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' Glenn Davis DavisArmy DavisArmy DavisArmy Army s star all around back gave gaveone gaveone gaveone one answer against Pennsylvania Pennsylvama in inthe inthe Inthe the third thud periodIn periodIn period periodIn In his day and t me Davis hasmade has hasmade hasmade made his share of long runs thrown"w thrown . . caught hisshare his hisI - a and n d passesa / ' "w w "wa " ' l share ot of passes passeswh passeskt P3 " " I a kt l wh whic Ie le also rankmghigh ranking rankmg SIA ' high among t the theblockers h e , [ Mockers blockers tacklers tacklersand tacklersP tacklersand P | and kickers But Buton Butf " on this play in par part1cular particular parj ticular t1cular Davis rant ran ranJ t - ' 40 yards and thcn then thcnfrom thenb thenr thenfrom thenfrom ? r from a swirl of ofRed ofRed oRed ( b J- J J40 Red and B Blue 1 u e etacklers 1 1tacklers tacklers + a/ a alr1or / lr1or < s complete rnTTinlpte " " - . " " " - ly surrounded the theGlcnn theGlenn theGlenn Glcnn Glenn Davis Army back tossed tosseda a sudden lateral latcral to toTavzel toTavzel toTavzel Tavzel a tackle Tavzel then ran ran40 40 odd yards for lor a touchdownAfter touchdownAfter touchdown touchdownAfter After the game we asked Davishow DavIs DavIshow Davishow how he managed to find an opemng openmg opemngon openmgon openingon on that bewildering bewlldermg lateral playWhat playWhat play playWhat What lateral play play7 ? ' DaV1s Davis DaV1sasked Davisasked Davisasked asked I don t remember any lat lateral lateral latoral eral playAs playAs play playAs As a matter of fact he eon con eontIDued continued contmued tIDued tinued tIDuedIth \ nith \\Ith Ith with a grin grID I don t reo- reo re- re reomcmbu remember re remember - - member mcmbu anything antl11ng ) that happened in inthat inthat inthat that period I caught a good clout clouton cloutoar clouton on oar the head and I 1 haven t the slight shght- shght slight- shghtest slightest slightest - - est recollection of oC anything anythmg that took tookplace tookplace tookplace place after acter thatDon thatDon that thatDon Don t you remember two longruns long longruns longruns runs you madee made9 made ? ' ne \\e e we \ askedNo askedNo asked askedNo No 1 I don t Davis saidThe saidThe said saidThe The tackles yon you made - the thepasses thepasses thepasses passes you threw tbrew - the kicks yoq yon yoqgot yongot yoggot got away * way7 way7Not ? Not 'Jot Jot ' the slightest sl1ghtest idea htsaid he hesaid hesaid said I remember someone asked askedme askedme askedme me what period it was find and I f thought thoughtthe thoughtthe thougblthe the came game hid h\d h d ' \ just JU5t started I didn dldn t tremember tremember Iremember remember anything anytbmg that had hap hap- happened happened happened - - pened beforeIt before beCore lt It / ( Has Happened Before BeforeSo So here was a back playing in m a aeomrlete acomplete complete eomrlete : log fog yet working workmg perfect perfect- perfectly perfectly perfectly - - ly with the signals picking his open openmgs openrags openings mgs rags running runnmg on the same strong strongfast strongfast strongfast fast legs able to hit rut his receivers receiversalert receiversalert receiversalert alert enough to throw a sudden and andsurprlsmg andsurprising ancsurprising surprlsmg surprising lateral that ordmarlly ordinarily ordmarllywould ordinarilywould ordinarilywould would have demanded the keenest keenesttype keenesttype keenes'type keenestype ' type of at reflex achonNaturally actionNaturally action achon actionNaturally Naturally the Army eoachmg coaching eoachmgstaff coachingstaff coachingstaff staff knew nothing nothmg of ot th s mental mentalblottmg mentalblotting mentablotting blottmg blotting out as Davis looked to b bat be beat beat < at his best And even after his head headhad headhad heachad had cleared later on there was still stillno stillno stilno no memory of what took place m in mthose inthose 11those those 15 m m.tesWe nutesWe nutes m.tes mtes nutesWe . We recall other cases along thIS thISsame thissame thi : same subconscious order In one ohis of ofhis ofhis his early California fights Jack JackDempsey JackDempsey JaciDempsey Dempsey was nailed on the chin ehm in inthe Inthe iithe the first roundoTldt round8Tiat round round"Tut "Tut Tut oTldt 8Tiat " was the last thing thmg I re remembered remembered remembered membered Jack said later When WhenI WheiI I came to I thought I had been beenknocked beenknocked beciknocked knocked out but was surprised surprlsed to tohear tohear tihear hear I d won the decision I could couldremember couldremember couliremember remember nothing