Show 1 slinging sammy Is indestructible J by GRANTLAND GRANT LAND RICE SEVENTEEN YEARS AGO we in the press box at ft worth texas as and got our first at a retty pretty fair country passa he took the ball on his own ard line as we recall it and ed his wa way to a touchdown st southern methodist with using ig the running game is tall tail slender rawhide raw hide kid was sammy baugh the other day athe the same sammy samm y baugh now wor working k aing in his football season three with and 14 with the redskins Red skins threw three touchdown p pa a s is e s against baltimore aland rice in his opening shot tor for 1950 ammy is one of the m most 05 1 abing football players that r stepped id upon a field back 1933 he weighed pounds aw sam last year and asked at he weighed just the e he said 1183 pounds avent changed an ounce ce the first arst time I 1 saw you ou sammy baugh took a heavy phy sicil beating that day against SM S M ula years ago ile he has taken a terrific beating year after year since especially through those deais years where it was legal to mur passer baugh cant even guess how many times the back of his all bead has bounced off the turf aftel throwing to an end or back down the field I 1 Rl plenty enty he said sammy never walles words the brilliant mel bern another indestructible lasted longer than baugh but mel was not passer an open target assault 0 sault shaugh SS augh Is a tr trifle over six sit feet bill is lean hard tou tough g h ills his lay y frame rill might 9 ht as well have aten covered with rhino hide hj has a pair of big hands and 1 addition to his pa passing he hi one cne of the best kickers in dball ile he Is better than good at t quick kicking il one game I 1 saw him stand on latown five yard line facing a U hurricane headwind and dulc kick 85 yards bough is a hard man to rush he 1 ill elusive on his feet with a 41 eye and a quick hand and can spot a receiver with such sureness 1 throwing arm has lasted ar gh nearly two decades where 1 as shown n no 0 sign of the old las eks e itric c wearing ou out t it might amaze boulo to conw how many good toot foot rate baugh plus his inina as the greatest football jamr I 1 0 of f au all time it bould 0 uld be different it sammy p happened to be caught in a group of ordinary passers but look at his rivals sid luck man one ot of the all time greats otto graham the national league wrecker johnny lujack george katterman frankle albert bob Y A tittle bobby layne and many others including chuck conerly and tommy thompson C leveland cleveland outstanding it remained for or the browns plus otto graham to prove through all these costly years of rivalry that paul browns cleveland outfit was the outstanding team in football the browns are not at the top peak and yet so far this season they have beaten each national league team they happened to meet including the chicago bears and the philadelphia engles eagles they have been without question the best team in the league with something to spare in behalf of greasy neale it might be said he has suffered the penalty of victory this means he has been unable to get any first class help through the draft or otherwise his selections have been the choice ills his club is wearing out there is certainly no fairness in penalizing success to any such extent the openings averaged around just a fair general attendance we thought it would be better but judging from the attendance we have seen lately at big league ball parks from 1200 to 2500 tor for most teams out of the race it seems the same thing could happen to pro football this fall the two races can be quite close in the american conference the browns look to be the best team closely pressed by the E eagles ig ial w h they get in much better physical shape in the national conference there should be a close race among the detroit lions the chicago bears and the new york yankees the two tar far western clubs los angeles rams and san francisco are not far away this looks to be a better race than the other league will show the lions with big leon hart and doak walker can be tough chuck conerly must s show h 0 w much improvement to lift the giants up unless tidwell can come to his help the new york Y yankees car can be a distinct threat luck and the breaks some years ago I 1 asked connie mack what part he figured that luck played in baseball alter after some gome consideration his answer was around three per cent there are times when it seems higher than this |