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Show If Nevers Succeeds He Will Kill Off Old Jinx Major leaguers are wondering what success Ernie Nevers will have as pitcher for the St. Louis Browns. Nevers was a big star in baseball as well as on the gridiron. That means something when you take into consideration that his coach, Glenn Warner, who also developed Jim Thorpe, pronounces Nevers the greatest football player of all time. If Nevers makes good in big league circles he will kill off a jinx that has followed 'football-baseball stars for years. Mighty few of them have delivered de-livered in the majors. As a matter of fact, college players, play-ers, even those who didn't dabble in football, had a tough season of it in the American league in 1925. Not one, with the possible exception of Pitcher Carroll, the Holy Cross star, got very far and he just about reached first base. Even Carroll, -who had won 4S out of 50 games as a college pitcher, found the going much different in the majors. For several years college stars have not been such howling successes in the majors. In addition they have come mighty high, for most of them are good business men. |