These are some articles that were in The Greenville News, Greenville, SC on Monday, December 8, 1941
Another 'Boy Wonder' Manager
Several days ago Lou Boudreau, 24-year-old shortstop of the Cleveland Indians, was named to manage the Tribe for 1942 and 1943. He became the "boy wonder" of baseball. Today, the baseball world has another "boy wonder" as manager - Mel Ott, taking the reins of the new York Giants as playing manager. Ott came up to the Giants as a 16-year-old star. That was in 1925. Now 31, Ott has been in the majors for 16 years, the whole time with the Giants. His home run bat has won many ball games for the new York club.
Halfback Jack Crain of Texas university, who turned in one of the greatest performances in his career scores from the two-yard line against the University of Oregon in the game at Austin, Tex. Texas won a smashing victory - 71-7.
Joe Blalock, Charlie Timmons mentioned Among Grid Standouts.
PRO OFFERS SEEN
New York. Dec. (Associated Press) - Uncle Sam has football's graduating seniors a lot more confused than any triple reverse ever did.
The Associated Press annual survey on plans of graduating gridders showed today they want to be a lot of things, but most of them didn't know just when or if Uncle Sam was going to give them a sailor or a soldier suit and settle the questions for them.
The poll showed the majority will wind up either in the service or hope to land coaching and teaching jobs. Only a comparative few looked ahead to cashing in on their talents in pro ball.
None said he wanted to be elected president, but that's one of the few jobs that were missing from the list of their plans. Otherwise, the list ranged from a movie career, which Frankie Albert, Stanford's great quarterback, said he wouldn't mind, if he couldn't land a coaching job; all the way to the choice of Carl Suntheimer of North Carolina, who's going into the bakery business with his father.
BLALOCK IN LIMELIGHT
Bernie Crimmins of Notre Dame, Andy Tomasic of Temple, and Pete Layden of Texas may take a shot at big league baseball. And a couple, like Johnny Kovatch of Notre Dame and Dee Chipman, Brigham Young's star, even want to be newspaper-men.
More than a hundred are already set for military service. Many already have reserve officers commissions. This is true of four of the six Texas A.&M. seniors who are joining up, including the ball-carrying ace, Derace Moser. Floyd Spendlove of Utah, on the other hand, is going into the navy recreation department, and afterward would like to play pro ball. Bob Seaburg of Iowa State, a couple of Yale men, Mike Karmazin of Due, Notre Dame's Paul Lillis, and Joe McCourt of Colgate are headed for the air corps. Jack Crain, the Texas terror, figures he'll wind up in a uniform too, but if he doesn't he'll either study law, coach or play-for-pay.
TIMMONS IS READY
Clemson's Charlie Timmons figures he'll be in the army, otherwise he's interested in pro football offers.
Among those who also aren't against blocking and tackling for cash are Steve Lach, Duke's top back; Bob Reinhard, California's ace tackle; Vic Lindskog of Stanford, Bill Diehl of Iowa, Bob Ingalls of Michigan, Indian Jack Jacobs, the Oklahoma kicking specialist; Bob Jeffries of Missouri, Vike Francis of Nebraska, whose brother Sam chose the same course a few years back; Henry Stanton, Arizona's pass-catching end; Vince Banonis, rugged Detroit center: Frank Maznicki of Boston college, who already has caught the eye of George Halas, the Chicago Bears' boss; Paul McClung of Colorado and Ray Frankowski of Washington.
Bill Dudley, Virginia's classy ball-toter, would like to coach, but his pals say he's listen to a good pro offer. Bruce Smith, Minnesota's mighty back, feels the same way about it. So does Bob Westfall, the Michigan line-buster.
Like a lot of others, Tommy Prothro, son of the recently-abdicated manager of the Philadelphia baseball Phillies, will look around for a business career when he leaves Duke.
****NOTE****
Here's where my readers can help me.
I'd love for this page of the newspaper to go to the family of one of the people in the pictures.
Y'all help me find one!
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