News Scrapbook 1959-1962

BOB PETTIT- MOVE OVER (Continued from page 3) He meshed "only" 21 of 25 floor shots and had a perfect 10-for-10 at the gratis line. In his junior season, he paced Minden to a state championship, and at one time hit 27 consecutive free throws, including 19 in one <;ontest. Big Jack was also a first-class student in the classroom and other extra-curricu- lar activities. As a matter of fact, he was the salutatorian of Minden's Class of '56, maintaining almost a straight-A average (3.98 of a possible 4.0). In his spare time, he served as presi- dents of the Senior Class and the Webster Parish Student Council. He also was prexy of the Junior Class, represented Minden High at Pelican Boys State, re- ceived the American Legion award, and was voted by fellow students as the school's most popular boy. Jack's name was listed on two high school All-America teams in 1956. No less than 75 offers were extended to him by college ivory-hunters, and he signed a grant-in-aid scholarship with Kentucky. But he never enrolled at the Blue Grass State university. The son of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Moreland (his father is an oil field work- er), the highly publicized youth halted the mad scramble for his services by registering at North Carolina State. The N.C.A.A. disapproved of State's recruit- ing procedure and dealt out a stiff pen- alty to the Wolfpack. Yearning to get back with "my kind of people," Moreland came to Ruston in early February of 1957 to pursue his studies for a degree in engineering and to don the Red and Blue cage gear of Louisiana Poly. Bulldog rivals have been waving the crying towel ever since. In his first two seasons at the Ruston college, Moreiand cracked six single- game records, ten single-season stand- ards, and already holds the career mark for rebounds. Five of the records were set in his first four collegiate appear- ances. Needless to say, Ruston and the vicinity have been basketball-crazy for over two years. His lengthy list of school records in- cludes: most points (43), field goal attempts (33), field goals made (19), free throw attempts (23), free throws made (19), and rebounds (26). Against Southwest Texas earlier this month, he tied his own backboard work by snaring 26 stray shots. In the fall-season figures, he has a firm claim on such medials as: scoring aver- age (24.1), field l:'Oal average per game (8.7), free throw attempts (218), free throws made (166), consecutive free throws made (24), total rebounds (468), rebounding average (18.7), and percent- age of rebounds recovered (21 per cent). After two campaigns, Moreland had totaled 816 rebounds in 50 hassles for a healthy 16.3 clip. He is now threatening three other career records - total points scored, field goals made, and free throws made - and each will probably be bet- tered before the current slate is com- 6

MOST V LUABLE PLAYE 5 By LEO HIRSCHFIELD, President, Athletic Publications, Inc. An item in our local paper last year attracted my attention, and started me to thinking. It was in a column by Charlie Johnson, Executive Sports Editor of the Minneapolis Star. Here is the item: NO GREATER HONOR * TOO MANY CYNICS pooh-pooh the idea of handing out mythical honors to athletes at the end of the season, but don't think for a minute the boys don't enjoy them. Of all the awards that can come to youngsters in football, that of the most valuable player is tops.

