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Show A VETERAN non combatant, looking on from the sidelines for many years, brings In another argument. Here is the point he makes "Who have been the smartest men you'vs known in sport not only In thell professions, but also outside of their professions? We all know there havs been many smart ballplayers, fighters, fight-ers, etc., who were shrewd and canny can-ny enough in their own games, bul who were dumber than an iron ox In every other phase of existence. What about their own games and their outside abilities?" This is an interesting angle. Being glutton for punishment as well as . an en d-of-t he-limb inhabitant, we'll take a chance. No. 1. Boxing. Our nomination is James J. Corbett, a great heavyweight and the best of all boxers. Not only a smart ring man, but a first-class first-class actor, a brilliant bril-liant talker and ad- Bobby Jones UUUK' " 'J sonality who could match a quick wit on the stage with Buch a comedian as Frank Tinney. In this outside respect, including the ring, Gene Tunney ranks second. Tunney actually knew his Shakespeare, Shake-speare, his Shelley and his Keats, but he wasn't a. James J. Corbett. No. 2. Baseball. Christy Mathewson. Matty was not only an able college graduate but certainly one of the smartest pitchers that ever lived. Probably the smartest. I dropped In with Big Six at the Pittsburgh Athletic club many years ago and saw him play ten well-known chess players, moving from board to board. Matty won all ten games. Matty was a scholar with a brilliant mind. He was known as Old Percentage. Per-centage. Moe Berg knew more languages lan-guages and possibly was a trifle closer to literature, but Matty gets the top vote. Bobby Jones a Lawyer No. 3. Golf. We must offer you Maj. Robert T. Jones of the army air force. Bobby was something more than one of the smartest golfers that ever entered a championship, where his judgment was usually beyond any criticism. He was also something more than a leading graduate of Georgia Tech and a post-graduate from Harvard, where he took a two-year course in one year and finished near the head of his class. He was also a smart lawyer and a smart business man on the side. He has one of the best minds I've run across. I don't believe be-lieve this selection can be challenged. chal-lenged. No. 4. Football. This is where we move into a number of diverging trails. Football has been packed with smartness. There are such men to consider as Knute Rockne, Percy Haughton, Lou Little, Bob Zuppke, Dan Mc-Gugin, Mc-Gugin, Dick Harlow on and on. My vote goes to Rockne a smart football player one of the smartest of all coaches an able after-dinner speaker a master psychologist and one of the most interesting people I've ever known, no matter what the company. Bob Zuppke as coach, speaker, artist and philosopher wasn't far behind. Tilden an Able Writer No. 5. Tennis. The vote goes to Bill Tilden. Big Bill was the smartest smart-est of all tennis players. In addition to that he was one of the true masters mas-ters of English as a writer. Many of his articles were used for text purposes in many colleges. No. 6. Racing. My vote here would go to Earl Sande. Sande was one of the greatest jockeys of all time. He has been a high-class trainer. He has also been able to make a living as a singer with an excellent voice. Extremely intelligent, intelli-gent, he is quiet, modest and capable capa-ble In whatever he undertakes. No. 7. Track. Jack Lovelock-New Lovelock-New Zealand. Lovelock was one of the greatest milers of all time. 1 saw him beat Glenn Cunningham In the Princeton meet and later run away from Cunningham In the Berlin Ber-lin Olympics where he set a new 1500-meter record. On the side he was a brilliant scholar and one ol the best doctors of bis day. He if now serving In Scotland and Eng. land in this capacity on the war side. This is enough, at least, to start a few arguments for those who hap pen to be in a debating mood. They are not final pronouncements. They are merely personal opinions, picked up along a 40-year highway. What Sort of Baseball? What sort of baseball will wc have? I don't think this is Important. Impor-tant. It is far more important thai most of the stars and most of tha regulars are now in the service. Would anyone want a basebaE season where we had such famoui baseball names as Bob Feller, Jo DiMaggio, nank Greenbcrg, Johnnj Mize, Johnny Beazley, Ted Williams Phil Rizzuto, Charley Keller, Walker Walk-er Cooper, etc., etc., ready to re port in a, baseball uniform? I donl think so. I |