Cms, Sheet, & FERIIIS&Co. jrC) ) &RA30WO Bernie to Speak On Grid Offense Al Football Forum Bernie Masterson, University of Nebraska football coach, has ac cepted an invitation to participate in an open forum discussion of football offensive tactics. The discussion will be held at the annual meeting of the Na tional Coaches Association in New York on January C and 7. XMAS CARDS Pmamdlsed or ffaim All-JMke or AtsarU-J GoJdenroo! 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