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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOBD, OBECON THURSDAY. DECEMBER B, 1BB2 C 13 Terry Baker, Mel Renfro Chosen Crater Comets Prep In UPI Ail-American First Team . J! HOOF 1 11 V T with the the other first time the PacUic New York - UPB - Terry Baker of Oregon State and Mel Renfro of Oregon, who used to play on tthe same Jef ferson High school football team in Portland, nailed down two of the four baekfield berths on the 1962 United Press International All-America football team today Baker played his final year at Oregon State this season while Renfro has another year to go at Oregon. The team was chosen by the nation-wide ballots of 368 sports writers and broad casters. They selected as the finest players at their positions in the land: Ends - Pat Richter, Wiscon sin and Hal Bedsole, Southern California. Tackles - Bobby Bell, Min nesota and Jim Dunaway, Mississippi. Guards John Treadwell, Texas and Jack Cvercko, Northwestern. Center - Lee Roy Jordan, Alabama. Quarterback - Terry Baker, Oregon State. Halfbacks - Jerry Stovall, Louisiana State and Mel Ren fro, Oregon. . ; Fullback - George Saimes, Michigan State. ' With 11 points awarded lor ! first place vote and 6 for second, Bell led the .ballot ing with a total of 3,W7 points out o a possible total of 4 048. Stovall was the lead ing 'point Setter among the backs with a total of S,2i- Richter of the Big len champion Badgers ithe on y repeater from the 1961 All America team. He was the only junior on that mythical eleven. Bell and Dunaway were second team choices last year while Saimes won on the third team. There are three Juniors on the 1962 team - Cvercko, Bed sole and Renfro. All the rest are seniors. The Midwest, with four dominates the 1962 -ii ii-.-'-rorPBation. which re- fleeted the return of the Pa cific Coast, led by undefeated - f-lifnrnia. tO uie SOUliiei" .;- f top football power sections o the nation for tne ihm. lince before World War II. The Pacific Coast placed three players on the firstteam as did the South, w . Southwest getting berth. It marked me 19.18 that Coast placed three " , the team. The last time the) Pacific Coast placed a p ayer on a UPI All-America team ; was back in 1958 when tackle Ted Bates of Oregon was se lected, j South Places Nin j In the personnel of the first three teams, the South led, with a total of nine players, j followed by the Pacific Coast , and Midwest with eight play ers each. , The balloting this year bore out the well-known iaci , -there was a wealth of star quarterbacks with the left handed passing Baker leading the parade. , The voting also reflected the increasing number of play ers, outstanding in both of fense and defense. For in stance, Dave Behrman of Michigan State, the second! team center, also received voles for guard and tackle as did Don McKinnon of Dart mouth, the third team center and Ray Mansfield of Wash-; tngton. who led the list of cen ters receiving honorable men tion. There also were a num ber of players who received voles for both guard and tackle positions. In all ca5cs the plavers were chosen tor the position for which they received the most voles. This years all-star eleven features a heavy, hard-charging line which averages 220 pounds in weight and six feet three inches in height and a ,..ifi chifv baekfield that averages 190 pounds and six feet and a half inch. Dunaway, at 260 pounds, is the heaviest of the linemen while the two ends, Richter and Bedsole. each stand 6 feet, 5 inches. Treadwell at 194 pounds is the only line man under 200 pounds. Stovall at 195 is the hcav Oregon Griddcrs Receive Honors New York-aW-Six players from Oregon and Oregon State, headed by first team backs Mel Renfro and Terry Baker, were honored on the UPI all-America football team today. Tackle Steve Barnclt of Oregon made the second team and end Vern Burke of Ore gon State made the third team. Receiving honorable men tion were tackle ".on Snidow nd guard Mickey Ordirig of Oregon. In addition, guard Marv Harris of Stanford, who propped at MaTsMicld, got honorable mention. t UPI 1962 t i . witu ikmiw io. niwtt ! llttltltt