Show highlights in lou mele melo to play in north south game lou mele the university of utah s tremendous little senior halfback and titi etarl et and captain received the greatest thrill of his collegiate grid career today when he was chosen as a member of the north all star squad for the annual north south shrine game to be held in miami s famous orange bowl the night of decem ber the ute utes s handy man also re an award today as the most inspirational player on the 1955 redskin squad and was presented a trophy by head football coach jack curtice curtice said mele is one of the finest all around backs I 1 have ever coached he can do anything he punts passes runs kicks off kicks extra points is the leading man on the squad in pass interceptions and is a deadly tack ler lou has been an inspiration to our team all season and as co cap tain has been a real team leader I 1 wish I 1 could have one like him every season lethal lou carried the ball 55 tunes times for yards and a 5 yard per try average threw two passes one going all the way for an important touch touchdown don against colorado A M conference con ferance champ caught 15 passes for yards led the team in pass interceptions with five and 94 yards was the second leading punter in the skyline conference with 31 punts for a 40 5 average per kick had 4 punt returns for 76 ard 9 kickoff kick mck off returns for iso bard ard and scored 33 points with five touchdowns and three extra points a very busy man also called the corn com flip in seven of the nine utah games mele is slated to go into the air force as a commissioned officer in june but wants to give the pro game a whirl when he gets out lou says I 1 know I 1 m kinda small for the pros but if my wife gives the 0 k then I 1 d like to give it a try mele joins the yankee squad at miami on december when the contest will be played in the or ange bowl herb to play in east west shrine game herb the university of utah s outstanding halfback has been chosen to play for the west AU all star squad in the annual east west shrine game it was announced today by francis powers publicity chairman of the classic the redskin s power back has just completed his finest year of col leggate football and the december shrine game at kezar stadium will give him a chance to play with and against the outstanding seniors of the finest college teams in the nation university of utah coach jack curtice said I 1 am thrilled that the last west committee saw fit to ch herb for their game he is one of the finest backs I 1 have ever coach ed and will be a great representative for the university of utah this season herb was the backbone of our squad he s a great linebacker Ime backer a fine ball bau carrier and a deve devastating stating blocker the only sad part of all of this is that I 1 won I 1 t have him back next season to back up that ime line for me A look at herb s statistical record for the 1955 season shows just how valuable ole smack em ein was to the utes he carried the ball 88 tunes times for a net yardage of yards was greatest when the going was toughest when the utes soundly upset the skyline conference cham pion colorado A 84 M 27 6 gained yards and scored two touchdowns herb caught 8 passes for yards intercepted 3 enemy aerials for 29 yards 6 kick off re turns for yards and scored 54 points but according to coach jack curtice s greatest value was on defense where he made a majority of the team s tackles from his line ime backing spot was unanimous choice for the skyline conference all star team finished fourth in conference scoring and fifth in yards gained by rushing played more minutes of U tah s nine game schedule than any other ute herb will join the west all star squad on december in san fran cisco and will work out with them until the day of the game |