pleted. He began the current chase with 1,130 counters and a 22.6 average. As for individual honors, he has enough trophies and plaques to fill humpteen showcases. For examples, he has been a Small - College All - America, All - Gulf States Conference, All-Gulf South Classic and All-Louisiana recipient for two years in a row. After the closing of the 1958-59 season, Moreland joined three Mississippi State heroes - Bailey Howell, Ted Usher, and Jerry Keeton - to play for the Baton Rouge Teamsters in the Southern A.A.U. tourney at Lake Charles. The Teamsters won three straight, the title, and a trip to the national A.A.U. meet at Denver. Moreland was named the Most Valu- able Player of the Lake Charles attrac- tion, accounting for 66 points and 51 re- bounds in three tests. Howell, however, was the top pointmaker with 81 tallies. Against Milwaukee's Allen - Bradley quintet at Denver, Moreland put on a flashy display by connecting for 36 points and grabbing 22 off the backboards. However, the Wichita Vickers proved too powerful for the Teamsters, so Moreland returned to Louisiana and Howell went on to sign with the Detroit Pistons. Crowley's 17th cage edition at Tech faces a giant-sized task in trying to match last year's 21-4 effort, which by far ranks as the best in school history. The Bulldogs ranked sixth in the final Small-College form sheet and held the No. 1 spot among Louisiana assemblies. In addition to the Gulf States Confer- ence pennant, Louisiana Poly won a sec- ond straight Gulf South Classic trophy and its third since the eight-team meet was started five years ago. A year ago the Doggies chewed up William & Mary, 63-49; Northwestern (La.) State, 79-74, and Virginia Tech, 71-66, in this order to claim the championship. Before hometown supporters in Memo- rial Gym, the Canine pack sported an unblemished record of 13 homeplank triumphs. It goes without saying that Moreland is mainly responsible for Tech's rapid climb in the roundball society. The big question being asked in the woods here- abouts is: "Will Jack return for the 1960-61 season, or will he sign a pro bas- ketball contract next spring?" Moreland becomes eligible for the NBA draft at the end of the current campaign, and there is some speculation that he may decide to pass up his final year of eligibility. Jackie answers the question by stating, "All of my basketball interests are wrapped up in Tech's present schedule. We believe we have a darn good team (speaking on behalf of the squad mem- bers), and we hope to be able to prove it. So there isn't time for me to think about anything else except my studies and those 20 remaining games-- one at a time." The left-handed Mr. Everything on Tech's well-balanced lineup says that his No. 1 fan is his wife, the former Jeanette Woodard of Minden. She is a real South- ern beauty and her petite 5'4" frame almost makes it necessary to use a loud- speaker when communicating with her skyscraping husband. Moreland will admit that he has a burning desire to play more basketball after his college tenure has ended, pref-

erably with some team in the NBA. As for a permanent profession, he presently maintains a B average in civil engineer- ing. If you think this isn't a tough major, then you should see a psychiatrist. Moreland and Pettit will long be re- membered by Louisiana's vast athletic kingdom, and their rightful seats in the Hall of Fame are already reserved. Today the "Jackie Moreland Story" is appearing on the best-seller list with those written by such notables as Jerry West, Darrall Imhoff, Oscar Robertson, Jerry Lucas, and a few other bona fide All-Americans. Thanks to a 21-year-old phenom named Jack Wade Moreland, both cajuns and hillbillies in Louisiana are pounding the drums for Cecil Crowley's growling Bull- dogs, and the "We're No. 1" chant is assuming monumental proportions. NEW YORK AND EAST LANSING HAVE A "MUSIC MAN" (Continued from page 2) came with the blessings of his tutor at Stanford - Dean, a professor emeritus of coaching brilliance who has retired from the game and now lives in Salem, Indiana. Dean, in fact, must get a particular satisfaction out of the recent goings-on in the Big Ten, wherein Anderson's Michigan State team and Branch Mc- Cracken's Indiana Hoosiers have won a championship apiece and shared another in the last three years. Both McCracken and Anderson played under Dean, McCracken at Indiana, where Dean coached from 1925 through 1938, and Anderson at Stanford, where he held forth until his retirement in 1951. In his two seasons at Drake, Ander- son's teams were not stocked with the talented players he had hoped to be allowed to recruit. But nontheless, his teams won 32 games and lost 23 before he switched to Bradley for the 1948-49 campaign. It was at Bradley that he was to zoom to meteoric success, only to be plagued into heartbreak by a nationwide basket- ball gambling scandal which descended upon the Peoria, Illinois, campus in 1951 and brought expulsion to six players who were the backbone of his championship club. But Anderson had Bradley back on its athletic feet before he left. He accepted the Michigan State position only a week after his 1954 Braves wound up their season as runner-up to LaSalle in the N.C.A.A. tournament. Riddled heavily by graduation last spring, Michigim State doeen't figure to cut a wide swath in the basketball race this season. But that's nothing new for Anderson, whose contemporaries are learning by experience never to take the Spartan music man lightly. APPENDIX-LESS Just a month ago, Larry Brown, North Carolina cage player, underwent a serious appendectomy which, as Frank McGuire pointed out, used to sideline a player for an entire season. Freshman Brown is fully recovered, usually plays the entire game.

