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Show ii SffaiH of football that A ' Tjejd to the major head- Stake yu mto a country 1 1 Arteresting as Minnesota, ;li,fjt( A. & M.. Boston . j Tennessee. :P&inpl. during 016 lat iTrifi to Cincinnati I ran if-' across a number of a old - time football players who told me about a back by the name of Jackie Hunt of Marshall college in Huntington, W. Va. "I played against George Gipp," one old-timer said, "and I'd rather have Sunt than Gipp." 1E "I played against "Cliff Battles," an-d, an-d, "and I'll take Hunt He is just as good a ( i ,tf, great kicker, a fine 11 star defensive bark." ' fiod football players tell 1 1 1 fellow who is better land Battles you begin to t So two months ago I trifle out on the limb for 'the off-trail, away from (yi pack. Hunt was hard to sj,t be was the big factor i V V. P. I. and also In j points against Wake For-I For-I m good enough to beat ulina, 12 to 0. Picking up Slid here and there, (after ire over 400 college teams H games each week), I I Jackie Hunt was doing it, Investigation discovered fit the leading scorer of 7, well ahead of such peo-Tl-mon and Kimbrough and Ikichie Hunt Mpii time I ran Into Jock the Dodger mandarin. Wit about Hunt," Jock said. fLfd him at Pittsburgh. He n't$l high school back In Of hat year. Big, fast, pass-anfarrier pass-anfarrier and kicker, loaded J Optional football spirit. But iied to stay In his home "Jlunlington with Marshall. ;8 "at Huntington was where t id. Even as a high school Mm an outstanding star." Ian a few leading colleges liexplain to Hunt that he I f.' the headlines away from ind Kimbrough, from Rea-j Rea-j 4'Rourke. Hunt wasn't in-fcft in-fcft headlines. He loved footle foot-le wanted to play at home. tjund 10-second man who f bout everything, this West Hlet nation-wide fame roll ' l went on scoring three or W.idowns in almost every jjdear old Marshall. This jas more important than "Tchdowns he scored, which "Ration. fd Snead j days ago I received a a sport writing friend t Virginia who knows his t my remember," he wrote, Jt only slipped you one tip. t I told you that we had a .icjby the name of Sammy r;o was on his way up with 3est swing In golf. That ujre anyone knew anything , fnmy Snead. You printed frote to you. Now I'm tell- yjthat Jackie Hunt of Mar- lege is a better football atian Sammy Snead is a b J his schedule isn't what Jfa or Michigan faces. But I at he can do. I'd like to , on equal terms, play Warmon or Kimbrough, for we can do more things bet- football. He can run it'-r and outkick and outpass , id you can't find a better plaer. "f is In Che same spot Dutch e held. A great player,' J. 'but no schedule.' Dutch still the all-time All-Amerl-"Jtrback in your book and al-ypry al-ypry other book. Hunt Is S-i faster than Dutch Clark, do everything as weU." e Ballyhoo no fake ballyhoo for Jackie :om I have never seen. But ' Spears, coach of Dart-innesota Dart-innesota and Oregon, now . who has seen Hunt play "s. adds his testimony, you listen. Mars doesn't believe there " all-around back in Amer- he has no exceptions. 31 the greatest," is the Doc tfbute. ent to Marshall college it would be almost impos-bim impos-bim to make an Ail-Amer- one reason the sched- ( important question would fi "Hunt may look good v- P. I. and Toledo and M'fest, but let him try to Wast Big Ten teams. What something to this angle, several pro coaches who i as soon have Hunt, when tes, as either Harmon or jSh except for the matter 'ly and gate receipts. |