Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-05
Cellar-Riding Lions Seek Success
Under Karcis, New Head Coach
Edwards y ed %.
After Dodgers
Beat Lions, 28-7
BY CLAYTON HEPLER

In the cellar of the western divi-
sion of the National Professional
Football League with three con-
secutive defeats, the Detroit Lions
today began preparations for sal
vaging some success during the
remainder of the season under the
guidance Of a new coaching staff.
Head coach Bill Edwards and
line coach Roy Miller were dis
missed by owner Fred Mandel
following Sundays 2S-7 defeat by
the Brooklyn Dodgers at Briggs
Stadium.
John (BulD Karcis, hired az
backfield coach this year. succeeds
Edwards, the third head coach
hired by Mandel in the three
years he's owned the club. Lloyd
Cardwell will be backfield coach
and John Weithe will handle the
line under the new regime
AN ALL-AMERICAN
."It's my belief that we need
men with more professional cx-
perience In charge n we're to
give Detroit a winning team"
Mandel said.
Karcis, an ALA m r ic az
Carnegie Tech. played fullback for
eight years with Brooklyn. Pitts
burgh and the New York Giants,
pacing the last named team to a
league championship. For the past
two years he has coached a Penn
sylvania high school team.
Cardwell, who has been out with
injuries, is veteran of six sea-
sons with the Lions. Weithe, who
served as an umpire in the Ameri-
can Association last summer and
is also lawyer, is playing his
fourth season at guard.
The changeover will cost Mandel
an estimated $4,000. Edwards and
Miller will receive the balance due
them on their two-year contracts,
and the salaries of the new staff
will be raised in accordance with
their new responsibilities.
NO RADICAL CHANGES
'Tt's worth 1t, though, II we
can produce team that will
win games. We got the best of
the rockies, signed nine Of our
% choices In the draft, and
know we have the material"
Mandel said.
Karcis isn't planning to make
any radical changes in the Lion
system.
THE season Ia too far gone
for that. Wen add some new
plays, Of course, and drop some
OF the old ones. Next year, IL
there Is n next year for profess
sional football, wen begin all
over again." he said.
81 don't blame Mandel I'm the
least Edwards said in wishing
the new staff the best of luck.
you're got to score touch
downs to stick In this league,
and we just didn't do It."
Both Edwards and Miller had
previously applied for commissions
in the Marine Corps and were to
take their physical examinations
today.
FINALLY SCORE
The Lions finally did score
touchdown yesterday, their first in
four games. 1t came in the second
period as the result of a 60-yard
march highlighted by the sparkling
play Of Ned Matthews and Mickey
Sanzotta. Matthews passing to
Emil Banjavic on the scoring play.
The excellent performance Of
Matthews at tailback, the first
year he's played the position. was
some compensation for the prob
able loss of Harry Hopp. Hopp
received shoulder injury in the
first period and will be out Of
action for sometime.
That touchdown put the Lions
back into the game, but they
failed to cash in on another scoring
opportunity just before the half
ended end after intermission didn't
threaten again. Murray Evans re-
covered Pug Manders' tumble on
the Dodger IL. but Matthews
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