Evening star., 1942-08-05
q Men Signed,
Nine in Squad
Going Early
National League Seeks
To Replace 100 Vets
Now Under Arms

With the mobiliza ton this week
and next of the country's profess
sional football talent, the Wash
ington Redskins caravan will leave
here tomorrow for San Diego,
Calf, where formal training opens
next Monday under Coach Ray
Flaherty.
A squad of nine players, along
with General Manager Jack Espey.
will form the Washington contin-
gent departing tomorrow at $50
pm. Additional players are to be
picked up on the way until nearly
the full number of candidates will
be ready for next weeks work.
outs.
The Redskins already have %
men under contract Six more were
announced yesterday, four of them
veterans. These are Clyde Shugart,
guard; Fred Davis, tackle; AL Krue-
ger, end, and Lee Gentry, halfback.
The first two were standout regu-
lars, while the others saw consid-
cradle action. The new men,
Marvin Whited of Oklahoma and
Johnny Goodyear of Marquette,
both are backs. Both are from the
local teams draft list, Whited No.
l3 and Goodyear eighth.
Three Already Have Gone.
Those leaving Union Station to-
morrow are XII Aldrich, center; Ed
Offers, end; Joe Lamas, guard; Bob
Masterson, end; Dick Pollon, half
back; Glenn Stralka, guard; George
Watts, tackle, Bill Young, tackle,
and Joe Zeno, guard.
Three others of the advance
guard, Vic Carroll, Milburn Croft
and Bob McChesney, already have
left town, intending to stop over
and visit their families before re-
porting at San Diego. The drills
in the West will be staged at Brown
Military Academy at Pacific Beach,
a suburb of San Diego.
The teams first competition will
be the annual intrasquad game on
August % at San Diego, to be fol-
lowed on August 80 by the game
against an all-Army eleven at Los
Angeles. The team then comes East
for two more exhibition tilts before
the league opener at Griffith Sta
dium on September 20 against the
Pittsburgh Steelers. 1t meets the
Green Bay Packers in Baltimore on
September 7 and the Chicago Bears
at Grifhth Stadium on September 13.
Scour Country for Talent.
MILWAUKEE. Aug. S P.-Young
men who are In position to do so
might find profitable employment
this fall by applying to one Of the
National League professional clubs.
The clubs are securing the country
for new talent to replace about 100
veterans lost to the armed forces.
Several have come up with veter-
ans of lesser leagues, others have
signed men from small schools who
ordinarily wouldn't have been con-
sidered
Although the season is more than
a month away, the Philadelphia
Eagle squad already has moved into
Wisconsin. the leagues chief train
ing ground, and four other National
League clubs begin drills within the
next few days in Badger cities. They
are starting earlier than usual IN
order to break in new men.
Coach Earle (Greasy) Neal OF
Philadelphia had 81 candidates on
hand when the first drill was called
yesterday at Two Rivers. Only six
were veterans of last year.
Packers Beat the Gun.
Up at Green Bay, where they
always have leading contender, a
squad of II men is getting In early
work before regular practice sessions
start Monday. The team has lost
Is members of last years squad,
including the veteran fullback,
Clarke Hinkle and Halfback Hal
Van Every, but it still has great
passing combination in Cecil Isbell
and Don Hutson.
The champion Chicago Bears.
who meet the college al-stars in
Chicago August %. start training
at st. Johns Military Academy at
Delafeld Saturday, with only about
l8 veterans returning. Missing will
be such stars as George McAfee
and Norm Standlee, but returning
are Clyde (Bulldog) Turner, big
center; Sid LuckrAan, one of the
leagues best quarterbacks, and
Fullback Bill Osmanski
At Superior, Wis. they are pre-
pairing welcome for squad OF
40 or more New York Giants ex-
pected tomorrow At Waukesha, ths
Chicago Cardinals will begin train
ing August 10.
Most of the National League vet
Grams who are in the armed serv-
ices will be on the Eastern or
Western all-stars who will play