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...refer to TIME, Nov. 1 about "Slingin' Sam" Baugh in which you accuse a "particularly idiotic sportswriter" of hanging that moniker on Washington's chunker...
This Year's Hero. Another reason for the Redskins' current popularity is a young man named Sammy Baugh. Last year, a senior at Texas Christian, he was named All-America quarterback. Somewhere in his career a particularly idiotic sportswriter named him "Slingin' Sam" because he threw a football as easily and as accurately as a baseballer throws a baseball. Slingin' Sam's nickname has this year been a double asset. Not only does it fit snugly into headlines, but sports-reading opponents, who always expect a pass whenever Sam Baugh has the ball, are disconcerted...
...crowd of 68,000, anxious to see what Texas Christian could do without their phenomenal passer, Sam Baugh, saw a 150-lb. quarterback named Dave O'Brien complete six forward passes, but fail to score against an aggressive Ohio State team...
...Baugh's rifle-shot passes brought the first touchdown, set the stage for the second that put Texas Christian in a deadlock with Arkansas for the Southwest Conference title, 13-to-0 against Rice...
Sugar Bowl. In score and technique, Texas Christian v. Louisiana State University at New Orleans made 37,000 spectators think of a baseball game. All-America Sam Baugh, who pegs a football like a pitcher, stepped over the end zone while attempting a pass, automatically gave L. S. U. two points. A few minutes later, he directed an attack which brought his team to L. S. U.'s 26-yd. line. From there Tilly Manton arched a field goal to put Texas Christian's Horned Frogs one jump ahead...