The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-03-06
Lucile Allen and Robert Read are
Local Players Chosen. Other
Schools Get Equal Number
Raymond Rice


art of sport writing, attempts to PICK
an all-league team. In the first place
we are inexperienced at this delicate
task and in the second the league Is
so full of good players of "all-star
caliber that it seems a shame to leave
anv off the team. We have never
attempted the much heralded feat of
chasing a camel through the eye of
a needle or of finding this latter arti-
Gle in hay stack.
Despite all this long line of pre-
liminary arguments we will have to
get down to the original task "even-
tually, so why not now" In the
boys league there are several out
standing players who will have to be
put on the team even if we have to
increase the official playing number
to eleven.
Read Elected Captain
One of these is our own "Bo"
Read, captain of the local quintet,
We have selected Read as the captain
of this mythical outfit not only be-
cause of his playing ability but be-
cause of his leadership and his fight
ing spirit This lad is one of the
best shots and floor men to be found
on any prep school team. He is fleet
footed and accurate, has wonder
full disposition and yet is a born
fighter. 1t might seem out of place
to pick a man just because of his
disposition but who is it that does
not admire real sportsman, one who
can take defeat with the same smile
as victory, one who never gets mad
and wants to start a rough house.
We believe that Captain (if you
please Read has all these qualities.
Reads natural place is running guard
SO there we will place him. That
is enough for Robert.
At the other guard we have picked
Allen, the standing guard from Full
ton. Allen has had few points shot
over him the whole season. He is
also a scrappy player and is in every
play that comes his way. With this
pair keeping the opposition from
scoring and with the others shooting
the points this outfit of ours should
certainly "strow their onions"
For the pivot position we have
chosen Melton, of the championship
Decatur five. Melton has hard luck
every time he comes up to Marietta
but nevertheless he is a great CEN
ter. There hasn't been many times
that this lanky DeKalb lad hasn't
gotten the tip-off from his opponent.
Besides this he is a dead shot, both
from the center of the court and I'M
der the basket.
Decatur gets both the forwards.
This might not seem fair to some,
but as one sport fan said, chow can
you keep them off," Walker and
Key are therefore unanimously elect
ed. Walker, while by no means an
advertisement for a beauty parlor,
Is one of the prettiest basketball
players we have seen in prep circles
this season. He handles himself like
a veteran and is arsenic at shooting
from the center of the court. His
floor work is only riveled by that Of
Read of Marietta, and Carmichael. of
North Carolina. Key the other for
ward, would be worth his weight in
gold to any team just because of his
ability to ring up counters. He has
averaged 16 points game the en-
tire season. Now were we right
about not leaving either one off?
This leaves off quite number of
good players, including Benson, of
Marietta; McCollum, of Marietta;
McGanchy, of Decatur; and so on.
but the rules specify that five men
make a team, so we must limit our
self to this number.
Girls Harder to Pick
Now for the girls team. This
task is harder than the boys, because
OF the unusually large number of
stars. However, like their brothers
there are two who can not be left
off-Allen Of Marietta and Cunning
ham, of Decatur To name either
one of these girls Captain over the
other would be doing an injustice to
the other so we move (and trust il
will be seconded) that the team have
two captains, What difference will
it make, anyway.
Allen, Is about the dribblingist girl
basketball player we have had the