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Show SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1952 Pm THE JOURNAL SPORTLIGHT FARM TOPICS The Top Football Coach of All Time GRANTLAND RICE BEVERLY HILLS, Cal. -- Who should be named as the top football coach of all time? I have a hunch that. If this query should ever be put to a national vote the winner would be Knute Rockne. The Rock was one of the greatest. "That would be on account of Rocknes rare personality, a veteran coach out this way said, "not because of his coaching ability, which was not abnormal" They have two candidates out this way al6ng the Pacific's placid rim. The two are Glen (Pop) Warner and Alonzo Stagg. "Warner and Stagg." r, an of considerable repute says, "were great Inventors as well as great coaches. Between them they gave the game something beyond all others-t- he single wing, the double wing, the direct pass to the ball carrier, the spiral pass from center, early use of the forward pass as a real of-- f e n s 1 v e weapon, Grantland Rkt these and many other things that all other coaches used later. Both Warner and Stagg had new and baffling formations they alone devised and used. Knute Rockne was a great coach, where his personality counted Immensely, but he never gave anything to football to be compared with Pop and Lonnie. Think what these two gave to great teams as well as to all teams." Pop Warner had star teams at Carlisle, Pittsburgh, Stanford and Temple. Stagg worked at Chicago until he was 70, when the retirement rule sent him to the College of the Pacific. Stagg has been a coach for over. 60 years and Is still on a working Job. Pop Warner retired after a career that began In 1895 and ended only a few years ago. Certainly Pop's single- - and double-win- g attack has been the most famous In football far overshadowing the loud heralded T. Nearly all of the top teams used the single and double wing this season. Princeton, Tennessee, Maryland (plus other varieties), UCLA (the strongest November team on the West Coast) , Michigan State, etc. T would be delighted, Pop told me, "to have two squads practical ly even In playing strength. Let any other coach use the T on one squad while I used the single and double wing. I think it would be a slaughter against the T. If ever such a contest was staged, By old-time- all-arou- nd I would love to be on hand to take it imagination and power. Which recalls that Mickey Walker, the Toy Bull Dog, has also gone in for the artistic side. Mickey's paintings Sport and Art have been well rated by first-clas- s Pop Warner is something more critics and his exhibitions have been han a football coach. So is Bob successful. Zuppke. A few days ago while spend We saw a photographic work of ng a morning at the famous Helms art in this Hall. It was a picture of Hall of Fame we saw paintings by Jim Jeffries at the age of 25. Jim oth Warner and Zuppke on exhlbl-iowas then six feet two weight 214 pounds. He could run the 100 in ten Warner had two sea outlines and flat and high jump six feet the a landscape that were extremely greatest actual athlete the heavygood. Admitting to slight knowledge weight division ever knew, What a of art it was still easy to see that far cry from the. fat, half-bal- d and Pop's artistic efforts were blessed lumbering fighter who met Jack with class. This was also the verdict Johnson ten years later. Here was of real art critics. the fellow who looked as if he a had of flare could have beaten them all before Zuppkes painting boldness in coloring and stroke. or since. Maybe he could have. He Bob painted as he coached, with was a great fighter. In. n. THE CORNER By .1 didnt." turned to Bruce. suddenly "Whered you go after the dance, Bruce? "Over to Jake Dearborns. Him and me and some others played poker till aoout 2:30." MAHONEY TOO im SENSATIONAL CENTER LEAFS, 50 GOAL MARK IN HIS maple Production at the goal level will require increased yields per acre n all major crops, and selective acreage expansion in those most needed to insure our economic stability in these pressing times. The task for farmers is made more difficult because their need or fertilizers will be far greater than the supply. At the same time arm machinery production in 1952 will be considerably less than farmers desire. The Department of Agriculture will do all it can to offset these shortages, but such scarcities are a warning signal to the American farmer. Easier Loading in FIRST 1950-- Si smiled faintly. "Well if and the others back that up 1 Jake guess wed better look elsewhere for Simon 9E'uiMur6n AMMTiBOMM IMMrtJ a suspect." "Where yuh goin to start? Who'd iMOAitnorMMy want to kill old Jim?" Wyatt asked. "Old Jim? Hes not so old. About suitable size is available. Sash cov30, I guess, Simon said. "Thirty, ered with transparent plastic maand just now falling in love. I ex- terials will be much lighter than and also will allow pect you knew about Jims interest glazed-sasultra-violin Freda Burnett, Bruce?" rays to pass through to h, et the plants.' The usual practice is to sink the WYATT looked up quickly. "Why, he said. "No, I didnt frame into the ground about six know." to and inches, pile earth around it "You didnt?" Simons voice war outside, for insulation. Inside it may almost eager. "Well, well. Thai be filled to ground level with the gives me the motive, then." best top soil available, or the floor Wyatt stared blankly. "Eh? may be covered with two or three "I said, that little remark of yours inches of cinders or gravel on provides a motive