Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-13
Prep Grid Stars
as Thick al Banquets
as Those Tough Peas
CuRnin9kaMs:
By BILL CUNNINGHAM


probably open up the wider. undo
army and navy. possibly. instead
of private sponsorship-well re
member up some for you. IT.
business as usual"
II that platform is understood
we'll proceed to proceed.
This is normally the time whei
alumni groups. town committees
and the benign burghers of the
service clubs of the smaller
metropolises set out meals of rub
Der chicken, gutta percha pea:
and trimmings Of sorts up tc
probably $50 head and sounc
the pibroch for the annual football
dinner.
Sports writers and coaches. whC
are drafted to emulate DAME
Webster. usually refer to thi:
merry round of affairs as the
Rubber Chicken League, the Knife
and Fork League or, in the Mid
west. as the Mashed Potato or the
Lettuce League.
PERSONAL QUESTION
At one of these affairs recently
a high school official told of a
tense crisis wherein Team A got
down as far as Team BIS 3-yard
line for second down, but on the
next play was palpably offside.
Calling the Team B captain, the
referee explained the young mans
prerogatives.
"You can either refuse the
penalty and IL will be third
down on the S-yard line" he
told him, cor you can accept
the penalty and IL will still be
second down, but from the g.
yard line"
The young man asked him to
explain II again, which he did, and
then the kid said:
"Mr. Referee, may I ask you
one question:"
EYES," said the official.
Then" asked the embattled
captain. "confidentially. which
one of these decisions figures to
catch me less hell from the
coach?"
BUSH LEAGUE EAST
It appears that the East is only
the veriest bushes in the Rubber
Chicken League. These little pri-
vate love sessions are practically
primitive. They do II another way
in the great Out Yonder.
The other night in Chicago, for
instance, the University of ILL
nois alumni gave a party to 40
standout football playing high
school seniors of the Greater Chi
cago area.
The sponsors were very frank
and very honest about the whole
performance. Illinois simply hasn't
been getting what il considers its
fair share of its own state high
school material. The football de-
partment is pretty sadly run
down. They've just eased the
veteran. Bob Zuppke, out a n d
have begun to reorganize.
The director of athletics, Doug
las Mills, said to the million dol
lars worth Of young talent the
alumni had assembled:
I'VE haven't any offers to
make you boys. We're not try
ing to high-pressure you. We
simply want to tell you some
thing OF what your own state
university has to offer in the
way of educational advantages
and-yes, athletic opportunities
and ask you, at least. to con-
slider IL when trying to make
ND your mind about a school"
BAIT AT MICHIGAN
That sounds fair enough, but the
only thing is that the University
of Michigan comes right along
with a similar party for 81 SINH
lar young gentlemen. Michigan
can stage an even more impress
sive show. for there's nothing that
quite dresses party like per
sonalities.
Illinois hasn't had any great
stars of late, but Michigan car
trot out the great Tom Harmon
the All-American Capt Bob West.
fall and possibly the nations out
standing sophomore Tom Kuzma
Can't you picture the kid Sitting
right beside the great Harmon
After Michigan come North
western, Notre Dame and anybody
else who can use talent Nobody
souawks, because it's free coun
try and the alumni banquet" !,
an old tradition. Two of the bis
fellows don't have TO bother
They're Minnesota and Ohio State
There's plenty OF rubber chicken
ing within their own territoria
borders, but their principal job j
keeping native talent at home.
Ohio has been the victim o
considerable raiding especially b,
southern schools. Georgia's famet
Frank Sinkwich, called by case
hardened critics in the grits ant
country ham belt the creates
back, bar none. ever 10 put clea
10 sod. is Youngstown. o.. prod
uct. So have been some Of IN,
better operatives Of late will
Tulane.
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