Word: superstars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...teammates could help with key blocks, but Army's sinewy, scholarly All-American Halfback Pete Dawkins scored anyway. Superstar Dawkins. whose home is Royal Oak, Mich., was one of four from the Great Lakes area elected to the coveted Rhodes scholarships at Oxford, elatedly announced that he would study philosophy, politics, economics...
...after another, all the Redlegs lavish praise on Birdie. They know what he means when he says: "There ought to be a second-string or junior Hall of Fame for guys like me. I'll read about some superstar who has had a bad season and the writers apologize when they say, 'He only hit .311 that year.' Listen, I had a lifetime average of .270 and I'm proud of it. I poured my life's blood into it. I clawed and scrambled and fought and hustled to get it." Thanks to Birdie...
...Carol Heiss and Dave Jenkins are likely to keep their titles for years to come. Jenkins, a junior at Colorado College, is getting over the handicap of being the brother of Superstar Hayes Alan Jenkins. As for Carol, a high-school junior from Ozone Park, N.Y., Coach Pierre Brunet makes a flat prediction: "She is still ascending. She should be at her best for the 1960 Olympics...
...night after night? Duquesne Coach Dudey Moore has this winning formula: "In my book, a player isn't polished until he can play just as well defensively as offensively." So Moore stresses team balance and tight defense instead of trying to build a team around a high-scoring superstar. The Dukes offer a well-knit offense of three players: 6-ft. 7½-in. Junior Dick Ricketts, who has averaged 16.8 points a game this season; 6-ft. 3-in. Sophomore Si Green (13.4 points); and 6-ft. 7½-in. Senior and Captain Jim Tucker (13 points...