Show p tr 0 1 1 G I ANGELES What What happens I o our star football pros after m ast st off kick-off How do they man man- K 0 kill time between December next ext August when they put on ild ld harness again You might my way to Texas for the Cot- Cot owl game I spent two days 1 v with a pair of fair U country football players from Tex Tex- as They were Sammy Sammy Sammy Sam Sam- my Baugh and Dick Todd of the Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington Redskins 4 41 who had just left the star all-star battle rr l against the devastating devastating devastating deva deva- stating Chicago Bears A As s Well elWell I said to N to i Baugh one of the Rice I great forward pass- pass l land and d also one of the great kickers 11 time nothing to do now until I tl l August No o he said with the old Texas drawl nothing to do but han han- mY my acre cattle ranch and those cattle get plenty to eat ow an acre SOD ranch isn't so in Texas but I hope to add ther acre patch this winter I give my cattle plenty to eat keep me busier than chucka chuck- chuck a a few passes even against those un Irs rs K ia What l was your college weight Disked eked ked Baugh who is 6 feet 2 two One pounds Sammy its t sd I at was your reporting weight August and what did you finish 4 aiH Ai I asked L Lent ent Sam Sam two eighty pounds veered ered Sam is strictly on the laUc laii la- la ii Uc side He says what he has to ferin in the fewest possible words ich is one of the greatest of allman all man ian virtues Where are you headed for 2 s. s I asked pound Dick Todd of the best of the running backs Wust Just a little ranch outside of Vater and a few dew head of cattle JC E Im I'm glad to get back That on the range looks good to tor 1 r trout i Sweetwater Both Baugh and Todd got off at This also is where w Jenkins lives There must be in the Sweetwater air 1 it i breeds athletes Dick Todd what he thought J Jenkins enkins Lews Lew's a much better fighter than looks to be Todd said You Youe Youre re e he came up the hard way and j guess uess that's the best way if you trying to get somewhere I dont don't ant any part of the fight game my- my lIf but this pro game is no easy 7 ay Y either jEarly in the season I took a pass om lorn Sammy here meaning Baugh Jd d just as I straightened out of a spin W-spin Falaschi hit me All he was to drive part of my intes- intes nes mes back against my spine and I Id Id d to live on milk for two w weeks eks till got fot straightened out Dont Don't let tell you they dont don't hit you 1 this pro game Both Sammy and Bought ought to know rI I asked Baugh about better pro- pro Action tion for the passer after he has otten atten the ball away That's where the d damage omes Sam said Ive had to Ike plenty I think the officials tight light keep an ey eye on what happens fter the pass is thrown I dont don't ind ind being knocked down so much ut t I dont don't like fists in my face Who does II I cant can't remember ever seeing an watch the passer after the theall theall all ll was thrown down the field They 11 ll watch the ball Ive I've seen plenty that should have been called l roughness which roughness which never was ailed lIed Or was even seen t bout Danny Fortman Fortran Sitting on the bench you look at anny Fortman the star guard of h he Chicago Bears Danny panny in his harness is a burly oolong coking individual who doesn't seem o o be be headed anywhere in ar off ar-off off the football field But Dann Danny graduated at the head of his school it Lt t the age of 16 He lIe graduated from Colgate at the age of 20 summa cum aude ude lie He was a brilliant student He is using pro football to getis get getus lis us is medical degree and there is amly no student in the Ivy league vho has more ability or greater am am- He is one of the great football cards ards of his era smart era smart keen ag- ag alert and physically Yn pow pow- ov w t erful f ul lIe He is an exceptional medical student who Is almost certain to g go o ot t long way in his profession I Pro football has done a great job or or gr these college graduates who otherwise oth oth- might have hav been left out in he ne blizzard of the depression It a ais 1 las is s given them the chance to make enough ough money to carry out their arlier dreams I dont don't mean all allaf af Jf them r I mean a great many of them lIt It gave Sammy Baugh and Dick Todd lodd and man many others the chance li to carry arry out their hope for a home on n the range It has given many of them chances which our present economic cco eco miC system couldn't offer olIer them |