A master at the option play, split-T-auarterback Ralph Guglielmi—who's also silhouetted on our cover—sparks Notre Dame's mighty offense
PRANCIS m4LLACE'S 15TH FOOTBALL PREVIEW
AY I say, I told you so? Last year at half; and 71 plugged for liberalization, usu this time I predicted enthusiastic ac ally to the extent of permitting a player to M ceptance of the new substitution rule return once in each quarter. (My informa which ended two-platoon football and forced tion is that this last proposal missed by only a return to the traditional system requiring a 10-7 vote at the last meeting of the Rules gridmen to play both offense and defense. Committee; so you can expect it next time.) Now, after a season's trial, the invaluable Actually, despite the volcanic dissent 186 helpers who participated in my fifteenth which followed its unexpected adoption, the Football Preview voted this way: only 22 new substitution rule went into effect would return to the two-platoon; 93 are for smoothly. Coaches were gradually converted the present rule, which prohibits a man from to the conversion as they got into the neces returning in a period in which he has played, sary job of teaching fundamentals. With lit except during the final four minutes of each tle time, they swung en masse to the split-T, €i»uch #f liir Year John Vaught, Mississippi 36
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Actually, as the '53 season ended, alert college coaches were RALPH GUGLIELMI, Notre Dame Back Columbus, 0. moving toward a new two-platoon system which calls for two teams of two-way stars, thus incorporating the best of the old into the new. J. C. CAROLINE, Illmois Back Columbia, S. C. The Rules Committee pretty much decided to let last year's regula tions ride. They did approve some new hand signals for officials. And ALAN AMECIIE, Wisconsin Back Kenosha, Wis. an "off-the-bench" tackle hereafter will be penalized by disqualification of the offender. Also "interpretive information" was sent to all member GEORGE SHAW, Oregon Back Portland, Ore. groups to discourage sucker shifts and other false starts, reported on the increase despite an attempt to tighten up last year. And a strongly worded resolution, rather than specific legislation, is being relied upon to check the faking of injuries to stop the clock-—the stratagem so effec Back of the Year RALPH GUGLIELMI Notre Dame tively used by Notre Dame against Iowa. But the majority of my corre spondents, while approving the objectives, doubt that the ingrained Lineman of the Year LARRY MORRIS (c) Georgia Tech practices against which these steps were taken can be so easily stopped. The newly created coaches' Ethics Committee will work on such matters. Coach of the Year JOHN VAUGHT Mississippi Meanwhile, football on the field will be easier to watch and under stand than ever before; and TV set owners will also get a much better home show—partially because of a business war between the colleges themselves, and also because of the alliance between pro football and those TV networks shut out of the monopoly created by the four-year- old NCAA program which controls telecasting of college games. The All-America Squad Here's the situation: (Does not include All-America Eleven) • The college telecasts, to be presented by ABC this year, ran into trou ble when sponsors finally developed resistance to an expensive package ENDS- Pyburn (Aub.) ; Intihar (Corn.) ; Walker (Md.); Garrily (Penn from which some of the more attractive games were withheld by the Si.) ; Biubaker (Ohio St.) ; Clarke (USC) ; Gilliam (Iowa) ; DuckeU NCAA, whose policy seeks to spread TV's financial and prestige bene (Mich. SI.) ; Hair (Ca. Tech.) ; Dickerson (Miss.) ; Schricwer (Texas) ; fits over the country at large. Somewhat improved coverage has resulted. Loudd(UCLA) • The colleges will have direct opposition on Saturday afternoons from TACKLES- Ellena (UCLA); Smilli (Baylor); Boggan (Miss.); Grier Canadian pro games, to be carried by NBC, which had previously han (I'enn St.); Lansford (Texas); Yoiingeiman (Ala.); Varrichione and dled the NCAA program. Palumbo (ND) ; U'Agoslino (Aub.) ; Boslcy (W. Va.) ; Walker (Tex. • The American pros, whose national telecasts will be handled by Du Tech) ; Morze (CC) Mont, this season will play eight Saturday-night games, two on Satur day afternoons (after the end of the college season) and one at noon on ciiARDS- Bettis (Purd.); Lemek (ND); Smid (111.); Brooks (Ga. Tech); Chesnauskas (Army); Paul (Rice); Bullough (Mich. Si.); Thanksgiving Day. The colleges fear that the pros may be moving to Slensby (Wis.) ; St. Pierre (BC) ; Shugarl (Yale) ; Birchficld (Duke) ; ward full-time Saturday play and recognize at least the possibility that Lamonc (W. Va.); T. Roberts (Mo.) their TV problem could be settled in a manner none of the colleges wants —by eventually being shut out entirely from the major TV market. CF.NTKtis Ilazehinc (Calif.); Easterwood (Miss. St.); K. Burris Up to now the NCAA TV program has been solidly supported at (Okla.) ; Pheistcr (Ore.) ; Irvine (Md.) ; Tatum (Texas) ; Cunning ham (S. Car.) ; Vargo (Ohio St.) the annual meetings; but there are strong indications that the present policy will get powerful opposition at the New York convention next BACKS- Moegle (Rice); Larson (Calif.); Boldcn (Mich. St.); Calanie January. It is the present intention of a bloc of conferences, led by the (Okla.) ; Dupre (Bay.or) ; Quinn ( lexas) ; Heap (ND) ; Dandoy Big Ten, to seek "controlled television within regional boundaries." (USC); Tharp (Ala.); Davenport (UCLA); Bielski (Md.); Broedcr And if an open fight should develop between the major conferences (Iowa); MrCool (Miss.) ; King (Clem.); Moore (Penn Si.); Vann (Army) ; Womack (Texas) ; Bargcr (Duke) ; Freeman (Aub.) ; Teas and the smaller schools, there might also be a showdown at last between (Ga. Tech.) ; Kirpatrick (Tex. Tech) ; Uehel (Army) ; Hardy (Colo.) ; the idealists and the realists over the question of de-emphasis. Starr (Ala.) ; Flippin (Prince.) ; Lalla (Colg.) ; Wade (Tenn.) ; Borton That just about covers the grown-up stuff. Now let's move in the (Ohio St.) ; Malsock (Mich. Si.) general direction of the boys on the field, pausing en route for a partial checkup on last year's selections. The little gridiron gods who use broken bones and funny bounces to plague pigskin prophets were kind again. I missed on Notre Dame as national champion, and Red Sanders of UCLA as Coach of the Year; but each finished second. (The winners —Maryland and Jim Tatum—had been my '52 selections and were Top Twenty Teams merely delayed a year.) Six of my first eight top teams finished in the final top eight of the .Associated Press ratings; and 11 of my 20 in the AP National Champion: MISSISSIPPI 10-0 20. I had six of eight sectional leaders, and five of eight bowl teams. Of 2. MARYLAND 10-0 12. OREGON 8-2 my 11 Preview AU-Americans, five made the official Collier's eleven, ."?. NOTRE DAME 9-1 13. ARMY 7-2 seven the consensus eleven, and every lad made somebody's first team. 4. TEXAS 9-1 14. IOWA 7-2 A sampler of team will-win-and-lose predictions: against the AP top .'>. OKLAHOMA 9-1 15. DUKE 8-2 ten—two were picked on the nose; and the Preview was no worse than 6. UCLA 8-1 16. CALIFORNIA 7-3 7. ILLINOIS 8-1 17. PENN STATE 7-2 one game off on the first six; there was one big miss, Illinois by 2'/i «. WISCONSIN 7-2 18. TEXAS TECH 9-1 games. And this is a good spot to point out that all team rankings are 9. MICHIGAN STATE 7-2 19. RICE 8-2 made on the basis of severity of schedules, which is why you will 10. OHIO STATE 7-2 20. AUBURN 8-2 sometimes see a squad poorly placed despite a superior estimated record. 11. GEORGIA TECH 8-2 Where no estimated records appear, information from far-olT sectors POSSIBLE BREAK-THROUGHS: Alabama 8-3; Southern Cal 8-3; was insufficient. Cornell 7-2; Coloraflo 8-2; Baylor 7-3; Tennessee 7-3; Michigan 6-3; So now to the fields of friendly strife, viewed—you will note—as if West Virginia 6-2; Yale 7-2; Marquette 7-2; Boston College 8-1. through a TV lens darkly; observe how our candid camera reveals more problems than joys this year. Botvl Prospects EAST Rose Tioivl Sugar Rowl The current secret word on all college programs is—Conference; ILLINOIS over OREGON MISSISSIPPI over ARMY Cotton Bowl because these days you almost have to belong to a conference to share TEXAS over GEORGIA TECH in TV or bowl money. Various new Eastern alignments have been sug Oranpe. Bowl Gator fiowl gested, but the big effort is being made to corral Army and Navy for a MARYLAND over COLORADO TEXAS TECIl over MARQUETTE nucleus that would also include Pitt and Penn State. After that the talk spreads out to a super-duper national group which could also involve OTHER BOWL POSSIBLES: Penn Stale, Rice, Auburn, Boston Col lege, Baylor, Alabama, Tennessee, Missouri, West Virginia, Duke. Collier's for September 17, 1954
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39 'entdv I'iPi' its fir 'iwi iiumi" app Notre Dame, Penn, Georgia Tech, Oklahoma, Maryland and others who are big enough to televise and fill their stadiums, too. Fantastic? Not quite, though such a revolutionary new setup would obviously de pend on many earlier developments, including the crumbling of the existing TV restrictions. It isn't just talk because there have been talks; but discussions were suspended pending personnel changes at key spots. M;iv lUiviiston, Oklahoiiin tsis Dan Shannon, Notre Danio, End My investigation of the Army reveals that Earl Blaik is prepared to cope with the best of such a national conference, even this year. His backfleld, effective as four Boston lawyers, should ring merrily with Tom Bell and Pat Uebel, accompanied by Peter Vann as the T-engineer and my Sophomore Back of the Year, Bob Kyasky, a flash back and punter. Blaik is pardonably pessimistic about his line, which must polish up some new links rapidly before meeting Michigan on October 2d—especially since Captain Bob Farris, potential All-America tackle, is side-lined by medicos after an eye operation. But guard Ralph Chesnauskas might make fellow townsman Rocky Marciano move over on his pedestal up in Brockton, Massachusetts, before the season ends. Nor would Penn State need apologies in any big-time group, as even Illinois may learn in this season's opener. At the Nittany Lions' foot ball banquet last winter I met three of their All-America candidates: spring-legged halfback Lenny Moore; pass-catching end Jim Garrity and tackle Roosevelt Grier, a 6-4, 245-pound Bunyanesque performer. All coach Rip (Van) Engle needs to develop is a classy passer. I went overboard last year on Navy, where the backfield resumes in tact—but only two regulars return in the line; so, no stars aloft at Annapolis, though you can expect the usual good go against anybody Horli (irav, Texas, Tackle Sid Fournet, LSU, Tackle who crosses the bow. Pitt has its customary porcupine schedule, but re ports more speed and experience in the key spots and needed backfield fortification from an undefeated frosh squad. Even the Ivy League has heard the conference whispers and formal ized its previous informality. This group is antibowl but interested in television. Cornell has the men this year, including Stan Intihar, a tre mendous end, and might even go all the way—though the absence of spring training will not help them digest Rice at Houston on the night of October 2d. The no-spring-training gimmick will not help Penn's new coaching staflf either in its opener with Duke; but Steve Sebo should have the Quakers ready with the Michigan State-type dervish offense in time for the four big games which wind up the schedule. Uncertain is the word from Princeton; but junior back Royce Flip- pin may make it tough for anyone to hold that Tiger. Lloyd Jordan has 19 letter men at Harvard. Jordan Olivar will have an undefeated fresh man outfit, with a fine runner, Dennis McGill, and an ace quarterback in Dean Loucks to sharpen the Yale Bulldog's teeth. Tuss McLaughry may have his best passing team of recent years at Dartmouth. Lou Little will have some solid sophomores at Columbia; so quarterback Dick Carr, Jim Salsbury, UCLA, Guard Calvin Jones, Iowa, Guard who played every minute of the '53 season, may get the feel of the bench now and then. Brown expects to hold its own. Syracuse, Holy Cross, Boston U. and Colgate followed the Ivy League lead in abandoning spring practice, which may hurt the first three in stiff' early games against squads which had spring work. Colgate has an Ivy schedule and Dick Lalla, an All-Eastern quarterback they say should be All-America. Bill Smithers is a touted soph triple-threat back at Holy Cross. Boston College could go all the way to a bowl game behind three excellent linemen: tackles Frank Morze and John Miller, and guard Vin St. Pierre. Fordham will be back at the Polo Grounds for its home games with an interesting schedule which the man power may not match. Rutgers expects to rebound from its first losing season since Harvey Harman took over in 1938. Villanova has added a new coach, Frank Reagan, to a green squad. The fighting Blue Hens of Delaware will again be spurred by Don Miller, a potential Little All-America quarterback. Lafayette