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Show & l I v f ! L u-Jl. ' RUSSELL SMITH honor anyone who read "Between You and Me" last week knows better. To see Russell's worth takes a keen eye and a knowledge know-ledge of the sport. Russell Is no flash. He's seldom high scorer. He rarely is the play-maker. Instead, he's Mr. Steady, the team player and the toughest defensive de-fensive forward we've seen. Those guys rarely get picked for honors. Generally General-ly they're also-rans. The star that hits 40 points one night and bombs the next gets all the recognition. Russell's pick as an All-Stater All-Stater renews my faith in the connoisseur of the game. The fact that he made it proves that nice guys don't always finish last. As for other Tigers who might have made the list you'll have another crack at it next year. Congratulations Russell! All-Stafc It's a pity that every boy can't be an All-Stater. But if that were possible the title would have no meaning. For this reason, seniors are dominant In all-state ranks. However, Sunday's Tribune Tri-bune listed three juniors among the ten top picks, and the COUNTY NEWS had little quarrel with the picks, though there are several including in-cluding some from Milford who lost the edge only by the fact thay they'll be back one more year and have another an-other crack at it. Tiger Russell Smith was one of the top ten, and we admit to being just a little surprised. Not that we don't think Russell deserves the |