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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...
Only last week I had swelled with pride when "Slingin' Sam" himself had given me credit for the handle. Now I'm ducking...
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...