looks the best of the smaller Pennsylvania colleges, though Bucknell, Temple and Lehigh all expect improvement. Rhode Island is given the Yankee Con ference edge over New Hampshire and Connecticut because of the pres ence of its great halfback, Pat Abbruzzi, already drafted by the L. Morris, Ga. Tech, Center J. C. Caroline, Illinois, Back Baltimore Colts. Sid Watson of Northeastern is another bright backfield jewel in a small setting. Amherst and Williams should fight it out for the championship of the Potted Ivy group in their November 13 th finale. •" "'--KA:^r L'M MIDWEST We need a giant 30-inch screen to picture the quiz show in this sec tion. The star-studded cast includes six national championship contend ers and five Preview Ail-Americans. The big question—and the big story—of the season goes like this: How will young Terry Brennan do at Notre Dame? My scouts pick him on top; Notre Dame opinion of Bren nan ranges from traditional pessimism to comparison with Rockne. Terry himself is highly intelligent, determined and realistic. He inherited a seasoned squad which includes quarterback Ralph Guglielmi, halfback Joe Heap, guard Ray Lemek, tackle Frank Varri- chione, and the "defensive" end who caught the two pressure passes which tied Iowa, co-Captain Dan Shannon. Brennan should have no trouble figuring out what's his line, and he has a fine soph quarterback in Collier's for September 17, 1954 Alan Anieche, Wisconsin, Back George Shaw, Oregon, Back PRODUCED BY UNZ.ORG ELECTRONIC REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED 40 ,¥«- bhi'-Hiimr sittrs ytn: ut iflisslssiiipl. Il?i^ ilu'S'i»\ i«#««iiJiif| like ««« i«8ifl«:»|'«*«ir**«l seusu»i First Flight First Flight First Flight First Flight UCLA 8-1 California 7-3 Wyoming 8-2 Utah State 8-2 Oklahoma 9-1 Colorado 8-2 Texas 9-1 Baylor 7-3 Oregon 8-2 use 8-3 Utah 8-3 New Mexico 7-3 Missouri 6-4 Rice 8-2 Texas Tech 9-1 SMU6-4 Second Flight Second Flight Second Flight Second Flight Washington 5-5 Oregon State 4-5 Denver 6-5 Idaho State Okla. A&M 7-3 Iowa State 2-7 Stanford 5-5 San Jose 7-3 Colo. A&M 5-5 Colo. Col. Kansas State 7-3 Detroit 5-4 Houston 6-3 Hardin-Sim. 6-4 Wash. State 5-5 Col. of Pac. 6-3 Brig. Young 4-5 Colo. State Kansas 3-7 Wichita 6-4 TCU 5-5 Tempe 6-4 Idaho 4-5 Montana 4-4 Mont. State Nebraska 5-5 Drake 3-6 Texas A&M 3-7 West Tex. 5-4 Tulsa 6-5 Colo. Mines Bradley 5-3 Arkansas 4-6 North Texas Washington U. 7-2 East Texas 7-3 Arizona 7-3 Abilene 6-4 Tex. West. 6-4 McMurry 8-2 N. Mex. A&S. WM. Tex. 8-2 Paul Hornung. But the backfield panel lacks a to be fighting for the Big Ten title on the last day of sume at a later date if plans for a "presidents' con power runner of the Lattner-Worden caliber; and the season? The answer seems to be a superbly ference" of the other Cleveland colleges—John the stiff schedule has a triple-tough opener against coached crew of unsung road-blockers, who, in Carroll, Western Reserve and Baldwin-Wallace— the potential national champion, Texas. Allow addition to stopping Caroline from "turning the go through. This group has neither bowl games ances must be made for an inexperienced coaching corner" last year, only twice let Iowa into Badger nor TV in mind, merely de-emphasis. staff, the difficulty of following Frank Leahy, the territory. And Ivy Williamson will have more special zest of all Notre Dame opponents. Terry depth this year. SOUTH could take it all—or lose four. My opinion: Notre Will Ohio State again be a campus of springtime Dame will summon all its spirit to beat Texas, then hope and fall chagrin? Woody Hayes has 26 letter Other members of the NCAA, before choosing drop one or two along the way, probably to Michi men, including passer John Borton, fully recovered sides between television profits and de-emphasis, gan State and/or Iowa. from a '53 injury. Speedsters Howard (Hopalong) might profitably study the smoke signals which How will J. C. Caroline do at Illinois? This Cassady and Bob Watkins will be upholstered with have been rising over Fobaccoland ever since the young man made the All-America in his sopho three skull-cracking soph backs, any one of whom Southern Conference split into two sections last more year. With the element of surprise gone, should plug the '53 fullback weakness. Lyal Clark year. The schools which retained the conference lllinois's opponents are devising ways to stop him. will again be coaching the line, which is questioned name and treasury and embraced the gospel of But overloading defenses against Caroline will be only at the ends. amateurism have backslid into two moves usually a dangerous gamble because, in addition to Mickey Is Michigan ready to return to the glory parade? considered as overemphasizing; they okayed a Bates, now at fullback, coach Ray Eliot has two Hardly, with 17 of the first 22 missing; but the Wol Sugar Bowl bid for West Virginia; and have soph flashes as counterrunners, Abe Woodson and verines have talented sophs; might take Army granted emergency permission to play freshmen Harry Jefferson. Hiles Stout is a touted soph early, and should get very tough as the season this season, apparently to forestall what looks like passer; and veteran Jan Smid a great blocking moves along. Indiana is better equipped for Big a slow slide toward athletic apathy. guard. As Caroline goes, so goes Illinois—maybe Ten bruising than usual but still very green. The On the other hand, the secessionists who formed as far as the Rose Bowl. Hoosier hope is sophomore Milt Campbell, Olym the Atlantic Coast Conference and took the Bowl How will Michigan State do after losing eight pic decathlon star, who is also durable and dazzling road are flourishing. They now have an annual regulars and four coaches of the group which in a football suit. He will get plenty of chances to tie-up with the Orange Bowl (as predicted here). won 33 of its last 34 games, including the '53 be Sophomore Back of the Year. Maryland won the national title and seems headed Rose Bowl? Purdue could be the sleeper. Most of the vets in that general direction again, since it probably They'll do doggoned well. Duffy Daugherty, who upset Michigan State last year will be on faces only one real challenge on its schedule who moved up from line coach when Biggie Munn hand, with depth support from a dozen fancy (UCLA); but let me hasten to add that this is a trib took over as athletic director, does have a green sophs headed by quarterback Lenny Dawson. The ute to the coaching and organizational talents of staff; and the great LeRoy Bolden is the only man Boilermakers get a dandy upset shot at Notre Dame James Moore Taturn rather than any criticism of left of the famed pony backfield; but there are 20 the week after the Irish go all out against Texas. the nine other distinguished institutions on the Terp letter men on the Spartans' well-stocked shelves, Tom Bettis, a great guard-line-backer, should be card. Maryland has. for the present, outrun its hearties all, especially in the line. But the sched able to pick his own All-America backfield from sectional field. There are no glamor boys among the ule has Iowa, Wisconsin and Notre Dame in the guys he has tackled, so rough is the schedule. 27 letter men and "best sophs since Tatum took first month! Northwestern, lowly rated, has 24 letter men re over"; but Dick Bielski, a bone-crushing fullback How now Iowa, which swarmed over the No turning and could level a lot of pride. Minnesota, and field-goal specialist, and center John Irvine are vember screen like the scalping party in a shoot- with Giel gone, is frankly building from ceiling likely to emerge as All-America candidates. 'em-up and got all but the last hair of Notre Dame? zero under Murray Warmath. Marquette, on the Duke, the only Atlantic Coast member which Well, Big Chief Forest Evashevski will be back Big Ten level in recent years, needs only ends to could challenge the Terrible Terps, is not yet on with almost the same cast of Braves, including fell a few big ones en route to a possible bowl bid. the schedule. The Blue Devils lost only two games those three wonderful warriors from Steubenville, Cincinnati, which has lost only once in each of last season, by a total of four points; and coach Bill Ohio, end Frank Gilliam, back Eddie Vincent and the last three seasons, is also looking for a confer Murray has 20 solid letter men, also fortified by guard Calvin Jones. Evvy says he's shy a blue-chip ence. Miami, O., probable top team of the Mid- "some of the best sophs in the school's history." back; and opposing coaches are devising means of America group, has a pro prospect tackle in Tom Quarterback Jerry Barger is the ace operator. stopping his deceptive "accordion" line shift, which Jones, who also happens to be the ace collegiate At the West Virginia all-sports dinner last spring, worked so well last season. Don't fail to tune in shot-putter. Ohio U. should give Harvard another coach Art "Pappy" Lewis was on his feet with a for the return engagement of the Notre Dame good tussle. Fair Dayton material will get major- fork at my back when I predicted his home-grown thriller at Iowa City, November 20th. league coaching from Hugh DeVore and Joe Shee- hillbillies would again lose only one game. So I'm Will fullback Alan Ameche, the Iron Horse, ketski. Xavier is still rebuilding. discreetly conceding now that he might possibly stampede Wisconsin to the Rose Bowl? And what's Case, one of the four name schools which drop two. Rex Enright, who annually does one of the explanation for Wisconsin, which never seems dropped football this year (Washington & Lee, the better coaching jobs, will have another chal to be sprinkled with Stardust yet always manages Adelphi and St. Michael's are the others), will re lenging group at South Carolina, spearheaded by Collier's for September 17, 1954 PRODUCED BY UNZ.ORG ELECTRONIC REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED 41 »tit( fhi' iMiniAiiffl vhiuitpiftnshiit to creult* hetulline plutjei's «iii/ a Coaeh of iht* Year First Flight First Flight First Flight First Flight Notre Dame 9-1 Michigan St. 7-2 Mississippi 10-0 Alabama 8-3 Maryland 10-0 S. Carolina 6-4 Army 7-2 Yale 7-2 Illinois 8-1 Iowa 7-2 Georgia Tech 8-2 Auburn 8-2 Duke 8-2 N. Carolina 6-4 Penn State 7-2 Navy 5-4 Wisconsin 7-2 Ohio St. 7-2 Cornell 7-2 Tennessee 7-3 West Virginia 6-2 Clemson 6-4 Pitt 5-4 Penn 5-4 Wake Forest 6-4 Boston Coll. 8-1 Syracuse 5-3 Second Flight Second Flight Dartmouth 5-4 Second Flight Boston U. 6-3 Michigan 6-3 Miami U. 6-3 LSU 7-4 Georgia 5-5 Second Flight Marquette 7-2 Ohio U. 6-3 Kentucky 5-5 Tulane 4-6 Virginia 5-4 VMI 5-5 George Wash. 5-4 Richmond 5-5 Purdue 4-5 Dayton 5-5 Florida 6-4 Vanderbilt 4-5 Holy Cross 6-4 Fordham 3-6 Indiana 4-5 Wm. & Mary 5-5 Furman 5-5 Harvard 5-3 Rutgers 5-4 Minnesota 4-5 Xavier 5-5 Miss. State 6-4 Miss. South. 7-3 Va. Tech 6-4 Citadel 5-5 Princeton 5-4 N'west'n 4-5 West Toledo 4-5 Miami 5-4 Florida State 7-4 N. C. State 3-7 Louisville 5-4 Columbia 5-4 Delaware 7-2 Cincinnati 8-2 Reserve 5-3 Davidson Colgate 5-4 Temple 4-4 Kent John Carroll Brown 4-5 I^fayette 6-3 Villanova 4-5 Lehigh 5-4 Carnegie TechBucknel. 4-4 l 3-6 NEW ENGLAND {Yankee Conference) Connecticut 5-4 Maine 4-3 Rhode Island 6-2 Mass. 4-4 center Leon Cunningham, as good as the best. The at guard. Halfback Bill Teas gives the offense New Hampshire 5-3 Vermont 3-3 same rating goes for quarterback Don King at plenty of potential. Alabama has one of the best Northeastern Springfield Clemson. This triple-threat star has drawn raves backfields of the year, led by Corky Tharp, a Brandeis 4-4 from coaching opponents, and I'm happy to have snake-hip runner; if Red Drew can get the Crimson Williams 6-2 Wesleyan had him on my '53 sophomore eleven. Tide off to a fast break, he might surprise. Amherst 6-2 Bates George Barclay's improvement project at North All's happy, happy, happy at Auburn, which did Trinity Bowdoin 3-4 Carolina has reached the stage where the Tarheels surprise last year and now expects its "best season TufU Colby seem about ready to move to the winning side of since the thirties." The Tigers have sharp coaching the schedule. Wake Forest holds the middle road. from Shug Jordan, several line stalwarts and a pass Virginia will have a flock of welcome sophomores ing battery in quarterback Bobby Freeman and after winning only one game last season. Earle Ed Jim Pyburn, a spectacular junior receiver. Ten wards brings a match from Michigan State to light nessee has two fine tailbacks in Jim Wade and Pat up North Carolina State, which was 1-9 in '53. Oleksiak; but two thirds of the squad are sopho William & Mary's hopes for a brighter year de mores, which may mean a slow start and fast finish. pend importantly on the draft board's intentions The customary LSU suicide schedule will give mere suggestion; but this news is from their own regarding quarterback Charlie Sumner, one of the Sid Fournet, perhaps the best tackle of the year, a feedbag: "22 of 34 letter men back; seven regulars; very few of the nation's better players not protected thorough two-way test. Florida, always soundly 13 of 16 backs; 62 per cent of the ball-carrying by student or ROTC dsferments this campaign. coached by