Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-10-17 | Page 13 | West Virginian Leading Scorer

I West Virginian Leading Scorer NEW YORK Oct 17 Everett R-Everett Everett Elkins a a. halfback who operates with great success for Marshall college college college col col- col- col lege down in Huntington W. W Va is the top scorer of the nations nation's football players as the season hits full stride In four games Elkins has tallied 11 touchdowns for 66 points up Runner-up and the only player within hollering distance of Elkins is Jug Varney of Morehead Ky Teachers He has tallied nine touchdowns touchdowns touchdowns touch touch- downs in two games The scorers scale down in the conferences hitting hitting hitting hit hit- ting low in the Big Ten where Jerry Niles Iowa's sophomore halfback halfback halfback half half- back tops the conference with 1 16 points tallied in two games The leaders player college East Everett Elkins Marshall halfback 4 4 11 0 0 66 Southern Independents Jug Varney Moorehead Moorehead Moorehead Moore- Moore head Teachers h. h b. b 2 0 0 0 54 Pacific Coast Conference Tony Firpo California halfback 5 5 6 2 0 38 Southeastern Conference Dameron Davis Kentucky Kentucky Ken Ken- tucky halfback 0 4 5 2 0 32 Southern Conference Ed Clarey South Carlina Carlina Carlina Car- Car lina U. U halfback 5 4 oi 4 0 28 Big Six James Missouri MIssouri Missouri Mis Mis- halfback 3 4 4 0 28 I Big Seven Conference Jack Christensen Brig Young h. h b. b 4 4 4 0 0 24 Southwest Conference Owen Rogers Texas I A. A and M. M halfback 4 3 1 0 19 Missouri V Valley Uey Conference Clarence Manders Drake fullback 2 3 0 0 18 Jack Warner Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington halfback 2 3 0 0 18 Big Ten Jerry Niles Iowa halfback 2 2 2 4 oi 0 1 16 Bo McMillin each week tells th the Indiana publicity man to give newspapermen anything except th game