| Show V P 7 f v. v J j Sport ports s Mirror fJ i I y JOHN MOONEY MOONEY- I A I am sitting in my little office mulling over the potential po po- po- po r. r members of the Big All-Big Seven basketball team I when I am ar aroused us d from my lethargy by a very r raucous F I Hello Mooney you bum Thinking perhaps that my old bosom pal the Beer eer Barrel Poker Two-Ton Two Tony Galento is dropping dropping dropping drop drop- ping in for a visit I am quickly banishing my lethargy and donning my best Sunday grin before looking up and finding b before fOre e me Beal Street Willie Villie Chicago Murphy and he the Lug J r I I am snaking ing like a Johnny Pay hek awaiting the gong for fora a return mateo match with Joe Louis for if if theres there's anyone in this i world I am n riot wishing t-wishing at this time the same would be Chicago M Murphy Beal Beat Street Witlie and Louie the Lug 1 Well Moe know since ya just got back from the basketball show beams Beal Deal Street Willie showing a aset set of molars that would scare a werewolf Very little my friends I counter preferring to let letl l Beal Beat Street Willie steal the office applause while I retain i my excellent health However I am in the midst of sortIng sorti sorting sort sort- i ing out the various stars to place on my widely-read widely all- all conference selections and so if you will kindly close the door quietly on the way out so as not to disturb the office boy i I shall be glad to meet you some Tuesday at Yehudis for fora a quiet game game of st ss I Not so fast chum Chicago Murphy counters Me and md the boys have a little score to settle with you regarding regarding regarding regard regard- ing the misplacement of some scratch last September By scratch I I. interpret I I 1 suppose you mean spond spon- spon t d mazuma wampum or just plain cold cash and if it could be that you ou are referring to that foreign substance sub sub- stance stancer I report that I am totally in the clear although I 1 I am am re receiving confidential tips from the the thc know i t that the government is still manufacturing the stuff No walsy palsy-walsy Louie the Lug chimes in you know all about this misplaced scratch since on our last visit to you f we misplaced misplaced all the scratch we could produce on some of your football predictions which caus caused d us to have a very interesting arid and exciting footrace with the local gendarmes shortly after leaving you and resulted in us spending six months in the castile bastile as as a penalty for losing said race But we would like to show you that we hold no hard feelings and give you a chance to tomake tomake tomake make amends by giving us the lowdown on this here Big all-Big Seven line lineup p. p Well Veil I 1 conceded realizing that the nearest door is isa isa a 1 shot away Youve got to consider l McCloud ud HamI Hamburg Ham Ham- I burg and Tr Trotsky of Colorado Sailors and of Wyoming Brawner and Peterson of Denver Sm Smith th Bennion Ben Ben- ennion en- en nion and Johnson of Utah Overly Esplin Nielsen and FullI Fullmer Full Full- I mer f B D Y U nea Reading i and Baugh Daugh of Utah St t Parker 1 i and Meyers of Colorado State 1 f Lissen chum get this straight from the feed box t Louie the Lug admonished uy You ou aint picking this club Were We're helping you do the dirty work and we are arc now I about to give you the benefit of our long long- and sometimes o i painful years years of experience in picking winners by fixing j this outfit for you a and d it better be released as we pick lick it r Okeh okeh keh but first take that little convincer vincer out out out-of of your fist and l lets let's s be talking this thi over Ii like e chums I plead although personally I would rather sit down to o a handed four game with I three boa constrictors than I would talk things over with this trio Of course ourse I do not mention such a thing since it is common common cornmon com com- mon gossip gossi around and about how a certain smoothie going under the of Ikey the Oiley gets a busted sconce for inferring he is not pleased with the company of Louie the Lug x Murphy I Beal Street Willie and Chicago There pally that's more like it it Chicago Murphy acknowledges and so I will start the ball rolling by nominating nominating nom nom- mating this guy from Wyoming as a cinch guard He ile is very good in fact filet I wo would ld go on record as saying that he looks as good or better than many of the guys I oc occasion occasionally oe- oe casion lly lay a bob or two on when I happen to be passing passing pass pass- S ing through the Windy City 1 I am stating now that he will be named on my own America all-America five which probably probably 1 S ably will vill be snapped up any moment now by a national syndicate S S 5 Although I am forced to agree with you on on S I am naming this McCloud bozo from Colorado as a cinch I forward forward for for- orS or- or S ward and going on record to say that any ginko who can can pop popS in points in 10 games can play on my roy ball club clib Beal I S Street Willie is doing he speaking king I will t take ke McCloud and F f and fill out the quintet with rookies from the old peoples people's home and still give you boys around and about here a amerry ar S r- r merry chase for your Well Louie Loule the Lug pouts I HI am not used to getting third 5 say Fay even in this select type of company but I am boosting George Hamburg of Colorado as my choice for lor center That about sews up the tough ones for you and as there seems to be R a Black Marias Maria's siren moaning closer I move we adjourn A uA worthy suggestion Brother Drother Louie Loule Willie admits r but before we go chum Id I'd get it straight that we are counting counting count count- f S ing on you to come through for us this time since it is irksome irk- irk i i. some for us to be finding ourselves on the short end of the theS S purse especially when we have bet heavily of our our nonet none- none l t too-plentiful too scratch on the long end of the odds Just round EJ out the team with a couple of lesser lights and all will be i. i fine So here I am sitting in my little office musing over i i a a. suitable duo to use in rounding out my quintet and hopi hopf hop- hop i f r ing mg meanwhile that whoever I select will i l agre agree with Louie the Lug Beal eal Street Willie Y and and Chi Chicago go M Murphy since I am finding myself more and ana more allergic to pineapples especially the type that goes in y your u mush and and scatters your remains all over the off office ice which has been freshly scrubbed for spring 1 S Editors Editor's note note Any Any similarity between the above ravings above ravings and nd the he masterpieces of Damon Runyon is purely intentional intention l and if Ul there 7 h. h happens s to tobe be e any chara characters t a around and and th abou these se ct i parts part Il med Beal Street Willie Chic Chicago g Murphy and Louie Loule the Lug Iwas only lY 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