The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-12-01
TINSLEY And
DICKENS HEAD
GREAT INS.E.C.
Lightning Fast Triple
Threat Backs Make
Southeastern Team
BY TOM REYNOLDS
United Press Staff Correspondent

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Lightning.fast, triple-threat backs
behind in impregnable line COM
prise the United Press all-South-
ern conference football team,
named last night by poll of rs
southern coaches and sports writ
erS.
Gaynell Tinsley, Louisiana States
great end who was named on the
United Press all-American team
for the second consecutive year,
and "Phanton Phil" Dickens,
Tennessee back who was placed
on the United Press second all
American team, headed the list Of
gridiron great in the SEC.
Representative Of the confer
encc which produced two of the
nations three major indicated
teams-L.S.U. and Alabama-the
SEC. squad could challenge an
all-star team of another section
of the nation ON an even basis.
The backfield, four triple
thrcatcrs constantly menace to
teams opposing them averages.
172 pounds. The line averages
1876 pounds and the team average
is 1877. -.
Alabama, Auburn and Tulane
were the only conference members
to place more than. a single man
on the team, each sending two to
the first squad. The remainder
of the II men came from L.S.u.
champion of the conference for
the second consecutive year, Ole
Miss, Vanderbilt, Tennessee and
Georgia Tech. .,...
The backfield is gridiron dyna.
mite. Dickens Of Tennessee, was
the major star Of a volunteer team
that rose to unexpected greatness
from an inauspicious start. "A
highly effective passer-.the man
who shot perfect aerial for
touchdown against Duke--hc also
is a great kicker, with his punts
averaging 40 yards for the season.
Fast and shifty, he is a constant
threat in a broken field.
Howard "Bucky" Bryan of Tu-
lane, was the spark-plug OF the
Green Waves attack this year.
Despite the fact he weighs but lG3
pounds, his opponents found him
hard to stop and he averaged 80
wards in every juant with the ball.
His acrials were deadly. He threw
the touchdown pass that beat Ole
Miss and hurled two in both the
North Carolina and Colgate VIC
tories. He ran so yards for a
touchdown against Georgia and
gained a totakof l9l yards against
Alabama despite the fact his team
was crumbling about him:
Little Joe Riley of Alabama,
whose seasons record contradicts
his weight of only 1876 pounds,
was a mainstay in the running at
tack of Alabama as the tide came
through the season undefeated and
tied only by Tennessee. Rileys
punts averaged 80 yards for the
season and he completed 10 of the
33 passes he attempted. He per-
sonally accounted for 32 Of Ala
bama's total Of lGS points and Tor
$50 of the Tides total Of 2lZz
yards gained in scrimmagc. ..
Ability Of Marion Dutch
Konemann, Georgia Techs l93-
pound "Flying Dutchman," was so
generally recognized that most Of
the rambling wrecks opponents
constructed special defenscs to
stop him. Although he was n
marked man in every game, he
starred throughout the season,
scoring on So yard against
Florida, catching a 25-yard pass
and running Is yards for a touch
down against Alabama. starting Q,
touchdown march with 7l-yard
gallon on. a reverse i'm the same
game and scoring against Auburn
and Clemson.
Tinslcy of L.S.U. was a unani-
nous choice for one of the flank
posts on the all-star team. Con-
sidered the greatest wingman ever
produced in the south, he was one
of the Tigers high scorers, con-
slant menace when the Tigers
took to the air and so effective on
defense that L.S.U.'s opponents
seldom aimed plays at his flank,
Matched with Tinsley at the
other end is Dick Plasman, Van
derhilt's 2l0-pound wingman who
lead the season scoring for the
,Commodores with 20 points. A
steady, consistent player. Plasman
was a mainstay of the Vanderbilt
game. His best performance came
against the Comodores' toughest
opponent - Alabama - when nc
gained 81 yards on a pass IN the
first quarter and went 10 yards
on an end-around on the following
play for a touchdown. In the
Tennessee game he took a rake
shovel pass from Higgins for ~
wards and a touchdown. >,
Two great tackles who were the
United Press choices for the all.
South tcam-Bruiser kinnard of