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The choices usually are made by the players themselves and their coaches. Finally, the mentors make the decision on the No. 1 of the lot in any league or conference. This week, two backs - Al Fischer of Minneapolis Southwest and Jerry Jones of St. Louis Park - were picked as the most valuable in their respective .fields. Not only their performances on the .field but also their conduct off the gridiron, their loyalty to their teams and their many extra-curricular contributions .figured in the voting. It's recognition that Al and Jerry certainly will cherish long after their competitive days are ended. I thought Charlie Johnson really had something.

BRANDEIS--Jack McGuire-G. Armand Yaze- jlan-E. BRIGHAM YOUNG-Paul Eckel-G. John Ka- pel-T. BROWN-Paul Choquette-F.B. BUCKNELL-Jim Brady, Se • lor-T. Paul Terhes, Junlor-Q.B. CARLETON-George Willlams-T. CARNEGIE TECH-James Muth--Q.B. CAPITAL U.-AI Whit-H.B. CENTRAL MICHIGAN-Walt Beach-H.B. CINCINNATI-Jack le-0.B. COLORADO-G. Weldner-Q.B. Joe Romlg--G. COLUMBIA-Bob Federsplel-E. Bob Asach--T. CONCORDIA IMINN.1-Jas. Chrlstopher-F.B. CONNECTICUT-Barry O'Connell-E. Gerry D'Avolio--H.B. CORNELL COLLEGE-George Phelps-F.B. DAYTON-Vince Palyan-F.B. DELAWARE-Jack Turner-H.B. Tony Suravitch -F.B. DENISON-Bob Follett-T. DENVER-Jack Work-F.B. - H.B. DE PAUW-Dick Mac-H.B. DETROIT-Bruce Maher-H.B. Thomas Chapman and Gary Alderman-linemen. DRAKE-Rupert Hartshorn-C. - G. - T. DULUTH BR. (MINN.I-Dick Pesonen-H,B. EASTERN ILLINOIS--Art Thompson-F.B. Bob Fulk-T. EMTERN KENTUCKY-Eddie Mlller-G. EASTERN MICHIGAN-Albert Day-F.B. - H.B. EAST TENNESSEE-Raymond Jame.--H.B. EAST TEXAS STATE-Sam McCord-Q.B. EVANSVILLE-Wally Shatkowskl-F.B. FLORIDA STATE-Fred Plckard-H.B. FRESNO STATE-Dale Messer-H.B. lilly Wayte -H.B. GENEVA-Joe DeNon-Q.B. Jim Nastosi-G. GEORGIA-Bobby Walden-H.B. GRINNELL-Dick Yakl-T. lob Woito--Q.8. GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS--8111 Beck-T. Dick Rood-G. THE CITADEL-Paul Maguire-E. COLGATE-John Maloney-H.B. Joseph Wig- not-G. COLORADO MINES--Vlnce Teson-'f.B. COLORADO STATE U.-Jlm McMlllln-H.B.

