The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-11-26

support, through
widely different
schedules. ''''''''1' 's''''as
OF the lot, Cover Lou Little
mali, Columbia s able
sniper, has the hardest handicap to
overcome SO far as team protection
is concerned. Most of the better
passers work on teams that also
can run. Columbia's only scoring
passage is through the air, and ev-
cry opponent knows it.
The Top Man
Footballs three best passers are
Sammy Baugh, Cecil Isben and Sid
Luckman. You can have them In
any order so long as Baugh is No. !.
Taking a crack at our earlier
angle about the word "best," foot
ball has never known a pass receiv-
er close to Don HutsOn. HutsOn has
graphing hooks for hands and the
speed of a cheetah. He also has
deceptive method of taking the en-
envy out of position.
Baugh is an amazing athlete. II
weighed 100 pounds when I played
with Texas Christian several years
ago." he told me recently. 81 still
weigh exactly 100 pounds. I don't
figure I've changed as much as two
pounds in any recent year"
lean recall few athletes who have
kept in such fine physical shape
for so long a time.
Back to the Collegians
How many would run far and pass
well against such teams as Mime
sofa, Alabama, Wisconsin, Ohio
State, Georgia, Georgia Tech or
Notre Dame?
For example, Wisconsin has two
of the star backs of the year, but
look at that Badger scheduled It
included Notre Dame, Missouri,
Great Lakes, Purdue, Marquette,
Northwestern, Ohio State, Iowa and
Minnesota. How many new records
could the best of backs set up against
this opposition?
The caliber and quality of oppos.
ing teams too often is overlooked
And there is many a potential star
who is also overlooked on some Of
the poorer teams, with which ne
has little chance to operate.
Hard to Compare
It takes no starry-eyed expert te
announce that Boston College anc
Alabama have two of the country:
greatest lines, including depth O.
material. They can't be stormet
along the ground-just too many
big, fast men.
But it is harder to compare sucl
passers as Governali, Sinkwich
Prokop, Dobbs and others. Cover
, nall hasn't anything like the man
. power support the others have
There is a large difference between
working or playing with Columbii
and playing with Georgia or Notr'
. Dame.
; A good running game can be ;
, big help to any passing game. All
| eI al, DduSh hdS DkVh 4O0uS aA'
! you may recall the time he ha'
Cliff Battles-two of the best run
$ ners working with a great passel
! And Luckman has had some Of tn
! greatest backs in football histor
with the Chicago Bears-Standles
/. McAfee, Osmanski, Noting and ott
/ ers. Sinkwich has his own runnin
~LsI:xxx ell In oI1ifsor, 20 n<h~
h fast backs. Bertelli has all the rur
4 ming help he needs.
The best single exhibition Nv
t seen this year came from Sinkwic
S in his two-touchdown march again:
il Alabama's strong defense some
= thing like II passes completed out {
e 13 tossed in that final period.
e Apparently no set of adverse fiji
It ures ever can prove to the racin
d bettor that he is up against b
d more than he can digest.
|, For example, the case of Whir
away serves our point. Long Tail
Is the biggest money winner of a
time. He has had an amazing re
k ord of running and winning. Ye
u If someone had bet SIS on Whirlawa
s in every race of his career, sal
e bettor would be behind financiall
a The answer is that Whirly has To-
a too many races when he was 6
IS odds-on choice.
e After his first few races the1
D. was little chance to make ar
70 money backing Man O. War. Thel
]" were times when he was 1-to-100 {
1-to-80.
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