Show TT MAY teem selem odd to suggest that A the bt hodar hon dr john bain Sut sutherland herlind better known know nas as jock la 13 tackling a new newport sort of job ob the job Is still coaching a football team but this time it is the brooklyn dodgers and not the pittsburgh pan this Is my first shot at pro football jock tells you and ill have to admit amay it may be something entirely different for example th heres arili the matter of forward passing As you know we liked to hang onto the ball at pittsburgh as long as we could 1 I used good passers when I 1 had bad them but I 1 like to throw the ball around too much when I 1 have them it Is different with the dodgers we have the passers one of the oest best in ace parker and well dell do our full share of air work I 1 know also that pro crowds demand a more open or more spectacular game college football is full of spectacular play but no fireworks reworks ft are demanded by y the crowds big crowds cr dowds still remember those slashing panther backs who ran and locked blocked with an offensive that was lard hard to stop speed before weight being new at this pro game came jock ock continued 1 I may be entirety entirely wrong but I 1 still dont believe weight Is as important as some ath others ers do id rather have a fast pound lineman than a slower player at or 1 I still believe in speed far ar above bulk that extra yard or two in moving around means more than you might think what about a big fast man I 1 asked jock As for bior instance jock asked well cal hubbard how many hubbards hubbardd Hub bards do you see around jock said 1 I mean or pound players who are just as JOCK sutherland fast as your backs and ends we seen many Hub hubbardd hubbards bards in football or fat henrys either the 1940 rush may break all records both among the colleges and the pros sport remains the big mind tractor distracter dis and football leads all other competitions in this respect I 1 cant recall when the college game had so many strong teams scattered all over the map cornell carneu princeton fordham tennessee alabama tulane texas A and M southern methodist ohio state minnesota michigan notre dame southern california washington duke oklahoma missouri nebraska L S U texas T C U georgia tech and santa clara and even this list is only a partial roll call there should be at least 35 exceptionally tio nally strong college teams this year and they cover all known and explored sections ot of the map the football phenomenon pound for pound one of the great football players and one of the most amazing Is pound dave obrien of bert bells philadelphia eagles little dave has one record that Is almost beyond belief As I 1 recall the vital statistics OB lens slight frame has never left a football game through injuries in five years of college and pro play he finished three years with T C U s hard bard schedule minus a dent la in his small but solid system and he was always between a 50 and 60 minute man he was supposed to be too small email for the pro game but in place of being rumpled into a shapeless mass little dave went along passing and running and kicking without any trouble you might ask steve owen of the N Y giants about him one of the best I 1 ever saw steve said smart running his team a fine ball bah carrier and one of the best ot of all kissers pis passers sers and above all ali as tough as green hickory when it comes to taking his share of being knocked about obrien completed 40 passes in his last two pro games a year ago that ought to be a record and I 1 think it is star running backs A group of football coaches were talking about thi the star twining running backs of football apart from the powerhouse delegation in the discussion my top nomina tiou was cliff battles and no one eared cared to dispute the pick CUB cliff battles batties and Be dOrange ge were two of the be first nominations cuff will tell you he was rarely even jarred extremely fast and A d slippery he had a way of avo avoiding idi ng aily any shock tackling noone no one could nick dick an opening quicker t |