Evening star., 1942-12-04
Seven Other Choices
Distributed Amonq
As Many Schools
Ace Gridders Plentiful
Despite Thot Squads
Are Below Standard
BY HERB BARKER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.


Colleges Eagles, the East's leading
team on the basis of won and lost
records, and the Crusaders of Holy
Gross, who dealt the Eagles their
lone defeat, each place two men
on the 1912 All-Eastern team,
selected today by the Associated
Press.
The seven remaining places on
the team are spread among as many
colleges
Boston Colleges two representa-
tives are Mike Holovak backfield
ace, and Don Currivan, crack end
Chosen from the Holy Cross array,
which smeared Boston College, IS to
II, last Saturday in the seasons
greatest upset, are Johnny Bezemes,
talented back. and George Connor,
freshman tackle. Connor'S Selec-
ton marks the first time a yearling
ever has been chosen for the first
team and, at II, he is perhaps the
youngest player who ever gained
a berth
OldS Of Army Chosen.
Rounding out the backfeld along
with Holoyak and Bczemes are Paul
Governan. Columbias master passer
and Bill Dutton of Pittsburgh, the
PantherS' one man offensive all
season
Connor's running mate at tackle
Is Robin Olds, Army veteran, while
Bob Davis of Penn State shares the
wing posts with Currivan.
Selected at the guard positions
are two upstate New Workers,
Ernest Alther of Syracuse and Bob
Orlando of Colgate. The center is
Spencer Moseley, Yale captain.
The quality of Eastern football
unquestionably was below former
standards this season but no apol-
ogies need TO be made for the all
star lineup. The line, with Connor's
226 pounds as anchor, averages a
shade under 100.
The backfeld. boasting all the
necessary running, passing and
kicking qualifications, averages 1873
pounds.
Pair of Great Backs.
Governali and Holovak generally
were recognized as the Easts top
ranking backs. Governai, playing
with losing Columbia team that
was outmanned in most of its tests.
tied the national record for touch
down passes in a season, 10, and
came within Is yards of the nation
al record for yardage gained via
passes with total Of 1,442. He was
virtually the whole show for the
Lions.
Holoy :; averaged 100 yards a
game rushing for Boston College
until the Holy Gross debacIe and
even on that day the Red-Hot Cru
saders could not stop him COM
pletely. A splendid defense ace,
Holovak was rated the most valu-
meet Alabama in the Orange Bowl
New Year Day.
During the first half of the sea-
son when Holy Cross potentially
great team was founderinE badly, !
BeZemeS was the Crusaders one
consistent star on offense and de-
fense. And when the Worcester
machine finally began to click late
in the season, Bezemes still was the
sparkplug.
Duton Stars for Losers.
Pitt has just completed one of the
most dismal seasons i'll its long his
tory with three victories in nine
games, but Dutton was stand-out
all the way.
Currivan and Davis give the all
star team a finely balanced pair of
wingmen. CurriVan, a fine pass
catcher and defense star. was the
only Boston College star aside from
Holovak who played anywhere close
to form against Holy Cross. Davis
was consistently good for Penn
States Nittany Lions whose record
of six victories. defeat and a tie
was eXcelled only by Boston College
Connor was tremendous figure
In the Holy Cross line despite his
youth and ineXperiencc. He was a
tough man to handle as Boston Col
lege found out He may well develop
into one of the EaSt'S greatest
tackles unless war conditions end
his collegiate career before it really
gets under way His running mate
Olds, was the outstanding man in
the Army line.
No Standout Guards.
There were no Endicott Peabodys
or Ralph Flies among Eastern
guards this year but Alther, the
steady Syracuse star. and Orlando,
Colgate's place kicking specialist,
took rank over such rivals as Nor
timer Shiekman of Penn, Johnny
Jaffurs of Penn State and Rocco
Canale of Boston College.
Moseley, one of the East'S best
centers for three years, was Yale's
chief defensive bulwark and an in
spirational leader as the Ellis, under
their new head coach, HOWE Odell,
finally emerged from the gridiron
doehouse to win the Big Three
championship.