The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-01-23

ers and also one OF the great klckers
of all time, nothing to do now until
next August"
NO." he said, with the old Texas
haIf-drawi, nothing to do but ham
die my 8e0-acre cattle ranch and
see those cattle get plenty to eat.
I know an S00-acre ranch isn't so
much in Texas, but / hope to add
another 800-acre patch this winter
and give my cattle plenty to eat.
That'H keep me buster than chuck
ing few passes, even against those
Bears"
What was your college weight"
I asked Baugh, who is feet 2.
'One-eighty-two pounds Sammy
said.
What was your reporting weight
in August and what did you finish
WITH" I asked.
Silent Sam
''One-eighty-two pounds" Sam
answered. Sam is strictly on the Ia
comic side. He says what he has to
say In the fewest possible words,
which is one of the greatest Of all
human virtues.
where are you headed for,
Dick?" I asked 168-pound Dick Todd,
one of the best of the running backs.
Gust a little ranch outside of
Sweetwater and few head of cattle.
Gee, Pm glad to get back. That
home on the range looks good to
me-"
about StUeettUdter
Both Baugh and Todd got off at
Sweetwater. This, also, is where
Lew Jenkins lives. There must be
something in the Sweetwater air
that breeds athletes.
I asked Dick Todd what he thought
of jenkins.
LEWIS a much better fighter than
he looks to be-" Todd said. "You
see he came up the hard way and
I guess that's the best way, if you
are trying to get somewhere. I don't
want any part of the fight game my
self, but this pro game is no easy
way either.
early IN the season took a pass
from Sammy here (meaning Baugh)
and just as I Strengthened out of a
half-spin Falaschi hit me. All he
did was to drive part of my intes-
tines back against my spine and
had to live on milk for two weeks till
I got Strengthened out. Don't let
anybody tell you they don't hit you
IN this pro game. Both Sammy and
I ought to know"
I asked Baugh about better pro-
lection for the passer, after he has
gotten the ball away.
That's where the damage
comes" Sam said. 1--WE had to
take plenty. I think the officials
might keep an eye on what happens
after the pass is thrown. / don't
mind being knocked down so much,
but l don't like fists in my face"
Who does?
/ can't remember ever seeing an
official watch the passer after the
ball was thrown down the field. They
all watch the ball. I've seen plenty
myself that should have been called
double-roughness-which never was
called. Or was even seen.
about Danny Fortman
Sitting on the bench you look at
Danny Fortman, the star guard of
the Chicago Bears.
Danny in his harness is a burly
looking individual who doesn't seem
to be headed anywhere in particu-
Iar-off the football field. But Danny
graduated at the head of his school
at the age of 16. He graduated from
Colgate at the age of 20 summa cum
laude. He was brilliant student.
He is using pro football to get
his medical degree and there is GER
tainly no student in the Ivy league
who has more ability or greater am
bition.
He is one of the great football
guards of his era-smart, keen. ag-
gressive, alert, and physically pow
erful. He is an exceptional medical
student who is almost certain to go
long way in his profession.
Pro football has done a great lob
for these college graduates who 9TH
erwise might have been left out in
the blizzard of the depression. It
has given them the chance to make
enough money to carry out their
earlier dreams. I don't mean all
of them. I mean great many of
them.
1t gave Sammy Baugh and Dick
Todd and many others the chance
to carry out their hope for 'home
ON the range" 1t has given many of
them chances which our present eco
nomic system couldn't offer them.
ran across one crack end who IN
addition to his pro football was get
ting $4,000 a year as a salesman
with one of the bigger companies.
There is one piece of advice all
these pros are willing to give
Don't try it, unless you love foot
ball. There must be easier ways to
make living. But have something
else in sight, and work on that. Plan
on ahead for what you'd like to do.
Don't ever think you are going to be
pro star for over five or six years.
But in those seven off months, try
to get ready for the work you'd