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Show Football If you haven't seen It, In the September Sep-tember 18 issue of Collier's, Francis Wallace has picked Notre Dame to take the national football championship champion-ship this year. He rates U. C. L. A. second and Georgia Tech third In the nation . . . Wallace picked Jack ; Parker of Mississippi State, Paul Cameron of U. C. L. A., Paul Giel of Minnesota, and John Lattner of Notre Dame as his on his first aU-American aU-American backfield . . . Unusual praise Is rolng to Steve Metlinger of Kentucky by all sport writers at this stage of the game. Last season he played quarterback, fullback, and end for Kentucky. This season sea-son he Is slated for a halfback post. Seems he is a one-man football foot-ball team . . . Lattner, mentioned above, is being picked by man sport writers as the back of the year and Bill Krietmeyer of Van-derblld Van-derblld the sophomore back of the year. Franklin Brooks of Georgia Tech will become the sophomore , lineman of the year, the writers are predicting. . TRIPLE WINNER . . . Jockey Willie Shoemaker holds special trophy awarded him after he rode his 300th winner at Del Mar, Cal. Willie is only jockey In American turf history to win 300 races in three different seasons. |