Evening star., 1938-12-04
-Four Sophs and Three
Juniors Are Named
On First Team
Georgetown Furnishes
Five Players; Books
Tough to Choose
By FRANCIS f, STAN,

The assorted HoyaS, TerpS, Co.
lonials and Cardinals who make up
the team are, first of all, an uncom-
monty young band to be an all-star
team. There are four sophomores
on the first team" and three juniors
and, as rule, an all-star eleven
seniors.
The influx of new all-star blood
loudly bespeaks of the fresh wave
OF gridiron talent that has en-
veloped District battlefields this
year. Georgetown, which won top
ranking with eight victories and f1n-
ished among the unbeaten and un-
tied teams OF the country, had
sophomores in key positions.
G. w. Has Fewest Sophs.
George Washington operated with
fewer sophomores as regulars than
any other local college but neither
of the two Colonials who made The
Stars No. team is senior. Catho-
lie University banked heavily on
sophomores and juniors and SO did
Maryland. And out of this small
army of new talent emerged seven
Of the all-local team.
1t Is, we believe, a pretty repre-
sentative team, although it was not
selected with any view of repre-
sentation. Georgetown furnishes
five players-three linemen and two
with three-two linemen and
blocking back. Catholic University
provides a center and back and
Maryland kicks in with a tackle.
There probably never will be a
chance to watch the team play a
game, but as it stands on paper it
looks the part of club with a fast
charging set of forwards with par
ticularly versatile ends. and back
field that figures to perform
smoothly, If not spectacularly The
idea was not to pick backfield of
triple e-threaters, simply because they
performed more heroic and point
scoring duty. The Forgotten Man,
the blocking back. has been remem-
bered. In short. 1t is team that
may not look to be as good on paper
as it probably would be on the play
ing field.
Injury Denotes Weidinger.
Not all Of last years All-District
choices repeated. Here and there
were notable exceptions. Maryland's
Charley Weidinger. who was Sc
lected as the 1887 quarterback, ap-
pears on the second team. 1t wasn't
his fault. Weidinger was injured for
the greater part of the season and
unable to play his normal game.
Vic Sampson, another 1887 selection.
also makes only the second team. as
does Johnny Rebholz, tackle and
teammate of Sampson of George
Washington
The two top ends in town were
Bob Nowaskey, George Washingtons
versatile, brilliant Junior from
Scottdale, Pa, and lanky Frank
Kercher, sophomore from Evans
vile. Ind. who played for George
town. 1t has been long time since
better end than NoWaskey played
on a Washington college team. He
was a perfect pass receiver, and,
when he got his mitts on the ball.
1t then was carried by the best
runner on the George Washington
squad, backs included Nowaskey
not only is a great end but a fine
backfleld man. too. His experience
both last year and this season in
the backf1eld polished him to be
particularly adept at carrying on
end-around plays, which were big
ground-gainers for G.. w. this year.
Kercher, taller and rangier than
Nowaskey. was not so spectacular
but from the start of the season he
was consistent. It was Kercher who
caught both of Georgetown touch
down passes against Maryland as
the Hilltop season closed with a a.
tot victory. So it is Nowaskey and
kercher, with Catholic US Lou
Shine and G. WIS Sam Babich on
the second team as ends.
Joe Frank Repeats.
The tackles are Joe Frank of
Georgetown who was on the team
last year, and Ralph Albarano of
Maryland, a hard-playing, CO.
minute Junior who has been the bull
wark Of the Terrapin line. Frank is
senior from Bronx, N. Y. Albarano
halls from Lilly, Pa. Both are tall
rugged boys who tip the scales close
to 200 pounds and who seemed to
earn clean-cut edges over Rebholz
of g. w. and Rocco Pirro of Cath
olic, VINO are the second team
tackles.
Moving to the guards, the picking
was fairly easy. Georgetowns Will
liam Burke, senior from Terre
Haute, Ind, was standout all year
IN the best line in town. Burke pulled
out of the line as quickly and deftly
as could be demanded and it was
dimcult to gain ground through his
post. His teammate, Jim Hill. was
close to Burke, but the other guard
post on the first team goes to Guy
Renzaglia of George Washington,
senior, who has finished three years
OF dependable line work. Renzaglia.
who halls from Virginia, Mimi.
weighs 188 pounds and is shifty. The
second team guards are Hill and
Wayne Ambrose, senior from Cath
alic University.
Good centers weren't plentiful on
District campi. Georgetowns John
Riofski, a senior of ability, was an
important cog in the Hoya machine.
but The Stars nod goes to a Catholic
University sophomore, Johnny White
OF Philadelphia. White, weighing
only 172 pounds, is smashing, smart
0PIAnciuA v,1o 4 L~
nne ne is pretty close to being one of
the best centers Washington has un-
covered IN the last several years.
Backfield Headache.
Ine backfeld is where the head
acnes came. One back stood out and
ne was, OF course, Joe Mellendeck of
georgetown. Writing his name on
Ine ist involved nothing more
than the mechanics of penmanship.
MellenHerk fho