Evening star., 1947-02-17
LitfIe-Known Mobley
Held Better Find for
Colts Than Case
By Lewis F. Atchison

AlCnOuRA 6Iulc Ease, O.I.LA
quarterback, is supposed to be the
Baltimore Colts prize package next
season, old football dopesters will
let you have him and instead take
Little Doc" Mobley, Hardin-Sim-
mons halfback who was added to the
roster over the week end.
The dope is that Pacific Coast
football touched bottom last season
and that Case, a rather small gent,
was no great shucks IN the Q.b. slot
Curley Lambeau took him in the
National League draft because
Green Bay was so hard up for a
pesser Curley would have picked
somebody's grandmother. But the
Packers didn't have him 10 minutes
before Lambeau tried to palm him
off to Dan Reeves for certain Los
Angeles Ram.
Mobley, whose proper front handle
is Rudolph, makes you think back
about all the "unknowns" from one
hoss colleges who blazed a star
SCARED trail through pro ranks. Cliff
Battles, who came up 10 the Red
skins from West Virginia Wesleyan,
is one who comes to mind. Keith
Molesworth Of the Bears was anoth-
er, hailing from Monmouth College.
George Halas picked another prize
for the Bears in Ray MCLEAN Of st.
Anselm College, although Dutch
Bergman could have tipped him off
on the Scooter" MCLEAN wrecked
O pretty good Catholic U. eleven.
The biggest prize Of 'em all,
though, was old Dutch" Clark OF
Colorado, who finished his career at
Detroit. They still speak with rev.
erence of his all-around ability, I'M
canny instinct in diagnosing plays
and his unerring judgment. But
Clark wasn't national football
figure until he hit the pro ranks.
There are numerous other ex-
amples and If Mobley fits into this
category the Colts can congratulate
themselves in landing him. General
Manager Jack Espey in announcing
Mobley,s signing, quoted his record
Of 1,448 yards gained last season,
which led all college ball toters. In
1942, Mobley picked up 1852 yards
in seven games, again pacing the
field. He was fifth in total offense
last year even though he threw no
passes.
The record indicates that lii
Doc" can lift 'em up and put 'em
down, but in hurry. He seems to
be the gent to watch next season,
not Case.
In two fights here this winter
Stan Wheatley, Kings Point 155-
FOUNDER, has given collegiate Gus
toners more action than you'd see
in a month in pro ranks. He shakes
off lawmakers like Steve Mamakos
used to do, but unlike Steve he also
can punch. His kayo Of Maryland's S
Ed Rieder last week was one of
the most dramatic finishes in local
college rings, and most ringsiders
will tell you Wheatley would have
done the same to C. us Gus Gersin
II the fight had gone more than
one round. But If the big blond
youngster expects to follow the sea
he'd better stop taking too many
bombshell rights. They do you no
good even when you win.
And speaking of college bouts
Referee Johnny Williams of Vir-
ginia had one of those once-in-a-
lifetime decisions to hand down in
the c. U.-Bucknell bouts when the
winner finished on the floor. Sig
nificantly Charley Reynolds, one of
the best arbiters in the business,
called 1t the same way and by the
same margin, 26 to Is.
Although Col. Heinie Miller's
name has been mentioned prom
inently and frequently as director
Of extra-curricula activities at the
National Guard Armory when, and
If, it ever becomes available for
public use, dark horse is in the
race for the post in Howard Liv-
ington. It would be tough to choose
between them.