The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-15
AdddOnaI SpOrt
Holy Cross Hopes
 It's Johnny Grigas Rates An-American
lEnaalaI to The narnnnrnal

worcester. Nov. is - New Eng. land fans are beginning to wonder tf they are to be treated Co another year of disappointment, remember Ang the fine record which Bill Oa- manski made ct Holy Gross only to md at the end of three years that he had not been too well considered For the mythical All-AlnoTican elev- ens. Seeing another great star rise in their midst in Johnny Crigas they lmmediately set thelr sails for the aonors they had hoped would flnal- " come to Worcester, ns they did belatedly when the great Bullet Bill" went on to astcund the fol- lowers of the All-Star games by be- looming the most valued player on ehat star-studded roster. From there Go the Chicago Bears and the rest is history. But the plaudits of the mil- Hons could hardly compensate for the deiected countenance Of the OK. ports when asked What did he do sn college7"
 They seemed to have forgotten those Colgate games and the Brown games Oe the era when 1t was not unusual to sec Bill charging down the field with one, two, three and even Ave players clinging to him in on effort to bring him down. Much the same kind of record can be dis- played for the ie4i edition of what Q fuliback should be. Only last week, against Brown, he was aptly described by one of the cartoonists As having" carried the freight for ewenty.eight yards once, on the last ten of which he picked up two passengers" He carried three men over with him in scoring his third Touchdown at Louisiana State and despite the fact that he has been a marked man since, he has succeeded ln leading the nation in yardage gained rushing for the greater part Of the year, losing his lead only when an enforced rest kept him out of the Colgate game. He bounded back, however, in the Brown game and against Q line that had not been scored on all year managed to pound out Q net gain of @ yards in 20 carries for an average of 4.i yards per carry. This is especially remarkable since most of his gain- ing was done through the line, under the dual handicap of a fast charging and stubborn forward wall and Q defense pointed for him.
 To date the records show that out Of total of i2T times carrying the bali, he has gained 666 yards, being thrown for only % yards loss In the BiX games he has played.
 Great Backer-Up
 Checking the offensive records Is comparatively easy matter, and following . star when on the ofSen- 6ive is almost obvious, but the other side of the story is Q little more difi- cult both in 4s relation and in It's charting. AS . backer.up for the lire, origas has had no equal in any game that he has played. Starting with the Boston College game last year when he was dubbed q "sure- Are All-AInerican come one more year" he has gone out to prove that tho contention was correct, and to concur in that opinion, his oppo- nents readily testify. Nal Stevens added his praise to Frank Leahy's All.Alnerican boost when he said that 0rigas was the finest fullback they had faced this year. Rested sduring the Colgate game and with the Brown field day behind him I"Jarrin' John Is ready to put on the steam against Manhattan when the Jaspcrs invade Worcester next Sat- IOrday.