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Selected by the Nationai Assoeiaiio

FIRST TEAM • SECOND TEAM

Forward Holy Cro88 Forward JOHN PILCH Wyoming Forward Ohio Slate Forward Villanova SHERMAN WHITE Lono; Island U. Center San Francisco Guard Bradley Gxiard CHET GIERMAK William & Mary Guard Southern Cal. Guard Wisconsin

N.C.A.A. DISTRICT ALL-STAR TEAMS

MAINE SEW HAMP5HIHE NEW YORK NEW JERSEY MARYLAND DIST. OF CX)HIMBIA ILLINOIS OHIO VKRMOIVT MASSACHUSETTS PENNSYLVANIA DELAWARE VIRGINIA NORTH CAROLINA INDLVNA MICHIGAN SOUTH CAROLINA KENTUCKY RHODE ISLAND CONNECTICUT WEST VIRGINIA WISCONSIN MINNESOTA TENNESSEE MISSISSIPPI GEORGIA LOUISIANA ALABAMA FLORIDA

F BOB COUSY Holy Cross F P. ARIZIN Villanova F B. J. ADCOCK Vanderbilt F D. SCHNITTKER Ohio St. F F. OFTRING Holy Cross F ED DAHLER Duquesne F JIM RIFFEY Tulane F MEYER SKOOG Minn. C J. ROCKWELL Harvard C S. WHITE L.I.U. C C. GIERMAK W. & Mary C D. REHFELDT Wise. C M. FORMON Holy Cross G C. COOPER Duquesne C N. C. State G R. O'BRIEN Butler G J. OSBOIJRN Yale G L. FOUST La Salle G C. ANDERSON Ga. Tech. G KEVIN OSHEA NotreD. Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Honorable Mention John Burke, Springfield; Bruce John Azary, Columbia; Gerry Cala- , North Carolina State; Ron B(mtemps, Beloit; Dick Dall- Blount, Rhode Island State; Frank brese and Bob Zawoluk, St. John's; , Western Kentucky;Jim mer, Cincinnati; Dill Erickson, Illi­ nois; Bill Garrett, Indiana; Hal Malioney, Brown; Bob McMullan Jack Kilcy, Syracuse; George King, Line and , Kentucky; Morris Harvey; Bob MacKinnon, Haskins, Hamline; Ray Ragelis, and Andy Laska, Holy Cross; James Dick McKenzie, Alabama; Joe Canisius; Curt Norris, Colgate; Jim Northwestern; Charles Share, Bowl­ Noertker, Virginia; Jimmy Slaugh­ Mullaney, Tufts; Tom O'Brien, Reilly, Svvarthmore; Ed Roman and ing Green; Henry Vaughn, Akron; Boston College; Vin Yokabaskas, , CCNY; Paul Senesky, ter, South Carolina; Sumner Tilson, Lou Watson, Indiana; Bill Schroer, Connecticut. St. Joseph's. Virginia Tech. Valparaiso.

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MISSOURI NORTH DAKOTA ARIZONA TEXAS WYOMING COLORADO CALIFORNIA OREGON SOUTH DAKOTA KANSAS ARKANSAS UTAH MONTANA WASHINGTON IDAHO NEURASKA OKLAHOMA NEW MEXICO NEVADA IOWA

F M. WHITEHEAD Nebr. F T. HAMILTON Texas F JOHN PILCH Wyoming F W. SHARMAN So. Cal. F JOE OSSOLA St. Louis F JACK BROWN So. Meth. F LOY DOTY Wyoming F ED GAYDA Wash. St. C C. LOVELLETTE Kansas C G. McLEOD T.C.U. C M. HLJTCHINS B. Young € D. LOFGRAN San Fran. G RICK HARMAN Kans. St. G J. MCDOWELL TCX.A&M G JOE NELSON B. Young G L. SORIANO Wash. G PAUL UNRUH Bradley* C L. BLEVINS Arizona G R. MINSON B. Young G G. STANICH UCLA

Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Clarence Brannum, Kansas State; Bob Ambler and Jim Cathcart, Ar­ Glendon Anderson, Colorado A ik jM; Gene Conley, Washington State; Dave Dunlop, Grinnell, John Fric- kansas, Don Heathington and Odell Kenny Berrett, Utah Stare; Keith Rene Herrerias, San Francisco; dersdorf, Wichita; Wayne Glascow, Preston, Baylor; Joe McDermott Frank Guisness, Washington; Bob Oklahoma; Norm Jespersen, Iowa Bloom, Wyoming; Bob Cope, Mon­ Teachers; Lou Lehman, St. Louis; and Warren Switzer, Rice; Wade Payne, Oregon State, .Alan Sawyer, tana; Syd Rven and Dale Toft, Gene Melchiorre, Bradley'; John Oliver, Arizona State (Tempe); John UCL.\; , Stanford; Rennicke, Drake; Jack Shelton, Denver, Glen Smith, Utah; Jack Stu Inman, San Jose; Billy Hagler, Oklahoma A & M; Ed Weber, North Dewitt and Walter Davis, Texas C.kota. A & M. Quamme, Colorado Cxillege. California.

