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so:The Closing CurtainThere will still be a Jot.- scattered cuna firecl after to-day, but In ttilt;? main the final curtain c3or«s out moot of the acta when the Army and Stevy, Notre Divine and Carnegie, Oeoigla and Center, Boston College and1 !’01'The°AxW-f^y1 meeting Ir. Baltimore is one of the moat historic of all contests, fought out to the last play and usually anybody si game.The one handicap through past seasons htu* been thearrlvel of winter weather tilth an advanc© ’ winter rain-But whatever tho weather there is nothing1 that can take away the sparkls and the dash or thjs closing classic which will again be one of the hardest battlCB of a big football campaign. lt;The Last Ride Together”Jt war Mr. Ihownliug who Immortalized this verso. He might havewritten it to this efloot: ✓1'Croiv I oy and Lay don, side by Bid9,Miller and Stuhldreher in their fltiMe*Aiftor today will no more * ride—And so their curtain fa’lls to-ai*lit/r“Isn’t this Notre Da»m© baicltfteld tho greatest that over xrtayed?uSllS C. W MIt in the greatest wo have ever seen whon speed, poorer, team play rhythm, grace, dash, and general uiblilty are all to be ^nslaered. Iheie has never been o' raster backfiold. Tharo Una noter been one yith asmUC ph’ey4'have^been**i ™ oniy two defeats in throe years, both from the «m6 team. After today thoy fade frojm the scene, but no ono who sawthem play this fall wll'l forgot the picture aoon. cnanThere have been greater individuail Lacjca, But we ha%e notei seen four upon one team who had as much class.« ■■ ■ ■Harvard wasn’t 90 fv away around 3 910 with Logan, Mahan. leo end BrJ?cU|ey But there is somfethinr Indefinable about this Notre Dame set of hckfi which goes on beyond mere ability. We have received dozens of letters from football fans who have written tney would rather see tnia quartet in action than any team that ever played, I. I had hod the money/’ writes one, I would have followed tnam in everygame they played.’ ,The East discovered that Ttod Grange was a leading star this year. But in October, 1923, over a year ago, Warren Brown came on from Chicago with this report- I have just seen the greatest hack of all time. His name is Grange, of Illinois. Just one game was enou«a to show what ho could do lie is the hardest man to tackle or stop I eVer saw ana for tho next three years he will make football history-' Grange has scored 150 points in 3ns first two years, against strong opponents and Mr Browns prophecy has already made good, whatever the future may hold.Grange will be soon m the East next fall, and our first prophecy for 1925 is titiat tickets for tho ponnaylvanla-Illmoie game ot i? rankiin meia ivlll bo as easy to buy as Rembrandt paintings.Gibbons and Kid Norfolk.Kid Norfolk is a bounding hall of ©bony. There are rea Cast But If he can find a way of clSwping through Tom GFbbons’ defense he will bo one of the season's marvels.Gibbons comes close to being’ the best defensive fighter and the most scientific boxer now living. He has few waste motions. There H on one who uses bis noodle to better effect. Evon Demipaey couldn’t upset his coolness and his poiseGibbons Isn’t the greatest chance taker that ever lived, but at the ago erf thirty-four ha,has never yet been hammered from his loot.On what basis, asks a reader, Jo you rate Mickey Walker as a great fl'ghter?” On the basis of apoed, powor, skill and firet-class fighting spirit. Despite the fact that he wears a crown he is always willing to take a chance and to mix It at any given laugo. No ono knows better than Benny Leonard 3uet how good Walker Is* Which is ono of the roasone why Benny and Mickey have never mot.From “Punch1We hear that oun of the American baseball player* m London who made a mighty hit and was greeted by a cricket ©nthuaiatt in th© crowd with the cultured cty “Oh. pretty play, sir' Is igottlng on as well as can bo oinjected. ’
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Bridgeport Telegram
Bridgeport, Connecticut, US
Sat, Nov 29, 1924
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