The voice of labor. (Cumberland, Md.) 1938-1942, 1940-12-05

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10 have their say.
And UP at Fort Hill High School
cherubic Bobby Cavanaugh. who
knows his p's and as in this bas-
ketball business. is looking way
ahead because his l940-4l charg'
es will have long and hard road
to travel. Twenty-six tussles. in
Guiding home-and-home dramas
with the hardwood henchmen q
Allegany and LaSalle, face the
Hilltop forces.
Outlook Bright
But despite the strenuous sched-
ule il looks like a Fort Hill year!
1t isn't often that a coach finds
himself with six starters" back
for another season Of cunning but
that's exactly what Bobby Cav
anaugh has in Wilbur Bell and
John Blades. Junior Rice. Jack
CARMEL. Billy Dean and Jack
Cook. Bell banged the bell for
the No. l team" last year while
the other five chaps capered for
the No. 2 array.
Brand new material includes
Gene Hook. Junior Hardy. Wal
lace Troutman. George Evans,
Billy Lynch. O'Brien Calhoun,
Charles Day. Leonard Decker.
Donald Hinklc. Ken Roby and
Dick Hagcr.
Beef Trust Ready
The boys of the beef trust are
ready. The gigantic Chicago
Bears and the weighty Washing
ton Redskins will battle it out
Sunday afternoon for the pro-
fessional football championship CT
the world and volta struggle that
should be! The last time those
hefties smashed into each other
the Reds came out on top by
7-3 score but the many Cumber-
landers who took in the struggle
that day will still tell you that
the DC. mites were lucky. plenty
lucky. to win. And they'll also
tell you that they expect the
Bruins to take the title Sunday.
But regardless OF who wins or
doesn't win it should be battle
worth going miles to sec. The
Bears, with big George McAfee as
the spearhead of their attack. and
the Redskins. with fastballer Sam
my Baugh in the throwing"
slot. will really put on a show for
the boys. Some Of the best play
ers in the land sport the span
giles Of the two respective rivals.
They're big. they're fast. they're
experienced! What other requi-
sites are necessary?
O'Brien's Valedictory
When a football team completes
SO passes in one game such per-
Torrance would naturally rate
lot Of headlines. But when one
man heaves that many hits into
the bucket it's one for the books
the big books. Yet Little Davey
O'Brien. the Lone Eagle Of the
Philadelphia Eagles" did that very
thing last Sunday afternoon
against the Washington Redskins
in his valedictory as a professional
footballer.
The feat was so astounding that
even the resident Washington sup
porters cheered him to the echo
as he left the field in the last few
moments of play. Unlike Sammy
Baugh and other passers. O'Brien
didn't have the advantage Of
playing with first division club.
In fact. the Birds wound-up in
the basement for the second con-
secutive year. II the elusive Irish
man could perform such magic
with a -dweller it's hard 20
conceive just what wonders lie
would have executed with a PEN
nant winner or near pennant-
winner.
O'Brien will soon leave TO join
the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton staff and it is with regret
that football fans view his passing.
But what is footballs loss will
probably be the Government
gain because the courageous little
Irishman seems to have an ap,i-
tude for making good in whatever
venture he undertakes. So. it's
Hail. Farewell to a great gridder
and a great guy.
Miscues Mark Football
Another football season has just
about reached the end Of the trail
but If there ever was a season
marked by such amateTish off,
ciating 1t can't be found in the
record books. Perusing the
'bungles" by the "bungling" boys
who chaperone the whistle in the
big college games We find. among
other things, that:
ID The famous fifth down"
incident in the Cornell-Dartmouth
battle wins the gold-plated cuspi-
dor as the outstanding" boner Of