Show R CE TF IF F YOU care to look a few fewA A months ahead or a year ahead writes one of our leading citizens If Ill Ill I'll give you the answer concerning sport I happen to be bein bein bein in a position to know what is taking I place We will have more sport than ever before but most of it will willbe willbe willbe be in army camps I mean both baseball and football especially football next fall By UBy that time well we'll have around in army or navy life lUe Their main recreation willbe will willbe 4 be sport There have H been so many turned V down through physical physical 3 cal disabilities that we will soon have ax a x rush on athletes It 1 will not be a surprise surprise sur sur- prise rise to see an a appeal appeal ap ap- r peal made to all college col col- college ollege ol- ol lege athletes and to toy y professional athletes of the right age to enlist Grantland Rice Young unmarried unmarried unmarried ried athletes earning fame or money money money mon mon- ey next year will not be popular heroes Certainly not with the divisions divisions divisions divi divi- scattered all over the United States I think you can get their viewpoint The luck of the draft wont won't be taken into consideration They will not be cheering stars who are young strong and well fixed financially It will be just as it was in the World war more than 20 years ago The New Schedule I UI think I can give you the new schedule as army and navy officials officials affi- affi dials think it will pan out There will be baseball and football games plus boxing matches between regiments regi- regi ments meats and divisions and armies These men in camp will need something something something some some- someI I thing beyond the average to break breakup up their routine existence They wont won't get this from entertainers except ex- ex in part In fact they can only get it from sport and that will necessarily mean the top-ranking top part of sport It will mean the best of our football players college and pros It will mean many of our better big league and minor league baseball baseball baseball base base- ball players They will have to comein come comein comein in either from the draft or through the force of public demand The Theold Theold Theold old term slacker proved very effective effective effective ef ef- ef- ef in obtaining recruits during the World war They wont won't be getting any extra money for this service There will willbe willbe be no cashing in It will be company compa compa- ny against company regiment against regiment regiment division division against division division army army against army and then you'll see some real tion This means we will suddenly have the greatest amateur swirl in our history We will have games that will overshadow Michigan and Minnesota or all the bowl contests They will take place all over the map But they will be army and navy contests in which Bob Feller may be pitching against Bucky Walters Vial Val Valters or Joe Louis may be facing Billy Conn not Conn-not not for World Series money or 40 per cent of the gate receipts but for the pride and honor honorof of the regiment or the division Just the way that Gene Tunney fought in France You may not believe me but this is what will take place The Right Hight Angle This seems reasonable enough I Ithe In Inthe Inthe the last war I know the feeling enlisted enlisted en en- listed men had against those who were still cashing in on their physical physical cal ability to play some game It was bitter This time we are not at war But Butin Butin Butin in many respects camp life is worse than war when it comes conies to the matter matter matter mat mat- ter of dull routine This routine will ha have ve to be broken up The only answer answer answer an an- is sport With a million or two million men in camp averaging less than 50 a month from private to lieutenant you can understand how they would feel and their people would feel about younger and stronger athletes etes mopping up finan finan- You may say this is unfair unfair that that the luck of the draft is all that counts Well Vell the luck of the draft wont won't count with those fellows getting getting getting get get- ting up at reveille and waiting for taps Not unless human nature has changed completely They didn't ask for it either cither but they got it They are not going to start cheering for some young fellow fellow fellow fel fel- fel- fel low around 21 or 23 or 25 making the headlines or getting big money through physical skill while they are carrying a gun or driving a tank or flying a plane for a buck a aday aday aday day and no headlines A 4 Change Due DueSo DueSo So far the volunteer enlistment and the draft seem to be tant Just wait a few months It will be quite different There will be bea bea a tremendous change in mental attitude attitude attitude at at- on the part of the public aswell aswell as aswell well as those moving from reveille to taps There still will be league big-league baseball baseball baseball base base- ball and college and pro football games But I think there still sUB is a abig abig abig big chance these will be secondary matters to army and navy sport I |