Bob Woodruff, has the men to re strength; 71 per cent of passing; 62 per cent of scor Frank Moseley has the Gobblers of Virginia Tech bound from their unexpected "whodunit" season ing. Best two tackles any one team—Buck Lans- back in the victory corn. George Washington, Cit of '53. And speaking of which—Miami will again ford and Herb Gray. Halfback Delano Womack adel, Richmond and Louisville report modest im be lying in wait for unsuspecting tourists. may be greatest threat in conference. Billy Quinn provement. Furman had important personnel Three new coaches will enter here without nec shifted to fullback. Team started to click last fall losses after its "best season in 17 years." essarily abandoning hope. Blanton Collier, long when Charley Brewer took over at quarterback." time Paul Brown backfield assistant in Cleveland, But ... the schedule opens with LSU, which SOUTHEAST will make a sentimental return to his old Kentucky upset them last year. Then Notre Dame away. home; but it may be a jump from the Browns to Two weeks later Oklahoma. After which the six The majority down here is for national TV con the blues if there's truth in the Lexington lament conference games—and no Southwest champion trols, but so sharply and traditionally against de- about depleted material and a destructive schedule. has gone undefeated since 1947! On the other emphasis that a minor "amateur" group was Andy Pilney moves up at Tulane, where the Green hand, the Longhorns are ready, while both Notre squelched during the winter by a threat to split the really will be just that; but also enthusiastic. Dar- Dame and Oklahoma will have early-season prob Southeastern Conference. There will be no tie-up rell Royal, the first of the Bud Wilkinson coaching lems; and only two conference squads seem to have (as rumored) between the Sugar Bowl and the "get," will take over Mississippi State after an in a chance with them—Rice, which won in the last SEC; but an agreement is likely whereby no con terim in the Canadian pro league. He will have a 55 seconds last year; and Baylor, which lost by a ference team would accept any bowl bid until the good squad topped by Harold Easterwood, who point (20-21). last game of the season had been played. some sectional observers think is a better center Rice lost most of its magnificent line; but it is al Ole Miss should help itself to the Sugar Bowl than Larry Morris. ways superbly coached by Jess Neely and his Wise after taking the conference crown since, by a Wally Butts will have a young group at Georgia. Men, who will have a flock of promising sophs and unique schedule break, it does not meet the other Mississippi Southern, rudely jolted when halfback a potential AU-American, senior Dicky Moegle, four likely contenders. It has a slight edge on Mary Laurin Pepper became a baseball bonus baby, still who rambled 265 yards for three touchdowns land for the national title because it is a firm fa dreams of upsetting Alabama again. Art Guepe has against Alabama in the Cotton Bowl. The squad vorite against all opponents, while the Terps will 27 letter men at Vanderbilt, which seems about should be polished for Texas after intersectionals have to get over the one big hurdle, UCLA. John ready to start climbing. The revival at Florida State with Cornell and Wisconsin. Baylor expects better Vaught, my pick for Coach of the Year, has a very reports definite progress. depth with a flock of breakaway backs, James Ray good football squad that always excels in the run Smith anchoring the line at tackle, and important ning game. No name stars as yet, but then cham SOUTHWEST help from an undefeated freshman squad. If soph pions make names. Best bets to wear personal quarterback Doyle Traylor is as good a passer as laurels seem to be Rex Reed Boggan, an all-service I drove around Texas for two weeks last fall and advertised, the Bears might come up to the televised tackle returned for his senior year and Bobby spring, after which they told me I'd maybe covered November 6th Texas struggle undefeated. (Slick) McCool, junior fullback. one third of the state. At Austin they have a tall Texas Tech looks stronger than any on its sched The other toughies will have a merry time knock tower which lights up in various colors for various ule except, perhaps, LSU and should drive home ing one another about in a rollicking round robin. triumphs; and which would undoubtedly startle another strong argument in its persistent attempts Georgia Tech has the line stars, with All-America the sky with orange should Texas lead the national for a berth in the Southwest Conference. Junior center Larry Morris and Franklin Delano Brooks hit parade. 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St.); Shinnick (UCLA) (Tenn.); Lopata (Yale); Janes (LSU); Cox (Wash.); Blaney (Duke); Bobo UCLA canH return: CaUfornia^s schedul Ridlon (Syr.); Howard (Wis.); John (Ohio St.); Rotenberry (Ga. Tech) son (Army); Walton (Pitt); Bennett McDonald (Okla.); Jurgersen (Duke) (Miss. St.); Michael (Ohio St.) Scott (Colo.); Simpson (Fla.); Villar- TACKLES—HOBERT (Minn.); real (H-S); Bosseler (Miami, F.) Leyva (N. Mex.); Mitchell (Ga, VEREEN (Ga. Tech); Cox (Duke); Tech); Deutschmann (LSU); Loucks and Jerry Walker a superior tackle. All-Opponent team; a unique light Gray (Okla.); Strugar (Wash.); Whar (Yale); Stout and Jeflferson (111.); Houston, the other strong outsider weight tackle, Don Brown, and Max ton (Md.); Thomas (Yale); Sandusky McGee and Crabtree (Ore.); Salva- which keeps banging at the confer Boydston, whom I've picked for (Md.); Tremblay (Colum.); Bou- terra (Pitt); Hyland (Penn); Smithers All-America end despite the fact dreaux (Tulane); Bilich (NCU); Till ence door, will have ample oppor (HC); Brodsky (Fla.); Hermsen tunity to prove its class against that Oklahoma doesn't pass much. (Wash.); Owens (Miss. So.) (Marq.); Donlan (BC); Yohe GUARDS—WOODSON (Texas); (W&M); Divers (Va. Tech); Burk- Baylor, Die Miss and Texas Tech— He's the Sooner the pros would DAVIS (Md.); Sharp (Prince.); Sulli strand (Minn.); Majors (Tenn.); Cal and might beat any of them. sooner have. van (Miss.); Mehrer (Mo.); Scorsone lahan (Penn); Luppino (Ariz.); Southern Methodist might be the There'll be no bowl for Okla (Pitt); Lovely (BU); Thomas (Wich.); Throckmorton and Harris (Rice); sleeper. Chalmar Woodard has a homa this year—by a conference Suter (Corn.); DeSimone (Clem.); McMullen (NCU); Hower (Navy); ruling which bars its champion from Vicic (Ohio St.); Tamburello (Md.); flock of unsung but seasoned men to Blake (W. Va.); Weenig (Brig. Young) playing two straight years—a fact CENTERS—SUCHY aowa); Glass Nussbaum (Ohio St.); T. Barr throw into a barbed-wire schedule (Baylor); Stephenson (Army); (Mich.); Sosenko (Corn.); Thomas that starts with Georgia Tech and which may be much discussed Hatcher (Ariz.); Tubbs (Okla.); Al- (Miss.); Bass (Duke); Westfall (Ore. works up to a televised finale against around the day the cat stomps (New derton (Md.); Bowman (Prince.); Liv St.); Broeker (NW); Zucco (Wayne); Notre Dame. Abe Martin showed a Year's, remember?). Assuming that ingstone (SMU); Berger (Mich. St.) Ploen (Iowa); O'Brien (Wyo.); Cos- each will lose to Oklahoma, the tanzo (Mich. St.); Prickett (S. Car.); lot of offense in his first year at BACKS —KYASKY (Army); Levenhagen (Wis.); McGill (Yale) TCU but lost too much scoring gateway to the Orange Bowl proba WOODSON (lU.); ARNETI (USC); power to be more than troublesome bly will be the Colorado-Missouri on a rough journey which adds game at Columbia on November Soph Back of the Year BOB KYASKY Army Oklahoma, Penn State and South 6th. As of now it looks like Miami- or-Bust for the boys from near Soph Lineman of the Year BEN WOODSON (g) Texas ern Cal to a full conference card. Bowden Wyatt, facing the same sort Pikes Peak. And there's even the of going at Arkansas, will invest possibility they might go as the sophomores toward a brighter fu champion by beating Oklahoma. If ture. Bear Bryant begins a full test they should, mark down tailback Unsung Squad of his coaching talent at Texas Carroll Hardy as an All-America candidate. (A token roster of boys from major schools shut out from A&M, where center Fred Broussard the All-America flight by our lack of space, estimated team is the only one of 17 letter men who Missouri? It couldn't happen to a records or better-publicized men from their own squads) impressed my scouts. But Bear, more deserving gentleman than Don something of a scout himself, did Faurot, the inventor of the split-T, ENDS—Allison (Okla.); Matz (ND); CENTERS—Trautman (Penn); who annually performs coaching LockUn (Wis.); Crouch (TCU); Tu- Leachman (Tenn.); Bixler (Kan.); not leave that long contract at minello (LSU); Bravo (Tulane); Szymanski (ND); Broussard (Tex. Kentucky just to inhale the Texas miracles, and who this year has Stewart (Stan.); McDonald (Miami, A&M); Messner (Wis.); Palmer dust. some material you can even see. But Fla.); Papetti (W. Va.); Amyett (Duke); Damore (NW); Slick (Syr.); There's a sophomore center if he should beat Colorado—games (Bay.); HoUeder (Army); Nix (SMU); Helgeson (Minn.); Locklear (Aub.); named Paul Hatcher who Arizona with Oklahoma and Maryland (a Diener (Mich. St.); Bilyk (Fla.); Kerr DeLaTorre (Fla.); Pitts (TCU); coach Warren Woodson says is TV game on Thanksgiving) follow. (Purd.); Castle (Penn); Dugger (Ohio Heim (Prince.). ready for the All-America after be A bad beating by either, but particu St.); Beagle (Navy); Crawford (Rice); BACKS—Mastrogiovanni (Wyo.); O'Malley (Ga.); Corpeny (Mo.); ing All-Navy for three years. And larly by Maryland, the probable Debay (UCLA); Bates (111.); Wyant Orange Bowl foe, would be embar Schwert (Syr.) and Marconi (W. Va.); Burkett (Iowa a fella named Sammy Baugh, now St.); Can- (Colum.); Lutz (Duke); helping out at Hardin-Simmons, is rassing to all concerned—including TACKLES—Fouch (USC); Barthol Bud Wilkinson and Jim Tatum, who omew (WF); Knotts (Duke); Barron Schaefer (ND); Cassady and Wat- looking for, of all things, a quarter (Miss. St.); Oniskey (Com.); Brown kins (Ohio St.); Monroe and Leder- back, to take the ball from Sam learned their split-T from Papa man (Wash.); Vincent (Iowa); Jenkins Don. Kansas State, improving fast, (Okla.); Walker (Mich.); Krupa (Colo.); Lunsford (Okla. A&M); Walker, a 170-pound center who (Purd.); D. Cumutte (Ky.); Borden has already made All-Texas—which might have a say in the holiday (Ind.); Kelley (Tulsa); Reeve (Ore.); Branoff and Baldacci (Mich.); Mor- plans. Chuck Mather, who jumped rall (Mich. St.); Mcllhenny and is a lot of all. Da Re (USC); Schrecengost (Mich. from Ohio high-school ranks (Mas- O'Brien (SMU); McNamara (Minn.); Among the smaller schools (if St.); McCord (Tenn.); J. Maultsby sillon) to the Kansas U. coaching (NCtf); Palatella (Pitt); Miller (BC); CUnkscale (TCU); Wetzel and Per kins (Syr.); Eidom (SMU); Miller you can use a word like that about chore, will tickle the alumni if he Hilinski (Ohio St.); Hall and Swed- Texas) East Texas State, of the burg (Iowa); White (Clem.); Sazio (Wis.); Ford (Pitt); R. Burris (Okla.); even wins four; but just give Chuck (W&M); Mason (Ala.); BuU (Mo.) Meade and Bedrossian (Com.); Lone Star Conference, now boasts time. Vince DiFrancesca has under Thompson (Brown); Terrasi (BU); (you can use that word) the na Waller (Md.); James (Aub.); Blair taken a similar construction job at GUARDS—Bolinger (Okla.); Sar- tion's longest winning streak—29. Iowa State. disco (Tulane); Monlux (Wash.); (Miss.); Hardy (Ky.); Brewer (Texas); McMurry has the number one Shoemaker (Ga. Tech); Mincevich Doggett (LSU); Crow (USC); Ber nard! (Colo.); Taylor (Kan. St.); rusher among small colleges in El- A trip to Honolulu to play Ha (S. Car.); Cureton (UCLA); Meinert waii at the end of the season may be (Okla. A&M); Bowersox and Pala- Turner and Beagle (Dart.); Craig roy Payne. And Abilene Christian hunik (Md.); Atkins (Aub.); Salerno (Navy); Villanueva (UCLA); Lauter has an end the pros might investi just the thing to make Nebraska's (Colo.); Dierking (Bay.); Knowles (NW); Hettinger (HC); Hammack gate—'Von Morgan. Cornhuskers forget a winter of dis (Kan.); D'Angelo (NC St.); Suber (Fla.); Patterson (Houst.); Luna content. "Ole Whit" (dignified (Miss. St.); Johnson (Ore. St.); Patera (Ala.); Dorn (Stan.); Oleksiak (Tenn.); Samo (Wash. St.); Norris MISSOURI VALLEY name J. B. Whitworth) still moves (Ore.); Reichenbach (Ohio St.); along nicely at Oklahoma A&M, Buonopane (HC) (Calif.); Helinski Ond.); Krol (Dart.) There's bad news tonight for where Fred Meyers, who once those who wonder when something played quarterback for Army as a ED SCHMELTEKOPF SW Tex. St. Back is going to be done about breaking freshman, is expected to round out Unsung BOB COONEY Holy Cross Lineman (g) the strangle hold Oklahoma has on a fine backfield. Tulsa is soph- Heroes DON FAUROT Missouri Coach the wrestling country. Bud Wilkin happy, and has five regulars return JIM CROW Baylor Asst. Coach son has a new home in Norman and ing, too. Wally Fromhart succeeds every intention of winning the prize Dutch Clark at Detroit, for which I've offered to the first coach who you can tab a better future. Jack actually finishes one of those