Show Sammy Is Indestructible By GRANTLAND RICE 1 YEARS we sat in the press box at Ft and got our first look at a pretty fair country He took the ball on his own as we recall and passed his way to a touchdown against Southern without using tha running This raw-hide kid was Sammy The other same Sammy now ing in his foot- I f i ball three Wk with and 14 with the against Baltimore Grantland Bice in his opening shot for Sammy Is one of the most amazing football players that ever stepped upon a Back in 1933 he weighed I saw Sam last year and asked what he the he I haven't changed an ounce since the first time I saw Sammy Baugh took a heavy physical beating that day against 17 years He has taken a terrific beating year after year especially through those years where it was legal to murder the Baugh can't even guess how many times the back of his head has bounced off the turf after throwing to an end or back down the he Sammy never wastes The brilliant Mel another lasted longer than but Mel was not a forward an open target for Baugh is a trifle over six He is His bony frame might as well have been covered with rhino He has a pair of big hands and in addition to his he Is one of the best kickers In He is better than good at In one game I saw him stand on his own five-yard facing a half hurricane and quick-kick 85 Baugh is a hard man to He is still elusive on his with a quick eye and a quick and few can spot a receiver with such swift His throwing arm has lasted through nearly two decades where he has shown no sign of the old elastic wearing It might amaze you to how many good football judges rate plus his as the greatest football player of all It would be different if Sammy Baugh happened to be caught in a group of ordinary But look at his Sid one of the all-time Otto the National League Johnny George Frankie Bob A. Bobby Layne and many including Chuck Conerly and Tommy Cleveland Outstanding It remained for the plus Otto to prove through all these costly years of that Paul Brown's Cleveland outfit was the outstanding team in Tho Browns are not at the top peak and so far this they have beaten each National league team they happened to including the Chicago Bears and the Philadelphia They have been without question the best team in the with something to In behalf of Greasy Neale It might be said he has suffered the penalty of This means he has been unable to get any first-class help through the or His selections have been the His club is wearing There is certainly no fairness in penalizing success to any such extent The openings averaged around just a fair general We thought It would be better but judging from the attendance we have seen lately at big-league ball from to for most teams out of the it seems the same thing could happen to pro football this The two races can be quite In the American Conference the Browns look to be the best closely pressed by the when they get in much better physical In the National there should be a close race among the Detroit the Chicago Bears and the New York The two far-western Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco are not far This looks to be a better race than the other league will The Lions with big Leon Hart and Doak Walker can be Chuck Conerly must show much improvement to lift the Giants unless Tidwell can come to his The New York Yankees can be a distinct Luck and the Breaks Some years ago T asked Connie Mack what part he figured that luck played in After some consideration his answer was around three per There are times when it seems higher than |