Evening star., 1953-11-10

voice whispers that it would make no great difference
insofar as typical team standings concerned period
of few That the Yankees their money the
knoW-how in the front Office would assert themselves.
SECOND VOICE argues that it might have made some
difference That there would be great premium
how as long club owner had his Fort Knox.
instance the Chicago Cubs Phil Wrigey can't get his
out of the second division because obviously his
farm system deficient.
But if it only question of money Wrigey could
match all most of the 1t might possible that
overnight, Chicago would have Roy Campanela CATCH
MuSa to play the outfeld and Bob Porterfed to pitch
The hurting clubs would be those which have lacked both
wealth and farm systems Like the Senators and the Athletics
clark Grth could scarcely outbld the Yankees for Mickey
Vernon; if he free He might not have been
able to hold Portered and Eddie Yost and Jim Busby
Out of the clear blue third voice This
the Senators and Athletics hurting anyway Washington
last won in 1888 Philadelphia in 1881
MOVING TO PRO FOOTBALL whose head men, inciden-
tally we'll have followed the Supreme Court baseball
proceedings with than curious interest whatever has
happened to the Old Guard? BY Old Guard meant the
Chicago Bears Green Bay Packers Chicago Cardinals and
New York Giants
These the senior members the of pro football.
The Cards date back SO The Bears and Packers
back 80 years and the Among them they
80 world" or divisional championships.
Among them this these four pioneer clubs have
exactly five of % racing like mad to
which claim undspued possession of last place in the
Eastern and Western conferences.
The plight of the Bears and Giants invites special aten
on George Haas of the Bears of the real founders
of pro ball. He 10 titles but years Steve
Owen, long time coach of the Giants is having horrible
The office cynic suggests meanully, that younger
coaches than HaaS and having in
drafting players and coaching their teams than the
boards He tosSes Curly Lambeau (331 with the Redskins
into the category although in all fairness to this long
time coach he may have much authority Owen,
certainly not that Halas when it running the
show.
PROBABLY THE HOTTEST sports personality in the
Nation right Lattner Notre hafback who
dominated the dramatic Nore Dame contest Satu
day The Sunday night TV films of the only spurred
comment the young
In the pressbox Franklin Field who had admired,
but not fully appreciated Lattner capabilities
at the cockng of the 2oyearod Chcagoan after his 92yard
clock stopped of after Penns conversion but
Ofhand it's not known how long reasonable kickoff
1t (when times in again) until it grabbed by somebody
this Lattner But it must be at least seconds
Johnny, taking devious route and bothered from time
to time by Penns who weighed 100 to 28 pounds have
those 90 yards in full uniform, "of track,
in something like II seconds
Oddly, lot of folks including those who had
Laner quite bit, thought he relatively slowfooted
and ranked behind Heap and Guglemi in speed The game
and the TV films which followed proved otherwise.
If Latner is Charley Paddock he at least faster
upon whim, than most people expected
Some of the real good backs of years this
They seemed slow and then they pulled full
throttle Tufy LeemanS One who has followed
Nore Dame for many years kened Lattner to Bill Dudley
The feeling here is that he unlike Cliff Battles
could guy expect?