Show a O a I D f R CE CE THE THE top word and the most misused misused mis- mis used word and what should be the rarest word in the language is the word best This Is a word that covers more ground than we can follow using an airplane and anda a telescope By y this we mean such Phrases as the best the team best passer the the best receiver the receiver the the best kicker the kicker the best referring line here to football For example some days ago Major Jablonski one of the leading Army coaches rated Angelo Bertelli of Notre Dame as the best passer Lou Little naturally countered with Paul Governali of Columbia Both are fine pass pass- ers But what about Frankie of Georgia or Eddie Prokop of Georgia Tech Or Glenn Dobbs of Tulsa They all work under under under un un- der different conditions conditions conditions condi condi- with varying support through widely different schedules Of the lot Gover- Gover Lou Little nail Columbia's able sniper has the hardest handicap to overcome so far as team protection is concerned Most lost of the better passers work on teams that also can run Columbia's only scoring passage Is through the air and every every ev ev- ery cry opponent knows it The Top Man Footballs Football's three best passers are Sammy Baugh Cecil Isbell and Sid Luckman You can have them in any order so long as Baugh is No 1 Taking a crack at our earlier angle about the word best football football football foot foot- ball has never known a pass receiver er close to Don Hutson Hutson has grappling hooks for hands and the speed of a cheetah He lie also has a deceptive method of faking the enemy enemy en en- emy out of position Baugh is an amazing athlete I weighed pounds when I played with Texas Christian several years ago he told me recently I still weigh exactly pounds I dont don't figure Ive I've changed as much as two pounds in any recent year I can recall few athletes who have kept in such fine physical shape for so long a time Back to the Collegians How many would run far and pass well against such teams as Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Minne Minne- sota Alabama Wisconsin Ohio State Georgia Georgia Tech or Notre Dame For example Wisconsin has two of the star backs of the year but look at that Badger schedule I It included Notre Dame Missouri Great Lakes Purdue Marquette Northwestern Ohio State Iowa and Minnesota How many new records could the best of backs set up against this opposition The caliber and quality of opposIng opposing opposing ing teams too often is overlooked And there is many a potential star who is also overlooked on some of the poorer teams with which he be behas has little chance to operate Hard to Compare It takes no starry-eyed starry expert to announce that Boston College and Alabama have two of the country's greatest lines including depth of material They cant can't be stormed along the ground just ground just too many big fast men But it is harder to compare such passers as Governali Prokop Dobbs and others Governali Gover Gayer nail nali hasn't anything like the manpower manpower manpower man man- power support the others have There is a large difference between working or playing with Columbia and playing with Georgia or Notre Dame A good running game can be a abig abig abig big help to any passing game After After After Aft Aft- er all Baugh has has- Dick Todd and you may recall the time he be had Cliff Clift Battles two Battles two of the best runners runners runners run run- ners working with a great Teat passer And Luckman has had some of the greatest backs In football history with the Chicago Bears Bears Standlee Standlee McAfee l Nolting and oth oth- ers has his own running ability to call on in addition to other fast backs Bertelli has all the running run ning help he be needs The best single exhibition Ive I've seen this year came from in his two-touchdown two march against Al Alabama's bama's strong defense something something something some some- thing like 11 passes completed out of 13 tossed in that final period Apparently no set of adverse figurea figures figures fig fig- ures urea ever can prove to the racing bettor that he is up against a bit more than he can digest For example the case caso of Whirl- Whirl away serves our point Long Tail is the biggest money winner of all time He lIe has had an amazing record record record rec rec- ord of running and winning Yet if someone had bet 5 on in every race of his career said bettor would be behind fla The answer is that Whirly has lost too many races when he was was an oddi odd on on choice After his first few races there was little chance to make ake any money backing Man o 0 War There were times when he was to l or to 80 |