December 14, 1948 (vol. 59, iss. 71) • Page Image 11
… - Lightweight Football Now Strong, Growing infant -CIM ;d b Seek s v a, s j ta us M By MERLE LEVIN Don't look now but the blue- faced baby of Western Confer- ence athletics has turned into a lusty brat squalling fair new field; to conquer. Lightweight football which first ~aw the light of a Big Nine clay on a cool October morning in 1947 took its first halting steps forward this season and bean to feel its muscle. THEY DIDN'T t...…