Show P CE THE argument started m in the lock locker locker er room when Clarence Olcott a former star In Blue asked If any other college or university had pro pro- produced as ninny many br bril I 1 ant ends as Yale had done In the last 50 years Supporters from several other urn M came along to p ek ck up the chat lenge but buthen when hen the smoke had cleared I It seemed to the vot ng Jury that Mr Olcott had Just about won h s case caseI G ran tl an dRI ce ceH It I t was w a s Frank F r a n k H the d spirit who began the parade of fine Yale ends around 1889 was a four year All Amer AmerIcan scan Ican one of the best ends of all t me Later on Olcott h was a hIgh class end and after that Tom n nand nand and Tad Tod Rafferty came along to strengthen Yale s claim Both were great ends After that John Reed K now General Kilpatrick came along to add further prest ge to Eh s prominence on the flanks Kilpat Kilpatrick rick was a pound track man who played football with a fire and fer fervor fervor vor seldom equalled Yale then offered Doug Bomeisler one of the game s est tacklers m in sp to te of a bad shoulder Shortly after Bomeisler left there were and Scott and after these two there were Larry Kelly and Choo shoo choo Tra n a strong corn com Kelly was as one of footballs football s best receivers and Tra n one of the best defensive ends of af his time Yale has had other good ends m in ng Comerfort So the above is S only a partial lIst But when hen you have such names as H ShevI I 1 n Rafferty Kilpatrick Bomeisler Fishwick Scott Scott Kelly Tram Train you have something to argue about Other Colleges Michigan ba- ba ha had her Alabama her Hutson It Ither ither her Bomar and Stanford Wakefield-Stanford her and wh Topping le Ie Notre Dame has had a fine general average from year to year Harvard had her Campbell and HardwIck two of the best Among Notre Dame ends there was a stocky fellow named Knute Rockne One of the best ends that football has known IS now an umpire by the name of Cal Hubbard Before big Cal became a tackle he was a great end at Centenary and Geneva Bo McMillan rates Hubbard the best all around football player be ever saw Hubbard at was as fast as a fast back Both Army and Navy have sent more than a few high class to the field EspecIally Army But If you care to go back as far faras faras as 1890 I believe the h gh average for able will go to Yale YaleI I mean going away And I almost forgot one Alonzo Stagg now a top coach at 81 If the argument had bad turned to the best passing colleges the contest would be much closer can offer Sammy Baugh and Dave O a Brien Lou Little at Colum Columbia bla bia can present SId Luckman and Paul Governali Notre Dame and MIChIgan move well up With such men as Gus Do rays rals George GIPP Benny Friedman not overlooking a young fellow by bythe bythe the name of Bertelli Duke had a star entry In Ace Parker one of the best all around backs that football has known But when JOU ou get down to what Is technically known as brass tacks I think we e have to slip the chaplet of wild apple blossoms apple blossoms to m lU honor honorof honorof of Baugh and O 0 Brien and to ta Co Ca Columbia lumbia for Sid Luckman and Paul Governali Big Bg and Little Men MenThe en The arrival of Howard and Johnny Gee m in the same ballpark shows again agam that any form of human anatomy can handle a Job m sport The contrast would be extended It If we only had Peewee Reese and Rab Rabb Rabb b t Maranville around and Gee placed end to end cover 13 feet feet 2 inches of space Maranville and Reese could only muster slIghtly over 10 feet The Pirate s Johnny Gee at 6 feet 8 inches is the tallest man I ye ve ever seen m in baseball And the Dodgers at 6 feet inches Is the thene ne next t Babe Ruth we e pounds the year he knocked off h s 60 homers but Wee WIllie Keeler at had a filet me batting average up With the Babe Herman HIckman the new Army line coach who we ve at Ten Tennessee could outrun most of hIS I fast backs Chigger Brown at Sewanee weigh weighing j mg ing pounds played four years m the big time WIthout an injury gh five years at Auburn and Georgia weight made all southern quarterback four seasons Not overlooking Dave O a Brien the Eagles star who through six seasons of college and pro football was not even badly bruised Fast small men are hard to tackle solidly R H hw V vain 1 a ct avant and of |