Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-12-24 | Page 10 | Skibos Say Jack Lee's Grin Helps Them Win Football Encounters

Say Jack Lees Lee's Grin Helps Them Win Football Encounters NEW ORLEANS Dec 24 UP The The truth is out now now s grin beat Pittsburgh for Carnegie Tech and the hope that same grin will bring them victory victory vic vie tory in the January 2 Sugar bowl game with Texas Christian The grin belongs to blond Jack Lee tle pound fullback and behind it is the kind of stuff that makes soldiers die gladly for Na Na- In the sports phrase book hes he's a. a sparkplug That is Ls why Coach Bill Kern r and all the arc are walking around their training camp at near-by near Bay St. St Louis Miss with long faces Lee his knee in practice two days ago and its it's problematical whether hell he'll play in the Sugar bowl game One of his mates explained how howit it felt to have Jack out on the field playing with him When the going is the toughest tough tough- est eat his grin is the widest When he gets his he grins when he half murders an opposing player coming through our line he grins Whenever we are worried or orIn orin orin in a tight spot we can look around and see that grin It seems to say What the hell boys nothing t to get excited about Smile and forget it it- and hit cm em twice as hard Then he told of that 20 10 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pitts Pitts- burgh triumph Stebbins of Pittsburgh ran the opening off kick-off bade back against us w for 97 yards The referee turned to Jack acting captain and asked him whether hed he'd kick off or re- re eive Receive says Jack grinning and well we'll have a touchdown of our own in five plays Doggone if we didn't Then they kicked a afield afield afield field goal Again Jack says Receive Receive Re It may take us longer this time but well we'll be up there again before the half Is over We scored on the last pl play y of the half and were never headed Lees Lee's record for ball bali carrying isn't impressive He lugged the leather 10 times this season and gained but 32 yards but let a player tell you why that doesn't add up to his value He is more than a morale man He is a great football player He never cares who totes the ball He prefers to block When he conducts Snake Condit and Boris around those ends it is a sight to behold I have seen him block cleanly as many manyas as three men on one play without leaving his feet