Monday, April 23, 1934
Daily Ncbraskan
Pago 9
No tears shed for Jim Biwn comeback
Don't tell him I said this, but Jim Brown is a crv
baby.
Really, he is.
Eighteen years after he retired, Brown is threat
ening to return to the National Football League. Jim
Brown is 47 years old. He has been out of the game
since before some UNL students were born.
Why on rarth would he want to return?
Jim Brown retired with 12,312 yards rushing to
his credit in nine NFL seasons, a truly remarkable
achievement. In that nine-year career, he led the
league in rushing an incredible eight times. His 1,863
yards in 1C33 was the league mark until OJ. Simp-
son's mas'cal 2,003-yard 1973 season.
No question about it, Jim Brown was one of the
greatest pro football players in history. So why
Rec
Scoreboard
(Sportsmanship rating in parentheses)
Hen's Soccer
Fraternities A
Delta Tau Delta def. Sigma Alpha Epsilon by forfeit
Phi Kappa Psi (3.3) 4, Lambda Chi Alpha (3.3) 0
Acacia (3.4) 5, Alpha Tau Omega (3.4) 1
Sigma Nu (3.0) 1, Sigma Phi Epsilon (3.4) 0
Fraternities
Sigma Alpha Mu C def. Tau Kappa Epsilon C by forfeit
Sigma Alpha Epsilon C (3.3) 1, Phi Kappa Psi C (3.0) 0
Alpha Tau Omega C (3.3) 2, Theta Xi C (3.3) 0
Alpha Tau Omega B def. Delta Sigma Phi by forfeit
Phi Delta Theta B (4.3) 4, Sigma Alpha Epsilon B (4.3) 0
Delta Tau Delta B def. Chi Phi B by forfeit
Tau Kappa Epsilon B def. Alpha Gamma Rho B by forfeit
Delta Upsilon B def. Sigma Phi Epsilon B by forfeit
Co-Rec Softball B
DSBs def. Theta Chi by forfeit
Cather ThreePound Eleven 16, Sandoz FiveAbel Eleven
15
Bang Gang def. LXIXERS by forfeit
Smith FiveSchramm Six 19, Don Hos 11
Abel Twelve 1 9. Food Science 15
Architorture 17, Cather FourPound Thirteen 16
Herper SixSchramm Seven 16, Beta Sigma Psi 10
Ag Men def. Team 3 by forfeit
Schramm Two 13, Alpha Gamma Sigma 15
Burr One EastLove Hall def. I Tappa Keg
Eliminators 19, Where's the Beef 15
Soupbones 23, TKELittle Sisters 14
Something Wicked def. Team 2 by forfeit
Bison Rangers Abel Three 11
Jesus is Lord 17, Alpha Gamma RhoLittle Sisters 13
No Names 1 1 , Delta UpsilonGamma Phi Beta 7
NAYC 17, Cather Three Pound Seven 16
Jamokes 15, KKGHashers 11
Delta GammaSigma Chi 12, Raymond Rangers 7
Sigma ChiPhi Kappa Psi 25. Towne ClubCather Four 9
Suds & Such 16, Triangle 12
Fig Mutants def. Quotation Marks by forfeit
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The reason is that the big meanie in Pittsburgh,
ranco Harris, Is bearing down hard on that 1 2,3 1 2
yard rushing record. Brown accuses Harris of stay
ing in the game only to break the mark, and if I Iarris
does surpass the total, Brown says, he'll return to
the gridiron to pad his stats and reclaim the record.
Jim, when are you going to wake up? Admittedly,
Harris has logged more than nine pro seasons, and
perhaps you are right in saying that he's only playing
for the record.
So what? The record says "Most yards rushing
career," not "Most yards rushing in a nine-year
career." I think Mr. Brown is forgetting that he left
the NFL on his own in 1D65, at the peak of his
career. He could have played five or ten more years
and established a mark far out of Harris reach. But
he didn't. He left the game voluntarily. Nobody
forced his retirement.
And so what if Jim Brown's name is replaced on
that career rushing record? Folks will still remember
him as one of the true greats of the game, just as
much as Babe Ruth is still remembered as one of the
best baseball players of all time ten years after
Henry Aaron broke Ruth's mark of 714 home runs.
The many achievements of Jim Brown will be
remembered.
A couple weeks ago, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored
his 3 1 ,42 1st career point, breaking the legendary Wilt
Chamberlain's NBA mark. How did Wilt react? Is he
planning a comeback to reclaim the record?
Hardly. In fact, Chamberlain has lauded Abdul
J abbar for his new record. No longer will the name of
Wilt Chamberlain appear under the heading, "Most
points career," but Wilt know s that he will still be
remembered as one of the best ever.
The old adage says that records are made to be
broken. No doubt, somewhere down the line, Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar won't hold the NBA career scoring
record, and Franco Harris won't hold the NFL rush
ing mark. And when that day comes, I hope Harris
and Abdul-Jabbar will behave like Wilt Chamber
lain, and not like that (please don't tell him I called
him this) cry baby Jim Brown.
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