Evening star., 1950-07-16
23 Leave Here Today by Plane,
Rockies Threatened by Draft
By Lewis F. Atchison

EI6pdTatlOQS lot the lS5U pro-
fessional football season are get
ting under way on scattered
fronts, with the Redskins sched-
uled to fly today to their training
camp at Occidental College in Los
Angeles. A month-long training
grind. leading up to the annual
exhibition game with the Rams
August 16-first of five pre-sea-
son tests will start tomorrow
under Coach Herman Ball.
The reorganized and refinanced
Baltimore Colts, under the wing
of Glen Grove, who coached the
Buffalo Bills in the All-America
Conference last year, also start
tomorrow at Westminster, Nd,
while the Philadelphia Eagles,
two-tirne champions of the Ma
tional League, pitch camp in Min
nesota later in the week.
The Green Bay Packers open
their camp at Green Bay next
Saturday and by August all 13
teams of the expanded league will
be getting ready for the campaign.
Ball will have % players in tow
when the Redskins special plane
takes off at 8 am. Ten players
will be taken aboard at Chicago
and four more at Denver. Fifty
one players will be on hand for
the first workout tomorrow morn
ing, but five, who have been in
vited to the All-Star game at Chi
cago August II. will remain at Oc-
cidental only two days before re-
turning to Chicago to join the
college squad.
Draft Threatens Squad.
This group includes some of the
most promising youngsters-Half-
back George Thomas, Quarterback
Eddie LIE Baron. Center Harry
Ulinski, Tackle Lou Karras and
Halfback Hall Haynes. Their alb
sence will cause serious interfer-
ence with Balls plans. if previous
All-Star game experiences are
criterion, as Ball will have them
back for only two full days of
drilling before the kickoff with
the Rams.
Even more disturbing. however,
Is the Korean shooting, which
threatens to siphon off for mill
tary service many rookie players
fresh from college. The approach
ing season, with the financial war
between the National League and
AAC settled, national domestic
affairs resembling some degree of
normalcy and an abundance of
new players coming into the
league, shaped up as one OF the
best since prewar days. That no
longer is true. The future seems
vague, with possible military draft
hanging over the youngsters
heads, and every club will have to
draw alternate sets of plans to
meet the situation.
There is a possibility that we
will lose some rockies" Coach Ball
said, land there is bound to be
some uncertainty about the fu-
ture. But we are going ahead
with our original plans and hope
for the best. Well make changes
as they become necessary"
Bartos' Position Precarious.
Joe Bartos' position apparently
is most precarious. The former
Naval Academy star was placed
on reserve duty by the Marine
Corps July /, but if reserve officers
are called up his recent service
makes him one of the most
eligible.
It promises to be an eventful
year for Ball. who is beginning his
first head coaching assignment
since leaving Allegany High
School in Cumberland, Md. In
numbers, his staff of assistants
probably is the smallest in the
league-two-and Line Coach
Max Reed is making his debut in
pro ranks. Backfield Coach Will
bur Moore is beginning his fourth
year in that job after long and
brilliant career as a player.
Ball would like to have one and
possibly two more assistants, par
ticularly an end coach, but he is
satisfied that those he has are
tops. Unsettled conditions should
test thoroughly the entire group.
Balls influence already has
been felt in the decision to fly
all of the Redskins long trips
this season instead of going by
rail. The new mentor elected to
fly to the Coast to get in a
few days additional practice.
Flying the pumpkin circuit for
exhibition games also will elimi-
nate some Of General Manager
Dick McCann's rooming problems
apd may help rid the players of
that tired feeling that affected
the squad last year.
Familiar Faces Missing.
Some familiar faces will be
missing today, John Adams. Dick
Poillon, Hal Crisler and Dan San
differ were traded during the off,
season. Adams, who figured in a
deal for Tackle. Walt Stickel of
the Bears, probably won't play
football because of his flourish
ing building business and ditto for
Stickel, who may quit the game
for a lucrative television sales
position.
The group scheduled to leave
Washington today includes the
following players: John Badac-
zewski, Dan Brown, Ed Berrang,
Bartos, John DeLaurentis, Harry
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