ICUOUK tunis tsimtt jtff I t k ttiactiiii Hum i 1 m if icst of the backs while Saimes is the lightest at 186. Baker, the southpaw passing wizard, is the tallest at six-three. Substantial Point Margins Each player selected on the first team had substantial point margins over the play ers named to the second team. The closest contest - if it could be called close - was for the fourth baekfield spot in which Renfro beat out Roger Kochman of Penn State by a margin of 337 points. In addition to Behrman and Kochman, named to the second team were: Ends Hugh Campbell, Washing ton State and Dave Robinson, Penn State. Tachles Steve Barnett, Oregon and Bob Vogel, Ohio State. Guards Rufus Guthrie, Georgia Tech and Tom Hertz, Missouri.-. Backs George Mira, Miami (Fla., EJdon Fortie, . Brigham Young and Hermit Alexander, USLA The third team: Ends Tom Hutchinson, Ken lucky and Vern Burke, Oregon State. Tackles FTed Miller, Louisiana State and Don Brumm, Purdue. Guards Dave Watson, Georgia Tech and Damon Bane, Southern California. Center McKinnon. Back s BilJ Moore. Arkansas; Tom Myers, Northwestern: BiJl Lothridge. George Tech and Ray Poage. Texas. Reclamation Bureau Man To Address Waltonians Thorlf Torkeison, Boise, , Idaho, will address the Jack-; son County chapter of the; Izaak Walton league on Mon day evening, Dec. 10. Torkeison is chief officer on recreation and land acquisi lion for Region of the Bu reau of Reclamation. He will discuss the policies of the bureau on recreation, fisheries and wild game. The meeting will be at 8 p.m. at southwest district headquarters office " of the state forestry department. The office is on Table Rock rd. one-fourth mile north of the Four Corners. Jackson chapter has inviled the Grants Pass Walton chap ter and the new Klamath Falls chapter to participate in the meeting. All sportsmen's clubs in Jackson county have been asked to have representation at the meeting. All persons interested in recreation, fisheries and game are invited. Sportsmen will be For Eagle Pointers is iiismim tes'Pitr ins mm particularly Interested In learning what Torkeison has to say which is important to Oregon. Waltonians pointed out that changes in the Coordination Act on recreation, fish and game, which became iaw in late J958 have been spoken of as the most progressive con servation legislation passed in the last 23 years. The changes made it possible for the ATmy Corps of Engineers to propose the Rogue river basin project. It is felt that the changes have required many altera tions in bureau policies. Jack-1 son chapter of the Izaak Wai- j ton league often has found fait with bureau policies and i many of its members want to know what effect the present Coordination Act has had. Centra! Point "We are trying to get some board strength and still keep our! quickness." . That is the report of Lloyd Koffine, Crater High school basketball coach, as the Com ets looked to their season openers. Crater goes to Eagle Point on Kriday night and to Ml. Shasta, Catif., on Saturday. The Comets again have a lack of height this season but intend to offset it with thetr quality of quickness. Yesterday was scrimmage day for the Comets. Hoffine said he used some eight play ers in combinations in work to determine which five-man crew might get first caii on Friday night. The eight were reduced to seven when vet eran Louie Alvarcr rehurt his back. He sprained it in a recent practice. Rough on Edges Whether Alvarez will be able to go this week end like ly won't be known until Fri day. Hoffine has indicated that he wilt use the little guard sparingly in preconfer ence -with the hope of having him ready for games which count. The Cornel coach reported his club still pretty rough on the edges. He said lhat Jhe Comets are just trying to get things going and will try to win a couple this week end, hoping to get a break or two. Hoffine reported thai a cou ple of the non-lettermen have made themselves felt in drills. They are Howard Tomiinson and Neil Riverburg. In Eagle Point the Comets will meet an old rival al though the clubs are in dif- SPORTS v ft v &:. TiV fT . 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