• Bra(IK->, nienibi-r of Missouri ValU'y Con­ Collier's for March 25, 1950 ference, nssi^niMl to Dislrir.t 5 by N.C.A.A.

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.' i IHE line-ups tell the authoritative story of 1 how the coaches selected the 1950 All-Amer- t* ica in college basketball. First, they picked an All-Star team in each of the eight National Col­ legiate Athletic Association districts; then, they sifted this honor squad of 40 candidates for the nation's five best players. More than 200 members of the National Asso­ ciation of Basketball Coaches took part in the All- America balloting. Their recommendations were consolidated and evaluated by Collier's All-Amer­ ica board of famous coaches, which includes Vadal Peterson of Utah, chairman; Gordon Ridings, Co­ lumbia; , Springfield; Roy MundorlT, Georgia Tech; Paul Hinkle, Butler; Edward Hickey, St. Louis; Jack Gray, Texas; , Wyoming; and A. T. Gill, Oregon State.

Any discussion of the personnel of this year's All-America must start with Bob Cousy of Holy Cross. His deft passes set up the plays which made the Crusaders the nation's No. 1 ranking team through most of the season. His flicked, one-hand shots accounted for 25 per cent of the Crusaders' total offense—and his astute defensive maneuvers frequently confounded the opposition. Against Kansas, for instance, he intercepted two passes and scored two baskets within four seconds. In the last two minutes, with Holy Cross leading 55 to 53, he went into a dribbling stall and controlled the ball until the game ended. Desperate Kansas defenders fouled him twice in those hectic final mo­ ments and he converted both free throws. Final score: Holy Cross, 57; Kansas, 53. The great passers in pro football—T-formation experts like Johnny Lujack and Otto Graham -can watch two or three potential receivers simultane­ ously. Coaches have a name for this rare skill— peripheral vision. Cousy has it, too. He frequently jumps for a shot, then passes to a teammate cutting in from the corner to, a better shooting position. , the Kansas coach, commented: "I think that Cousy can watch both corners and the basket, too." Cousy is a one-sport man. He plays basketball every day in the year. Last summer he worked as a waiter in a hotel in the Catskill Mountains and practiced three hours on an outdoor court every afternoon (perfecting the fine art of dribbling be­ hind his back). Bob lives in Saint Albans, N.Y. He's a senior, twenty-one years old, six feet one inch, 180 pounds. Not a big fellow as basketball players are measured, but the pros can't wait to grab him. "You know something," one pro coach commented recently, "that Cousy's going to be the greatest player since ."

Cousy's running (and shooting) mate at forward in the All-America line-up is Dick Schnittker of Ohio State. That name should be familiar to football fans, too, because Dick is the big fellow (six feet five inches, 206 pounds) who played of­ fensive end on the Ohio State eleven which edged California in the Rose Bowl last January 2d. Although Dick was an all-Ohio end in high school he did not participate in varsity football at Columbus until last September when Sherwin Gandee, the Buckeyes' ace pass catcher, suffered a shoulder injury. Whereupon, basketball coach Tippy Dye suggested to football coach Wes Fester that Schnittker fill in for Gandee, temporarily. Fesler accepted—and Dye did not recover his bas­ ketball captain and leading scorer until Ohio State tied Michigan for the Big Ten championship in the final game of the season. Then Fesler said, "Go ahead, Tippy. He's yours for a couple of weeks." Schnittker practiced for (Continued on page 87) Collier's for March 25, 1950

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Norm didn't think he'd ever get anywhere. He didn't know he was ah-eady there

