The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-04
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 New YoYk, Dec. s-lUpt--AFnly alia Metre Dame, national coz champions Co the collegiate football Feaim, led the War today wilh nve Of Ehs II places on the iefe Unlted pfeas AllsAmeFiea football team ses ise.ed by sports editors, writers end radio bfoadeastsFs from coass 70 coast
 me eolosssl cadets os Army, who marched through thfss seasons ui1s bsassn despite . helgsraislng scare in thalr finale assinss havy, placed threa man, shelg touchdown back field twins, olenn Davis end Feiix Blanchagd, and theiF great end, MsnFy FoidbeFe, Notge Dame, ens i0yine . postwar Tssurgency in football ln which It won oil Of ise gamse except the ssisTing Q % Q Ile with Army, was represented by IIs bEalny qiarteFbaek, Johnny L,is jaek, and Iis mobile tackle, George ConnoF.
 ft was . truly aiisAmeriea team with every section represented, The midwest dominated t with four men, Lujack, C0nnOg, Alex Agase Of illinois at guard and Warren Ain- Ilna Of ohio State ct tackle. The easl was next with three men, ell from Army, while the south placed two, haifback Charley Trippl Of George and center Paul Duke Of Georgia Tech.
 Prom the southwest, guard Wels don Humble Of Rice was the repre-. sentative and Burr Baldwin Of U.cL.A.s ttrbeaten Bruins at end upheld Pacific Coast prestige.
 Four players, Blanchard, Davis, Foidbefe and Af1ilng were repeateFs on the Dream team,
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 4 fifth player, AgAse, also was . repeater in . way--he vas an all. America as Illinois in lol3 and again at Purdue ln iD43 ss . Naval sfainee, after which he put 6 war between the years of his gridifon career before returning to Illinois this year where he led aii guard eandldates
 For Bisnehard and Davis, perhaps the two greatest backs ever to eTece the roster Of q single college team, it was the third consecutive year of aiI.AmeFiea recognition And e vas tO be expected, they Jed the ticket ln voting. fEalfback Davis received 7OiD points 0ut of possible 251O while Fuiiback Blanchard rated i.e5i. There also was striking tin. afiimity among selectoTs for the other backficld posts. Trippi re eeived 1894 points and Lujack, i.755. No other player at any posi- ton came within q mile of this quartet and t vas Ggninca11t that the fifth backneld nominee, Arnold Tucker of Army, the second team quarterback. had l,O7e points. faT more than some of the first team iinemen.
 Other second team men were Her. man wedemeyeT of st. MaTy's Charley Justice of North Carolina, ard Bobby Lgne of Texas in the backfield, Hubert Dechtol of Texas and George Poole Of Army ct ends Dick Muffman of Tennessee and George eavitsky of Pennsylvania al tackles, John Mastrangelo Of Notre Dame and Joseph ste1y of Army as guards, and George StrohmeyeT of MOtre Dame at center.
 There were four easualties among last years first team men eligible for selection this year. Wedemeyer and Gavitsky had to settle for sec ord team beTths. Bob Fsnimore oi Oklahoma A. & M. was out a los with injuries and received little con- alteration for the halfbaek berth he won c year ago. Neither did the iets center, Vaughan Maneha oi Alabama, . good man on . losing team.
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 The voting was done by men who had seen college squads in action in every locale. providing the best cToss-section of opinion possible tc obtain.
 The personsl Of the team:
 Erd--BuTr Baldwin, u.CLA-, { veteran of the teams i042 Rost Bowl team and natnstay Of tnt eleven which is returning there. ne Is rated as one of the finest offerl- sive ends in Pacific Coast history Handles a football as fl it were basketball and is amazingly success ful at crossing up pass defenders On defense has been a conststenl punt blocker and . pouncer upor fumbles.
 Tackie-deorge Connor. NOtr' Dame. The 'sMr. Big" 0f the team at 223 pounds, six feet, three inches Playing his first year at Noere Dama after two wartime seasons at Hoii Gross he edged out several veteran for the first string line berth. HI former coach. John Dagrosa al Holy Gross described him as q player who can play the whole Siol of a line" He Is fast and agile and reached his peak of stardom in tns game against Army when hs stopped Army's touchdown twtni time after time.
 Guard-Alex Agase. Illinois 4 great team leader. his greatest valu' was in keeping his mates keyed up He stood out all season, often pc ing moved to defensive tackle wh ch was his forte because of an exceptional ability 70 rove nimely and protect against wide plays. He played his best when the ulini had to win In conference championship battles with Northwestern. Wiscon' sin, and Ohio State. OnenSivelJ he is a great blocker and iS . -cat' at bouncing on fumbles.
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 CenIer-Paul Duke. Georgia Tech Coach Bobby Dodd insists he is th' greatest center he ever has seen Gw