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Show McLemore Says ' Pro Gridders Like 'Lil Davey1 O' Brien Because He's Good : ) By HJCNEY KoUEMOBE LOS ANGELES, Jail. 18 UP-ThJa UP-ThJa Is a story of a modern David3 Da-vid3 and the Gollaths, The David Is Davey O'Brien, the Texas boy who plays professional football for the Philadelphia Eagles, and the Gollaths are the big, brawny and tough men he plays with and against In th National Na-tional league. Little Davey slays the Gollaths with his great forward passing and they bear no grudge against him. In fact, he la the favorite of th leagu. and there la an unwritten un-written law among th 220, 230 and 290 pounders that he must not be brutally handled ox .banged about because of his sise." . Joe a Midget O'Brien looks Ilk a mascot, not a star performer, when he trots out among his fellow proa. Scarcely Scarce-ly five feet seven In height, and weighing Just a shad under ISO pounds,- he la little more than 1 ' or more of th all-star who were her to play against th Greea Bay Packer in the pro bowl gam , ' told m that any player who d llberately tried to hurt OBrle ' would be chased out of th league. Just Decant Pay Mel Heln, Joe Stydahar, Turk ' Edwards, Baby Ray, Johnny Drake, Ernie Smith, Jim Pool and dozens of other of the biggest and hardest hitting players la ' football all were high in their . praise of O'Brien. ' "He's a whale of a football play . r, and gamer than a rooster," t they said. "And then never was ., a nicer, quieter or more gentlemanly gentle-manly boy. We snt mind piling 1 on th punishment on fellow our own sis, but damn If anyone I ' going to rough Davey up lust because be-cause he Is little. He could take , It, and would, but anyone who tried It would get th full and complete treatment from every , body else In th league." half aa big as the linemen and : backs he oppose In th toughest football league In th country. Yet Davey had t take but one time-out during last year's season sea-son snd. except for a twisted snkle, has suffered no Injury. He averaged 45 minutes of play per game against teams loaded with savage blockers and taoklers. The National Pro league has had more than a score of player as smsll as O'Brien, but none ever received re-ceived the treatment he gets. And the answer lies in th little Texan's Tex-an's personality and willingness to stand the gaff If th giants want to pour It on. He made It plain, when he came up from Texas Christian university univer-sity and started pre ball, that he expected no consideration because of his sin. He was willing to take the punishment or get out. Hard as nails, and blessed with a flaming competitive spirt, he tor Into .the giants with every ounce of his strength, . throwing blocks and tackles on men big and strong enough to pick him up by th scruff of th neck and shake him. , Shorn Spettlghl The giants marveled at his1 courage on the field and his modesty mod-esty off the field. High salaried and tremendously publicized, he shunned the spotlight Quiet, retiring, re-tiring, and with a shy little smile, he has become almost the pet, not only of his own team, but of the rival teams and owner. As a passer, he Is vulnerable to the most terrific punishment. It Is a rule In pro football that the passers be given the works by the men who rush In. And all the passers, except O'Brien, get a full going over. But the giants handle him with care. Instead of lunging savagely Into Davey, they sweep him up In their arms and hold him until the whistle blows. When he carries the bsll they try to keep from piling onto him, and a score |