Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-04-20 | Page 14 | Angelo Bertelli First Choice in Grid Draft

Angelo Bertelli First Choice In Grid Draff George George- B captain and fullback of hit but year tara eara er sity aUy of Utah Uth grid tram team was wai draun dru by Detroit I In the tho prall professional Ional draft Jack Okland Ute Uta tackle MM ai drawn b by ew York but hut neither player will urn play professional pro pro- balL By Hugh Fullerton Jr PHILADELPHIA April 20 CT Ai The The Beaton Yankee whose u- u ell eU going Into yesterday Ration Nation Rational al 1 Foo Football ll league meeting consisted consist t ed 4 only of boundless optimism and three pieces of PA paper r. r came urne up r r. r with a potential drawing card cant tor to to- r day Given tint fled pick at al th the th annual J pro Iro football draft of ot college talent they chose Angelo Notre Dames Dame 1913 1943 passing ace whose I horn home 1 it lain In Wen Vest Springfield Ma au That Owner Ted Collins considers gives vu the Yankees something to tot t Interest New England fans fana al although al ah I though Is Ii In the marines and presumably wont won't be available until after alter the war After Alter one first tint choice the Yankee Yan Yen YanI I keN kee had to take eleventh pick each eath time Ume but they consider that they made out as u well as AI most other oth i er u dubs dub since comparatively few I players chosen chonn will b bo be available J next t falLIn fall tall fallIn In addition to their draft dratt selections r the Yankees Yanke have only their franchise a l lease so on Fenway park I a contract with Navy Lieutenant Jim Lansing former Fordham star tar and lines lints on a few tew players player located by their scouts cOuts Of the eleven college stars chosen In the first round of draft draft- l In Ing Inar only three even possibly will wUl willbe willbe be bo on hand to play in 1944 Creighton Creigh- Creigh to ton Miller Notre Dames Dame All All- f America halfback who was wu medically med mcd- belly discharged from the army was owa Brooklyn Brooklyn's first nut choice Steve SteveVan I Van Duren Buren of Louisiana State picked by Philadelphia still un is i. in college and Is 1 due to graduate In InJune InJune June and Johnny Presto Po- Po I sto de-sto of St St. Mary's Marys arys ary's was waa discharged from the marines marine after alter playing as U a trainee at the College of ot the Pacific last fall