| Show My M Hero I II I Shrine Grid 9 Stars Visit Ward By HAL L WOOD 4 SAN FRANCISCO Dec 23 The The slogan Strong men that the weak may walk has nthan n- n than a a. catchy collection of ot w today to the thc nations nation's 48 foot stars who paid a visit to the Sh hospital for crippled children They entered as the typical 1 I rollicking gang of ot ath athi and came away with tear tear-ste ch cheeks ks t 1 The 48 players were the east and west football t ta assembled here to start prat pra for tile Uie if annual west east Sh aU star all stAr football game game at K stadium o on New ey Years Year's day Started Slowly To start off the each little patient In the hoe was dressed In tn the colors olora of of- of of ot the football players' players coil coll John pound ta from Yale drew as his friend a little girl who had stricken with polio but wa wu learning to walk walk she she hadn't a n. step yet Big John took her by the l M And he showed her how to bal be ball herself as he tie guided her t th the first steps of her f formed a lasting trl friendship gi Little Billy Williams mS a scat from Idaho made friends ridden bed-ridden boy and what I talked about was WM a mystery mystery- m when Billy BlUy turned his ba bac leave there were his q a t Tony halfback f Pennsylvania Earl Maves of Ind Bob Hazelhurst of Denver Denver- made friends quickly with I decked ou out t in their repe school colors 14 Virgil Eikenberg of Rice I fa II tute lute who had a 10 10 lO ear ld for h his partner soon was sho his how to pass kick run with a foot football all I Where There 1 My Johnny All AU during the visit there therel a little girl dressed In Notre Noire D DJ colors on the verge of tears Wheres Where's my Johnny she a as of the attendants Cant he hec l and see Ice me it 11 She was calling for all Amer Johnny Lujack who was zo lol rounded by newsmen and pho raphers ers that he couldn't get gett to his girl 1 But he got there finally finally- I they soon were pals The players a as they prepare leave wrote down the the nara nain their pa particular pals prom J write letters Jetters And they will too said Gertrude Folendorf the h ho hoi administrator Ive seenI een boys come ever since th the Uie y Shrine Shrine- game and they neve eve L to keep their promise The most touching scene o da day was the finale when finale when Ra Ray of Holy Cross and Bill Bm Columbia led the east team singing of White Christmas |