ten- Mitchell might have a spoiler at Pro Scout List year contracts. (He has eight years Wichita. Carl Snavely should have to go.) On my visit I learned the another winning season at Washing (A token list, as good as the best but out of the publicity sun) Oklahoma secret—every keg-legged ton U. of St. Louis. Drake will play kid in the state dreams of playing freshmen to relieve a man-power ENDS—Probert (Brig. Young); DUl- Blackstone (Houst.); Marciniak (Kan. football for the university. You'll shortage. hoflr (Cine); NeUestein (Utah); Wil St.); Tomanek (Colg.); Hess ada.) see a lot of them September 18th, liams (Col. Pac.); Christensen (Rich.); CENTERS—White (N. Mex.); Mar Morgan (Abilene); McKenna (Bran- shall (Villa.); Walker (H-S); Marfizo on the kick-off game of the TV pro ROCKY MOUNTAINS deis); Lauben (Wms.); Tyson (Cit.); (W&M); Jankans (Tempe); Hedden gram, when the Sooners travel to Duffy (Amh.) (Laf.); Hunter (Clem.) Berkeley to play California. They were hot and bothered in TACKLES—Stapler (McMurry); BACKS—Abbruzzi (RI); Ulm (San There's center Kurt Burris, who'll the Rockies last June, a time you'd Wengrzyn (Carn. Tech); Hartman Jose); Jacobs (COP); Drzewiecki (Marq.); Goist (Cine); Robinson be challenging for top honors; quar expect folks in the altitudes to be CE. Tex.); Cunningham (Conn.); terback Gene Calame, who picked cool. A representative of one school Jones (Miami, O.); Henderson (Temple); Danz (GW); Hussey (Utah); Lewis (Ariz.); Kragthorpe (Wofford); Carroll (W-R); Popson the Sooners up after the first two reported "mutual mistrust, rule vi (Utah St.); Preas (Va. Tech) (Furm.); Sumner (W&M); Lee (N. games last year and took them to olation charges and other discord" GUARDS—Kemp (E. Tex.); Herr- Mex.); Head (Iowa); lannucci the Orange Bowl; end Carl Allison, threatening to break up the Skyline maim (Miss. So.); Belluso (Det.); (Rutg.); Pappas (NH); Brabham who has twice made Notre Dame's Conference. Meanwhile, the loop's Hemmer (Rutg.); Shafor (Dayt.); (Newberry); Shockey (Marq.); Ma- Golden (Maine); Ashnault (NH); haffey (Denv.); Dunn (Wash. U.); Collier's for September 17, 1954 Oniskey (Chatt.); McGinnis (Wof- Watson (HE); Payne (McMurry); ford); Chironna (Buck.); Polzer (Va.); Miller (Del.); Thacker (David.) PRODUCED BY UNZ.ORG ELECTRONIC REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED 45 iu kiuk |*«r ih'etftm in the Hosi* Howl football is expected to be the best since the line experience. Washington State has an war. other schedule arranged by See America Wyoming's heterogeneous Cowboys in First. College of the Pacific will be led clude dudes from Dixie, a fireplug back by a very good quarterback, Bill Jacobs; from Brooklyn, Joe Mastrogiovanni, and and Notre Dame would find it easy to a backfield diamond in the rough—very fill its fullback gap if it had Joe Ulm of rough—Joe O'Brien from Briarcliff San Jose. Manor, New York. Everybody concedes The Coast is loaded with soph hot- the title to this "transplanted Tennessee" shots, any of whom might turn the sec —everybody, that is, but Utah, which sees tional season upside over. Washington's itself sophomore-strong. Confidence leaps Bob Cox is a puissant passer. Oregon will from crag to crag as Utah State, Denver, be aided by backs Jasper McGee and Tom Montana and New Mexico view happi Crabtree. Bob Miller, a big triple-threat, ness ahead. New Mexico will still have is the key to Washington State. Larry White, a great unsung center. Brig- ham Young and Colorado A&M modestly THE STA]\DOUTS report mild progress; but the smaller schools must all have been out prospect Now let's peek behind the scenes for ing. No news. some why, wherefore and what happened. For example, you have to be practical PACIFIC COAST rather than realistic in this part of the football business, too. So my selections The Coast has taken de-emphasis rather are not necessarily always either the men seriously in the last decade, which some or the teams I think best. My job is merely people say is what has been wrong with its to guess how the experts are going to guess football. Next—spring practice will be at the season's end. eliminated after 1955. One observer says My Back of the Year is a fairly simple recruiting already has been stepped up to choice. Ralph Guglielmi has been boss ensure getting better-developed athletes. man of the Irish since his freshman sea (It is because of such maneuvers that ath son. The poised job he did in the Iowa letic departments consider so much of the game, when he engineered pressure touch de-emphasis program "impractical.") downs at the end of each half, was forgot UCLA returns a strong line, led by ten in the clamor over faked injuries. Alan guard Jim Salsbury and tackle Jack El- (the Horse) Ameche will also be starting lena; and although no star replacement is his fourth terrific year; and J. C. Caroline slated for Paul Cameron, talented men is a must. But that fourth backfield pick are available and the Bruin passing may —Shaw over Larson, Moegle and Calame be even better. The Maryland battle —was a real toughie. I'd be very happy should be an old-fashioned banging of to settle for just what I got last year—the crunching lines and battering backs. Since first three backs on the nose and in order: UCLA cannot return to the Rose Bowl, Lattner, Giel and Cameron. the representative probably will come Placing the face of the Lineman of the from California, Oregon or Southern Cal. Year has always been a puzzler. Last year The Bears will be favored, even though I missed J. D. Roberts of Oklahoma, touted sophomore passer Ronnie Knox though I did have him on my first All- made a summer switch to UCLA, where America eleven. Larry Morris, my third he will sit out a season. Pappy Waldorf choice, finished second. So this year I'm still has quarterback Paul Larson, who picking Morris on top, followed by Cal led the nation in total offense last year; vin Jones of Iowa and Sid Fournet of and an adequate replacement in LSU. I don't know how they'll finish, but Sam Williams. The Bears open with I do know they are three terrific football Oklahoma and travel to Ohio State two weeks later—games which may make or players. break them. Coach of the Year shouldn't be too tough. The coaches have never yet named Oregon, low-scoring but stoutly defen the same man twice but laudably tend to sive, returns most of its first 25, with the pass it around to some deserving fellow big back being versatile George Shaw, a who may never have another chance. I've swami with the swine-skin who estab- already told you why I'm chancing with hshed a pass-interception record as a John Vaught of Mississippi. freshman and has since done all backfield My Unsung Heroes are chosen to rep chores in high-grade fashion. The Ducks resent all those players and coaches-who would be hurt by injuries to key men like keep the show going but are never called Shaw, center Ron Pheister or guard Jack out to take a bow. My Unsung Coach is Patera; but there are no intersectional be Don Faurot and, again, I've already told hemoths to encounter. The Trojans have you why. their usual ample man power, with a Now, if you'll pardon me, I have to strong tailback in Aramis Dandoy and rush up the street and pose as a radio ex a replacement for him—Jon Arnett—who pert for ABC on Friday and Saturday "might be the Caroline of '54" and is nights during the coming season. I'll be rated as a cinch Ail-American later, doing pregame predictions and post-game Stanford is not supposed to have much; alibis, including a weekly checkup on but last year at this time nobody was say these Preview selections. Just save this ing much about passer Bob Garrett, ei copy of Collier's and sit by your radio. ther, and he went on to be a standout Should be fun—for everybody but me. and the pros' number one pick. Washing Bless you all, especially my fine helpers, ton will have fine backs but will be shy on and have a good fall. A. <*, PRODUCED BY UNZ.ORG ELECTRONIC REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED 46 I Do as I Please CONTINUED FROM PAGE 29 outside." I started walking toward the Then I examined my face in the mirror. mouthed, not at all like my long-time got to the dam an hour after daybreak. door, taking my shirt off. All I looked like was a wet hoodlum friend, and then I remembered Eddie's The road to Arkansas went across It was raining outside, a thin rain with a split eyebrow. Then I thought broad hint that all was not well with the top of the high concrete wall and with a lot of lightning and thunder. I of our mother, Mrs. Emil Zollernback, Floyd. It began preying on my mind: the government had thoughtfully pro walked on around to the parking lot rest her soul. I won. Mom, I thought, Did Emil's trouble and Eddie's mis vided parking space at the west end so and turned to face him in the gloom, and I wanted to bawl like a baby. sion have anything to do with Floyd? us tourists could stop and admire the wishing it weren't necessary, wishing I was only seven when our mother Feeling aggravated, I went to my splendid new reservoir, a part of the he'd talked to me instead of delivering married the big, kindly, middle-aged room and began stuffing my gear into flood-control project. It was a pretty ultimatums that brought my own stiff- infuriating Dutchman. I still remem my foot locker and loading everything awesome sight. Wind swept the surface necked and no doubt foolish pride into bered my real father too vividly and into my car. I knew where I was go far below me, wrinkling the water like it. Too late now for words, I thought. sadly to accept a substitute, and I didn't ing. I was going to Alaska; I was going crumpled tinfoil, and the lake stretched "This time it's gonna be different, forgive my mother for what I consid to get as far from Oklahoma as I could. off into the blue mist so far I couldn't Mike," he said. ered a terrible betrayal of my dead It was going to be a long trip, and so I see the other shore. Squaw River had I guess it was a little different, but father until she died too, when I was decided to sleep a few hours and then been stopped in its tracks; it was flood not much. He was bigger and stronger thirteen. Now I remembered her soft start out while there was no traffic on ing up over its banks and across the than last time, and more experienced, voice saying, "I'm sorry, Mikey. I the highways. I stretched out on the valley floor. My birthplace, abandoned but he still did his fighting country thought I was doing what was best for bed and tried to feel good about to the lake, might already be covered style: wide open and spraddle-legged, us all. It was a mistake." And I choked Alaska, but I kept wondering what was by that cold emerald water, and I got a throwing roundhouse haymakers he up and said: "It's okay, Mom." going on over around Squaw Valley, sudden panicky feeling about it. Maybe had to reach behind him to get, and But it hadn't been okay, and now I over by the new lake. I had come too late. Staring down at hissing uppercuts that started at his was in a cheap rooming house a long the water, I wanted urgently to see it shoelaces. I left-jabbed and stayed way from home doctoring cuts and T WAS a little after midnight when I just once more: the yard where I had away from his wildly flailing fists and bruises I had got from Eddie because I I left my room and headed east out of played, the house where Mom and Dad sometimes I hooked with my right. I never wanted any part of Emil Zollern Oklahoma City, knowing I wouldn't and Eddie and I had lived until my fa back. But Eddie had grown up know ther was killed in a sawmill accident— tried to take his punches on my arms be back. I was going to Alaska, land before Emil Zollernback came into my and shoulders and concentrate on his ing no other father. Eddie was a of adventure, and east wasn't the right life, an awkward, inarticulate intruder. face with my own, but sometimes he Zollernback, now. direction, of course, but Squaw Valley got through my defense, and sometimes When I woke up Thursday morning, wasn't much out of the way and I I drove on across the dam and turned I slipped momentarily on the wet con it was just another day to drive a truck. needed to satisfy my nagging curiosity. north, past a sign that read: NEW crete and took punches I would ordi But all day, hauling gravel in the sticky I needed to find out what in the hell was SQUA W VALLEY 13 ML Three miles narily have ducked. south of the new town I should have But the slick footing worked both turned left, toward the lake, to go to ways, and Eddie slipped and went off the ranch. I kept going straight ahead. balance just as I caught him solidly I knew I was going to have to go into alongside the jaw with a hard right. town sooner or later to see Floyd, and He went down and his head cracked suddenly I had realized how ridiculous against the paving. He wasn't knocked and adolescent it was to be afraid of out, but he was through for the night. facing Myra after three long years. He started to get up, groggily shaking The best way, maybe the only way, his head; then he tried to stand up, to get Mrs. George Hanley completely groaned, and fell back down again, out of my system was to see her again. squinting up at me in the flashes of I had built her up in my mind in Ko lightning. His face was puffy and rea, imbued her with physical attri butes she couldn't possibly have. She bruised and his nose was bleeding. was just a girl, a blonde—and married. STOOD there in the rain, breathing 1hard, and then suddenly my stom HE town was built on a treeless ach knotted up and I felt sick at heart. Tmeadow that had once been part of That's a big deal, beating up your kid old Sam Hanley's farm; a dozen raw brother. I'm sorry, I thought. I'm sorry, new business buildings bordered an Eddie. I didn't want to fight you. east-west street of gravel, almost but "I slipped," he panted. I thought: not quite commanding a view of the I know it, Eddie, I saw it. "Twisted valley; a handful of houses, mostly my ankle," he said bleakly. "I guess frame ones moved up from the old you win again, Mike." town, and two or three new small ones Nobody wins, kid, 1 thought. We were scattered haphazardly about. It both lose, and Emil loses too. was a squalid, self-conscious, gloomy, "You can't always be lucky, Mike. unconfident kind of town that in no There'll be another time." way resembled its predecessor. Old "All right, Eddie," I said glumly. Squaw Valley had been a friendly, "Maybe next time you'll say what you drowsy village of seasoned buildings want before you make threats." and huge trees and comfortably shabby "Okay, I got sore," he said. "Six homes. months ago, I thought maybe you and COLLIER'S 'Elsie, is that you? SYD HOFF 1 Turning onto the main street, the me—well, never mind that. I guess I first building on the left was the New shot my mouth off." He got gingerly Squaw Valley General Store, Sam to his feet, testing his ankle, wiping heat, I grew more and more restless. the matter over there. I needed the Hanley, Prop.