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SIX HURRICANES PLACED ON ALL-CITY ELEVEN Three Tors, Two Bucs Win Positions on Honor Team Six Hurricanes, three Ball Tors and two Rivera Buca won positions on the News-Fribune 1948 all-city football team compiled from selections made by a six-man comimittee com posed of gorches and sports writers. 2 Because of the difference be tween the age and experience of the Hurricanes and that of the Tors and Bucs, each commenceman was asked to consider the value of each of the candidates to this particular team, paying less attention ‘than Is custiranry Im and affectiong as to whether the player in mind is the ‘best in the city. Thus a 2-year-old Uuericane player who performed ‘only fairly wall against 200-pound ers of many years’ experience ould have been pushed off the all-city team by a 11 year-old Tor nado or Buccaneer whose play yeas excellent allein at 160-pounders with but one or two years of the perener, even thogh the former quay actually be the superior grid ater. Team. value is the keynote of the selections, Mont Valuable. ‘To Bell High goes the hour of producing the most valuable. Four of the ix on the committee be towed the honor on Floyd Berg, three-year letterman, all district 14 ‘back in his junior your one for two straight years the Nightcorer In the district. One of the two who did got vote for Berg am to opt valuable card: “I'm not naming him, but I'm tempted to. Ao mst have been valuable, for Ballart couldn't seem to get any Piece without bias.” The other two votes for most valuable go to Kirwin's triple threat Pat McGowan, described by he coach, Woody Ray, so follows: “a fine team man, a great kicker, fest penser, 2 quad runner, a capable blocker and swell on pen defense. He's plenty football player.” ‘Those who aecepted invitations , to participate in_selecting the alb, city squad are Coach Hoy, Coach’ Johnny Burgess of the Hurricanes and Spurs Writers Dwight Laver IL Weldon Wright, Bernard wich Tepang jlbert Reesa. 7 ‘Though Here was the only player on t he tam who received a unani mous vote for the first team, most of the nibelty first eleven won thair poatllona without trouble. ‘The exceptione were on a backfield place, one guard and at center, which produced a threeway scuthe among Paul Langdale of Ball, who won the bozory Wayne Kistler of Kirwla and Creagh Storey of the Hurricanes, Langdale “received three first-eam votes and one ace and team vote to wnn out Kistler, ‘who got irea first-eam votes and none for the second team. Storey got only one first-team vote, but the point total was bonated by four second-team votes. Therefore, Sto rey was given consideration by five of the sir, definitive men in coin e with four who voted for date on the first or aecord came and three who rated Kiullor deal. Yet the tall Hurricane nar rowly miased nut on both the trial and second teams. Clement Prino of the Hurricanes received any second-place and five Ure place votes to win a guard postion easily. The other goes to Joe Monford ot Ball, who barel y beat out Herby Frankovich, his Ball teammate. Monford received four Ure-place yoles, and one second ace ballot to Frankovich's three first-place volt, and one for the second team. Charity Powell, an other Tornado firecracker mt guard, Won at easy fourth in the race, Temachellota post fa backfield pout, which was won only after «akirminh, f4 crcu led by Dave (Kick Em-a-Mile) febalson of the Hurricanes. Nich vlson earned four first-place, and noe second-place votes and Cheater Hate Hirwin’s blacking back, got ret-place and bw Pikes vats and two second ie remainder of the backfield won their postions without trawhie. Berg was a unanimous choice and Sky Benson of the Hurricanes and acoran received five first-place wolts and og for thn mecond team. One other back, Ine Flack of Unil Bish received a vote for the first, and Osborne of Airwin and Sonny Mullen of the Hurricanes were easy winners at the end with the tira and one accondeplate vote. Norman Lund of Ball Hich received star-team rating from two of the committermen. While Scosa Hazel and Bob Pow ‘ll of the Hurricanes capped the tackle posts, Arch Shrim and Kid Paterson of Ball were both highly regarded, receiving three final-place Dnnloty between them. The strong Balligh line that was barely outplayed during Uno ral season came in for consider able recogntion on the second team. Five of the woven platen in the forward wall were earned by ‘Tor nadoen, Norman David toured in At an etd, Arch Shrum and Ed Peterson at the inckice, and Herdy Jankovleh and Charlie Powell at
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Galveston Daily News
Galveston, Texas, US
Fri, Dec 09, 1938
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