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With the sophomore combination plus Hyde and Raverby, the ends appear to be one of the squad's strongest positions. The loss of Bob Di Blasio, who quit the squad this week while recovering from an appendectomy, will be felt, especially on offense, but Jordan still has Stan Britton and George Emmons and, if he needs them, Don Cass, Fritz Drill, and Art Rohn. Britton, a sophomore, is presently out of action with a sprained ankle; he is very tall but quite slow. Both he and Emmons, a jayvee last year, can go both ways with case...
Heavyweights George Batchelder, Si Bunce, Stan Miller, and Bill Hickey are fighting it out for the tackle positions, and, with Manos gone, the guard slots are open to juniors Joe Shaw, Dave Hanson, and Kostas Mathew, plus several newcomers. At center Dave Waring is chief challenger to Bill Monteith...
Offensive and defensive players were gradually interchanged so that almost all the backs and ends worked on both units. The first string defense, which did not include linemen, had Dike Hyde and Stan Brition, ends; Tom Ossman and Paul O'Brien, backers-up; Hardy Cox and Dusty Burke, halfbacks; and Warren Wylie, safety man. Then George Emmons and Hank Rate went in as ends; Buddy Lemay replaced O'Brien, Bob Ray took over for Burke, Jerry Blitz for Cox, and Dick Duback for Wylie...
...first pass defense lined up with Dike Hyde and Stan Britton at the ends; Tom Ossman and Buddy Lemay as backers-up, Dave Warden and Dusty Burke as halfbacks, and Warren Wylie at safety...
Rickey's farm system produced such stars as the Dean brothers, Johnny Mize, Pepper Martin and the rest of the Gashouse Gang, as well as Enos Slaughter and Stan Musial in later days. But the St. Louis turnstiles never clicked as fast as the Rickey brain. He became a master at selling his stars, at the right time, for fabulous prices. He sold a sore-armed Dizzy Dean for $185,000 at the precise moment when Dean was through as a pitcher, unloaded fading, 29-year-old Ducky Medwick for $135,500, and reached into his farm system...