Show SPORT LIGHT Davis Ranks With All-Time Stars I By GRANTLAND RICE PHE RETURN of Glenn Davis to football action brings back an old argument who is the greatest all-around athlete of all It must be admitted that all-time is quite a spell on the So we'll add records have been The argument returns in force since Glenn Davis is among the leading He was Red Blaik's choice the last time I talked with the Grantland Rice Army How good was Glenn Well he was a star at track and basketball for a He wasn't merely good at these different He was among the has the finest mental and physical co-ordination I've seen Blaik said at the Davis broke a West Point record at body lifting in a certain Army Jim Jim was a star at track and He wasn't known as a basketball But the red man from Carlisle was a pentathlon and decathlon star at track and field where Davis was only a What about Elmer another famed West Pointer with an assist from Oliphant starred at track and boxing and As we recall his day and Elmer won seven major medals at West was brilliant at practically everything he Colonel John McEwan said The colonel ought to He coached Oliphant in was an amazing Maybe he was also a fine skier and I've At the moment I can't remember any game that Elmer couldn't play Barry Wood of Harvard was another powerful entry in these Wood at hockey and Jackie the Dodger high at track and He was U. C. L. A.'s challenge to the My favorite entry was Harry Fisher of starred at track and swimming and He had a record of success In 10 major It will be interesting to see how fsr Glenn Davis can come back after a three or four-year absence from At 25 with all his natural ability he should be to make Leading Section Football's spring practice Is under full steam with an abnormal number of candidates on hand to fill a long parade of In this list of missing stars you'll find such names as Doak Charlie Leon Arnold and too many others to In the 1949 scramble the Midwest again led the an old-time Notre Michigan and Ohio State were the three spearheads who took The South and the Southeast were several notches The Southwest was In back of the I'd say the East was close alongside the Southwest in front of the South and the far After the east had Princeton and a good match for The west coast had improved over past but the improvement wasn't too There were strong that the California plus will be more formidable this coming The Southwest expects to have greater all-over although few coaches will make any such As spring practice begins warming the early signs favor Notre Texas and Southern No other squad could lose as many good football players as Notre Dame has lost and have such an excellent autumn Notre Dame is still an odds-on choice to remain Frank Leahy's spirited competitors may not have the depth to go all the way but who is to head them Army's two main tests are Michigan and Army again will be a well-coached provided Red Blaik can dig up a few defensive Hla offensive strength la already In Pennsylvania loses many good men from a thin squad and the present outlook isn't any too But the Red and Blue has the habit of having good although her domination of the Ivy league was checked last fall by |