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Cazette and Daily, York; SPQR 'PS TuesJay Mrn'n9. December 2, 1958 Majors Draft 12 Players; American Association Expands To Ten Clubs Size Plus Speed On All-East Team Billy Austin and Bob Anderson repeaters in baekfield, which includes Pete Dawkins and Chuck Zimmerman. Guzik and Novogratz among rugged linemen. New York UP) Unusual speed and savvy are the trademarks of the 1958 Associated Press All-East football team. The line, topped by a 6-5, 235-pound end, Gene O'Pella of Villa-nova, averages 214 pounds.

The baekfield has 'a 185 -pound average despite the inclusion Billy Austin, a terrific 168-pounder irom Rutgers. At least half the players picked for the first team by the Associated Press Eastern Selection board are contenders for All America honors. The four backs two of them repeaters from last year's All-East can throw and catch passes as well as run and defend. The middle linemen, especially commended for their defensive ability, are noted for their quickness in getting to the point of attack and their rugged tackling. Austin and Army's Bob Anderson were part of the 1957 All-East baekfield.

Chuck Zimmerman, Syracuse quarterback, and Anderson's Army running mate, Pete Dawkins, complete the 1958 quartet. Austin, besides being the lightest of the four, probably is the slowest. Lacking a blinding burst of speed, he has developed an exceptional talent for making use of blockers. As a result he gained 747 yards by rushing and scored 106 points this season although he missed one game, because of a broken hand and played less than half the time in several others. Anderson, relegated to a secondary role by a change in Army's offensive pattern, still was the runner the Cadets called upon when they needed three or four yards.

His passes to Dawkins and vice versa became an important feature of the Army attack. Zimmerman, a fine passer and runner, sparked the Syracuse offense in every game and it wasn't until the next to last game of the season that one of his passes was intercepted. Zimmerman was rated just a trifle ahead of Tom Greene of Holy Cross, a superb defensive player whose passing suffered from su'bpar protection and recep Washington UP) Big league baseball clubs shelled out $300,000 yesterday for 12 minor league players after a major realignment project had been completed by the American Association and Texas leagues. The draft meeting, official start of a week-long series of conferences among baseball executives, drew a surprise starter when senator-elect Kenneth Keating (R-NY) addressed the gathering briefly. Introduced by Commissioner Ford Frick as a "friend of baseball," Keating said he hoped some legislation could be passed at the next session to help the clubs, players and the public.

"There is a great need for legislation to prevent harmful decisions of the courts which might spell the end of our team sports," Keating said. It had been expected that the price tag of $25,000 on each draftee would cut down on the selections but the total of 12 topped the 11 of 1957. As might be expected, trader Frank Lane, the Cleveland Indians' general manager, was active with two picks. The Chicago White Sox also took two. Nine of the 16 teams drafted players, the" other seven passing their turns.

As usual, the world champion New York Yankees did not draft. Several of the draftees were somewhat shopworn from previous handling. Glenn (Rocky) Nelson, a perennial minor league batting hero, but a flop in the big time, got another chance from Pittsburgh. It was his second time around with the Pirates. who led the International league in hitting, .326, home runs, 43, total bases, 340, and runs batted in," 120, was selected from Toronto.

The 34-year-old first baseman has been up before with St. Louis, Cleveland, Brooklyn remember Chicago and Pittsburgh. Braves Pick Pisoni Other familiar names among the draftees were outfielder Jim Pisoni, picked by Milwaukee from the Yankees' Denver farm after a .313 season; pitcher Art Cec- carelli, grabbed by the Chicago Cubs from Phoenix after a 10-6 year at Vancouver in the Pacific Coast league; and Johnny O'Brien, one of the Pittsburgh "bonus twins" who was taken as first choice by the Philadelphia Phillies from Rochester of the Internation-al league. Two men who started the day on big league rosters wound up back in the minors and then returned to the majors all within a matter of two or three minutes. When Milwaukee took Pisoni it put them over the 40-man limit so they shifted first baseman-outfielder Earl Hersh to their Wichita roster.

Although the Wichita franchise has been shifted to Louisville in the American Association, Wichita still was their official farm in the draft. Hersh In Shuffle Detroit then grabbed Hersh, a .237 hitter at Wichita. That, in turn, put the Tigers over the limit so they shipped colorful Lou Skizas to their Charelston, W. outlet. The White Sox promptly nabbed Skizas, an outfielder-third baseman.

If this sounds complicated, it is. Wayne Terwilliger, veteran second baseman who has played with the Dodgers, Cubs, Giants and Senators, was a Kansas City draft after his fine year at Charleston where he was voted the most valuable player in the American Association. He hit .269. The Cardinals picked the 12th draftee in the person of Joe Van Durham. Durham, 25-year-old outfielder, was lifted from Vancouver in the Pacific Coast league where he hit this season.

