The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-02
PRESTON LEADS
THE BALL0TINC
FOR DREAM TEAM
Only Three Teams Land
Players On First
String Club

Pat Preston, Duke University's
towering tackle, was the outstand-
ing football player in the Southern
Conference in the opinion of the
coaches and sports editors whose
205 pounds are spread over six
foot-two-frame, fell just one vote
short OF being a unanimous choice
4or the tackle berth. He was the
only repeater on the All-Confer-
ence eleven, having been named to
the 1912 team while a student at
Wake Forest. Preston, whose home
own is Thomasville, N. c., went
tt Duke as Marine trainee.
Duke 6 conference champions do
minated the voting, winning six
positions on the honor squad. North
Carolina, beaten twice by the Blue
Devils during the season, landed
three men On all-star aggregation
and Wake Forest won the two re-
naming places.
Her. is the Associated Press ALI
Conference team:
End Ben Cittadino, Duke, and
Ray Poole, North Carolina.
Tac<les-Pat Preston, Duke, and
John Maskas, North Carolina.
Guards-Biu Miner, Duke, and
Jamie Myers, Duke
Center-Bill STAFFORD, Wake For
est.
Backs--Nick Sacrinty, Wake For
est; Buddy Luper, Duke; Tom
Davis. Duke; and Hosea Rodgers,
North Carolina.
This !943 eleven is unique among
the APP All-Conference teams, sell
ected annually for nearly quarter
Of a century That it includes six
transfer athletes-three from the
Southern Conference; that its
membership is confined to North
Carolina schools, and that players
from only three schools made the
grade.
There were two surprises when
he votes were counted, one that
Bob CAN'T. Duke end and All-South-
ern choice for the last two seasons,
was rot selected again, and the
other that Sacrinty, an 18-year-old
Soph, peat out such fine backs as
Leo Long and Lloyd Blount of
Duke; Eddie league, Billy Myers
and jack Fitch of North Carolina,
and Jackie Freeman of Richmond.
CAN'T was in the injured list most
Of the season but was used for
kicking points after touchdown,
converting Al times in IS chances.
The war made six of the All-Con-
ference stars available to Duke
and North Carolina this year. Mas
kas' alma mater was Virginia
Tech, jamie Myers was a marine
transfer from the University Of
Tennessee, Miner played for the
University of South Carolina year
ago, Ray Poole was one of three
former University of Mississippi
Pooles On the North Carolina squad
erd Rodgers was shifted to North
Cardinals VIZ program from the
university OF AlaDa1na.
Duke also captured the most
second team berths, placing Flet-
cher Wall at center, Jim Copley on
an end and Blount and Long in the
backfield of that reserve eleven.
North Carolina furnished Barney
Poole on the other end, Ralph
lStrayhorn at guard, and league in
the Backfield. South Carolina was
represented by Ernie Bauer at
guard and Dom Fusci at tackle.
Richmond scored with Marvin Bass
alta tackle and Freeman at quarter
back. Bass and Freeman were
both members of William and
Mary's 1912 conference champions.
Third teamers are Pat Thrash,
South Carolina, and Can't at ends;
Ulysses Cornogg, North Carolina,
and Bob Nanni, Duke, at tackles;
Dyke Norman, Richmond, and Bill
Johnson. North Carolina, at guards;
Dick Harris, North Carolina, at
center, and Dick Tushak, Mary
land; Courtney Lawler, Richmond,
ard Billy Myers and Jack Fitch in
the backfield. johnson and Harris
came into the Southern Confer
eace from Southern Methodist. Nor
man played year ago for Wash
ington and Lee.
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