| Show TAlKING 1 IT OVER r. r With A ABILL BILL SILL JOHNSTON I Where Are Arc Th They y Whenever sports fans get to together together together to- to gether for fora a little youre you're i bound to hear the worn time I phrase The grea greatest cst halfback Ive I've was was-e ever seen was wa uh er uh Vh You You know tl the e guy who used to pJ play y for Utah Uta Bb State at t back In 1921 Arguments run nIn rampant when nhen the hc lie old timers old start comparing modern day ita stars with past pat h he be- roes Ho Io How many times have you ou heard someone ia say S couldn't bold hold a 3 candle to Johnny Smith SmIths Say I wonder oDd what S Smith Ii ft doing doing- oh i now All AU sports porth fans are the same same- They all have their favorites and or of them go way y ba back k into the p past st Anyone who has been a around nd for tar a a number of ot yrs years Vaguely remembers the men whose names 1 made he headlines on thes the s ts pages y years rs' rs ago As we dig through the files tiles une un- un e Ji information on on n. n past athletic ath ath- letic C ic c ge greats of U Utah th the job a as- as sOmes a astronomical t proportions rop at times It se seems en fus that the very mention of the name of every man we decide t to write about brings up tip p another name and another event At t times times' weve we've had an almost uncontrollable urge rg to v up our our ha hands t and holler hotler I 1 We quit However we plod 9 on n nand and on lon and therein n lies J the c rub Weve We've been writing about folk we 1 remember Being weft along nIong in tn our twenties our memory memory is Ju just t n a bit hit short and ind wed we'd like to from I you OU sports fans especially espe espe- y you tl timers old giving gl us suggestions on possible subjects for tor Where Vh rc Arc Are The They Now w S. J Proud Heritage a has a a very ery pr proud ud athletic heritage Some Sonic of the nations nation's outstanding m men n in the various fl fields of at athletic endeavor have haved d conic hie from the Beehive state You fans can see to tOt it that none none of oft I t tj time old greats great arc are Ignored by I 5 sending in tn any and all aU information might have haye in regard to the whereabouts of these stando ath l Ides leles who grabbed off a small share of ot athletic glory a and d then literally disappeared r 3 Information 3 0 of any type tie sired ir d an and obviously a a complete resume of Vb ts his names career career would u-Id u be better better f Football pla players c s of a fairly recent re rc rc- rc cent vintage have ave been getting the tr treatment t. t of late lafe z m mainly int because se of ot the ease with which the Information ni mation can be gleaned fr from m the Allies trUeS A personal interview Is the b best beit it s system stem for finding out a a bout about out and person and w to to se see sec any ny of the timers old come up to the theo theoffice o office fice and talk it over for a while 4 t e Personal interviews are n not t alays alays always al al- al- al ways ays possible ho however ever arid and th the files are scanty in certain cases case's a id d that's that where here you farts fans come in A letter from m you small l and t short a 8 it if may be can give us us' the lead we need Well We'll take the tt n an and do lothe oth the be best t we weca can with it itIn In that that w way y tl the the e deserving deser athletic stars of a few decades ago bike rIdes riders footballers tennis tennis tennis ten ten- nis stars hoop artists boxers golfers and nd all the rest will ill be given the thc treatment they deserve Athletic fame Is 15 I fleeting and a name that is on OD everyone's lips Ups in 1947 1947 can an very ery often be bo gone and forgotten even before I 1948 g gets get t gol going g Your cooperation will enable us to do the job w wed we'd d like to do doand and also aso give you fans a chance to find out what ever happened to your favorites of years years gone by i 4 |
