Show R r-j r 0 R CE WE E ARE now moving Into a agather rather gather strange weird and complicated complicated com- com sporting world Many of ot the stronger college football foot foot- ball teams of October are only remnants remnants remnants rem rem- nants in November Star after s tar star sIngly singly singly sin sIn- t gly and in groups is ry heading now for tor Parris Island a abig abig J big marine base or orsome orsome some other servi service e c center 4 You could recruit i ia a football team tea mat at iJ P Parris Island that M A would be unbeatable unbeatable rt able given just a o ib little time Grantland Rice At 4 th the he e same t time i me methe the draft is moving in on big league leaguer baseball r Consider the Yankees alone Spud Chandler their star pitcher f Is on l Ills his s way out out unless he is F 4 t which Spud Under the rules Spud is A. 1 Charlie King Kong Keller their home run hitter Is waiting his A 1 test Keller is n no 0 F. 4 Nor a A. t-A. t Joe Gordon their feature second baseman has had over hours In Inthe Inthe r the air and air and he cant can't miss If It Chandler Keller and Gordon r are not fit for service work we must r have the super super army army of ot all time They happen to be three of the finest around all athletes Ive I've ever known on one ball club I I happen to know that Bill Dickey their veteran catcher a first class clas flier too old for any combat flying at 36 86 would like to get an instructors instructor's L. L flying job P This same condition must apply to other teams If It the war remains tough or gets tougher the call on r. r I 1 sport will be even louder than it has been so f far r. r And the call has been heavy y Shifting Tides In man many cases football stars playIng play play- Ing ng at nt one college in October are playing with rivals now Tides are arc shifting back and forth I faster than the human eye can fol fol- tow low ow Is a team to be rated on its September September Sep Sep- and October form before the blast arrived or is it to be rated on its November showing down the stretch In the past few weeks hundreds of good g football players have haTe been called away from teams scattered all over the national terrain There are some good teams left In any event the balance of at power is Is more evenly distributed Army and Navy are are able to complete complete com corn their season without any deficits deficits def def- in material r We are not yet certain whether there will be further shifts from time to time extending through De De- De- De cember This of course would throw the various bowl situations into something something some some- J thing approaching a n tangle if not a turmoil But there are still many rougher things happening in this war A All Star All Star Selections Those attempting to pick Star All-Star or All American All combinations also find themselves wading into the How many games would a star I ha have ve to play before he could be properly named It is certainly not the players player's fault that he be cant can't finish his football work To help complicate matters the waning season has been loaded with c stars such stars such backs as Daley Bertelli Davis Hamburg Kane Odell Graham McCardle Dark Miller liner Hirsch Prokop Field FJeld I and others from Duke North Carolina Caro Caro- lina Una Purdue Ohio State Stale Dartmouth Washington etc N There Thc will be no lack of fine material material material ma ma- from which to make selections ti thins ns but some of ot these who might belong have haye only played in one or orr r two big games At least all this will help to keep the debaters busy when the ways are heavy with mire and rut The Old Grad has been a trifle dazed all season Events have had bad him trying to face three or four directions directions di dl- in the same split spIlt second For example we have Minnesota s ro rooters ers pulling hard for Daley who V. V helped Michigan wreck Minnesota Under such conditions you cant can't very well blame the Old Grad from rom feeling just a bit curious in the j cupola i For all of ot these expected and justified justified jus jus- 1 tilled handicaps it has been an nn interesting interesting in in- season and there are arc still some some good games on the docket before bet be be- t fore the season ends Jr About Bob Odell 1 Miller Bertelli Davis and Daley Dale backs among others are arc all great Bertelli and Miller have been the most valuable pair of the year But Bob Odell younger brother of the Yale coach is my pick Odell on the offensive side Is a afine afine fine finc fast Cast runner and a fine pass rei re re- re- re i But In n addition ho he Is the best orr or orone orone r one of the best blocking backs in the country and one of the hardest surest surest sur sur- stir stir-a- est tacklers tacklers one one of the best defensive sive men Ive I've seen |