Show All Star Team Strongest in Years Years Four of Five Players Lead j Group Scoring coring S Whitman Only Player Under Six Feet Tall Much Expected Expected Ex Ex- of Kinner By HARRY J. J FRAWLEY Associated Press Sports Writer DENVER March 10 A lo-A A quintet of Basketball giants both In talent and stature constitutes the Associated Press ress Rocky all Mountain conference team for 1934 1034 The aU star all star assemblage selected Irons rom a consensus of sports writers of and observers in both divisions of the conference includes representatives from only three of the dozen schools of the circuit The choices were m made de however with a dearth I of at conflicting opinion The University of Wyoming and Brigham Young university eastern and western sector champions respectively re each contributed two players play ers era to the honor team while the he other position was awarded a star from the UniversIty of Utah Whitman Smallest Member The conference all five five Ive Les Witte Wyoming and Floyd Millet Brigham Young U. U forwards William Kinner Utah center Jay Whitman Brigham Young U. U and John Kimball Wyom Wyom- ing ng guards Whitman is the smallest member Df of the five lve standing a half inch under six ix feet The others are six Kinn Kinner r is 6 feet 4 Millet MUlet 6 feet Kim Kim- ball aall 6 G feet 2 and Witte 6 feet feel KImball and Witte hail from tin Lin- oln coIn Neb Millets Millet's home is in Mesa riz Ariz Kinner is a product of Ogden Utah flah and Whitman's home is in Lehi Utah The attributes briefly of the jive five Witte led the conference in scoring with th points representing an average av av- av rage of more than 13 tallies per game Millet set the scoring pace for for for- yards wards in the western division with 14 points an average of 95 per game Kinner won point making honors inthe in he the western sector with points m in average of points per game Whitman was the high scorer among guards in the western division with 67 points Wyoming Strength Kimball has been the Gibraltar of he the Wyoming defense in the Cowboys brilliant year four eastern division reign eign Four of the live five star all selections ed their various departments in ng but their choice did not result solely f from r rom 0 m their p poi point making 0 1 n making t achievements although there is no denying scoring is the most important phase hase of the game All are veteran products of the modern scientific school chool of basketball and the group collectively constitutes one of th most erudite aU conference all teams possible pos sible in recent years Les Witte Cowboy southpaw ace ranks as one of the greatest court products of ol the Only six points shy of a point 1000 total his scoring ability has played a leading role in Wyoming's spectacular do domination dom dam of the eastern division He possesses ev every ry requisite ite of basketballs basketballs basketball's basket basket- balls ball's greatest and is just as effective In big league competition against leading A. A A. A U. U teams of the country Kinner Is making a promising bid to duplicate Wittes Witte's scoring record In two years of college performance the lanky Redskin center has scored points for tor Utah in 39 games ames an a average of nearly 14 H points per game me In 1933 1533 he led the conference in scoring Kaskell Leuty of Wyoming Byron Nelson of Brigham Young Kent Ryan of Utah and of Western West em ern State were the prize products Ina in ina a bumper crop of stellar tellar centers but none showed the around all-around class so evident as an s this sensational pivot man Whitman's skillful leadership was a avital avital avital vital factor in Brigham Youngs Young's successful successful suc sue drive for a third successive pennant in inthe the western division He has been hailed as one of the mos most outstanding defensive men produced in the western division in many years This acclaim has resulted from rom his brilliant defensive qualities yet he found time to lead all guards of his division In garnering points CONSIDERED BEST IN ROCKY MOUNTAINS I I c p r A FLOYD YOUNG U vi r r. r wv v Bi vv Jj t k m y J idl I IJ J W L 4 i I x r JAY WHITMAN |