Mel Hein and college centers roamed the game in legend
Grantland Rice recalls Mel Hein of Washington State Sammy Baugh of T C U Don Hutson of Alabama and the Green Bay Packers as defining figures in college and pro football He ranks Germany Schulz and Stein Stone among his all time centers noting Hein’s career spans 11 or 12 seasons and praises his leadership and impact across major teams
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Mel Hein
Washington State
Giants
Sammy Baugh
T.C.U
Redskins
Don Hutson
Alabama
Green Bay Packers
Ty Cobb
Joe Jackson
Tris Speaker
Bush
Hein — Baugh — Hutson
Villanova
Philadelphia
Pope Warner
Hein
Tim Mara
Bulldog Turner
Germany
Pennsylvania
Bill Hollenback
Schulz
Michigan
Germany Schulz
Yost
Stein Stone
Vanderbilt
Stone
Mel
Chicago Bears
Washington Bedskins
Jack Dempsey
Gene Tunney
Cobb
Speaker
Steve Owen
George Halas
Bears
Curly Lambeau
Packers
Goofiness and record oddities dominate 1942 sports notes
A roundup of unusual plays and personalities from the 1942 season spans football Texas Oklahoma Minnesota Illinois and Georgia high school and professional baseball. Highlights include Alex Agase scoring twice against Minnesota on deflected and errant passes. Lee Roy Neher’s seven yard field reversal. Spencer High School’s James Whatley injuring a trick knee during warmups. Bob Feller and Lou Boudreau’s early major league careers. ONeill’s Cubs and Indians era with Feller’s rise. and tales of temperament at Detroit’s billiards championship and other sport curios.
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Illinois
Minnesota
Alex Agase
Iini
Bill Daley
Gophers
Agase
Daley
James Whatley
Spencer High School
Columbus
Seek Strike Destroy Tank Destroyers at Camp Hood
Soldiers of the tank destroyer corps train at Camp Hood Texas in a series of maneuvers highlighting methods to destroy enemy tanks. Photos show Private Dorman and Sgt William Winter with a greased sticky grenade and a tank hunter demonstrating the throwing technique while Corp Richard Urban emerges from a foxhole with pistol and bolo knife.
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Camp Hood
Texas
Tank Destroyer Corps
Dorman
Sergt
William Winter
Corp
Richard Urban
Colgate Juniors Study Government For War Service
Eleanor Roosevelt recalls a Colgate University visit where nine junior students studied government departments with emphasis on Congress. She notes their readiness for service, the value of interdepartmental understanding, and the aim to strengthen democratic responsibility amid wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colgate University
Congress
Paul S. Jacobsen
Colgate
Barney Ross wins D S C hero of Guadalcanal in struggle
The Office of War Information release praises Barney Ross, once a two time boxing champion, now a Marine, for a fierce Guadalcanal fight. He was shell shocked and wounded yet held the line against Japanese forces, earning a Distinguished Service Cross. The piece contrasts his war combat with boxing rings and mocks as well as notes other wartime tidbits and humorous verse.
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Goodwill League
New York
Brooklyn
Goodwill Welfare League
Navy
Newbold Morris
Barney Ross
Guadalcanal
Office of War Information
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Pop Warner
AOL
Lae
Western Newspaper Union
Steve O’ Neill
Bob Feller
Steve O'Neill
Detroit Tigers
Cleveland Indians
O'Neill
Lou Boudreau
Feller
Johnson
Alexander
Cardinals
Cleveland
Boudreau
Indians
Buffalo
Oscar Vitt
Detroit
John Deery
Tommy Cross
Bib Falk
Randolph Field
Charles Cherundolo
Pittsburgh Steelers
Bob Kurland
Oklahoma A
Russia
John Swayne
Eleanor Rooseve
New York City
Maxwell Anderson
St. Mark
Hunter College
Stars and Stripes
London
Great Britain
Dorsey Fisher
United States
L Phill
the Champ
Barney
Beachhead
Armstrongs
Walt
D.S.C
Adolf
Robert Imershein
Washington
Max
United States Army
505Th Parachute Infantry
OPA
Brazil
Axis
der Fuehrer
Broadway
Jesse M. Chase
Ogden
Provo
Salt Lake City
Pocatello
Boise
Blackfoot
Interstate Brick CO
HEINZ
Heinz Drug State
Utah
Lyman
Salt Lake
Fox
Housewives
Dean
Doan
HOTEL
Ben Lomond
Ogden, Utah
Reeves
Betary
Biwanio
Chamber of Commercsced
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