Show I I IND Q CE TT T IS my belief that after 1946 I A Army and Navy will fade out of the football picture as far as winners winners win win- I ners are arc concerned Sure they had all the best of it itin itin in 1944 and 1945 But 1946 will be different as Navy I already has found out and Army is finding out It must be admitted admitted admit admit- ted that Army and Navy had the breaks In the two war years of 1944 and 1945 But when J fa fathe the war ended it was a new story After 1946 every everyone everyone one knows Army Grantland Rice any Navy wont won't have a chance against the induce induce- ments all over the map I Army and Navy cant can't match these lures I By inducements I mean something some some- ome-I ome I thin thing g more than scholarships I mean direct pay which may range I from to a season more I or less This is important to the poorer kids who seem to make the better football players I Star football players no longer are nrc going to schools where there Is 15 strict discipline and no financial help They are an Integral part of the United States the States the cash sh comes first This applies to both coaches and players Unfortunately the world- world wrecking war also tore a heavy gash into sportsmanship the old idea of ofa I Ia a fair field and no favor may the best man win Sportsmanship Is now a word you find in the dictionary Footballs Football's Top Target When youve you've piled up a long string of ot consecutive victories over a period period peri perl od of two and a half balf seasons you know what you are in football You are the top target of ot the year the one they all want to knock over especially the one who will get here there first with the blackjack or the club Week after week they were all aU after Army First it was Villanova Villanova Villa Villa- nova then Oklahoma Cornell and Michigan 1 Then came Columbia Duke West Virginia and the cm cru crucial u I cru c cial ial test with Notre Dame Penn Pena sylvania and the Navy clash will end Ithe i ithe the fray I Most of the others run two three and four deep Army runs less than I two deep Notre Dame runs deeper deep deep- er than all the others three and four deep But they still can play only 11 men at a time This is something ofa of ol ofa ola a fallacy in this modern modam game where they wear out quicker than they ever did in the old days Maybe Maybe Maybe May May- be the pace is faster Maybe l they are I Inot not as rugged as they used to be I Who knows mows Army's Red Blaik a fine tine coach and an old friend from many years never thought he could go through this 1946 schedule unbeaten The Way of 0 o the Mob To Ted Williams Joe DiMaggio and Eddie Arcaro All you who get the cheering And the plaudits from the mob Who shrink because they bawl you I 1 i Out upon some off day job I Who scowl because they call you I names I That no one likes to hear I II Who keep the welkin ringing from The hoarse hoot to the cheer Who build you up and knock mock yon yoa down From here to kingdom come Remember as the game goes on on- on They never boo a bum i i Ive I've heard them hiss Hans Wagner j 1 And Ive I've heard them snarl at at Cobb Ive I've heard them holler Take himI him j I out I With Matty on the job Ive I've heard them curse when Ruth struck out out out- Or Speaker mis missed ed a play For 40 years Ive I've heard them ride The heroes of their day Ive I've heard their roaring welcome Switch to something worse than hum 1 But Eddie Ted and md Joe get this this this- They never boo a bum I i Ted Williams could never never hit his earlier stride after niter Labor Da Day 1 A good point was made in suggesting suggesting suggesting sug sug- gesting that Ted was letting too many near strikes strikes balls balls an nn inch orso or orso orso so away from the plate slide plate slide by through his unerring judgment of balls and strikes This could be true since it is difficult difficult difficult dif dif- to get your swing moving inthe in inthe inthe the split spIlt fraction of a second needed in following a pitch that far Ted red Is a great swinger but even the greatest need a little more time timeto to get the bat under way with full fullI I power back of the thc motion A pitch two inches incites of off the plate IsI Is IsI IsI I I just as easy to hit as one over the corner But any way you look at it it WI WUI Wil- Wil I 1 Hams dropped a bundle of prestige since the slump overtook him back in early carly Sept September tuber It carried right righton on to the end of the season and the world series The boos sounder sound sound- sounded er ert ed particularly bitter in his cars ears itis Itis it itis is reported Well that's the way I in sports and sports and in life |