He played briefly with Baltimore in 1957. Among the "new boys" drafted were righthanded pitcher Claude Raymond (3-6 at Wichita) by the White Sox; lefthanded pitcher Richard Luebke (11-7 at San Antonio) by the St. Louis Cardinals and shortstop Ray Webster (.244 at Sacramento) and outfielder Dale Bennetch (.282 at Williams-port), both by Lane for Cleveland. The realignment project found the American Association definitely going to 10 clubs with the addition of Houston, Dallas and Fort Worth from the Texas league in return for a total of $75,000 and other considerations. As part of the deal, the Texas league is to be assured major league working agreements for all of its clubs.

The circuit now numbers only five cities but it is expected that three will be added from among Wichita, Albuquerque, N. M.t Amarillo, and El Paso, Tex. The five remaining Texas league cities are Austin, Corpus Christi, San Antonio and Victoria in Texas and Tulsa. In the meantime, the 16 player representatives of the major league clubs met in another hotel with their lawyer to consider the strategy to be used in their request for 25 per cent of the regular season radio-television money. They are to meet with the owners today.

Blue Grass Bowl Tilt Names Two Contestants Tallahassee, Fla. UP) Florida State university last night accepted an invitation to meet Oklahoma State in the first Blue Grass Bowl game in Louisville Dec. 13. FSU coach Tom Nugent announced the squad had voted to accept, the invitation and the school athletic committee approved the game. Nugent said the bowl game would be "a wonderful opportunity to show our team before a nationwide television audience.

(ABC)." Nugent said the squad would return to the practice field today and all hands would be ready for the contest. Florida State ended its regular season Nov. 22 by losing to Florida 21-7. Florida State boasts one of the nation's most versatile offenses. The Duncan Of Iowa Top Draft Pick Quarterback of Iowa's Big Ten champions and Rose Bowl entry selected by Green Bay Packers in annual NFL player draft.

Forty-eight players chosen in four rounds. Philadelphia UP) Iowa quarterback Randy Duncan, selected by the Green Bay Packers, was the No. 1 choice in the annual National Football league draft here yesterday. Duncan, 21, pinpoint passer and field brain of the Rose Bowl bound Big Ten champion, was one of 10 players chosen by the pros from the perennially powerful Midwestern conference. Of the 48 players selected in four rounds of drafting, nine- ailed from the wide open Southwest conference, seven from the Southeastern conference, five from the Big Eight and only four from the eastern section of the country.

The Los Angeles Rams reaped the biggest harvest as the pros opened the 1958 college grab bag and dipped in for future stars. The Rams came up with nine players, their regular quota of four plus five secured in trades with other league teams in the past year. Detroit bagged seven, and Cleveland and San Francisco five each during the four-hour session. Duncan is a six-foot 180-pound-er. Green Bay hopes he will solve its passing quarterback problem.

The downtrodden Packers, 1-8-1 in the NFL this season, had first pick under the draft rules which call for selections from last to first as of the standings the day prior the draft meeting. Duncan led the Big Ten in total offense in 1958, with 1,706 yards in nine games. He completed 101 of 172 passes for 1,346 yards, 11 touchdowns arid an excellent 58.7 pass completion percentage. Rams Select Bass After Green Bay pried the lid off the draft, the Los Angeles Rams, wielding the choice acquired from" the Philadelphia Eagles in a deal which landed quarterback Norman Van Brocklin in Philadelphia, picked Dick Bass, the nation's collegiate total offense leader. The Rams took Bass even though the 190-pound native of Vallego, has another year of eligibility at College of the Pacific.

Bass was one of a number of players selected who have another year in college. These choices, so-called, "red shirts," are eligible for draft since their original class will have graduated by June. The first round was completed this way: The Chicago Cardinals taking Mississippi State's split quarterback; Bill Stacy; Washington grabbed Don Allard, Boston college passer; San Francisco took Dave Baker, a fine defensive halfback of Oklahoma; Detroit latched on to Notre Dame's smashing fullback Nick Pietrosante. The Chicago Bears named Don Clark, Ohio State halfback; San Francisco exercised a Pittsburgh choice and took Don James, 245-pound Ohio State center; Los Angeles collared Paul Dickson, Baylor tackle; New York picked Lee Grosscup, leading passer in the nation in 1957 at Utah; Cleveland selected Rich Kreitling, pass-catching Illinois end; and Baltimore iced Jackie Burkett, Auburn's junior center. Los Angeles, busiest team at the meeting, caused a mikKstir when it named Navy tackle Bob Reifsnyder as a fourth round choice.

NFL teams rarely go for a service player since most of them have four years of duty a-head. The Rams, however, apparently feel there is a possibility the big Navy tackle may not continue his Navy career because of a football injury that kept him inactive most of the 1958 season. In addition to Bass, Dickson and Reifsnyder, Los Angeles gained draft rights to Don Brown, Houston tackle; Buddy Humphrey, 190-pound Baylor quarterback; Larry Hickman, 215-pound Baylor halfback; Tom Purdue end; Blanche Martin, Michigan State halfback, and John Tracy, Texas Aggies' end. Strange as it may seem, Baylor of the Southwest conference, which won only three of 10 games, contributed the most players to the pros. Besides Dickson, Hum-' phrey and Hickman, Charles Hor-ton, a guard, was landed in the second round by Detroit.

