Evening star., 1953-01-22
Pro Football
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the first, going to the San Fran
cisco Forty-Niners as the bonus
choice.
Billy Vessels, Oklahoma half
back, was the No. choice on
the first round of the regular
draft, going to the recently
revived Baltimore Colts.
Tom Catlin, Oklahoma center,
and Jack Little. Texas A. & NJ.
tackle, were the fourth and fifth
choices of the Colts.
Hailing Scarbath as a "great
runner" as well as an ace pasSer
and quarterback, George Mar
shall, president of the Redskins,
declared the club was prepared
to take the Marylander ahead
OF Vessels ''or any other player"
in the draft.
There had been some specula-
ton that the Colts, just begin
ming to rebuild, would take Scar
bath because he halls from that
city, but this was discounted last
week and diSspelled last night.
Keith Molesworth. Colts coach,
indicated he wanted Vessels.
Marshall said the Redskins
would have Scarbath for next
season, at least, as a working
partner with Eddie LeBaron. The
tail, blond Scarbath, who was
named on virtually every ALI
America team, is in the Air
Force ROTC at Maryland, but is
slated to return to College Park
next season to complete work
for his degree.
When Scarbath is released
from active duty the Redskins
figure to have 1t. AL Dorow of
Boiling Air Force Base, former
Michigan State star, who is
completing his first year in
service and has one more to 60.
Modzelewski is also a reserv-a
iSt.
Surprises at Start.
A couple of surprises marked
the start of the draft. First.
George Halas Of the Chicago
Bears waived his right to toss a
coin with Pittsburgh, for right
to draw fourth. Art Rooney. the
Steelers' president. took Quar-
terback Ted Marchibroda of the
University of Detroit.
Even more surprising, how
ever, was the Bears selection
OF Bill Anderson of Compton
(Calif) Junior College. "A hurdler
and unsuccessful aspirant for the
last Olympic team, Anderson is
an unknown in football, OUT
side of California.
Anderson. fleet Negro half
back. is the adopted son of Eddie
(Rochester) Anderson, the comic
on Jack Benny's radio-TV show.
Baltimore took End Bernie
Flowers of Purdue, a first-rate
paSscatcher, on the second
round.
The Forty Miners selection of
Tom Stolhandske, Texas end, in
the first round came as a sur
prise following their bonus pick
OF Babcock. The club apparently
needs another quarterback to re-
place Frankie Albert.
The draft is scheduled to take
up the entire day, as each club
selects 80 players. A contro-
versy looms tomorrow when the
league must decide where to
place the new Baltimore team.
Rules Changes Rejected.
The meeting got under way
unofflcially last night when the
coaches, sitting as an Advisory
Committee on Rules, rejected
four major changes proposed by
Commissioner Bert Bell.
none would second Bells Sug-
gestions to eliminate the tries
for points after touchdown, and
this led him to withdraw his plea
for sudden-death playoffs of all
tie games.
The coaches voted, IL to 1,
against the proposal to rule a !.
ball carrier down when any part
OF his body. other than his hand,
touches the ground after coming
IN contact with an opponent.
The move to install hockey's sys-
tenn OF time penalties against
players now thrown out of games
Tor disqualifying fouls was de-
feated by 1912 margin.
Still another proposal to ban