—and George Hanley, blood from his chin and looking at his And when I took the dump truck to the money Floyd owed me. And my con nonexpendable clerk, I thought. When hand. "I guess you know all about yard at quitting time, I asked for my science told me the least I could do was the Army had sent me the notice that your partner, don't you?" pay. The boss said he was sorry I was go by and say hello to Emil Zollern they were holding an Old Grad reunion "What about Floyd Ross?" I said. leaving, but he knew how it was. He back. He'd always tried, in his clumsy, in Korea, I had been somewhat bitter "Oh, nothing," he said. "I'm no gos didn't know how it was. I didn't even blunt way, to be decent to me. The about it; I had thought: Let the virgin sip, but I'm glad he's not my partner." know myself. I only knew that Eddie least I could do was give him one day cannon fodder fight this one; guys like "He's not mine either," I said, but had spoiled Oklahoma City for me and out of all the rest of my life. But no Eddie, who likes violence, and like Eddie had turned away and was limp I couldn't stay there any longer. matter what his problems were, they George Hanley, who doesn't. But Ed ing across the parking lot. I picked up There was a letter for me at Zambzi's didn't concern me. die had a football knee, a calcium de my shirt and went over to my car and when I stopped off to tell the bartender East of Seminole I hit rain that posit or something, and George had a got in it and drove home. Floyd? I I would write to him to let him know slowed me considerably. July rain was conveniently ill father—he had to stay wasn't going to waste any time worry where to forward my mail. The letter good for the corn, but it cut my speed home and watch the store. But he ing about Floyd. I just felt sick about from Floyd was no coincidence; it was so that it was gray dawn when I came didn't have to stay home at night. At us, about Eddie and me. to the sign beyond Cherokee Springs night he was busy stealing my girl. long overdue, and it did not contain Now the sight of the building George In my rented room I looked at the the check it should have contained. that informed me the old road across the valley to my home town—now only worked in was like a kick in the ribs. picture on the dresser. It was of our fa There was only a brief, scrawled note It was a square box of gray concrete, ther, Joe Linden, but it could have been saying that it would be a couple of a ghost town—was closed permanently. unpainted, with a tin-roofed porch a picture of Eddie in a high stiff collar weeks before he could send me the first I could either go north and cross across the front, and gas pumps, and a and sideburns. I turned the photo semiannual payment on my half inter through Arrowhead, or south, by way tin-roofed shed at the back. I stopped graph face down; I couldn't look at it. est. 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He said only for commer "If you're like your brother, I'd say cial fishing, they wanted to clean out a you ought to stay sober," he said. lot of the rough fish so the bass and I went out then, taking with nae a crappie fishing would be better. He nagging sense of alarm: an ex-con said he had a commercial license. practically running the town, or at least It was like him to fish for money in wielding a lot of authority. I couldn't stead of pleasure. I said: "You fish believe Goober had been rehabilitated nights, is that it?" sufficiently to hold such a responsible He frowned. "Yeah. Why?" office. I wondered what Goober had I grinned. "That's what I mean. Why against Eddie. And then I wondered nights?" if Goober was connected with Eddie's He watched me intently. "Have to urgent demand that I come home. It work in the store days." seemed like I ought to be able to add all It was logical. He started to go back this up and get something. to his fish, and I said: "I need some gas, George. Regular. Where you liv WENT back to the Hanleys' store ing, George?" 1and got under the tin roof again. I He turned reluctantly toward the gas was on my third cigarette when a panel pumps and said: "In back." truck came rattling into town and "In back of the store, you mean?" I stopped at the side of the store. A man asked. He nodded, beginning to un wearing dirty coveralls and a baseball screw the cap from my gas tank, and I cap got out and opened the truck doors thought: She was back there all the and began tossing big catfish onto the time I've been out here! "George," I wooden ice dock. He wore a hunting said, "would Myra be up yet?" knife on a web belt around his chunky He looked over his shoulder at me middle. He was George Hanley. He and I grinned. Finally he said: "The needed a knife, to stab backs with. gas pumps are unlocked. That means Leaning against one of the porch she's up. You want something from posts, 1 watched him, wanting to hit the store?" COLLIER'S "Cross my palm with silver" MISCHA RtCHTER him until I was too exhausted to hit "Want to say hello, George," I said. him any more. But at the same time I "Haven't seen Myra in a coon's age. realized he wasn't entirely to blame. The store open for business this early?" there by the pumps, shivering a little. bushy, jutting brows and a sallow face. He'd had an accomplice: Myra had "The door's unlocked," George said It wasn't seven o'clock yet and the "Don't never sneak up on me again," helped him do it. gruffly. "Go on in." street was deserted except for a prowl he said. "Don't never come pussy- He had glanced at me when he got The screen door was unlocked, all ing dog. It was a gaunt and gloomy footin' around like that again, mister." out of the truck, and now, having right, even though the lights inside Friday with the rain blurring and "Okay, I'll watch it," I said, and or closed the truck doors, he turned and weren't on. 1 looked over my shoulder smudging the landscape. I got out of dered a beer. I couldn't place him. came onto the porch and gave me an and caught a savage, worried expres the car and stood on the store's porch He gave me the bottle but no glass, other flicking, disinterested glance. sion on George's face. "Check my oil, looking at the dreary town and listen and he leaned on the bar watching me And this time I registered. He froze in George," I said. "And the tires too, if ing to the rain thrumming forlornly "Now," he said, "I Hke to know who his tracks, staring. you don't mind." on the tin roof over my head. I felt people is in this town. I'm Goober "Big old hairy surprise, isn't it, tense and resentful, and I kept fighting Yarboe, this here is my bar, and I'm George?" I said. AS THE door closed behind me a bell an impulse to get back in the car and the law in this town—deputy sheriff. "Yeah," he said, hooking a thumb in tinkled faintly in the back of the go away from there fast. I had to stay. 'Who're you?" his belt, near the knife, his face wary. store; I stood there in the gloom and I had to have some gas, didn't I? "Mike Linden," I said. I knew him "Long time no see," he said lamely. waited, having an attack of stage fright. now, and knowing him gave me a I grinned, but it was work. He was A sliver of light showed back there and ND then a muddy sedan came rat- strange chill. "Joe Linden was my fa only twenty-four, but he had a good somebody came through a doorway. A. tling down the main street and ther," I said. "I was just a kid when start toward getting as fat as his old "George?" she called. "Is that you?" stopped in front of a building with a you left the valley." toad of a father. You could call George "No," I said, feeling cold, wanting neon beer sign in its window. A tall He sucked his teeth and stared at handsome—but I was prejudiced. Even to escape now. man in a slicker got out of the car and me. "When I got sent to the pen, you if he hadn't needed a shave, even if his "Oh—good morning," Myra said unlocked the front door and went in mean. Ain't that what you mean?" And eyes hadn't been red and hostile and briskly. "I thought it was my husband." side. Somebody might want beer for then he said: "Ain't you kin to She still didn't know who 1 was; breakfast, I thought. A day like this, a Eddie Zollernback?" she came walking toward me man might want to start drinking early. "We're brothers," I said. "His with the gray light from the Restless, I walked back to the end name is Eddie Linden." Keauty and the Beasts street on her face, and I ached, of the street and stood looking out His face got uglier then. I began to hurt about it. She over the weed-grown lots at the school- "He's one of them smart That women and elephants never forget looked so lovely, so cheerful house, sitting at the edge of the black alecks," he said. "Thinks he's He admits, but insists on enlarging: •and desirable and married, that jack woods. I turned then and looked tough. He ain't tough." I re A commoner trait that we share, so he says. my throat ached. at Floyd's store across the street; it membered our fight, but I didn't Is the talent we both have for charging. "I got your letter," I said. "I was made of concrete blocks like the say anything. "You ain't been —MARY ALKUS thought you'd like to know." rest, with a tin shed at the side. Two around since I come back here, She stopped and her face doors farther down was the beer joint. Linden. How come you're here drained of color. Her big brown I cut across the street and went in there. now?" eyes looked almost black against My crepe-soled loafers made wet "I have been in the Army," 1 said. worried and evasive, I wouldn't have the pallor. "Mike?" sounds on the concrete floor, but the He gnawed on a toothpick and considered George good-looking. I "Mike Linden, right," I said. "Re gaunt, lank-haired man behind the bar watched me intently, and then he said: found him unattractive. member me?" was so absorbed in taking bottles from "Hell, you're here on account of the "You look tired or something, "Mike," she said weakly. "This is a a case and putting them into a cooler cattle stealln'. You don't have to act George," I said. —surprise." that he didn't hear me. 1 leaned on the shut-mouth with me. Linden. I'm the "Fishin' all night," he said, "You "Mrs. George Hanley," I said. bar and looked at the place. Except for law, I'm workin' on the case. Took a don't look so hot either." "Good morning, Mrs. Hanley." a lot of stuffed birds and animals, and prowl down there last night in fact— "I'm a little hot, George,' I said. "Don't," she said faintly. "Don't be an ornate jukebox, there wasn't much that's why I'm jumpy this morning. "Why are you so nervous?" mean. Please, Mike." decoration. The place wasn't very No sleep. That's how it is when you're "Nervous?" he said. "Why should I "Okay," I said. "I just wanted ciga homey; it wasn't jolly. the law." be nervous, Mike?" rettes." I cleared my throat—and the man The thought of him being the law He could have thought of a reason She went behind the counter and got crouched and whirled, looking startled jarred me. He wasn't exactly the type, or two. I watched him, remembering the cigarettes—my brand—and looked and dangerous. somehow. I finished my beer and put that under the baseball cap he had a at me with a desperate, unhappy ex "What's the idea?" he said. "Sneakin' the bottle down, and he studied my lot of curly black hair the girls used to pression in her eyes. I didn't care; I up on a man hke that?" face and said: "Looks like you was in go nuts over. Maybe it was the curly wanted to hurt her. "I didn't mean to startle you, a little fracas, maybe." hair that got Myra, I thought bitterly. She began biting her lips. "Mike, buddy," I said. He looked vaguely fa "Well, you know how it is when you But the honeymoon must be over if why did you come back?" she asked miliar. He had small, fierce dark eyes have a couple drinks," I said. the bridegroom could spend his nights me, and I got the crazy idea that there set too close to a big, crooked nose, and He nodded very solemnly. "Man fishing. was fear in her voice. 