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theforward torward forward wall and the backfleld backfteld- backfteld backfield- backfield backfteldyour backfieldyour backfleldyour - your man power And don t ever everlet everlet everlet let anyone tell you a different d1fferent story storyFootball storyFootball storyFootball Football coaches have done great greatJobs greatlobs greatobs Jobs lobs ] Their general average is the thehighest thehighest thehighest highest in ID sport But the best still stillneed stillneed stillneed need good football tootball players to have havewlnnmg havewinning havewinning wlnnmg winning teamsAfter teamsAfter teams teamsAfter After all all , , they can t rush out on onthe onthe onthe the field and do their own pass passing passbig passing ing big ruII ruruling ng runding blocking and tackling . . 0 S SSports Sports Fans ' SquawksSports Squawks SquawksSports Sports fans tans who move up into mto the the50 50 or 60 million mlillon class ranging from fromages fromages fromages ages between 10 and 80 years are arecertainly arecertainly arecertainly certainly entitled to their beliets beliefs belietstheir beliefstheir beliefstheir their squawks their praise and their theirblame theirblame theirblame theirblameFor blame blameFor For after all they are the big hig part partot partof partof ot of sport the major part by hy at least least90 90 per cent They pay all the ex expenses expenses expenses penses all the salaries salanes They make makeboth makeboth makeboth both amateur and pro sports pos possible possible possible sible And m in too many cases they theyonly theyonly only get shoddy treatment and take takethe takethe takethe the big shove around by both ama amateur amateur amateur teur and professional protesslonal promotersThey promotersThey promoters promotersThey They are taken for tor granted They Theyare Theyare Theyare are rarely given any consideration considerationfrom considerationfrom considerationfrom from baseball football racing racmg box boxing boxing boxing ing golf goIt or other sporting directorsThey directorsThey directors directorsThey They are re usn usually ally the coats goats who whohave whohave whohave have grown ( rown iccustomed accustomed to taking takingthe takingthe taking-the taking the - the worst of it Their hardihood and andtheir andtheir xndtheir their capacity for punishment is the themost themost themost most amazing feature of ot sportThey sportThey sport sportThey They are too often otten packed to in atter after atterthe afterthe afterthe the manner of ot human sardines at atrace atrace atrace race tracks and other sporting cen centers centers centers ters They are too often over overcharged overcharged overcharged overchargedIt charged chargedIt It has been said there is no law lawthat lawthat lawthat that forces them to take this beating beatingThis beatingThis beatingThis This is true But they happen to tolove tolove tolove love their games whether it is box boxing boxing boxing ing baseball football toothall racing goll gold gollor goldor gollor or something elseThey elseThey else elseThey They are astonished IIstoDished at little httle cour courtcsies courtesies courtcsles tcsies tesies they th y are so seldom shown any anywhere anywhere any'where anywhere ' where or any time by the hired hued people peoplewlo peoplewho peopiwho * wlo who ) live Uve off 011 their main maID outlet outiet for forrecreation forrecreation forrecreation recreation and entertainmentThey entertainmentThey entertainment entertainmentThey They are really an amazing breed breedThey breedThey breedThey They take it on the chin and on the theshm theshin theshin shm shin , , back of each ear in the stom stomach stomach stomach ach and also in the pocketbookCourses pocketbook pocketbookCourses Courses Too Tough ToughTake ToughTake Take golf gol ! for tor example It has hasalways hasalways hasalways always been my belief beliet that any golf golfcourse golfcourse gollcourse course should be trapped only tor for torthe forthe torthe the star player Put all trouble out outbeyond outbeyond outbeyond beyond the 200 201) 201 ) yard mark which whichthe whichthe whichthe the average player can t reachThe reachThe reach reachThe The duffer dutIer duller or average player has hasenough hasenough hasenough enough rouble frouble ( trying trymg to hit the ball ballor ballor ballor or get his bogey bogeys * Why should he hepay hepay hepay pay uncounted millions to make his hisgolfing hisgolfing hisgolfing golfing life lIte more miserable ? 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