for the killing, which shallow seed boxes (flats) are Bruce. It makes you out a liar, too placed.. Bruce Wyatt thrust out his jaw in an angry gesture. "What the Production Is devil are you talking about, Mo Higher Goal oi D.S. Fanners Call?" Jim. killed "About why you Again American farmers are be "Me? Killed him? Youre crazy! ing called on to turn out high yields "Oh, no. Im not. You killed him of food, feeds and fibers. The probecause you were crazy about Freda duction goals recently announced by yourself and you couldnt stand to the Department of Agriculture for see Jim getting in there ahead of 1952 anticipate a total production of you. You did it last night about 10 4 per cent higher than the record oclock when every one was at the production of 1951 and 50 per cent dance." more than the prewar average from "You must be sick yourself, 1935 to 1939. know what This production is being asked alYou dont Simon. youre saying. You cant prove though farmers will have about 200, that. You said yourself no one 000 fewer farm workers available in would be able to teU who left the 1952. During 1951, 400,000 workers dance long enough to come over left the farms. About 80 per cent here, murder Jim and get back went to work in other industries. Armed forces took the other 20 per again. "That," said Constable Simon cent easily, "is something I wont have to worry about. The fact is, I know youve lied to me twice, and I know you were with Jim a minute or two after he died. Thats enough to make an A farmer handy with tools to his can make a drop-sid- e as or Illustrated track wagon above with a few pieces of scrap Iron and a length of pipe. It will save considerable trouble loading and unloading, especially when the track Is pulled close to a loading platform. Essentials for Ideal Farm Life Are Listed An Oregon rural life committee, after a statewide survey, came up with the following nine essentials for the "ideal" farm home: (1) Adequate income, (2) time to enjoy life, (3) a family goal (4) family and understanding, (5) religious education and spiritual values, (6) parental recognition of opportunity (7) ability to build character in children, (8) evaluation of ideals, and (8) belief In family. love Labor Source Coal freight service provides work for about 350,000 railroad arrest on, sinces youre so ail fired careful abont thinking op alibis." TOVAlXniff ROOKIE SEASON, i E. L BECOMING .F2URTH in LEAF HISTOPV TO HIT THATplayer SCORING PEAK. ivi PAT McDOUGA1 HARRY JONES, FOOTBALL OF LAYING TWINS OF THE UNIVERSITY IA NUMBERS CENTUCKY, WEAR THE IB ON TdEiR JERSEYS! The most valuable 18 square feet in any garden area is that which is covered with a cold frame. And the smaller the garden, the more rewarding will be this ancient device. It began as a pit, some thousands of years ago. Today it is an enclosure, partly below ground, with a protective covering which admits daylight. Anyone who can drive a nail and operate a saw, can build a cold frame. The boards can be cut in the basement or garage, and put together in a short time as soon as possible to work outdoors. The above illustration is a pracof a standard tical working-drawin- g one-sas- h cold frame. Standard glazed sash is 3 by 6 feet; but a frame can be made of any convenient dimensions, if sash of - a Richard Hill Wilkinson CONSTABLE Simon McCall the fringe of Bruce Wyatts long woolen muffler was stained a deep red. Wyatt saw the officers look of inquiry and glanced from the muffler, which , still hung around his neck, to the dead form of Jim Cary. "I must have got blood on the Minute the mufler When I Fiction went over Jim on the bed there," he said. nodded and Constable Simon who was conat the doctor, glanced of the an examination ducting corpse. "What time did you get back here?" Simon asked Bruce. "About 15 minutes before 1 called you. 1 saw Jim on the bed. I knew he was dead, but I thought the doc ought to be called." Simon listened only half attentively. He was trying to think of some one who would have a reason for killing Jim Cary. Cary and Bruce Wyatt were partners. "Been dead about five hours, Doc Leland said, finishing bis examination. "Five, eh?" Simon mused. That would make it about 10 oclock last evening. The dance was at its height then. No telling who left and who He Ancient Cold Frame Is Still Best Helper for Home Garden THE RED MUFFLER FICTION SIPEDMPE MRY 4 7 OP DETROIT WENT HUNTING ALONG WITH HIS DOG. PAT MISSED 12 DEAD SHOTS IN A ROW. THE DOG ENT INTO THE BUSH -R- ETURNED WITH A LIVE BIRD IN HIS MOUTH AND , DROPPEO IT AT HIS MASTERSEgT Wyatt opened his mouth and closed it again. He stood still waiting, still puzzled. And Simon explained; "The blood on your muffler, Bruce. You probably got it there when you bent over Jim all right, but that was shortly after 10 last evening. Blood, you know, dries and hardens within a few minutes. None would have got on your muffler five hours after the wound was made." Doc Leland made a gasping sound, which was at once confirma tion of the statement Bruce Wyatts glance darted to the face of the doctor, and without looking again at Simon he leaped toward the wall... But Constable McCall wis a good shot. The interior of the tiny cabin fairly rocked with the crash of his service gun, mingling with the cry of pain from Bruce Wyatt as the heavy slug tore through his land even as his fingers coiled about the rifle barrel. A mitten fastens? with safety pins INSIDE THE JACKET MAKES AN EXCELLENT THIS CAN BE ESPECIALLY TEMPORARY POCKET. USEFUL WHILE HUNTING OR FISHING. |