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Notable smartness in sports across seven eras
A veteran noncombatant lists the sharpest minds in sport across boxing baseball golf football tennis racing track and more. He praises James J. Corbett Gene Tunney Christy Mathewson Bobby Jones Bill Tilden Earl Sande Jack Lovelock and others for intellect and achievement both on and off the field. He notes most stars are in service and questions the next baseball season with many great names unavailable.
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James J. Corbett
Ring
Gene Tunney
Tomney
Shakespeare
Shelley
Christy Mathewson
Matty
Pittsburgh Athletic Club
Moe Berg
Maj
Robert T. Jones
Army Air Force
Bobby
Ethan
Georgia Tech
Harvard
Sild
Knute Rockne
Percy Haughton
Lou Little
Bob Zuppke
Dan McGugin
Dick Harlow
Rockne
Bill Tilden
Big Bill
Earl Sande
Sande
Jack Lovelock
New Zealand
Lovelock
Glenn Cunningham
Princeton
Cunningham
Berlin
Scotland
England
Bob Feller
Joe DiMaggio
Hank Greenberg
Johnny Mize
Johnny Beasley
Ted Williams
Phil Rizzuto
Charley Keller
Walker Cooper