The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-18
PRO -F00TB LIKELY TO SIGN
 |127 NEWCOMERS
Preferred List of l939 Has 200 Players to Be
 Graduated
BY PAUL sCHEFFELs

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 New York May 18-CUP0- Around the sports compass:
 Take it from the professional football experts, collegians, the play for pay pigskin game offers college graduates the best means of immed- fate employment.
 If you don't think so take look at some of the figures released by the National Professional football league recently. Of the 200 seniors on the leagues preferred 1889 ne- gotiations list, 127 signed contracts or had given definite assurance they will play. Increased attendance has made possible good salaries; clubs have contracts that furnish players excellent off-season positions and last, eight out of every 10 students graduated from college are unable to obtain good paying jobs immed- lately.
 It might be news: St. Louis is the only club in the American League which has failed to win a pennant. The best the Browns have been able to do is to finish second (1922). Cleveland holds the next poorest record with one pennant Q92O in its 38 years as a member. New York leads with 10 victories and the Athletics are next with nine. Detroit has won five flags, Boston six, Washington three and Chicago five. Detroit is the only club in the league that has never finished in last place.
 Where's Paycheck Now?
 Wonder what happened to the offer Harold Steinman, manager of Iowa heavyweight Johnny J. Paycheck was broadcasting before the Joe Louis- Jack Roper fight? Steinman had said that promoter Pinky George of Des Moines, Ia., would put up a purse of $50,090 for Paycheck, who has won his last 20 fights, IA by knockouts, against the winner of the Louis- Roper bat tie, the fight to be held in the huge Des Moines Stadium this summer. Payccheck was at the ringside the night Louis cooled Roper. Could that be the reason?
 Billy Myers, of the Cincinnati Reds and Lynn Myers of the St. Louis Cardinals are a pair of full f1edged National League shortstops and the only brother act of the sort in major league history. Oddly enough, the fist time the brothers ever played on the same team, Bill was pitcher and Lynn played sec ond base. The team was their home town scholastic outfit, West Fair view, Pa, high school.
 Jimmy Brown, Cardinals lead off man, is a small chap in stature but he's a big man on his home grounds near Jamesville, N. c. They consist of a 30-acre tobacco and peanut farm bought with his first baseball earnings. His father dieo IA years ago, so his mother is boss of the ranch while Jimmy's away all summer infielding for the Reo Birds. One of Jhn's five brothers umpires in the North Carolina state league, but the rest of them PAuo oiACC SioVNio, dlG CiAOllCQ II Mrs. Browns farm forces.
 The Judge Understands
 Charged with being of -side" al a red traffic light, coach Paddy Driscoll of the Marquette Univer. sity football team faced the district court judge. "Your honor," he saic T glanced around when I though saw 8 real halfback, and missed the signal" Case dismissed" saie the judge.
 Motion pictures of football game! are old stuff in the coaching game but Driscoll has had pictures O the Maruette suad taken in actior during spring practice, points ou the flaws and figures to iron ou the errors before, and not after thu game.
 Take care you Hagens, Sarazen and Sneads, here's a golfer wh, really can golf! Sam Neild, Notr, Dame sophomore from Pawtucket R. l., toured 108 holes in g stroke under par in a best-ball tourna ment in Providence last summer He sank four approaches and has 9 one-putt greens. His best 18 hole score was 63 over a Rhod, Island course.