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Richmond Places Three On S. C. All-Star SquadRICHMOND (J?)—-Title-winningVVasblngton and Lee—all shut ouLCsrter, while the pitchers art i George Washington placed its two on the first teams—each, had sec-‘George Bickerton of GW and Joe ; ringleaders, Ray Looney and Dick'ond team choices. ;Knakal of WL.■ Cilento., on the All-Star baseball; The second team infield has ---'team of the Southern Conference• Davidson’s George Hart at first,; WEDNESDAY'S FIGHTS iSporiswriters Assn. for the second.West Virginia’s Nick Zegrea at; (By The Associated Press) year in a row today, but surprising, second, WM’s Bobby Hard age at; DETROIT — Kenny Lane, I39ra. Richmond won top honors with;short and Fuman's Bob DelIinger:Muskegon, Mich., knocked out Hen-;three berths. .at third. The outfield includes:ry (Toothpick! Brown, 137, Phiia-; The Spiders, who finished a Bobby Wolf end en and Dave KuhsVdelphia, 6.lowly sixth in the final standings, of Virginia Tech and Gino D’Arn-l 05LVHA—Wayne Womochil, 190, won spots for their ace battery- brosio of George Washington. The'Omaha, stopped. John Hardy. 199, men. Pitcher Carl Carnes and catcher is West Virginias Olan.Milwaukee, 4.Catcher Chuck Boone, along with; “outfielder Don Glenn, |; In contrast to previous years-'when seniors dominated the AII-j Star club, this year’s squad select-j ed by the association’s 48 mem-.bers Includes only four seniors :and has a decided emphasis on youth. It also is a team on which Richmond and GW captured half the berths, while the other five were split among William and Mary, West Virginia and Furman.VM placed Third Baseman Doug Henley and ouifi.elder Junior I Duff, two of the heaviest hitlers i in the loop. West Virginia’s berths; were won by Shortstop Ronnie; Retion and outfielder Bob Senay,j while Furman Pitcher Charlie; ..Moore captured the final spot. jLooney and Cilento, the only;• first team repeaters from last: .season, were the big guns in the: Colonials' second successive title: ; drive. Both hit near .300 and were sure fielders—Looney at first base,1. Cilento at second—as GW won 12 '! games and lost one in league play.Wr!th Rett on and Henley, a :: couple of .380-plus hitters, com-oleting the infieid, the All-Star, i squad possesses an unusually '.potent collection of bat-wielding i infielders.'i The outfield was no less effec-j itive at the plate. Duff’s six home: jruns set a WM record, Senay! batted in the -350 neighborhood; jand Glenn, only a freshman, finish-led at .315 and led Richmond in Irons batted in.i The only other freshman ob the | honor squad was Glenn’s team-! mate, the flashy-fielding Boone. I Possessor of a trigger arm, Boone ! tossed out 12 base runners trying ; to steal and batted in the cleanup ;spot for the Spiders, j The pitching was tops. Carnes, bespectacled senior righthander, .won seven of Richmond’s 11 victories ana was charged with, only ■ three defeats. Moore, only a sophomore but already rated Furman s . best pitcher since World. War II,• had a 7-2 record and had strings . ' of 19 and 15 consecutive scoreless - innings during the season.I Virginia Tech. Davidson and
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Danville Bee
Danville, Virginia, US
Thu, May 23, 1957
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