Show f rp Z new york tork post service Nei newman Vinan knows differences of amateurs pros harry newman the alt all america quarter back while at Alic michigan higan and one oj of the outstanding players in the national foot fool ball lea feague gise is this weeks guest columnist he discusses the difference between foot ball balam as played by the amateurs and the professionals J by HARRY NEWMAN still Is a lot of fun if FOOTBALL r it it be worth while regardless 1 of how much they imald you iou for it believe me ive I 1 missed I 1 it t the few weeks I 1 was out and andl I 1 was mighty glad to get flet back into when our giants gianta played the boston redskins Red skins at the polo grounds one of ilie the toughest games of football I 1 ever played in I 1 think was against those same boston redskins Red skins last year it was the cavanaugh memorial contest the glants won 7 to 0 that was one week I 1 had the monday 4 black and blues aplenty among the giants wo we kid a lot about how we feel on monday morning newman sometimes its not too good when all the acles and pains begin to creep up on you boys how you hate to get out of bedl the only difference between pro and amateur arnat eur la in that respect is that you ache all over a day later in pro foot ball bail I 1 bealli believe though that the principal difference between amateur and college football is one of expert ence nce you learn something naturally from every football game you play all the improvements and certainly there here are improvements in professional play over amateur trace back to experience our coach steve owen tells me im a better ball carrier now than I 1 was in college also that I 1 was better a year ago than I 1 was my f first year in professional ball experience I 1 never ran with therall the ball much in college quarterbacking Quarterback Quarter backing im t Is 0 tough in pro ranks quarterbacking Quarter backing calling cal ling plays playa Is a little harder in professional ball wider experience helps you here too in n college I 1 used to call plays and often just take a chance on their working in professional ball you dont quess guess you know just what play to td call and if it work you know exactly why if it fails that goes back to experience youve you ve learned to watch for little things thin s that indicate weakness in the opposition you know position play better and how to take ad advantage vanta e of every little thing like a lineman ex a halt half step out of position then of course you keep plugging plug ing at that hole until another opens up tip or the opposition gets wise to your scheme that leads to another progression in professional ball lots of times you have to make your holes sometimes call a whole series of plays knowing that ultimately youre going to decoy some man out cut of position so that you can shoot a good gaining play through that spot such a necessity seldom exists in college play this is due probably to the fact that college teams seldom have perfect or nearly perfect men la in every position there Is bound to be a weakness somewhere I 1 mentioned that I 1 never did much ball carrying in college the reason reas on was that michigan have good blockers then we had to rely almost entirely on our passing that would aou 1 d be an impossible weakness in pro ball ba I 1 1 speaking of passing I 1 dont figure that the actual mechanical features of my passing have improved but I 1 know im better able to watch and spot my receivers than I 1 was in college but too that goes back to ex terrence ter lence too LARENCE CLARENCE WATTERS guides the C blond filly back to the judges stand salutes and slides slide 3 to the ground close against the the crowd pressed rail of that tight little track which once was jim butlers pride applauds politely yet without heart and turns to other things they have no mor more e attention to heat an outsider waste 0 on n this opening emerald at 8 has won bright to 1 too bad but another race Is due scant minutes from now maybe the tip will h hold old up be better ater on that one meanwhile those in siders insiders 10 oking looking out for themselves must wa wander ader down the slate bordered line to gaze at the odds or stare with calculating reverence at the sleek thoroughbreds in the paddock far down the track near the head of the stretch where the outer rail meets the brighter green of the grand stand the excitement has not subsided among that queerly assorted group who mill about on the steep slope few of them have cashed the bets beta that in size and in wisdom of choice are as varied as the natures or their costumes yet their pulses have warmed with sympathy for this mis long shot which has scored they also these gentlemen and ladies who cling perilously to the far edge of the rail are outsiders long shots of life some of them they cannot repress the kindred glow that comes when the fa evorite is beaten it Is a scene this one at empire city which takes place at many tracks saratoga they tell me Is the easiest yet nearly all 0 of them provide vantage points for the outsiders who wish to look in why they are outside perhaps down n near ear the backstretch where the dust from thudding hoofs swirls about them thern and clods of dirt whiz past their heads Is not my problem today some of them no doubt have been barred from the turf for misdeeds which need not be related here others may lack the admission fee there Is no use going into all the reasons for the assemblage sem blage of all these colorful characters on the borders of racing they are present more than anything else because they thrill to the lure of the sport which has far outlasted out lasted the kings whose titles were once link edwith it perhaps that Is the reason why they are permitted to remain there on the outside when the efficient PInk pinkertons ertons could disperse them at quick notice not so many seasons ago I 1 was talking to jim butler just after one of his thoroughbreds had galloped home human L jong on 0 shots crowd the fence the late mr butter butler often was termed crotchety undoubtedly he surpassed most men in his esteem for a dollar and the crowds were not flocking to his racetrack then he looked at those outsiders and there was a gleam in his eyes that he was going to complain bitterly about this wearing out of the green grass on the outer border of the course then he sighed and turned away mr butler also loved horses and the thrill that comes from watching them no matter how precarious the view that is why I 1 hope I 1 am not blowing the whistle on them now I 1 like to mingle on the fringes on chilly autumn afternoons and surely they can be doing little harm perhaps I 1 may even make a bet with them now and then for of course they have their books that these books have not been sanctified by the approval of the state racing commission and that they do not deposit the dally daily fee in the coffers of the tracks does not perturb me in the least bets of two bits of two dot dol lars and of ten are arc made without fear and are paid off without favor per naps haps the gentlemen who slip by on the rail so unobtrusively displaying programs with the odds marked upon them do run out naw now and then yet it is probable that they do not run far that group outside the rail has no pa vence tience with such doings and punishment might be sharp as well as sudden strangely enough those outsiders looking look ing in seem to bet in much the same manner and by much the same impulse as impels the insiders looking out for themselves with all their sympathy for the dark horses these long shots of life see seem M to rattle down their dollars on the favorites with as much unanimity as their brethren ou on the other side of the rail whether that makes those spots so far from the crowd good training schools for bettors bettorf I 1 do not know yet they seem to provide experience and perhaps more for the men who rustle past part with programs clinched in tight fists fi ats johnny fen leer one rone vho ill aho operates on one of the larger books la in the ring and whose judgment Is so much sought on the opening line now Is very much 0 of an insider ten years or so ago I 1 am told he was perfecting his klOw knowledge ledge of prices and horses on the other side sl de of the fence so were various lads who now thrive as commissioners and perhaps another bookmaker or two it Is all okay with me perhaps I 1 am IL a long shot at heart |