The Washington times., 1937-10-01
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DIXIE "HEADY"
HARRY COSTELLO

one Of footballs "hsadiest"
playerSl
That's what the football world
coaches, players, critics and
spectators-Said Of Dixie Howell
when Dixie was playing with Ala
bama. Remember that day in the
Rose Bowl?
Now Dixie Is in professional
football Is o member Of the Wash
ington Redskins. He Is scheduled
to play against the Brooklyn
Dodgers in Griffith Stadium on
Sunday afternoon. In professional
football, Howell should prove a
standout when it comes to
"heady" playing.
Among old football players
there Is Q saying that the more
memories q gridder has, the more
experience he has had. In other
words, the experienced player
seems to be q greater thinker
than the beginner because he has
at his disposal . wider range Of
memories.
PAST MEMORIES HELP
A man whose memory carries
pictures Of football history cannot
very well help but do clever things
even constructive things-be-
cause Of the aid which the past
gives him.
Skill and habit also contribute
to "heady" playing. After his long
run in the Rose Bowl game a few
years back, someone asked Howell
to tell in detail the story Of that
now famous gallop for . touch
down.
Howell's story went about like
this:
las soon as I got hold Of the
ball, everything seemed q bit
hazy. do not recall seeing a
single player to know whether he
was friend or foe. My mind
seemed to be more or less q blank
during the run I couldn't have
told you then, when I made the
run, and I cannot tell you now,
how the run was made"
SKILL AND HABIT
Skill and habit carried Dixie
Howell down the field that day
skill and habit and memories.
Dixie had then, and has now,
that remarkable attribute Of the
great athlete-imagination. I'M
agination not only helps the player
with the problem at hand but it
provides a way Of looking into the
future.
When he was at Alabama,
Dixie had the mental attitude
right mental attitude. When q
situation developed in a game,
Dixie knew, in an instant, the
entire meaning of the situation.
Howell has the right mental atti-
tude in the professional game.
Intuition today will help Dixie
just as intuition aided him when
he was starring for Alabama.
You know correct mental att1'
tudeS and rightful intuitions do
not come to athletes who are not
saturated with supporting men,
cries and habits.
POINTS TO STARDOM
Every indication points to star
dom in pro football for Dixie
Howell. He reasons. He has
memories-plenty Of 'em. He has
skill. His habits are ideal foot.
ball habits. His football intui-
tons in the past-well, they've
Just been perfect because they
were supported by memories and
habits, and reasoning.
Thousands Of football followers
will be in the stands on Sunday
afternoon when Dixie Howell takes
the field against the Brooklyn
Dodgers. Trose thousands will well
come him predict, with a roar
of enthusiasm reserved by a crowd.
for only those football players for
whom the crowd has affection, re.
spect ant admiration.
For OiTic the going Of late years
has been real rough. With the De.
troit Tigers in baseball, he was
hit on the head with q baseball.
In the Southern Association, he
was spiked.
OTHER INCIDENTS
There were other incidents
which contributed to the rough
going, all Of them affecting Dixie's
physical condition. Injuries take