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ivjsm Si? y*J *“?vp^aaBflp|Unique Backfield Chosen For AP's Missouri Valley StarsKANSAS CITY AP)—Two versatile quarterbacks and a i air of scoring halfbacks compose a unique backfield of the Associated Press Missouri Valley Conference football All Stars for 1959Jack Lee of Cincinnati and Jerry Keeling of Tulsa, both quarterbacks and 1 and 2 respectively intotal offense in the five-team loop, shared first team berths with halfbacks Ed Kovac, Cincinnati, one of the nation’* leading scorers with 84 points, and Aimer Haynes, North Texas S t a t e’s great clutch player.The North Texas State Eagles,1958 champions and assured of northing worse than a tie for the1959 title, and the Cincinnati Bearcats each placed three men on the first honor team,Tulsa, which can gain a three-way tie for the championship with North Texas and Houston bv beating Wichita Thanksgiving Dav. scored with two players on first team, as did Wichita, Houston had one Keeling, a tflS-pound junior from Enid, Okia . sparked Tulsa’s victory over North Texas Stale and at the moment has the Hurricane in a contending role for a piece of the crown. He’a accounted for 1,045 yards rushing and passingLee, 175 - pound senior from Akron. Ohio, has been near or on top nationally among the passersall season He’s picked up 1.350 yards In completing 118 of 201passes, seven of them for touch*downs,Haynes, 180-pound senior from Dallas, ha* traveled at a 8 5 yard average rushing clip and has scored 78 points Kovac. 195-pound senior from McKeesport Pa . ranked high in total offense Rs»v Wichort, 210, Wichita Junior. and Jim Leo, 216 Cincinnatisenior, were named first stringend*.George Herring. 205. North Texas senior, and Jim Colvtn, Houston senior won the tackle posts. Church Janssen. 200. Tulsa senior, and Bill Carrico, 205, North Texas senior, were placed at thefirst team guards while Ronald Lakes, Wichita, a 235-pound junior was • toMv choice fl/femer.The second team, especially in the backfield. was consideredequally as talented as the first unit. Again two quarterbacks-Vernon Cole of North Texas and Dick Young of Wichita — made the grade A coupie of bruising fullbacks. Bob Brumble of Tulsaand Ted Dean of Wichita, com plete the foresome.The other second string jobs went to ends Hal Byrd, North Texas, and Randall Dorsett, Houston: tackles Joe Novsek. Tulsa, and Max Messner. Cincinnati;guards Bob Way, North Texas and Joe Windham. Houston, and Howard Evans, Houston center. The team was based on opinions of the coaches of the league, the weekly linemen and back* nominations and special reportsDRESM MAPS STRATEGYTO DEFEAT OLD MATESj Charlie Driven, who left a com*fort able coaching job with the■world champion 1-os AngelasDodger* to become manager ofi Milwaukee, already is mapping f plans to beat his old mates.j **! know a few things about theDodgers.M Dreesrn told Wisconsin {sports writer* and sport.sc asters * Sunday night at a dinner. * We llI try and disturb them a little bit1 next year ‘ *Dressenhad theonhome runnoted that the Braves major league batting in Hank Aaron and the king in Eddie Mathews.
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Sikeston Daily Standard
Sikeston, Missouri, US
Mon, Nov 23, 1959
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