Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-02
Worth Million,
Says Mdnde|
Of Army Stars
BY LEWIS III. WALTER

III army duthorltleS really
wanted to get bale Of that green
stuff for Army Emergency Relief
without any effort on their part
all they have to do is put the
All-Arny backfieId on the block
and Fred L. Mandel Jr. would pay
the asking price to get the services
of the four men who will start
against his Detroit Lions here next
Wednesday night.
"Fd pay anything for those
four Texas A. and NJ. boys, as
long as I had IL, and 80 would
any other club In. the National
Football League" said Mandel
today. "What n laundering herd
they are. Uncle Sam really has
something there"
OF course, every football fan
In the United States knows about
Long John Kimbrough, the ALI
Army fuiiback who led this Texas
A. and NJ team through cham
pionship season year ago last
fall.
He's the lad who signed a $780,
600 contract with the American
Football League after the season
was over.
He's the lad whose face beams
out at you from under that army
helmet on hundreds Of billboards.
He's the big line ripper who
slashed SO yards through the Wash
ington Redskins for the All-Army
score in Los Angeles Sunday.
He's the big lieutenant they're
counting on. too. in their game
with the Chicago Cardinals at
;kInver Sunday. Then-on TO De-
This isn't any one-man show,
this Albany club. The squad of
AZ men Maj. Wallace Wade has in
Denver is packed with former pro-
fcssionals and college stars who
have made the grade all over
again the hard way. Take those
other Texas A. and NJ. backs who
start with kimbrough.
The Lions made Jim Thomson,
the blocking back. their No. ]
draft choice two seasons back, but
couldn't get him. Quarterback
Bill Conatser and Marion Pugh,
who played with the New York
Giants last season, round out the
quartet who rampaged through
three glorious seasons at Texas
A. and NJ.
The other former pros on the
All-Army team include halfback
Kay Eakin from Arkansas, who
played with the Giants last year
and Owen Goodnight, the former
Hardln-Sinxnons star who played
with Dutch Clark's Cleveland
Rams; that hard-hitting young
Green Bay Packer back. Herman
Rohrig from Nebraska. John Shirk
end from Oklahoma. was with the
Cardinals last year and Tony Co.
more, former Creighton guard. was
with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Its a great club" said Man
del. Figure the Army In allow
ing these men only eight weeks
from their regular training to
fight through this schedule of
Ave games and you can see
what n job Wade has done with
then, already to put up the
game they did against the Red
skins. who look like a cinch for
the eastern championship this
year
Again getting back 10 his flight
Of fancy, Mandel said
rMaybe the Army Emergency
elief Fund could get a half
million or so by selling the
services OF this squad. But IL
would be a foolish idea. These
are the kind Of fellows who are
going 10 win this war. I'll bet
that squad could account for n
couple million dollars worth Of
Jap and Hun equipment and
men. That's a little better In
vestment."
Tickets for the game are on sale
At the Detroit Lions offices. 202
Book Building. and al u. of d.
Stadium. Prices are Sl10. 81 20
and $3.50.