TORRANCE PRESS Thursday, December 8, 2Nd Annual 'All-City9 Team Left End Left Tackle Left Guard Center Right Guard Right Tackle Right End
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Page B-6 TORRANCE PRESS Thursday, December 8, 2nd Annual 'All-City9 Team Left End Left Tackle Left Guard Center Right Guard Right Tackle Right End v Cliff Weimer Gary Sexton Al Becker Tom Holdsworth John Sibley Mike Andrews * Torrarjce North North Torrance North South Quarterback Left Half Fullback Right Half QM &me*M City AWARD WINNER * AWARD W UJi Illl Howard Taylor Bob Wehrhan Joe Austin Pat Lininger lorrance South South North Huge Fan Vote Elects HONORABLE MENTION , Because of the huge vote, many candi dates received a sufficient number of ballots to rate honorable mention here' sort of a All-City Grid Squad second eleven. They were: ALL-AMERICAN By BRUCE ALLYSON LE ......... Dan Claxton, North Press Football Writer CITY GRID Over 3000 students and football fans alike cast their Admirals Blast LT ........... Bob Martin, North ballot these past two weeks and chose the' Torrance Press' ^1*1 4*1 i i TEAM COACHES second All-American City Football Team. Their selections ? ikmgs 13-6 in LG ... .Mass Minimoto, Torrance IT'S ACTION like this during the past football season that included four gridders each from North and Torrance High earned prep gridders a spot on the Press' 2nd Annual All-City and three from South. Warner League C ...... Dav<* Birmingham, South Team. Weimar, salaction at left and (89), makes the great catch The total vote this year exceeded that of last year when during Torrance High game. the Press began its annual poll to select the top gridiron Tn addition to the regularly RE........ .Barry McCall, South aces from the City's public high schools. scheduled games last week end a football jamboree was At left end the enthusiastic voters selected tall rangy held at Walteria Park, homo RT... .Howard Achenbach, Torr. Mike CLIFF WKIMER of Torrance High. This is Weimer's sec Held of the Torrance teams. ' ond successive honor as he made the Press' mytical super Saturday program featured RG........Rock Manninq, South team in 1 "~~,. As a receiver of Howard Taylor's passes the a round robin of football be senior was a versatile lineman on defense as well as notch tween teams in the poeweo Callas ing down the position in an all around offensive effort. division of the South Ray Pop QB........Carev Hubert, North C,ARY SEXTON of North High received the highest i Warner Conference. In the LH........Mike Tracy, Torrance number of votes to nail down the left tackle spot on the | first twenty minute game the powerhouse eleven. Saxon fans remember seeing Gary open | Redondo "Admirals" defeated the holes for North backs to scamper through for gainful i the Torrance "Vikings'" 13 to RH.........,Roy Dohner, North ANTONELLI ON WAY OUT yardage. As a blocker and tackier he has the praise of Coach j (>. The second game saw the j Palos Verdes "Lancers" win FB.........Harvey Siegel, South KURNN WILL BENEFIT GIANTS Bob Shoup. ning1 from the "Admirals" 18 At left guard scholastic football followers placed AL to 6. In the closing game the perhaps, in the excitement of the big fight in Los Ang BECKER from the Saxon squad on the All-American City "Lancers" heat the "Vikings" eles and other sundry sporting events occuring last week Team. North's better than average season was made possi 6 to 0. end, you might not have noticed the trade arrangement the ble by the playing of the stalwart lineman. Ask Saxon backs In t h e regular scheduled Cleveland Indians and San Francisco Giants made. The Irv Kasten Hubert and Lininger, they know how great were the talents Sunday game the "Vikings" first hig deal of the winter baseball meetings sent JoHnny Head Coach of Mr. Becker. defeated the Whittier "Ter Antonelli, left-handed flinger, and outfielder Willie Kirkland Torrance Holding down the difficult task of center the populace riers" 27 to 0. John Reynolds to Cleveland in exchange for'outfielder-slugger Tfarvey chose likable and serioMs TOM IIOLDWORTI! from Tor scored the first touchdown Kurnn. » rance High. The Tartar squad almost took the Pioneer from six yards out. Reynolds Its entirely possible that Frank Lane wax in hi* right, converted. George Ray scored League title this year and lloldsworth was the lineman who the second TD on a 16 yard mind when he made this deal, however, judging from pastj paved the way for the speedy Torrane* backfield stars. His performances it looks ax if the Indians got the worse of the end run. Conversion by Ron defensive play was without question