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If i -V V- 1 MEMPHIS PRESS-SCIMITAR THURSDAY DECEMBER 21 1978 PAGE Winslow Makes the Right Moves Winslow emerging as the winner fallen's interest in the game began in the eighth grade It came at a time when be was lacking for things to do iney rare up our Daseoau lien duiu tometning else" recalled Winslow "A bunch of as were just standing around with nothing to do when an older guy brought out a chest set" It was lave at first sight He a uickly leaned nough about the game to win a trophy in a state chess tournament Winslow also has found there are many similarities between chest and footbalL "It's frightening" be Hid "It seems like every player on a football field hat a parallel function with a cheat piece Tight ends are knights The quarterback it the queen Rooks are running backs Bishops are wide receivers and pawns the linemen The king's not worth anything" Missouri's offense is Thanks In a Urge part to Wins- lwi presence the Tigers ranked in the Top 10 nationally in both scoring and total offense Since Minoul sea-- son-opening conquest of Notre Dame they've scored at least three touchdowns in 10 consecutive contests "We feel we can move the ball on anyone we want to" said Winslow Kellen Winslow Nme consensus AU-American who didn't play foot-ball antil hit senior year in high KhooL Give T17 Uissonri tight end Kellen Winslow For the longest time football wssat his fmrite pastime Instead of catching passes at East SL Louis (111) High Winslow spent his time hunched over a chessboard or working odd Jobs 1 went out for football my sophomore year in high school but for only a few days he recalled 1 really didnt like it It took up too much of my time going to school coming back home and going to school again "Then my junior year I was working and making six dollars an hour So you can see why I wasnt too interested' infootbalL Finally in Winslow's senior season the high school coaches asked him to try it again Winslow figuring he had nothing to lose was persuaded A star was born The Ut-pouader lined up at tight end aid helped lead East St Louis High to the final game of the Illinois state playoffs Missouri coaches who came to several of East Si Louis' games on the prowl for players liked what iney saw of Winslow and signed him up The decision paid off handsomely Winslow's 71 career receptions rank sixth on Hiram's all-time list Those catches went for 1089 yards and 10 touchdowns He ranked as the Tigers' top receiver this season with 29 catches for 479 yards and six touchdowns His exploits enabled him to be named to the UPL Kodak Coaches' American Football Coaches and Newspaper Enterprise Association All-America first teams Pro scouts say hell be one of the first 10 players picked in next month's National Football League draft "If there is a better right end than Kellen around I'd like to see him" says Missouri head coach Warren Powers "His kind don't come along very often" Quarterback Phil Bradley who completed $0 percent of his passes this season for 1780 yards and 12 touchdowns has grown to appreciate Winslow's abilities Kellen is the big reason behind Bradley's improved passing accuracy "He catches it wherever you throw it" says Bradley "In modern-day football secondaries concentrate on stopping the outside passing attack It leaves a linebacker man-to-man to stop someone like Winslow over the middle Nebraska found that out the hard way against us" Adds offensive tackle Howard Richards on Winslow: "Hell catch anything I can only remember him dropping five passes all season I think he must keep glue on his fingers" Winslow also likes to keep chest pieces in his hands He's known as one of the best chess players on the Mizzon campus Hardly anybody will play him The last few games he has found have ended in eight or nine moves with KWJ 114V I II Till llaTf WjIiiIIILA I Call Us for AIRLINE TICKETS CRUISES TOURS GROUP TOURS Completely Arranged Anywhere in the World WORLD WIDE TRAVEL (Mid-South Auto Club) 420 EAST MAIN JACKSON TINNHSU 01-433-2131 1 S7f UNION AVENUf Memphis tennessei tOI-373-3043 i i Hi 1 1 il I' I l' ll li i in i i i OUsT' ml? 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