| Show Jordan Gains Two Spots Spols On AU Stale With the color and clamor of the state Class A tourney df 50 51 now no being a R thing of the past The Salt SaIL Lake Tribune and Salt Lake Telegram are proud to present their state all-state basketball Beset with the problem of combIng combing comb comb- ing the five fhe best men out of Utah's Class A ranks the selection committee committee committee com com- finally decided on two Uvo Jordan Jordan Jordan Jor Jor- dan players and one player each from North Cache Weber and East as the states state's top five team First-team were Bruce Bills Bulls and Blame Blaine Anderson Jordan Ralph Merrill East Bait Bart Johnson North Cache Don Budge Weber team Second-team choices were ere Lee Boothe Box Elder Neil Astle AsUe Granite G Jack Hill Davis is Dean Peterson Logan Jay Brown We We- ber Of the 10 men selected for the two teams all are aie seniors with the theone theone theone one exception of Elaine Blame Anderson of Jordan Anderson will enter his Jus senior year next fall faU the rest resl of the top 10 will ill get their di diplomas diplomas diplomas di- di next spring College Prospects It was the opinion of the judges that the five fi boys chosen on the team have a about b o out u t everything e a prep coach could ask for As a matter of fact it was as felt that several se of the boys are definitely high in college potential A nm run down of the tue players will give ghe the reader leader an idea of the talent embodied in the string first-string I lye five Ralph Merrill isn't what you would call a sensational player He hasn't any terrific variety of shots and his floor work isn't standout but Merrill is as consistently court- court wise as any boy in the state He works beautifully from the slot and is deadly with tip-ins tip and under-the-basket under Ralph led the scorers in the tourney with 45 counters in three games Hit His Ills Peak I Blame Blaine Anderson of Jordan was just another name on the roster at atthe atthe I Ithe the beginning of the season Butas But Butas Butas as the season progressed and Blame Blaine started absorbing court know how he started to move mO up front as one of the teams team's point point- getters Elaine Blame hit his peak in tourney pla play With sensational backboard work and hook shooting shoot shoot- shooting ing Anderson Andelson was one of the main mam reasons the Diggers survived the three winning rounds Don Budge wasn't expected todo to todo todo do much in m the tourney inasmuch as his team Weber was only third thud place in Region One In spite of his small stature Budge was instrumental instrumental in instrumental in- in in keeping Weber undefeated undefeated undefeated un un- defeated until the finals Hes He's quick a eye dead-eye on almost any kind of shot and has good bood general gen- gen eral abilities on the floor Bruce Bills was running hot and cold at the beginning of the season sea sea- son Season records will show how however that Bills is a Digger mainstay A real clutch player Bruce came through with 40 49 points in three nights for second place in tourny y scoring Bills was all- all state backfield man on Jordans Jordan's pigskin team before changing into basketball gear Bulldog Sensation North Cache sensation Bart Johnson didn't hit his true form fonn until the second night of the tourney tour tour- ney when he turned in m a blistering blistering blistering blister blister- ing performance for the Bulldogs Always good for 14 or 15 points a game in league pla play Bart looked like a basketball natural in m finals The second team is just as tal tal- tal- tal laden ent-laden as the first five but you cant can't put 10 boys on a man five-man team Lee Boothe as fine a college college college col col- col- col lege prospect as you'll find Nc Neil 1 Astle Hill Petersen Peterson and Brown are all boys who stand out as prep greats In our book They all have our plaudits and sincerest congratulations for fine ball playing I |