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Been kinda in-between keep a tally on 'em down there." A girl was doing her nails at the Mike," she said helplessly. lately. T^ot of our old customers kept Across the street, George went in to kitchen table. That's when George came in. He right on goin' when they got moved breakfast, and I realized I was hungry "Hi," she said without looking up. had gassed and checked my car in a out of the valley, rather than pay the myself—but I didn't feel like eating She cocked her head to one side and hurry. Glancing suspiciously from me prices they're askin' for unimproved with grimy Floyd, I got off the counter. examined the paint job, and I stood in to Myra, he said, "The gas came to a land up here on the flat." "How long has Goober Yarboe been the doorway gawking at her. Then she dollar eighty." He turned to Myra. I pointed across the street. "How is back here?" I asked. looked at me with a pert smile, did a "Is breakfast ready?" he demanded. he doing?" "Couple years," Floyd said, yawn double-take, and scrambled to her feet "Not yet," she said. "Who, George?" Floyd asked and ing. But his eyes watched me and the with a squeak of surprise. "Well, I'm hungry," he said. He then laughed scornfully. "Hell, he just yawn was too elaborate. "Guess he's "Who are you?" she wailed. "What looked at me. "You gonna be around works for wages, Mike. Don't get more been outa the pen four-five years now." do you want?" long, Mike?" It was clear that he hoped than thirty a week. Old Sam is the one "Well," I said. "I'll be getting on out "I just want some breakfast," I said, I wasn't. So I said I might decide to gettin' rich; this whole town is on his to the ranch." And I thought: I may a little startled myself. settle in New Squaw Valley, and he land." He laughed again, unpleasantly. stick around a couple of days, after all. "You go away," she said shakily, "or said sulkily: "Guess I'll see you around, "Course, now, George might hit it rich I'll scream." then." as a fisherman, while Myra earns his HE ranch was about three miles She was so small that at first glance Myra laughed sort of nervously. "If store wages for him." Tfrom town. It consisted of some I'd taken her for a child, fourteen at you're going to see George," she said, I didn't want to think about Myra. eleven hundred acres spread along the the most, but now I saw that she was a "you'll have to catch him in the after "Old Sam will outlive us all," Floyd slopes on the east side of the valley. woman, trim and shapely. She had noon. He fishes all night and sleeps went on. "By the time George inherits There were two houses, the big main black hair and smoky gray eyes; she days. George never gets up until after anything he'll be too old to enjoy the house and a small tenant house, located wasn't wearing much make-up, but she two o'clock," she went on, "and you money. Sam is as tight as the skin on a among oaks and elms and walnut trees didn't need any. And she looked very couldn't waken him if the building was green puckball. What happened to your on a flat shelf about a third of the way frightened, her eyes big and round. on fire. Not until after two o'clock." face, Mike?" down the valley slope. The main house "Don't scream," I said. "I'm Mike Okay, I get it, I thought. I read you, I gave him a cold stare. "I didn't ask was two-storied with fireplaces at ei Linden. I'm harmless." baby. Before two. about yours, Floyd." ther end and a long screened porch "What time does Floyd open for He started to laugh, but coughed in facing the valley. It was a scenic loca HE had been edging toward the in business?" I asked, and George said stead. I looked across the street and tion for a house and I'd always liked it, S ner door and now she sighed and sourly, "Whenever he feels like it." saw that George was washing out the even when I most resented it. leaned against the wall. "My good "Floyd lives in the back of his store," panel truck with a garden hose. I When I drove up and parked beside ness!" she said, and laughed. "You Myra told me. "Like us. We're all thought: He was supposed to be so the house, I sat in the car for a while, scared me silly. You're Mike?" poor folks here now, Mike." tired and hungry. looking at the well-remembered scene, "Yes. Eddie's brother," I said. "Who George scowled. "How about that Floyd cleared his throat. "I guess but still feeling depressed about Floyd, are you?" breakfast?" he said. you come home on account of the so- the party boy, and that undercurrent "Barbara," she said. "I'm Barbara." called rustlin,' huh, Mike?" of tension and strain I had felt in the I said hello and then I asked, HEN I got outside I noticed his I looked at him. "You told Eddie town. I couldn't throw off the feeling "Where's Eddie?" She said he wasn't Wcatfish were still lying on the ice where to find me?" that I had walked into some kind of back from Fort Sill yet, and I said: dock. He wasn't worried about catfish. "Yeah," he said. "Didn't figure you'd unpleasant situation, and that it all tied "What's he doing at Fort Sill?" I was He was worried about me. mind, and he asked me." in with Eddie somehow. aware that she hadn't missed my battle After I had knocked on Floyd's back "What about the rustling? Eddie Presently I got out and went around wounds. door for a while, he opened it. But it seemed upset." to the back door, as I had done in the "He had to take another Army phys wasn't the Floyd I remembered. This "Aw," Floyd said, "you know Emil. old days. Knowing Eddie and the old ical," she said. "He thinks he'll be re was a thinner, sickly and very untidy Probably lost two or three calves down man, I assumed they would be hard at classified. His knee is all right again, Floyd, a guy in a gray undershirt and in the valley, drowned or snake-bit or work somewhere at this time of day, he says. He's due back today. I thought wrinkled pants, a guy with bags under something, and he can't sleep about it. despite the rain, and I wasn't expecting you were him, in fact." his red-rimmed eyes. Recognizing me, You wouldn't know the valley now. to find anybody in the kitchen. All I I thought I understood Eddie's ur he took a step backward, looking a lit gency now. He wanted me to come tle alarmed. home and work the farm for him while "Well, hey-hey," he said weakly, his he was soldiering. It didn't appeal to eyes avoiding me. "Michael, me boy." TIZZY me. I said: "Is that coffee I smell?" He didn't seem happy to see me. "Yes," Barbara said. "Do you really I pushed past him and went in out of want breakfast? I can fix you some in the drizzle. The kitchen was a mess. a jiffy, Mike." "Where's Kate?" I asked him, and he "I can wait that long," I said. looked apologetically at the litter of "Where's the old man?" eggy plates and dirty cups and coffee "Mr. ZoUernback is fixing fence, grounds and cigarette butts—and down near the barn." empty beer cans. According to etiquette, I supposed I "Kate?" he said. "Why, she's visit ought to go say hello before eating his ing her folks. I'm batchin'. Sure looks food. I said: "I'll go tell him howdy." like it too, don't it?" She nodded. "That'll give me plenty "Yeah," I said, and walked on into of time." the next room, a bedroom-living room She was refreshing, a delightful sur combination. There were more beer prise after a morning of dull and de cans and cigarette butts everywhere. It pressing shocks. "How long have you looked like Floyd had been having a and Eddie been married?" I asked her. ball while his wife was out of town, but "What?" she said. "Who's married? remembering Eddie's dark hints about I just work here." She stared at me cu Floyd, I suspected there was more riously. "I just took it for granted they wrong than he was admitting. had mentioned me in their letters to The store itself wasn't much tidier, you." I almost said: What letters? "I'm but it wasn't as ofl'ensive as the living Barbara Heath," she said. "The hired quarters, just dirty. I sat on a counter man." and watched through the front window "Nobody tells me anything," I said. as George Hanley belatedly dealt with "My mother and I live in the tenant his catfish. If was a glum, doleful day— house," she said gravely. "We used to and town—and it seemed to me there live in Tulsa and I was a stenographer, was some brooding undercurrent here but Mother was in poor health and that might tie in with Eddie and his de needed better food and fresh air and mand that I come home. Even the stuff. So I ran an ad in the paper for prospect of sneaking back to see Myra housework, and Mr. ZoUernback, who after George flaked out for the day is a good and kind and sweet man, hired didn't brighten me up much. me." She stopped looking so lugubri Floyd watched me anxiously. "Mike, ous and grinned. "It's a far cry from about the money," he said. "I'll have 'I wish I had Janet Leigh's face, Marilyn Mon hammering a typewriter. I feel hke I it for you in a few days." roe's figure, Barbara Hutton's money and wasted half my life, living in ihe city." "All right," I said. "Has the new Grace Dannheiser's pink angora sweater'' KATE OSANN "You probably have a few good lake helped business much?" years left," I said. "I'll go check in Collier's for September 17, 1954 PRODUCED BY UNZ.ORG ELECTRONIC REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED 53 Betty Furness says: "If you want MEALS UNLIMITED.. with flavor protected, see the new ^ Westinghouse Freezer with Cold Saver inner Doors!" Here's the Difference! 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I wondered if that could Going around the barn, annoyed "Floyd kind of thought you were up be the big reason why he wanted me at with myself, I remembered all the cows set over nothing, Eddie." home, but thinking of what I'd seen in I'd milked, all the hay I'd helped put "Floyd!" he said. "How would he town, I had a hunch there was a better in the loft, all the manure I'd shoveled. know? He's drunk half the time. He's reason. Then I started dragging my I liked the smell of the barn. The work lucky if he knows what day it is." feet, because after three years I was hadn't ever griped me the way it does I wanted to feel my way slowly. about to meet Emil again, and I felt some farm kids—and Emil had paid "Why, I figured he'd been partying a very reluctant about it. us regular wages during the summers, little, while Kate was out of town, but Emil Zollernback was a hard-work grown-up wages. I know Floyd too well—" ing, careful, solemn man, very much "She left him," Eddie said. "On ac in control of his emotions and his ARBARA had a platter of home- count of his drinking. And his gam money; a kindly and soft-spoken man B cured ham and eggs ready for me, bling too. He's turned into a crock, much admired and envied by his neigh and hot biscuits and hotter coffee. She Mike." bors. And the idea of meeting him served me and excused herself, and "Well," I said, still feeling my way, again gave me no joy, only a feeling of then I heard the sweeper going up "he did bring up a point. He said the stiff awkwardness and uneasiness. And, stairs. valley is so grown up with brush he buried underneath those surface feel And a few bites later I heard a car couldn't see how you could check on ings, something else that had roots deep door slam out front, and footsteps com the scattered stock." in me: remorse, regret, a curious feel ing onto the porch and through the Eddie sighed and drank some coffee. ing of guilt and shame. After my first house. He stopped in the doorway, "Look," he said. "We know which cah it be? hitch in the Army, I wanted to knock glowering his surprise at me, all tensed cows are supposed to have calves with down the wall between us, but I could up. "What are you doing here?" Eddie them, and if we find one alone and never be the one to make the first move. asked huskily. bawling her head off, we're inclined to I guess he couldn't either. It had been "You invited me," I said. "Have think the calf is gone. And if she hap pretty much an artificial wall even then, some coffee." pens to be tied to a sapling with a piece but we kept it there, a barricade across His face looked worse than mine be of baling wire, like has happened, then which we fenced politely. The pat cause he had a shiner and it had we wonder if maybe the calf tied her tern was too set, our inability to make reached that brilliant purple-green up and run off and left her, see?" contact with one another a deeply stage. A fine mouse, but I felt no stir "Okay," I said. "But I wouldn't sus grooved habit. of creative pride, seeing it. pect the calf." Eddie was on the other side of that Barbara came clattering down