equal to his offensive ald Stone. In the fourth quar transaction. The ex-Giant southpau%i* on his way out while efforts. Kuenn Is still the hitter of merit that will drive in numerous ter, Paul Gadbois raced 45 Although handicapped with injuries for part of runs for the Bay area lads. the yards for a score after inter season JOHN SIBLEY of North High managed to display cepting a pass. Randy Carter Antonelli Moody his talents sufficiently well to garner the position of right converted. Ronald Stone cul guard on the eleven for the second successive year. As was minated the game scoring Perhaps none of you have ever gotten close enough to true in 1059, opposition quarterbacks elected to run the ball with t nine yard touchdown the once great Johnny Ant.oneli, and its rather difficult, for through the opposite side rather than come up to the likes run. you to understand why the San Francisco writers accused of Sibley. The "Chargers" closed the Johnny of being moody, hard to get along with, and of being 1%0 season with a loss to the a proverbial complainer. Your reporter wasn't this close When the Tartar quarterback elected to run a play West Covina "I^bos." The to John but hear enough, whenever the Giants come to town through the line he handed off to his speedy backs with "Lohos" scored in the first to pl,-iv the Do'lgcrs, to fab the Frisco pencil pushers correct. Instructions that JOHN CARLSON would open the hole quarter on a 35 yard pass When Rigney was (Jiant hoss Antonelli behaved for Bill through right tackle. The league record of the Tartars, 5-1-0, play. A blocked punt recov for he was s'trirt with his men. However, Johnny got a few says that the signal caller was right. ered behind the "Charger" rnmnlairrtK in about Candlestick Park, a field that wax made When it comes time to list the qualifications for an All- goal line gave them a touch fo- lousy pitchers as well as the magnificent ones. Later, American end the choice would have to go to MIKE AN down in the second quarter. when aging Tom Sheehan got into the art as a manager, DREWS of South High. Mike was chosen to represent the A pass to Terry Tiedeman, Antonelli's belligerent attitude got worse. Bob Shoup team at right end a position in which his playing had no i thrown by Robert Landreth. Does Frank Lane feel that he and hin Indians tan equal. On numerous occassions the tall, fleet end would ! gave the "Chargers" 14 yards Assistant Coach i and their only score. Final rhantre the man's personal structure. I guess so or he North High snare the bullets thrown by Spartan quarterback Joe Aus wouldn't have gotten rid of such hot property as Kuenn. Or, tin. i score Lobos 12. Chargers 6. maybe, he figured that \Villle Kirkland would Mirpirse and For the 'top job of culling the right plays the voters Playoff games to decide be a better hlMcr than K-«onn now that Lane will give him i the winner in the South Bay had a tough time of it. Two quarterbacks, from South and Pop Warner Conference pee- a chance to play regularly. and Torrance High, were running neck and neck up to al Antonelli will not, change his habits when he changeB wee division will begin this most deadline time. The choice narrowed to HOWARD Saturday at 10:30 a.m. The his uniform. He'll still be the same guy West Coast writers TAYLOR, the second year in a row be was accorded this have known these past few years. As for Kuenn we look games will be held at Wal honor. His faultless handling of the ball, his numerous teria Park the home field of forward in seeing the 30 year old bring added punch to the fine runs, and his pin-point passing abilities were instru Giants might even help them win »he pr-nnant in 1MfM. the Torrance Pop Warner mental in putting that smile on Coach Irwin Kasten's face. teams. The Palos Verdes Dodgers Need Help Another repeater this year was pile-driving, hard tack "Lancers" will meet the Re ling BOB WEHRHAN from South High for the left halfback dondo "Yellowjackets" in the As of this writing Buzzi« Bavaiti has made no deals to first game. The winner of strengthen the Dodger club for the hard season ahead. From slot. Viewed mostly by fans as a thrilling runner, Wehrhan was nevertheless an inmovable defensive back. His all- this game is tentatively our corner his pitching staff is passable and his outfield is scheduled to meet the Gar- strong, however, the nervous wreck of a general manager around play this year was witnessed by scouts from USC, dona "Haii\bows" Saturday, and vice-president better get hot to make a denl for a third UC, UCLA, and the United States Coast Guard Academy December 17. at.