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Show South Dominates Scribe All-City Unbiased Football Choices honors. Ray Lythgoe of South, a dependable de-pendable ball snagger, and Steele of West brushed the leaders for honors. Captain Carl Child needs no build-up. He is one of the greatest great-est linemen ever produced in the city in the opinon of Scribe. His great work at tackle steadied the South team like mighty Gibraltar. Overy of East, likewise a fine ball play?er, won a first string tackle position. South high school's Dick West and West high's Craige, a big boy, won second honors. Vern Bott of South at guard, "couldn't be blocked." He took the guard spot hands down, with West high's Paige also on first string. West's Mathews and South's Lignell Lig-nell filled in on the second team. McGee of South, never a grand-stander, grand-stander, but by far the most reliable reli-able center in the league, copped his position easily, Gregorson of West being a far-distant second choice. South Dominates "C" Although off to a slow start, South "C" boys won the majority of positions on the midget squad. North and Hathenbrook took a back seat to no other backs, while McGillis and Hughes were the spark plugs of their respective teams. Clyde Oliver of South, great on defensive and with talented fingers for catching passes, excelled at end as did Shirashi of West. Three time all-city Russ Mears was out of action part of the season, sea-son, but his magnificent line play and tackling power drove him to a tackle spot with Klingnstein of West. Bob Nielson, a pint-sized hunk fo dynamite, and East high's Thorpe clinched guard honors, while Jerry Jer-ry Dalebout, a converted backfield man and last year's "B" captain, topped all others at the snapper back spot. Cubs Get Three on "B" Team South placed Wiscombe at halfback, half-back, Reid Keddington at end, Dex McGarry at tackle, Angelloa and Wright at guards on the junior team. All helped greatly in putting the "B" in the win column after three years, with Angelos and Wright, both great in every phase of line play, outstanding. Others on the "B" mythical team include Dibble of East at quarter, quar-ter, Gleave of West at fullback, Robinson of East at halfback, Barnes of East at end, Walker of East at tackle, and Josephson of West at the pivot post. Because the competition was so keen and players so evenly matched match-ed in the "B" and "C" divisions, no second teems were chosen South for the first time in many years dominates the all-city selections selec-tions and has proven herself to be on the road to many more victories. Cub gridders from "A", "B" and "C" squads completely dominated the limelght as Scribe sports writers writ-ers laid aside binoculars to put on thinking caps, and select all-city all-city football squads on the basis of both individual merit and team cooperation. The selections this year were made mainly after conferences with members of teams around the "Big 3" circuit. To this is added their performances from the spectators spec-tators standpoint, which did not count a great deal in the final choice. Although an "A" game still remains re-mains to be played tonight, West has completed its season and South and East players have had ample opportunity to display their talents. So here it is, South Scribe's unbiased all-Salt Lake City teams. Flashes of brilliance were overshadowed over-shadowed by excellent steady playing play-ing in the "A" division. At fullback, full-back, Captain Frank Brooks of East was easily the standout player, play-er, with Kenny Gempler of South romping in as second choice. Brooks won the nod by virtue of his duo-threat duo-threat ability, running and kicking. kick-ing. Toby Sasaki, East flash, is one of the speediest men in the city. He took honors from Vincent of West, who is a powerful line plunger. plung-er. Chick Patterson, considered by some as the fastest runner in league lea-gue competition, garnered a halfback half-back position hard pressed by team mate Russ Graehl. Russ might have won a first string berth if he had not been plagued by injuries. He is the city's outstanding defense back. Cubs' Stan Kilbourne lost the quarterback first string berth because be-cause he played only a fraction of every game. Although fast, he did not measure up to the great line bucking West Champion Gaguley. Claire Empey is the year's best defensve end, with Bob Lence of East nudging him for offensive |