the Barbara giggled, but Eddie was grim. barricade too. Very early in life he de stairs and burst into the kitchen. "Hi, "We don't, either," he said. "Whoever cided he had to choose between us, and Eddie," she said, acting happy to see is doing it is pretty smart about it, it was an easy choice. But it hadn't him. "Are you hungry?" Then: "Ed even if they were dumb enough to leave helped matters any—it made them die! What happened to your face?" cows tied with baling wire. We can't worse. "Hi, Barb," he said. "Everything find any tracks or signs at all. And it's Emil Zollernback was nailing up okay? How's Pop?" not just somebody taking a beef for loose boards on the corral fence behind "Don't change the subject," she said. meat, either. Too many unweaned the barn. He wore his usual working "Did you have a wreck?" calves are missing. It's got to be an garb of faded overalls, gray work shirt "Yeah," he said, giving me a cold organized deal—and they're only get buttoned at throat and wrists, battered look, and I said: "How'd you make ting our stuff. So far, we've lost at least Try Carlihg's Red Cap Ale cowboy boots on his feet, a tattered old out with the Army? Pass the mental, twenty calves." straw hat on his bald head. A huge did you?" I whistled. Twenty calves was a big man, he was plodding and patient and "I'm hired," he said. "Starting in loss, even with the price of beef on the he had tremendous dignity and self- about three weeks." hoof so low. respect. He had always seemed phleg "Oh, no!" Barbara said, and he "They may have got more while I matic and aloof with everyone except grinned fondly at her and said: "That's was gone," Eddie said. "I'll go down Eddie. He loved Eddie. how it goes, monster. Fix me some this evening and check around, maybe chow, if you please." do some prowling down there tonight. OW he straightened and his mouth He washed at the sink and then sat You want to go along?" It was a sort N stretched into his tobacco-stained down at the table. "Talk to Pop yet?" of challenge. grimace that was not so much a grin as "Yeah," I said, and watched him stir "I'll go," I said. "Listen, what's merely an ambiguous acknowledgment sugar into his coffee. "Tell me about Floyd's trouble, anyhow?" of my presence. "Well, Mike," he said. the rustling, Eddie." Eddie was silent for a spell, staring His voice was high and raspy. "We've "We're losing calves," he said. "We at his coffee cup; then he sighed. been expecting you a long time now." don't know how. Or who. We had a "Mike, that's a sick town. The people "How are you, sir?" I said. There it bad drought last year and overgrazed have changed. I don't know what's was. Sir! Army stuff. our pastures, and since there was all wrong with the place, but something He rubbed his big brown hand on that good grass going to waste down in is wrong. You know who the leading his overalls, cleaning it for me, and 1 the valley, we turned the stock down citizen is now? Goober Yarboe. Re shook the hand—and remembered my there in March. But when the cows member Goober Yarboe?" ... and see I mother saying: "Shake hands with your new father, Mikey." Only now I didn't feel the wild childish hatred; I only With an open bottle and remembered it and felt stiff and tongue- open mind—judge this tied. I wanted to tell him now, right different "light-hearted" now, that I appreciated all he'd done ale for yourself. Like the for Eddie and me, tell him I was sorry many who have turned I'd been a jerk for so long, tell him I to Carling's Red Cap was proud to have him for a stepfather. —you'll find it "light" But his masking grin, his stony self- as the smoothest beer, restraint defeated me—especially that yet "hearty" asonly true idiot grin, behind which he kept his ale can be. Is it better thoughts and feelings inviolate. than beer? Only your "You come home with Eddie?" he own taste can decide. asked me, and I said Eddie was not Tonight, open a bottle home yet, I had driven my own car, of Carling's and see! and he said: "Eddie will be tickled to see you." The grin came and went. "Are you all recovered from the wound you got over there?" CABLINGS "I'm fine now," I said. "Look, the girl up at the house is cooking me some breakfast. It's probably ready." "Yes, yes, of course," he said, peer ing at me. "Yes. You go ahead and eat "Would it interest you to know that while it's hot. Well"—he took off the Daddy can get jewelry wholesale?" BILL KINO ©CARLING BREWING COMPANY. CIEVEIAND, OHIO disreputable hat and grinned foolishly ...J Collier's for September 17, 1954 PRODUCED BY UNZ.ORG ELECTRONIC REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED 55 T nodded. "I saw him this morning. and his manner underwent an abrupt He told me he was a deputy sheriff. change. "She is," he said. "And don't Docs that make Goober the leading you forget it, see?" citizen?" "You're always trying to intimidate "He's not a deputy," Eddie said. me," I said. "He's only an honorary deputy. He After a while he said: "There's one THE MEASURE OF PROTECTION hasn't got any authority—or didn't clue on the rustling: I figure one guy have until the sheriff lent him some. connected with it knows the valley as Anyway, that's just a handy kind of well as or better than we do." He left protection for the bootlegging and gam the thought hanging in the air. bling he does." I couldn't do anything with it, and Barbara put a plate of food before then I said, "How long has Barbara IN AMERICAS FINEST CARS him and he scowled at it and began been with you?" wolfing the food, still scowling. "What "A year," he said, and went to the burns me up," he said between mouth- screen door and began twanging the fuls, "is the way everybody plays the spring like a kid. Then he looked back rustling down. Take the sheriff—he at me and said, "Get it straight about figures bobcats and wolves are getting her. She's family, so far as Pop and I the calves, or else they die of natural are concerned. No passes, Mike." causes somewhere. .Since the old roads "What's the or-else part, Eddie?" down through the valley are closed and "Or else she'd probably wrap a chair he has to go around by the dam or around your head," he said, and went through Arrowhead, he can't be both out and let the door slap shut. Over ered coming all the way over here. his shoulder he added: "If she didn't, When we've made complaints, he's sent I would." a deputy to talk and putter around down there for an hour and then go SHRUGGED and went out to my back. Now he's put Goober on the I car and got my suitcase and went case. Isn't that great?" up to my old room. It was just as I'd "Maybe you got Goober wrong," I left it, only tidier. I unpacked the bag said, kidding Eddie. "All he ever did and went downstairs again. Barbara was kill a man. Incidentally, I got the was in the kitchen and I grinned at impression he doesn't care much for her, and she crooked a finger at me. sou. Eddie. What happened?" So I stopped. "We're rivals," he said, grinning a "Whv didn't you come home sooner, little, looking at Barbara. "We both Mike?"' got a crush on the monster." "I didn't know you'd be here." "Oh, not that again," Barbara said. "Maybe it was because your girl "Mike, one time at a square dance friend ditched you and you didn't want Goober was drunk and I wouldn't to come back because she was still dance with him, and Eddie knocked here, huh?" him down. I was with another boy, but "What are you talking about?" 1 ever since then Eddie kids me about asked, feigning bewilderment. that awful Goober." "People love to gossip," she said. Eddie said, serious again, "Well, the "We've all been awfully anxious for point is. Goober is working on the you to put in an appearance. We hoped case. .So I figure if anything is done to something very dramatic would hap stop the rustling before we lose all our pen. Are the sparks going to fly, Mike?" calves, it's up to us to do it. But they "Naw," I said. "We're good friends, work it so damn' slick! No clues, no the three of us." tire marks or tracks, nothing. It's so "I'll bet," she said. "Mike, what wild down there now that you could happened to your face?" She nodded he working right out in broad daylight, at the adhesive tape over my eye. PURPLE carrying the calves across their saddles. "My razor slipped," I said. A truck Or they may be using trucks or even motor started down by the barn and I airplanes, for all we know. Pop and edged toward the door. ".See you later," me, we figured since they only take un- I said. branded calves, it could be some neigh "You and Eddie had a fight, didn't bor, throwing them in with his herd. you?" she said. "Kind of funny, both ROYAL TRITm We'd never be able to identify them." of you being all battered up." "Why don't we round up the herd "Not funny, exactly," I said. "Amus and bring it back home?" I asked. ing, maybe, but not funny." "When we turned them loose there," "You did that to Eddie," she ac Eddie said glumly, "we knew we cused, and I sighed and said: "Okay. Americas Finest Motor Oil wouldn't be able to drive them home But he did do this to me, too, don't until autumn. We figured the lake forget." would push the herd closer to home as "1 don't like you," she said. it filled up. Lfntil that happens, it would "You'll get over it," I said, and went be impossible to round them all up and down to the barn. Well, I thought drive them home." He shook his head philosophically, a woman should resent and slapped the table and said: "We somebody putting a mouse on her man Ask for purple Royal Triton —now available in the got to catch the thieves at work, that like that. is all." The man with the shiner had already new 5-20 and 10-30 all-weather grades —at car loaded three cows into the truck when dealers and service stations in most areas of the HEN Eddie finished eating and I arrived. He said they were three of United States and Canada and Union 76 stations W we got up from the table, Barbara the most recent mamas that had lost throughout the West. turned from the sink and looked at his calves, very young calves, and he was eye, sort of amused. "1 bet that you going to take them to the sale barn at were messing with somebody's girl, Ed Rockville, about fourteen miles north die," she said. east of New Squaw Valley. There was "Go away, monster," Eddie told her. a livestock auction up there every Sat "Get lost." urday. UNION OIL COMPANY "I can take a hint," she said haugh "They won't bring much," I said. tily, and wrinkled her nose at me and "And it wouldn't cost anything to pas OF CALIFORNIA marched out of the kitchen, whistling ture them until fall. Maybe the price cheerfully. will be up by then—or they might be I said to Eddie, "Don't you even in the family way again by then." suspect anybody?" Mr. Zollernback had come up in "Hell, it's getting so I suspect every time to hear my theory, and he tugged body. Except Barbara, and I'm not at his left ear and said well, he kind Los Angtiet: Union Oil Bldg. • New York: 49 RocKefellar Plua even sure about her any more." of agreed with me. Chicago: 1612 Baniiera Bldg. • Naw Orlaana: 644 National BanK of Commarca Bids. "She looks innocent enough," I said, Eddie grinned. "You guys are dull Atlanta-. 401 Atlanta National Bldg. • Kanaaa City, Mo.: 921 RIalto Bldg. Collier'.s for September 17, 1954 PRODUCED BY UNZ.ORG ELECTRONIC REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED 56 this morning. Look at it this way. These were very young calves, and I Make doubt if the thief will sell them for veal- ers. So he's stuck with three calves he'll have to supply with milk. Nobody likes your to bucket-feed calves. So what's his best bet, in a case like this?" "Put them on a fresh cow," the old man said. "Tie her up and make her next adopt the little critters, whether she likes it or not." "Give the man a cigar," Eddie said. Martini "So maybe the guy might be in the mar ket for two or three fresh cows for wet nurses. Get it?" "By golly, it might work at that," with the old man said. TAYLOR^ "Unless the guy is too smart to buy Zollernback cows," I said. TAYLOR'S ife^i Eddie climbed into the truck. "Any how, it's worth a try. I'll stop in town m^^ilfWYORKSrATt and have a beer, and get a haircut, and kind of mention offhand about all this \ " OUTH grade-B milk going to waste." He leaned out the truck window. "Say, Pop, did you get that salt to put out down in the valley?" "Plumb slipped my mind," Emil Zol lernback said guiltily. Opportunity had knocked. Not that I needed an excuse for going to town, but it might come in handy. "I'll get the salt," I said. "I was going to town anyway." ...and Eddie nodded. "Take the jeep. Bet ter get a dozen blocks—and ask Bar "Look at it this way, Warden: bara if she needs anything from in we're rid of the troublemakers" taste a i^ town." Barbara came to the kitchen door and said to wait a minute while she on the fourth trip she stopped me, act my mind I felt pity for him, a man hu made a list. She was very distant when ing agitated. miliated in front of his wife, a man Martini! she handed it to me. I didn't care. I "The schoolhouse," she said breath who couldn't sleep for his jealous sus was feeling excited about seeing Myra lessly. "Nine o'clock?" picions, and who would stoop to spying