T WAS twenty-five after seven when Norm pulled him­ threatening customers, drivers and rival dispatchers alike. self half awake and crawled out of bed, quietly so he She had practically taught Norm the business. Sometimes I wouldn't disturb Lib. Steve, in his crib, whimpered Norm thought that in an extreme emergency Edna would softly. Norm got a warm bottle for him while he set the cof­ climb into a cab and personally deliver a load of dynamite, fee to perk. Then he got under the shower. or anything else, halfway across the country. The fact was It had been one of those nights. Lib had that impacted that Edna couldn't even drive a car. wisdom tooth out yesterday, and Steve was cutting teeth. She sat back now and said, "Bill's sick. Flu. The doctor So what does a man do? He lets his wife sleep, poor kid, put him to bed. Frank and Jack got off on schedule. Noth­ and he gets up every time the baby raises the roof. Four ing in the mail that I can't handle. Alfred has checked the times. Or was it five? snub-nose." Norm's head was still fuzzy and his eyes were only Norm already had his coat off. "Get Libby on the wire," half open. He got out of the shower and started to shave, he said. He went into the washroom where he changed nicked his cheek with a new blade and couldn't find a styptic from flannels to corduroys and pulled on a sweater. He pencil. Then, half his face still lathered, he remembered grabbed his leather windbreaker and went back out to the the coft'ee. phone. Dressed only in his shorts, he raced to the kitchen. Libby "Lib, Bill's sick. I'll have to take that load to Winwood was there, in a robe. She had the coffee under control and for Henry Gill. Got to run. How you feeling?" was making toast and cooking eggs. "I'm all right. The pain is all gone. Don't forget to­ Her face was still swollen a little. "But it's better." she night." said. "Lot's better." She kissed the latherless side of "Tonight?" Norm's face. "You were a dear to get up when Stevie cried. "You remember. The crowd's coming over." Now get dressed before your eggs are hard as rocks." "Oh, my gosh! I forgot all about it. Okay. I'll be back as Steve gurgled at him while Norm put on his socks and early as I can. How's Steve?" shirt, and Norm growled, "Look, chum, why can't you gur­ "Steve's fine. And don't hurry too much. Don't be a gle at 2 A.M. instead of yapping your head off?" Then he cowboy." glanced out the window and muttered, "Damn!" There was Norm grinned wryly as he hung up. Cowboy old snub- a heavy overcast and a slow drizzle. Apparently it was nose? Downhill with a tail wind, that outfit wouldn't top going to be one of those days, too. He knotted his tie and fifty. Old snub-nose didn't have any more get-up-and-go hurried to the kitchen. than he did himself. The toast was hot and oozing with butter and the coffee was just right. Norm got his eyes really open and tried to ENRY GILL was crusty and cantankerous, but he had grin at Lib, who could look lovely just by smiling at him. H a lot of loads to haul. Norm had been trying for a year Somehow she had found time to comb her blond hair and to get some of that business, but the Black Star people had it tie a little bow of ribbon in it, a ribbon that matched her robe. all sewed up until last week. Then a Black Star driver jack- "Darling!" she exclaimed as he took half a slice of toast knifed a trailer with a Henry Gill load into the ditch, and at one bite. "Slow up! It won't matter if you're a little late." Henrv had been furious. Norm had finally sot to talk to Norm jerked his head toward the window, "it's prac­ Mr. Gill. "W^' tically sleeting!" At first Henry said he was all through with truck trans­ "It's just drizzling," Lib said. "Lm making more toast." port; then he said he was going to let a firm in Binghamton At eight fifteen he was at the back door in his hat and top­ have his business; finally he agreed to give Norm one load. coat. "Call me if that tooth of yours cuts up again. I'll be at And this had to be the day! the office all day. or Edna will know where to get me." Old Henry was at the warehouse, waiting, when Norm Libby held up her face for a kiss. "I'll be all right. Take it jockeyed up to the loading dock. Henry pointedly looked at easy. Let the drivers do the worrying—'by, darling.". .. his watch as Norm got down from the cab. "Late, aren't He relaxed a little as he drove across town. It was you?" Henry snapped. warmer than he had thought. Might not turn to sleet after Norm forced a smile. "Late? Mr. Gill, we're not late d all. But with trucks on the road, you worried about those until we fail to arrive at the other end on time." things. Darn it. why did he get into this business, anyway? Henry grunted. The men began to load cartons into the Why didn't he know what he wanted to do, and go ahead truck. "I want delivery," Henry said, "not insurance for a and get somewhere? Why wasn't he surer of himself, or load in a ditch. And when I promise two-o'clock delivery, more willing to take a chance on his luck? Let the drivers do r don't mean two thirty." the worrying. Huh! Norm nodded. They were good drivers, though. Jack would have the "You driving it yourself?" Henry asked. new outfit down at Peterson's by now, loading canned "Yes, sir. One of my men is out sick, and I didn't want goods. Frank would be over at Andy Fodding's with the to disappoint you." Diesel, picking up that load of paper. And Bill would be on "Pretty small outfit, aren't you?" Henry said. the way over to Henry Gill's with the snub-nose. Funny "Small enough to give you personal service." thing about this business, your men had to be diplomats as Henry grunted again. "Personal service—" He looked well as drivers. A man like Henry Gill would take a dislike at Norm, then at his watch. "I'm a busy man," he said, and to a driver, and there would go a fat contract. But Henry he turned and hurried through the warehouse toward the would like Bill. front office, . . . Norm pulled up at his own place. Acme Trucking. Al­ It was nine fifteen before Norm got away with his load. fred opened the big doors and Norm drove inside. Even be­ He had just four hours and forty-five minutes, and Hager- fore he set the brake he knew there was trouble. The man's was a hundred and forty miles away. A hundred and snub-nose was still there in the garage. forty miles of winding, hilly road, with seven towns in be­ Norm hurried into the office. Edna was on the phone. tween. Part of that road was blacktop, slippery in wet She frowned and held up her hand for silence. "Yes, Mr. weather. And the snub-nose was a slow outfit. Gill." she said. "Yes— Yes. we understand. We'll be right The engine sounded sweet. Any engine runs better in over— We'll get the load there on time. Absolutely." damp weather, and Bill kept old snub-nose tuned up. Bill She hung up and turned to Norm. "There," she said. knew his engines. Norm was lucky to have him. and to "Henry Gill will keep his shirt on for thirty minutes more." keep him, in an outfit like Acme where they did most of Edna was fortyish, stout, and loyal to the core. She had their own garage work. The boys came in between seven handled this office for fifteen years, bullying, flattering and thirty and eight, and Edna was {Contimwd on page 36)

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