The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-23

Football heroes live on after Their spectacular grid days just like other men, and, on the aver age, are just as successful or oth- erwise, declares Francis Wallace. Rockne aid, after a survey of the records of old stars. Some have made new names outside of the game, while others have lived and died failures, according to the fas- cinating after-biographles recount cd in the January issue of Red- book:
 sThe fuIiback of Walter Camps first mythical team in 1889 stirred the imagination of the then-limit- ed gridiron public. He was a little fellow, . mere 155-pound baby among the behemoths. Then. as now, Princeton's objectives were Yale and Harvard. The little Tiger fullback beat them both. Against Ell he made a great &C., yard run, punted magnificentiy and kicked a goal fro mthe field to lead the way to Q i0-0 victory. The record of great plays of foot ball history reveals that in that same year he returned a punt 65 yards and ran 90 yards from scrimmage against Harvard. That spirit carried him through life. He was always competitor. fighter who got tougher as the odds against him increased. He became a fine amateur golfer, bridge player and all-around sportsman. He was successful business man, q publisher of two Chicago news- papers, the head of brokerage firm, and director of many com panies. Last year this little giant who had sailed through full and inspiring life, proud and uncon- quered. resigned with a final de. liant gesture to odds at last too biz. Illness and the financial de. pression had done what the bone- crushers of Yale and Harvard, what all other contrary forces of life, could not do. Colonel Knowl- ton Lyman Ames. listed among the gridiron greatest of all time as Snake Ames. sat in his car and ended his career.
 ''In the early nInetics, on the Plains at West Point, a half back who was named William D. Con- nor played for the brave old Army team In his final year, 1806.. he was captain of the team and named by Camp. Recently new came to the Mili- tary academy, and the corps put on it's glitteriDg parade to welcome him. The man who took the sa- lute was Major General William D.. Connor, D.S.M.. commander of the Legion Of Honor, Companion of the Bath, Commander of the Or- der of the Black Star. Medal of La veteran of campaigns in China, the Philippines, Cuba and Erance--but still Katy Connor to hsy pals.
 "One of. the Yale men Snake Ames fought against was q pretty good and-good enough for Camp --apd great baseball pitcher. His course through life ran simply. He became q coach, and has be- cona1 the shining exception in that prec. rious profession by holding the game job for forty years. But Lon Stagg, as he was known then, has been 50 many more things than football coach. He'll has been the solid nucleus of the growth of amateur athletics, par ticuiarly in the Mi6west. He Is the dominating member of the football rules committee, the grand old man of the game. the great stone face of the gridiron.
 Three years ago his greatest eleven. that of 1899, returned to the midway for reunion with the old Man. The following data. issued at that time. give an ex- ceIlent cross-section of the later life activities of the gridiron heroes of the other century: