Show you might not think that football 1 wits was back with may on its way to june put but football is always back it nos has f few ow intermissions now from january to january when you pack in spring practice e and the tha never end ing flow of football talk I 1 found this true again on a recent launt jaunt through the southeast where record squads were busy at spring practice in Ir florida lorlan georgia alabama Grantlan dRice an and d the Caro carolinas carolina Caroll lint nas many of th these practice di delegations legations ran from to 17 men the ile early enthusiasm even under blazing suns was tar far beyond normal I 1 ran into wally butts georgias Geor glat coach who coyly admitted his 1846 bulldogs would be better than fair we had no line last fall 11 wally said but wo we have a good line no non and with on hand tor for the backfield plus a few more wo we hope to be ready for alabama and oklahoma A and mi to mention on only two also 11 in the meanwhile alabama and oklahoma A and M are facing the chance of losing harry gilmer and bob fenimore two all america stars the beckoning finger of tho the army draft has called both for a physical test these two have been in the 4 P F class the last two seasons but if they ore are taken thero there can be no replacements to match their worth alabama has a great squad but losing gilmer Is like losing a sammy baugh or a luckman losing fenimore Feni the pound sprinter passer and kicker would be no worse than the army losing doe doc blanchard florida full 0 of hope florida was running a high toot ball fever ray wolf and a new strong staff arenow are now at florida with the tha best gator prospect sIn several seasons miami university orange bowl winner over holy cross expects to have a much better bearn team than the 1945 squad coach at north carolina reports the arrival of halfback justice at chapel plus several additions that carl snavely can use with considerable pleasure I 1 also recel received th alio news that bob neyland will have another tennessee tenness squad that will be harp hard to clean away AW also that wallace wade back at duke Is busier than ten swarms of bees getting ready for a hard campaign i southern teams have a stiff spring training grind and they are busier than usual with so many bowls to be filled next year with neyland and wade back they also face keener competition especially if frank thomas at alabama loses gilmer no one can say yet what wh at henry frnka will have at tulance but you can gamble the green wave Is roll ing forward it might also be noted that no one can say yet just jus how many good football players player we the draft will remove from the scene acene oil all over the map this draft procedure will wreck some teams while missing others other completely army amy and notre darne dame we ran into several notre dome dame ex stars who advised us toke to keep epan an eye on FrankLen frank leaphys hys 1048 1046 squad the lost last two army teams plied piled up points against again us in 1044 1944 and 1945 A beating is one thing A mas massacre sacre is something else but brother it to Is going to ba different in fri 1046 notre dame will be there ther with what it takes tills this means line backfield power and speed leahy will have both kelly and melia back here are two wo odthe of the best backs notre dame has known in years but they are only a small part of the material now on hand fors for prin practice at south rend bend you dont figure any army pushover I 1 asked the notre darner damer certainly not but army wont be the army of 1844 1944 and 1045 why the line yes army will have or should have the best backfield in football headed by blanchard davit davis grid and tucker but dont forget army has lost a number of valuable linemen and that army line has been a big factor in their victories in the meanwhile capt tom hamilton now on the job at navy finds himself caught between two fires army and artre notre dame tom hamilton Is not only one or of the best coaches in football but one of the best inspirational leaders hamilton has the foundation or basis for a hustling fighting squad that can make it ext extremely uncomfortable tor for any opponent an on navys schedule troubles hamilton was the one man who saved collego college football during the war at least leant he did more tor for the carusd than any other three men 1 I know about one team that may acquire more than lis its share of draft trouble to Is michigan last tall fail fritz crisler had 18 freshmen on his squad 8 of whom were classed among his regulars the wolver ines had one of the youngest squads in the country and tor for this reason may suffer heavier casualties |