The sub., 1943-11-11
tackle and guard for the BOs- ton Redskins.

an athletic scholarship which paid $50 a month, besides tuition, for 60 hours work. He also took frat ernity jobs. But laundry and otn- CT necessities ran over $60 month and he kept sinking deeper into debt.
 After his last collegiate grid appearance three National League clubs were hot on his tail: the Giants, Portsmouth and Providence. Portsmouth
 made the first bid. PrOvi- dence's Butch Meeker beat its figure and the Giants had sent no contract. So Hein signed with the SteamrOIIers.
 The next day Mel travelled to Spokane to play with the Couger basketball team against Gonzaga. The latter's coach was Ray Flah- erty, then Giant captain and star end. Between halves Ray asked Mel whether he'd received the Giants contract.
 "No, | never heard from them. So I signed with PrOvi- dence yesterday"
 "Ow-OOh! How much did they offer you? ;. What, what THAT little? Why, I know for fact that our bid was far
 better. If you can humanIy grab that contract back, tear 1t up. Promise me you'll try" Returning to college the next morning Hein asked the postmas- ter whether it would do any good to wire the Providence postmaster to hold the letter. The official didn't know, but suggested he try it. It worked! A few days later his Providence letter was returned unopened and he autographed the belated paper from the Giants.
 He used the bonus money to pay off collegiate debts, then found the courage to propose to Florence Porter, his campus sweetheart. They were mar ried in August. Next day the blissful couple set out in a jail Opy on 8 transcOntinental hO- neymOOn that wound up in the Giants training camp.
 Mel broke into his first game for only a few minutes. In the next he played ten minutes and in the third he saw action for two periods. By the fourth contest he was established as first stringer, then former quarter man and played the full 60 minutes of ev- cry game for the next five years.
 In 12 previous seasons with the Giants, Hein has played with five pennant winners and two world champs. He rates the '38 Giants, whom he cap tained to the title triumph over Green Bay, as his best club. That was 8 quite a year for him anyway, for Mel was voted most valuable player in the league and also nOtched his lone pro touchdown, on an in tercepted pass. He still has the pigskin he Iugged across the goal line.
 Hein's center playing is prac- tically out of this world. He has never been known to make poor pass. Because of his fine intuition Nell calls all his teams defense formations. Only two players are permitted to talk in the Giants signal huddle: the quarterback, who calls signals, and Hein, who has the final veto power.
 Three years ago Hein was hOnOred with Day" at the Polo Grounds, first of it's kind ever rendered . New York fOOtballer. Possessing the same magnetic mOdesty and terrific ability as that other Mel, who is beloved Polo Grounds leader and National League alI-star-MelI Ott-Hein was ShOwered with speeches and tangible tributes, including an auto, radio, silver sets, travel ing bags and flowers. The auto came completely licensed, equipped and insured. The li- cense plate number was GT-7,