Show JM or not lie he is the tha WHETHER greatest clarry gilmor gilmer ot of ala binin nna is beyond any argument the most amazing bick back that football can hi how w today doc blanchard aimes brilliant back weighs pounds and can run L alic C in 10 flat glenn da davis vis another army bill bi 11 biant pounds Is the fastest m nian in in football clarry gilmer barely 19 years old weighs pounds and lie he has no such speed as either blanchard or davis can show and yet I 1 saw him pass and run inn ala b bama anin into 20 26 points N against duke last 7 winter while t tackling ackling nil all over the field this fall he threw wp three touchdown WT posses passes against a strong L S U team grantland rice to durry alabama into into a 20 to 7 victory over the team that wrecked georgia he then passed and ran tennessee dizzy to win by 25 to 7 gilmer has already proved himself to be one of the best passers of all time id rank him as the greatest passer in football today college or pro but the most amazing part of this pound kid is that lie he is one of the best all over the field tacklers tac klers see in many years that lie he Is a fine ball carrier who Is not only elusive but who can hold his feet with a pound back also that he is one of the most accurate kickers in the game today batters big linesman linesmen Lin Line esmen against tennessee lie ho kicked out of bounds on the volunteers 4 yard line the play was called back on his second shot gilmer again kicked out on the 4 yard line also against ago the big forward walls of L S U and tennessee lie drove his way through the lines as well as he cut around the hanks flanks carrying for 4 and 5 extra yards how often do you see a star pass er cr a fine ball carrier and a good kicker starring lna ln in a defensive rolel role after the duke sugar bowl game gain last winter I 1 ran into tom davis dukes fast pound back bach gilmer he said he is no 1 5 8 he must have nailed n mi 10 times today and I 1 thought he h was going to tear me apart bul to td IGO Is gilmers weight witt which he does the job of four men for bior example in three big games against duke L S U and tennessee he was largely responsible for the 77 points alabama scored gilmers three main ingredients ants are poise timing and skill the alabama star has thin shoulders a rather thin chest but he also has a pair of powerful legs and two big strong hands knocking on wood for the sake ol 01 frank thomas he Is also as durable as hickory he can handle a heavy battering without slowing down the kid Is as cold as an leeberg iceberg you never see him rattled oi 01 hurried he has a pair of blue gray eyes that get the picture before him in a flash even when he Is in midair throwing a pass handling tha th ball from center on a running or a passing play he always seems to be taking his time and yet he gett tho the ball away or starts his run with out any waste of time coolness tess and tinting timing frank thomas tells me that nc breaks of the game ever upset hire in the least ive never seen ana an one thomas says who knows knewt better exactly what to do under ar al conditions ile he can whip a bullet post past as baugh does or give you a 50 yard arm throw of the lockmar type and he rarely misses his hia tar get if he ever made a single bad or wild pass I 1 never saw it but t in his coolness his timing his dura ability that makes his skill stand out ile he throws his shorter passes will a wrist flip that cant be intercepted and he can also nail a receiver 5 yards away after leaving his tee fee for the jump while gilmer has been a leading factor in carrying alabama to vie vic tory he the only football play er frank thomas has on his squad big mancha one of the best bentert in football heads a strong tas as charging line tew and hodges ar two hard running backs this is th best team alabama has sent int action in some years and ala bama has had more than her shar shan of winning games and winning years also such stars as don hutson pool ey hubert mack brown howell hurry cain jenkins whitmire anc now gilmer and mancha Furn fumbling bling all around it if you happen to look over varl vari ous accounts of football gamec around the map you will run int ant stories of constant fumbling this 1 I i partly due to the shape of the mod ern football which Is fashio fashioner fash lonec largely for or a passing attack it il 11 built more like a short javelin that anything else being narrow on an pointed A fumble recovered by th other side usually costs from rom 40 ti t 50 yards the shape of the ball is a least a big part of the epidemic |