Show lo 10 how the mighty have fallen by RICE lie tooh look hilburn his hil turn halfheartedly half heartedly outlining an excuse he figured he was beaten so he be see the use rise but big when he made his little play it took tooh a lucky swerve Asi A sudden edden unexpected hopa hop a title curve and straightway they all raved about his courage and hi his s nerve he started in with bulldog jaw to make a winning fight ile he started in to see it through as any stalwart night might but when he cut in with his play it took a hard luck bound and so they rose and branded him a quitter and a hound bound just write t this in your little book beoh all set for early call D dame ame fortune is a cocked cockeyed ed wench wenc b who makes or breaks them all the other side of the picture NY NUMBER of words have abeen been spilled lately about ine the glory of notre dame methe Da we grandeur ot of army the greatness P j of oklahoma 1 and the gilded fortune of california here were the centers of 0 all athe e cheering the homes of the loud we began to look around to find out how them the other side lived grantland nd bic e j I 1 nan can remember the day when nar harvard vard holy cross colgate and indiana were notable foot ball names in the reign of percy haughton harvard was the he best team in the cou country itry not even barring the big ten len he a far west or the south you remember mahan blahak hardwick lck brickley B D radley r a d I 1 e y felton casey anand on and on I 1 recall the year when andy kerr and his Coli colgate kate squad I 1 were the q prides of the east unbeaten un aled upon and uninvited holy cross often has been tough competition especially under the direction of john mcewan the great army leader and it was only a few years ago short years when indiana was the pride and conqueror of the big tenas bo me 1 millin and his po bitle indiana boys finished tar far in front asi As I 1 reviewed the record oft these four teams for 1949 1 recalled certain lines ill say on this estial ball nations and markets rise and fall but football wobbles most ol of all the 1949 story of this quartet of at teams is sad and somber I 1 hate to repeat what I 1 found har harvard vard holy cross colgate and indiana played 38 games this last fall each won a game they lost 34 and only won four As a rule they were murdered wrecked annihilated now these are not unknown universities they are quite important universities oddly enough In dianas only victory was over pittsburgh the team that beat northwestern conquerors of michigan I 1 might add another great university to this list columbia sity coached by lou little columbia lost her last seven games I 1 see where gen dwight eisen hower says columbia should have a winning team how can you have a winning foot football bill team minus mahus football pau players you cant build up a top football team by maintaining a scholarship blockade against good football players most of whom are not the best students in the world the most valuable player the turmoil and the shouting one way or another over the selection of ted williams as Abe most valuable player in the american league for 1049 1949 is fading out but there is one detail that will be remembered by those conducting this poll this Is the matter of waiting until anlu the two big league races are over in this last season the poll was ended with a week left to go ga this was like calling a horse race in the stretch with half a furlong left it Is ie a very simple matter to wait until the final play is over when ted williams was voted the most valuable player jt it looked a Is as if the red sox sax were ure sure to win in up to that point williams hae ha been a big factor actor in the pennant race he was then the leading hitter in the league he was in front with runs driven in the judges who failed to give rizzuto a vote mus must nave been covering basketball or th the races they certainly saw no ball games or looked at no records or they would have se selected at differently ford frackt not only president of the national Nat tonal league but formerly one of the best of all baseball writers agrees with this idea of postponing the poll ilio thoroughly roughly they should wait of course he said until the season jeason is over suppose we i started awarding pennants with five or six games deft left to play |