nothmg after that thatpunch thatpunch thapunch thapunchYears punch punchYears Years ago Bat Nelson told me methat methat mithat that Aurelio Aureho Herrera the hard bit hit bittmg hittmg hittmg tmg Meiican MexICan once hit him with a afull afull , full right rlght I turned a complete completesomersault completesomersault completsomersault somersault Bat said and theIghts the theI thi1 Ights I ghts \ went gent ent out That happened m in mthe inthe uthe the 5th round Around the 17th 17throwld 17thround 17tlround rowld round my head cleared and later laterI lateI I knocked Herrera out But I coulfnot could couldnot couldnot not recall anything anythmg that happeneiin happenedm happenedin happened m in those 12 roundsWe roundsWe rounds roundsWe We 11 R have to leave it to far Car great- great greater greator greater - - er or brain bram experts as to what hap hippens . . pens when a fellow in a complete completemental completemental completimental mental tog Cog fog still can go along hoiing box boa boxmg boaing mg ing and punching punchmg or obeying obeymg slg sig slgnals signals signals nals throwing throwmg passes and laterals lateralsthat , that usually demands the hIghest hIghestt highesttype hifhestpe t type } ) pc of mental ) c1se . aloe * l . e . 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Baseball Prospects ProspectsIn ] In n the midst of all the toot ( oofball 6 ball tootball ll chatter we were glad to sturn stum sturnble stumble stumble ble into mto a covey of baseball people peoplemclud peoplelnclud peopitinclud mclud lnclud ng both managers and play players players players playersThey ers ersThey They were talking talkmg about thYankees the theYankees theYankees Yankees of 1947 and their chance chanceto chancto to reach for the pennant after this thisyear thisyear thiyear year s sudden dipOne dipOne dip dipOne One respected vetel veteian an had this thisto thisto thito to say- say sayDon say - Don t forget that in m Larry LarryMacPhail LarryMacPhail Larr ; MacPhail Bucky Harris and Char Charley Charley Chailey ley Dre Dressen scn the Yankees have lead leadershlP leadership leadership ershlP ership that can match anything anythmg m in meither ineither icither either league Smart able keen to tomove tomove tmove move back up And don t forget torget 1 ' kA kAYankees hYankees " Y.mkees Ymkees Yankees . st 11 have a number numbcr of ot fineball fine fineball finball ball players who are sure sllre to 1m im 1mprov improve irrprove prov prove , over their 1946 form whicdeveloped wruch which wruchdeveloped whichdeveloped developed one of the most remark remarkable remarkable remarlable able team battmg batting slumps I ever eversaw eversaw evesaw evesawTl saw sawTIIS sawTI TIIS Tl TI is is n I ' > true MacPhail Hirns Hurls Harris and andDressen andDressen anDressen Dressen knowhat know \ what \\hat hat it is all about aboutnd abouttnd abouInd \nd nd tnd \ such s > ucli uch Corn forn er good hitters hlttcrs as as8hrnwc asStirnwe aStirnwc 8hrnwc Stirnwe ss s RI Rissuto suto Joe Dil\lagglO Dil lagglO DiMaggso DillagglOlIenr1ch DiMaggsoIlenrich DiMaggnIIenrich \ lIenr1ch Ilenrich an ani lone 1 one or two others otherssholld othersshos othersho sholld shos > Id be he a 11 tood good mauy many points pomts closer closerto closerto closeto to 300 :00 00 TOO : than thiy tht.y thty they . were this last lastCalI lastfall lasfall lasfallFew CalI fall CalIrew fallrew Few rew people realize MacPhailsaid MacPhail MacPhailsaid MacPhasaid said thit th\t th t that ' \ our pitching pltchmg staff pI al allo > lo 10 10ed led \ed ed ced \ fewer earned runs run & than any anytcam anyteam ancam tcam team ( in m either league barring barrmg only onlythe onlythe onlthe the Cardm-ils Cardm ils Cardm\ls ls Cardinals ' \ - Me tie \ e had good cnough enough cnoughplteI enoughprtcl cnougpitcl plteI prtcl ii h s g ande and vc \\e e we \ \ , II I 1 ave much bet- bet bettcr beter - . tcr ter i j Illd ilcl dcl Ine log lug next ne\.t ne.t ne .t t ' \ . } ) carThe carThe ear car earThe The Theankees \ankees ankees Yankees \ ankees with Aaron Roberson Robert Robertson Robertson son and some new talent may have havethe havethe havthe the best catch ng staff in m the league leagueAn leagueAn leaguiAn An infield mfield that compr comer ses Henrlch IIenrich Henrlchat IIenrichat Henncat at first tirst 8t St Strn\eiss Strn eiss rn ti \ \ elss eiss at second Rlz Riz Rlzwlo Rizzulo Ri : zuto wlo zulo at 51 sloit simt 01 t and andoing \o-ing o ing \oing oing \ o.mg omg . - Brovn Bro vn at atth atth ith th rd can ean return to its old formSo formSo form formSo So c.m cm Cdn can . 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