Evening star., 1952-11-12
Refusal 10 Stay Down
Is McE|henny Secret
As Forty-Niners Ace
By Lewis F. Atchison


gaining lead this week to Eddie
Price of the New York Giants,
but take it from Dan MCGUIRE,
Forty Miners publicity agent,
the San Francisco youngster is
no flash in the pan and you'll
see him at the top. or thereabouts,
at the end of the season.
Buck Shaw (Forty- Miners
coach) had McElhenney tabled as
our No. / draft choice two years
ago." MCGUIRE said today. "And
We were surprised when he was
still around after the first eight
selections. We grabbed him quick.
because we think he's the best
back to come into the league this
year."
The Forty Miners figured they
had something good when Nc
Elhenny took a pitchout AZ yards
for q touchdown the second time
he carried for them in an exhibi-
ton game against the Cardinals.
He's been going strong ever since
and the West Coast club officials
think he'll get better.
Gets Up and Keeps Going.
Hes boy who gets up after
being knocked down and keeps
going" MCGUIRE added. ION that
89-yard touchdown run against
Dallas Johnny Petibon knocked
him down at midf1eld, but Hugh
just did a flip-flop and kept going.
He did the same thing at New
York Sunday after taking a pass
from Y. A. little. A couple of
fellows hit Hugh at midfield and
he went down. His helmet flew
off but he got back up and took
off again to the Giants 15-yardI
line. We think he's proved he's
rugged enough and a good COM
petitor."
Mcclure also thinks statistics
Of the Giants-Forty-Niners game
do not do justice to the rockies
performance. McElhenny was
held to net of 4 yards, rushing,
but he was a constant scoring
threat as a pass receiver, as the
above run indicates, and gave the
Giants some anxious moments. He
caught four passes for 118 yards.
McElhenny, a 6-foot-1, 198-I
FOUNDER, carried the ball only five
times in the first half, and only
three times in the second, but the
Forty-Niners tried only seven
running plays in the last two
quarters. The Giants double
teamed the San Francisco line
men, effectively stopping their
ground attack. That forced the
CalifornianS into the air, where
they had great success-between
the 20-yard lines.
RewrOte Conference Records.
McElhenny, zone of natures
nobleman" in McGuire's fluent
words, was fullback at Washing
ton University, where he rewrote
the Pacific Coast Conference, rec
ord book. He established a con-
ference record of 2,499 yards
gained over a three-year period.
and hung up a punt-return mark
of 100 yards against Southern CAL
ifornia. Hugh led the conference
scorers in 1850 with 66 points and
again in 1851 with 70. He was
second. nationally, in all games
with 125. Last year he was second
on the coast to Ollie Matson Of
San Francisco U. and currently
with the Chicago Cardinals, scor-
ing 125 points to Matson's 126.
McElhenny is a native of Los
Angeles where he earned all-State
recognition in football and track.
He tied Dick Attlesey's sch,olboy
world record of 14.3 for the 100
yard high hurdles and was consid-
cred Olympic material. But he
wasn't as good in track as in foot
ball. in Shaw'S opinion.
Buck usually doesn't go over
board on a player" MCGUIRE was
saying, 'but he did on McElhenny
and Hugh's making MIN look
pretty good as judge of mate
rial"
And he figures to make the Red
skins look pretty bad Sunday.
especially if he has to be tackled
hard and pinned down.