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Show - WEE GEE SAYS' H H'SkaF Benny Valger'a manager l CSSLLhk sstM ' ' Ij said 10 be 80 w1se. i JttWP y" Before the fight is started he I ' CSggn Sunds out his alibis. I ' A youth once went to college To accumulate some knowledge. To study every ology and Ism; He arrived with ardor burning To acquire classic learning, Ard to delve Into the secret of the prism. He thought he'd Ret mayhap, a Kej from old Phi Beta Kappa, And make his parent proud about his lore, But, alas- the coach dlscoered That a hundred ards he covered Pnder 10 and he never studied more He Just ran for alma mater. You ma call It bad luck, fate or Good fortune, as you happen to prefer; pre-fer; Still the fact remains our hero. Though in studies Just B zero, Sted quite an academic stir. nme once naj when the college athlete didn't need text books, but It is different nOw. s Professional athletics has gone Into the discard Athletes now take ns much pride In J piling up points in moth and psychdl-j Kb ogy and the other ologles as the do Bi ' ' in scoring points for the team. I "4 It has resulted in better athletics, - I better students, better everything if Carl Johnson, th? Mlchiuan Fnher- If Blty trick star Is one of the best stu- l dentfl at Ann Arbor He's a Phi Beta J" ; Kappa In the class room us w ell ns on sA' lht cinder path. IJ IjV I allege men seem to have a little J rfP edge on eighth-graders In baseball. BHt 5 The major leagues arc chuck full of A- players who got their start on college W diamonds Some managers say they would M SJ conegian direct to a big 1 I I league club and tench him the game than have him toned off In tho bush organizations. fnrge Blalei of the Browns was Michigan man. There arc scores of others like him up there. That Is they are as near as any good baseball base-ball player can bo to a star L |