Ohio State pre-season Big Ten favorite, had three of its lads tabbed for play-for-pay, halfback Clark; center James, and Dick Shafrath, a guard taken by Cleveland. High 18 BASKETBALL SCHOLASTIC EXHIBITION New Oxford at Susquehanrxxk Eastern at Central New Cumberland at Northeastern Biglerville at West York Kennard-Dale vs. Nortrr Haitord, ryiesvine. Md St. Francis Prep at Towson, Md.

Catholic SENIOR LUMMUNUT LtAVjUt Smith Floor Victory vs. Cothub, 7 p.m. Post T27 vs. Crispus Attucks, Davis Floor Delphia vs. West vork, 7 p.m.

Girard vs. Nace, 8 p.m. JUNIOR COMMUNITY LEAGUE West York Floor York Youth Center vs. 13th Ward, 7 p.m. West York BC vs.

Industrial Society, 8 p.m. ICE HOCKEY YORK COUNTY LEAGUE Mt. Rose s. Bears. Municipal rink, 10 p.m.

Plans For Playoffs In Case Of Eastern Tie Set Up By NFL Philadelphia UP) The Cleveland Browns, New York Giants and Pittsburgh Steelers settled playoff dates and sites yesterday in the event the National Football league's Eastern conference ends in a two or three-way tie. (mmissioner Bert Bell presided over a series of coin tosses which resulted in the following: In the event of a two-way tie between Cleveland and New York, the playoff would be in New York, Dec. 21. In the event of a three-way tie involving the Browns, Giants and Steelers, Pittsburgh would get a first-round bye. Cleveland would meet New York in New York with the winner facing the Steelers the following week if Cleveland, in Cleveland; if New York, in New York.

The Browns lead the Eastern division with an 8-2 record. The Giants are second on a 7-3 mark and the Steelers third at 6-4. Each team has two games remaining. The Giants and Browns clash in New York Dec. 14.

Pittsburgh can hope only for a share of a triple-tie. The NFL championship game is slated for Dec. 28. The game could be postponed until Jan. 4 should the East wind up in a triple tie.

The Eastern winner meets the champion Baltimore Colts of the Western division in the home of the Eastern winner for the leagae crown. East Texas State In Tangerine Bowl Orlando, Fla. UP) East Texas State has accepted a bid to play in the Tangerine Bowl football game here Dec. 27. Jack Morgan, chairman of the bowl commission, said a second team 'may be signed in several days.

He said Tampa and Lenoir Rhyne, N. are the only ones being considered now but that others may come up. Trris will be East Texas State's fourth trip to the Tangerine Bowl. Last year East Texas beat Mississippi Southern 10-9; tied Arkansas State 7-7 in 1954 and beat Tennessee Tech 33-0 in 1953. East Texas' record this season is nine won and one lost.

The game is a charity game with proceeds going to the Harry-Anna Crippled Children's home at nearby Umatilla. The University of Buffalo had been invited but it has two Negro players and turned down the bid because of a segregation rule. Four Cities Seeking To Hold '64 Olympics Lausanne, Switzerland UP) Four cities Brussels, Tokyo, Vienna and Detroit, Mich. have applied to stage the 1964 Olympic Games, the International Olympic committee 'said yesterday as the time limit for applications The Brussels application came at the last moment. Calgary (Alberta), Innsbruck (Austria), and Lahti (Finland) have bid for the 1964 Winter Olympics.

The sites of both the 1964 games are to be selected at the IOC's 55th session, opening at Munich, Germany, May 22. MEETING OFF There will be no meeting of the York County Federation of Sportsmen's clubs this month because of the big game hunting season now underway in the state. ranked Auburn, also contributed three men, Burkett and linebacker Zeke Smith to Baltimore and end Jerry Wilson to the Cards. The eastern section of the country virtually was ignored by the pros. Only Allard, Ron Luciano, tackle on Syracuse's Orange bowl bound squad, Reifsnyder and Jim Grazione, Villanova, quarterback, were eastern selections.

Detroit-took Luciano and the Philadelphia Eagles picked Grazione. tion. Guzik Stands Out In the line, Pittsburgh's 223-pound guard, John Guzik, showed enough last year to make him the fourth draft choice of the pro Cleveland Browns. He was even better this season. Two other eastern guards so far outranked other linemen that neither could be omitted from the first team.

Jim Healy of Holy Cross was assigned the other guard post. Army's Bob Novogratz was listed as a tackle a move recognizing his talents and versatility and also the fact that assignments are similar in Army's unbalanced line. Husky Ron Luciano of Syracuse was picked' for the other tackle and Jim Kenney of Boston university as the other end. Penn State's Steve Garban, a deadly tackier and the team's lightest lineman at 197 pounds, won the center post over Pitt's Don Craf-ton. A pre-season injury, which let him play only a few minutes this year, cost Bob Reifsnyder, Navy tackle, a chance to be a third repeater from the 1957 team.

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