Was Jim Thorpe the best all-around athlete of all time? No, not versatile enough. Babe Didrikson? Runner-up, perhaps. Well, who was? Harris Baldwin Fisher Jr., said Grantland Rice, and he wrote a column last week to prove it. Even the unconvinced would have to admit that Grant Rice's surprise selection was worth arguing for.
Harry Fisher, the all-around athlete most readers never heard of, learned the fundamentals at St. John's Military Academy, Manlius, N.Y. He was center on the basketball team, played first base and batted .527 on the ball club that won 37...
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