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SPORTLIGHT
Harmon Bows Out, Big
In Gridiron History
Nv GRANTLAND RICE.

BY GRANTLAND RICE.
NEW YORK, Nov. % (N.ANA).
This is the last day when Tommy
Harmon will carry the ball for
Michigan.
What will be his place in foot
ball history?
was sitting in the press box with
Jess Hawley of Dartmouth, on the
last day Red Grange ran against
Ohio State when Marek stole the
show.
when will we have another
Granger" every one asked.
They asked that when Jim Thorpe
left Carlisle When Bronko Nagur-
ski left Minnesota. When Eddie
Mahan left Harvard. Colorado had
the same war cry when Dutch
Clark and Whizzer White pulled
up stakes.
What is Tommy Harmons place
with the football great? Also John
Kimbrough's?
Homer Norton, Texas A. and M.
coach, rates Kimbrough with the
four best backs of all time. Harry
Stuhldreher gives the same rating
to Tom Harmon
This is stout rating for two 1910
entries when you look back on
Thorpe, Grange, Mahan, Nagurski,
Movers, Clark, White and few
others. In any event. it has been a
long time since any one season
presented any two such backs.
Pro Solicitors Have Greet
Picking Among Backs
A flock of extra good backs leave
the scene this season, and pro
selectors will have tough time
making their selections in the draft.
There is Charley O'Rourke Of Bos-
ton College, one of the best any
where
There is Frank Reagan of Penn
sylvania, great kicker, good
passer and fleet ball carrier
There are George Franck of Min
nesota and Norm Standlee of STAN
ford
There are Jim Lalanne of North
Carolina, with Herle HapeS and
Junius Hovius of Mississippi
There is Len Eshmont of Ford
ham, rated by Jimmy Crowley as
one of the best all-around backs
he ever saw.
It is my guess that the first two
selections will go to Harmon and
Kimbrough. They have the weight
and power to go with the rest of it.
Another valuable entry will be Jim
Thomson of Texas A. and M. Not
to overlook Jackie Hunt of Marshall
College. Two old-time football stars
who should know their share of the
with Cliff Battles or George Gipp.
These two certainly were no weak
lings. Hunt still was leading all 1910
scorers when I saw the last batch of
statistics.
Harmon Admirer Points
To Toms Durability
"You won't have much more time
to write about Tommy Harmon"
comments H. F., so here are one or
two additional angles. In the first
has been out to stop Harmon Every
defense has pointed in his direction
through every minute Of play. In
the second place, he has taken
hard physical beating in every game
without being slowed up.
1--WE all talk about power and
speed. But don't forget that dur
ability and stamina are big factors
in any football team value. Harmon
has gone the route, always has been
ready to start the next game in
shape. Stars on the bench, after all,
are no great help, although the in
juries aren't necessarily their fault.
Only an iron man could have gone
through as Harmon has this fall,
when you figure two, three or four
men are diving at him all afternoon.
In addition to this, Harmon takes
heavy beating as a forward passer."
Any number of coaches are look
ing to next year with anxious eyes.
For this has been largely a senior
season, especially on the part of
Cornell, Texas A. and NJ, Michigan,
Ohio State, Minnesota, Tennessee,
Georgetown and many others now
up around the front.
Big Shift in Football Fame
Due in Next Campaign
Tennessee will lose most of her
line, including Suffridge, Molinski
and Shires, her three stars, plus
Toxx in her backfield.
1oeon orl E,,o
shevski among others. Boston Col
lege loses O'Rourke, Gladchuk and
Goodreault, to mention only few
Georgetown will miss many a line
and backfield light.
There should be a big shift in
football fame when 1941 blows
around. Several good teams will
lose nine or ten starting regulars,
which leaves wide open gap to
fill up.
There also are several good sopho-
more teams this fall, such as
Georgia and Purdue, which will be
bad medicine for anybody in an
other year.
Steve Owen, the able Giant
coach, is out of the running in the
Eastern pro race this fall, but after
a rough season from injuries he
finally has his best team of the
season ready for Ray Flaherty's
Redskins Sunday.
Stevens Giants may toss the
Dodgers into an Eastern tie-though
that Is rather remote-but he has a
fellow named Sammy Baugh to con-
tend with, and Sammy is hard to
surround and capture, no matter
how many troops are sent out on
the man hunt. The same goes for
Ace Parker one Of the great all
time competitors, lame, halt or in
shape.
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