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Burton Aids Michigan
One Of the outstanding sopho-
mores in the Big Ten Is expected
10 be NJ c. Burton, So, 2O5-pound
all-stater from Muskegon Heights.
who earned a starting assignment
with Michigan. A teammate Is
Billy Wright, potential fine
playmaker who earned a letter as
a sophomore last season.
Other outstanding Big Ten Gag
ers this year might include Tom
Payne, Iowa Junior from Quincy,
H., and Donald Barkstall, a jun
Tor at Ohio State
Speaking Of good-looking sopho-
more prospects, there's one at
Marquette University Jim Nc
Coy. Mccoy from Farrell. Pa, Is
the brother Of Julius Mccoy, who
performed brilliantly for three
seasons at Michigan State.
Alex (Boo) Ellis. a junior from
Hamilton, Ohio, a senior, Is now a
full-nedged star.
West Coast Teams Loaded
San Francisco, national cham
pions in 1856. lost Bin Russell, X
G. Jones, Harold Perry, ct AL but
started the current season with
their 57th straight win But the
victory might be costly ~ Gene
Brown, junior guard who scored
20 points. suffered a broken hand
and win be missing for at least
month. There is another Russell on
the Don's five this season -
Charles, who is not quite 80 tall,
nor as good as his brother. Charles
Is a junior college transfer and
5till is counted on 10 strengthen
The defending titlists,
Perhaps the most talented play
" on the Pacific Coast this sea-
son viii be Elgin Bayler, 6'6'
Junior transfer from the college of
Idaho. Baylor, a grad OF Spingarn
High in Washington played the
I054-55 season at Idaho and seer
I'd s14 points in 20 games a 31.3
average, best in the northwest. His
teammates include Francis Saun-
iers, another Spingarn product
md sophomore forward and
Thornton HUMPHREYS, ST. junior
rom Alpalachiola, Ella.
Earl Robinson, a jumping jack
Junior guard for California. was
rood enough TO make the second
cam Of the Pacific Coast Confer
,nce in his sophomore season.
He's a good scorer, playmaker, a
fine rebounder, excellent defend
I'd and a masterf,il ball handler.
UCLA. pei champs last season
lost Willie Naulls and Morris
Taft through graduation. Return
ing Is Dick Banton, n year old
senior who was third behind
Naulls and Taft last year His
teammates viii include Walter
63", 175 pound sophie
more, who averaged 1872 on the
freshman squad. Rafer Johnson,
the deoathlon ace, might turn out
for the team when he returns from
the olymplcs
New York University thinks
highly Of Cad Ramsey, 81" 205-
pound sophomore who can do
everything well
Innis II Key Man
Al Innis, 6'7" junior from Brook
lyn, might prove the best pivot In
the New York City area this year.
lie was one OF the key men In the
lS-consecutive game streak by st.
Francis College last season.
81 Green IL gone and Duquesne
University win depend more and
more this season on the outside
shooting OF Dave Ricketts,. broth
err OF the Dukes former captain,
Dick, now with the Rochester
Royals in pro basketball.
Crystal CBool Ellis, from
Springfield, Ohio, Is captain OF
Bowling Green COhio) state Uni.
vcrsity. Sophomore prospects on
the Falcons, essaying a comeback
this season, are Chuck McCamp,
bell and Frank Wade, both Of
Columbus.
Julius PogucS, from Tulsa
okla, who earned a regular bertl
as a sophomore last year. Is agar
on the starting five for the Uni
versity Of Pittsburgh,
The University OF Toledo will
have It's first star tan eager n
several seasons In fact there will
be pair 49, Al Vann, a sophomor
guard from Brooklyn now. an,
White Newsome, a sophomore for
ward from New York City, VIII,
win be eligible after the first sem
ester.
ed Robinson. Yale's captain las
| season viii be closing ont HI