Evening star., 1952-08-23
Wynn Faces Rasch Confident indians Seek Increase Lead
Players Are Unexcifed
AS Marshall Gets Set 10
Pick Coach Stand in
By Lewis F. Atchison
Styr Stoff Covrespondens

By Lewis F. Atchison
stor Stoff Correspondent
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 23.-I
George Marshall hoped to name
Dick Todd's successor as head
coach Of the Redskins today and
promised it would be an "old pro-"
The clubs president scheduled al
press conference for II am. e
pm, Washington time) and
threatened to make another full
scale production out of it.
The players themselves were
only mildly interested in the new
comer's identity. They Indicated
it didn't make any difference who
held the title as long as the front
Office dictates the policy.
Marshall mentioned the names
of Hunk Anderson. Red Strader. j
Curly Lambeau and Greasy Neale'
as possible choices, but refused to-
say whether one of this quartet
actually would get the job.
Anderson is the man he wanted
last year when the Redskins
at the start Of the sea-
son and Hunk, according to Mar
shall, is free to take the job since
his contract with the Chicago
Bears has expired.
Neale and Lambeau Retired.
Strader, former New York
Yankees (All-America Conference)
and Yanks National Football
League) coach. now is on the San
Forty Miners staff.
Neale, one-time Philadelphia
Eagles mentor, is retired from
football and living in New York.
out of a pro coaching
berth for the first time in 80
years, recently established a cat
tie and chicken farming ranch
near here.
Marshall promptly squelched a
report that Jerry Neri, present
Redskin' backfield coach. would
get the job.
It'll be a pro, that's certain"
he declared. I'm tired of fool
ing around with these amateurs.
I'm interested in only one thing
getting a winner-and I don't care
whose feet I step on to get it.
I'm going to be cold-blooded about
it,"
Marshall said he picked the new
coach after conferring with Her
man Ball, one of his seven ex-
coaches, and that the prospective
for the hot seat had
approval.
Stresses Balls Authority.
Few people realize how much
Ball has on this club"
the Redskins president added.
Hes more than a scout-he's in
charge of getting material, sign
ing players and coaches. He picked
this material-he thinks it's good
and I agree. Herman picked the
coaches, Neri and Marvin Bass,
not Todd. Todd only approved
them-where would he CTodd)
ever hear about a guy in Cali
fornia and one at William and
Mary? They're good men, too."
Ball, however, earlier told this
reporter he would recommend
Neri for the head coaching job,
or at least until the man Marshall
wanted could be located.
Marshall arrived at the squads
Occidental College training camp
around noon yesterday. made a
phone call and then said he hoped
to name the new coach today.
He had a talk with Sammy Baugh,
chided Harry Gilmer about his
defensive play and gave other
players pats on the back. The
Redskins spirited performance in
taking a 1923 licking from the
Rams obviously pleased him.
Ferris Lost for Five Weeks.
Meanwhile, Jim McCauley,
rookie fullback who didn't measure
up to the boss standards, was cut
from the squad for one of the
days two news items. More i'm
portant was information that
Halfback Neil Ferris suffered a
broken rib in Thursday nights
game and. like Halfback Charlie
Justice, would be out for five or
six weeks.
McCauley was one of the rockies
used against San Francisco last
Sunday when the Redskins took a
$50 drubbing that brought on
the break between Todd and Mar
shall. His departure reduced the
squad to 40 players and there
may be additional cuts before the
Redskins leave here September l.
The Redskins were unhappy
about the officiating in the Rams
game.
AL Demao thought the men in
white were grossly in error on two
counts when Tank Younger inter-
cepted Eddie LeBaron's pass early
in the second half. The Redskins
claim it appeared that Younger
trapped the ball, which made it
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