Fussy about your Martini? Then again, without George auditing the con I picked up another block of salt. on his wife—and who had nearly dis versation. She was trembling and her eyes were covered that his suspicions were not share the mixing secret of thou a little glassy. "Mike," she said. "Do without justification. When he stole sands of successful hosts.. mix HE town was livelier at nine thirty you hate me?" her from me, he hadn't won a complete Tthan it had been at seven. Four or "No," I said. "I guess I don't, Myra. victory, obviously. your Martinis with Taylor's Extra five cars were parked on the main street I couldn't." "Get out," he said. "Get out of here, and a few women and kids and dogs My glance slid past her strained face Mike." Dry Vermouth! were around. I parked the jeep in front then. George was standing in the door "Sure, after I get my salt," I said. A true dry vermouth, Taylor's has of the store and went in—and had that way to the store. I wondered how long "Help me load it, George." stage fright again. he'd been there. He came stalking into the flavor that lends character to Myra was waiting on an old man, the feed room, scowling. He had on a E HESITATED, but he got up and your cocktails. It's very light, extra but I interrupted and said, "I need tight pair of khaki pants, and some H started carrying salt, loading it some block salt. Do you have any?" moccasins and a cotton undershirt with into the jeep. When it added up to dry and blends perfectly with She nodded and gestured toward a a hole in it, and his body was a sickly twelve blocks we went back inside, and other ingredients—yet"&dds that partition in the rear. "We keep it back white, and pudgy, and his face was the I helped him slide the door shut and in the feed room," she said. "I'll be color of the bruised-pink salt. turned to go on into the front of the just-right, authentic vermouth with you in a minute." She spoke with "Okay," he said nastily. "Break it store. I heard voices out there, and I knew them: Floyd and Goober. They flavor every good cocktail should out tone or expression. up, you two. Myra, go wait on cus "I'll drive on around to the loading tomers." were asking Myra if George was up. I have. Use Taylor's Vermouth next dock," I said and went on out. She She made a kind of helpless gesture guess George heard them too. didn't keep me waiting long. I sat in and said: "George, don't be silly. We In closing the door, I had noticed time you mix... and get set for the jeep and lighted a cigarette, and the weren't—this isn't—" She sighed. that they used a long bolt in the latch, compliments! sliding door opened. I threw the ciga "George, he just came after some salt." and that's what George threw at the rette away and went across the splintery "I know what he came after," George back of my head. But some prickly, FREE BOOKLET... planks and into the dusty-smelling said viciously. "You dirty, sneaking cold sensation at the nape of my neck Tells how to planyour cock room, with its sacks of feed piled little—" alerted me; maybe it was the fact that tail party... gives dozens around the walls and a pyramid of I dropped the salt and covered the he hadn't clicked the bolt into place. of tested recipes for appe block salt in the center. It was a se six feet between us in two steps, and Anyhow I turned my head and saw his tizers, hors d'oeuvres, ca cluded spot, and my blood began to I hit him just above the buckle of his arm go up, and I threw myself side napes—and, of course, the race a little. We were alone, Myra and belt, and he didn't finish the sentence. ways against the stacked feed as the cocktails! Write for "Let's Serve Cock me. She felt it too. She caught her He said Ooof! and doubled over, hug bolt whistled past my ear and banged tails". .. breath when I looked at her. ging himself; Myra ran toward the in against the partition. Then I saw the The Taylor Wine Co. "Mike," she said abruptly. "I've got ner door and stopped, her face white quick panic in George's eyes as I drove Vineyardists and to talk to you." I said go ahead, and and terrified. It wasn't a nice situation. into him. And I felt the consuming, Producers she glanced over her shoulder and shiv You read about it, but it doesn't hap murderous rage drive everything out of Hammondsport, N.Y. ered and said. "Not here. Tonight. pen to you. Except that it was happen my mind as I began hammering my Will you meet me somewhere tonight, ing to us. I didn't want Myra to be in fists at him—too blind angry to be skill Mike?" on it, and I remembered the grocery ful, too enraged by his cowardly action list in my pocket. I shoved it at her and to stand off and cut him down the way "All right," I said. "Where and I would have wanted to. My knuckles she took it as if she feared it was in when?" slammed into his skull and his arms criminating evidence or something. "Let me think." She indicated the and flabby chest and belly, wildly but piled salt. "Which kind did you want, "Grocery list," I said. "Fill it for solidly. Mike? You did really want salt, didn't me, please." you?" She looked worriedly at George, and Then something went wrong, some I nodded. It came in three lovely he said furiously, "Go on, get out!" He thing sharp and sudden and numbing pastel shades: white, yellow and bruised was leaning against a pile of sacked went wrong, and I was falling, with the pink. "The yellow, I guess," I told her, feed; his face was a blotchy, greenish sick knowledge that someone had hit feeling callow and young. I started car color and he was having trouble with me from behind. Floyd? Goober? rying the blocks of salt outside, and his breathing. With a very small part of —WILLIAM R. SCOTT (This is the first of three parts) PRODUCED BY UNZ.ORG ELECTRONIC REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED •• -iw-nf w^i TO DATE OIL HAS PAID OVER $300 MILLION TO OSAGE TRIBE iO ONE KNOWS how much geological research lies behind poker-faced oilman's bid. His rivals wonder but must win bid and drill a well to find answer. >IL COMPANY team makes its bid. Map shows hat lease being offered is considered highly promising )y this company's geologists. 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Note that in Pawhuska, Okla. to bid against each other in well or whether he's one more oilman who's lost iront rows in tribal auditorium stay empty because open auction for nothing but the right to drill for :very oilman tries to keep eye on rival bidders. his entire stake in another dry hole. oil on lands belonging to the Osage tribe. In the search for oil there are far more failures Competition was keen. The bidding was fast. than successes! Yet every day America's oilmen The flick of a finger or the nod of a head could win willingly risk huge sums of money on the pos or lose a lease costing 30 or 40 thousand dollars. sibility that oil will be found under any given But in spite of these casual signs, the bidders were piece of land. And the competition in this search in dead earnest: When bids on a certain lease run is so keen that if one company won't take a chance high, you know competing oilmen have already on a promising area, a rival company surely will. spent time and money exploring its possibilities. This is how our free enterprise system works in But bidding for oil leases is only the start. The your favor—for as long as oilmen continue to take real big costs and risks occur when the oilman chances like this, you and your family are assured actually begins to drill on his lease. Only then of ample oil supplies for the future. ISAOE TRIBAL COUNCIL must approve sale. Ill has been good to the Osages—since 1900, leases and jyalties have paid tribe over 300 million dollars. AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE, 50 West 50th Street, New York 20, N. Y PRODUCED BY UNZ.ORG ELECTRONIC REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED •\ SI. %WESTHU661£ TOR OUR CHILDREN'S /I MINDS V- This is the fifth article in a series hy writer Iloward VS'hitiuan on some Report Cards: EGFU. of the major prohlems confronting U.S. piihlic schools today. In each of ihc arliolcs, AVhilman reports on a single facet of the complex school situation. The next article in the series will appear in a future issue Parents in hundreds of communities have rebelled against th ORE new types of report cards have been introduced The fight developed over SNUX (pronounced snooks) re in our schools—particularly elementary schools—in port cards. M the last ten years than in the preceding 300 years of The background: Before 1950, the elementary schools public education. Some cards substitute check marks for used the traditional ABC system (A—90 to 100, B—80 to 89, grades. Some use S and U for "satisfactory" and "unsatis C—70 to 79, D—60 to 69, F—Failure). In 1950, the ABC factory" in place of a grade scale. Some mark "habits and system was eliminated and a new report card entitled "Growth social attitudes," using check lists which contain such items Report" took its place. The marks were ESNUX, standing, as "Seems well adjusted and happy." Some schools substi respectively, for "Exceptional accomplishment," "Normal tute a parent-teacher conference and eliminate report cards growth is taking place," "More effort should be made," "Un altogether. satisfactory work" and "Needs special help." Furthermore, You may say, "What's the difference what kind of report each child was measured only against his own ability rather ing system the schools use, so long as the children learn some than against the standard requirements for the grade he was ^r^ thing?" Probably most parents felt this way a few years ago, in. In 1952, the E was dropped, leaving SNUX. and undoubtedly many still do. Indeed, on the subject of re Gray, who is personnel director of a chemical plant, re .€^^ port cards there would be hardly a ripple in our communities lated, "I first became disturbed about this new report card ,K^:^*:>.<^' if the only question were what signs or symbols to use. when my daughter entered junior high, where the old ABC ^ ^^J^l^^S^^P''^ .^>'t Yet in hundreds of localities some parents have come to system is still used. She had been getting all S's in elemen ^^<:^'-^ the conclusion that changes in report cards may be evidence tary school and now started getting B's and C's. My wife of fundamental changes in the philosophy of education and and I thought that was strange, since as far as we could see ^A^k. ^^.\-«^*' .«* v^^i-Vv'*-1** V'l**^'^ ' of life. Deeply concerned, they have tried to do something from her elementary-school card she had been getting the about it. Then the storms have broken. highest possible marks—all S's." "I never want to go through anything like it again. It's Other Pasadena parents became puzzled by the profusion •io* .jy**. V' i^ taken more out of me and my wife than anything else in our of S's on report cards—solid blocks of 60 and 70 of them— Vr^" experience," said Fred Gray, a parent of two school children and took a closer look at the new "Growth Report." What in Pasadena, Texas. did S actually mean? The report card defined it for them; "It's been mighty rough on all of us," said Pasadena "Normal growth is taking place." •'^^v^o. « Superintendent of Schools Vincent Miller. ^ These two were the prime antagonists in a report-card Report Cards Do Not TcII Entire Story ^^>.v:>Ov f controversy which swept their Texas town of 35.000 during **<*'">., the first four months of this year. Pasadena is an industrial "But that doesn't really tell me how my child is doing in community near Houston. Its people are mainly skilled work school," complained Ted Pasternak, proprietor of a super ""•>^<.''% ers and small businessmen; it is a family town of colorful market. With him in his crate-jammed office was John Ma- bungalows and well-kept gardens. gruder, manager of a local power-and-light company. He Pasadena is one of a number of communities I visited added, "A child is inclined to take things easy, to try to get while report card flare-ups were in progress. I have chosen by. He may have good mental ability, but as long as he can its story to tell in some detail because, at least in the early get S's he's satisfied." stages of the dispute, it is typical of them all. Citizens in "What marking system would you prefer?" I asked. ^^"ov many other communities will, I believe, say to themselves as "ABC's," Magruder replied. "That would let me know they read of Pasadena, "That's just about how it was in our where my boy stands. Now I just know he's passing. I'd like town." Moreover, Pasadena finally put the matter to a pub to see where he needs to work harder—in what subject. lic vote, one of the few communities to do so. I arrived the Then, by a little encouragement I could help him do better." day the voting began (it lasted a week) and I left before the "But many educators regard the ABC system as un '0/ ' A-,.**- .. 4B *«* o» 'o^ ballots were counted. Thus I could hear the arguments on duly competitive, not geared to individual differences," I both sides while the town's decision was still unknown. pointed out. too" MSl^ .»»»'.•? ^ „>io» I J* iW**" •'^, PRODUCED BY UNZ.ORG ELECTRONIC REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED