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...Dewey skid had apparently not helped his neck-&-neck rival Bob Taft (whose press secretary last week explained that Taft was not an "active" candidate). Despite an awed respect for Taft's mind, the pros were as conscious as ever of his lack of political sex appeal. Said a Califor nia GOPster: "Taft is a fine and capable man. If it was a matter of hiring the President of the U.S., he'd be the man for the job. But we're still electing Presidents...
...once the polls agreed with the pros. In a Gallup poll this week Dewey led with 52% (up 12% since elections), followed by Harold Stassen with 17% (down...
Unlike some college teams, the pros could not win with one star and ten little helpers. In pro football, this had been a year of strong defense, mediocre offense, and of team play. Before 63,000 chilly fans at the Polo Grounds this week, the New York Giants, a squad that has no real standouts, earned a 31-to-0 victory and the league's Eastern division championship. Their victims, the Washington Redskins, had a good line all season, but it didn't stand up very well against the Giants...
...being termed prissy, it might also be added that college athletes are presumably amateurs, and any investigation into the Cambridge situation is not likely to invalidate the claim. With professionals, an intense scrutiny into private lives, actions, statements and future plans might be condoned on the grounds that the pros take such probing as part of their livelihood--although that, too, is subject to debate. Collegiate performers, on the other hand, who are ostensibly on teams because they like to play, rather than as a means of supporting themselves, should be treated as such., Their sports activities are worthy...
...three months, pint-sized Ben Hogan had become Mr. Golf by picking up where greying, golfed-out Byron Nelson left off (TIME, Sept. 2). A good many pros are convinced that Hogan is now better than, Nelson in all departments, and at 34 he is getting cooler and tougher...