HOFSTRA-Tom MacDonalcJ--Q.B. HOLY CROSS--Vlnce Promuto--G. Ken Desma- rals-C. HOUSTON-C. Rieves-F.B. Howard Evans-C. IDAHO-James Norton-E. ILLINOIS STATE-Dean Puyear-H.B. ILLINOIS--Bill Burrell-G. ILLINOIS WESLEYAN-Bob Kennedy-E. INDIANA STATE-Bob Downing-F.B. INDIANA-Ted Aucreman-E. IOWA-Don Norton-E. JOHN CARROLL-Jerry Schwelkert-H.B. Bill Matejka-T. KANSAS STATE-D. Evans-H.B. J. Stolte-T. KANSAS--DeWitt Lewis-T. KNOX-Robert Lombardi-F.B. Kenneth Malm- berg, Junior-T. LAFAYETTE-Don Nikles-F.B. Gary Schulz-G. LAWRENCE-G. Scovel-F.B. D. Hackworth-C. LEHIGH-Walt Melncke--T. LOS ANGELES STATE-Stan Wllkerson-H.B. LOUISVILLE-Ron Petty-T. MAltQUETTE-Jlm Webster-H.B. MAltSHALL-J. Maddox-Q.B. J. O'Conner-T. MARYLAND--K. Schwarz-T. T. Gunderman-G. MASSACHUSETTS--Bill Reynolds-H.B. Ralph Maloney--E. MIAMI CFLORIDAI-Fran Curci-Q.B. James Crawford-G. MIAMI (OHIOI-Tom Kilmurray-Q.B. Gary Cobb-G. MICHIGAN STATE-Dean look-Q.B. MICHIGAN-Tony Rlo-F.B. MINNESOTA-Tom Moe-E. MISSISSIP'PI SOUTHERN-Buddy Supple--F.B. Hugh Mclnnls-E. Charley Ellsey-C. MONTANA STATE-Allyn Holland-C. Rosco P'erclavell-F.B. MORNINGSIDE-Gary Johnson-C. MT. UNION-Bill Davis-Q.B. Don Bender-T. MUHLENBERG-James Orr-T. MURRAY STATE-Jack Morris-F.B. MUSKINGUM-BIii Cooper-F.B. Larry Davls-G. NEBRASKA-Harry Tolly-Q.B. NO. CAROLINA STATE-Ron Podwlka-H.8. NORTH CAROLINA-Jack Cummlngs-Q.B. NORTH CENTRAL-Jack Nothacker-E. (Continued on page 9) 7 NEW HAMPSHIRE-Sam Paul-Q.8. NEW Ml:XICO-Don Perklns-H.B.

Our firm, and other p•blishers, beat our brains out each year to select All- American teams. The chap who is selected as the "Most Valuable Player" on his team can really be proud. He is more than just a football player. He has character and personality, and has them to a degree that earns him the respect and aruniration of his teammates. He is Exhibit A of what the leaders of our educational institutions claim is the object of their athletic programs. Unfortunately, these boys get very little publicity outside of their own back yard. We can remedy that with an article of this kind. We appreciate that this is a football and not a basketball item, but we cannot possibly receive this information in time to include it in our Weekly Gridirott Record. Below is the list of schools from whom we had already heard at the time of go- ing to press, with the name of the person or persons selected as the Most Valuable Player: AIR FORCE ACADEMY-Sam Hardage--1:. Mike Qulnlan-H.B. AKRON-Gino Calcel-H.B. John Ston-Q.B. Jim Semester-G. ARIZONA STATE-Nolan Jone.--H.B. ARIZONA-Chuck Raltzman-G. ARMY-Al Vanderbush--G. AUBURN-Zeke Smlth--G. Lamar Ramson-H.B. AUGSBURG-Paul Casperson-T. AUGUSTANA IS. D.1-leroy Anderberg-H.B. BALL STATE-Bob Mllllon-G. BELOIT-Colin Stetson-G. BOSTON COLLEGE-John Amablle--0.B. Ross O'Hanley-Defenslve Q,I. BOSTON U.-len Par-G. BOWLING GREEN-Bob Colburn-Q.B. BRADLEY-Ron Hermann-Q.B.

HAMLINE-larry Boyle-G. HARVARD--Chet Boulrls-H.8.