Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-13
AII-Stars Depending
On Passing Attack;
Weather Is Ideal
By MerrelI WhittIesey
Star Staff correspcrden,

CHICAGO. Aug. 13.-For sew
eral years, Jim Tatum has har-
bored a bunch that he could
coach the College 'All-Stars to
victory over the pro football
champions. He gets his chance
tonight at Soldier Field before
a crowd of about 10000 fans
plus a national television au-
dience.
Fair weather with the temper
allure below 10 degrees Is pre-
dicted for the 2lst All-Star game,
which matches the Detroit Lions
and a 53-man collegiate squad.
The opening kickoff is at $50,
Washington time.
(The game will be telecast
in Washington by WTTG.
Channel 5. and broadcast by
VOL starting at $3.50 o'clock.
The Lions, National Football
League champions for the last
two years and 24-10 winners over
the All-Stars last year, have been
established 712-point favorites to
give the pros their fourth straight
victory and their 18th in the
series. Two games ended in ties.
There's nobody here who pre-
diets a tie this time. One school
Of thought believes the Lions
will have to clear the bench to
hold down the score. Others say
the collegians have their best
passing attack in years and that
the college one-platoon rules will
hamper the pro champions.
Favored Smaller Squad.
When the All-Stars used to
have 80-man squads and the
coaches were supposed to use
every man to keep everybody
happy. Tatum said he thought a
smaller squad and the split-T
formation could beat the pros.
He has the smaller squad and,
along with Oklahoma'S Bud VIII
kinson, another brilliant split-T
coach, has installed the forma-
ton. However. the collegians
had only three weeks work. and
lack an experienced split-T quar-
terback.
Tatum has attempted to
shroud his All-Star camp in a
secrecy unparalleled in the
games history, but it's hardly a
secret that if his team wins. it
must be through the air.
Zeke Bratkowski, one of the
best college passers since Sammy
Baugh, will be throwing to the
Georgia teammate he helped
make the leading pass receiver
in the country last year, a lanky
end named John Carson.
Also at the quarterback spot
the collegians have 1885 No. /
passer statistically, Bobby Gar
rett of Stanford. plus Cotton
Davidson of Baylor, top draft
choice Of the Baltimore Colts,
Vince Dooley of Auburn and La
mar McHan of Arkansas.
D0Oley Possible Sleeper.
Dooley. who played the split-T
at Auburn and almost upset
Maryland a couple of years ago,
might be the sleeper of the ALL
Star quarterbackS.
Maryland and Notre Dame,
the two teams that went down
to the wire last year in a battle
for the No. l position in the
Associated Press poll. figure to
have seven starters tonight be-
tween them. Stan Jones, Bob
Morgan and Chef Hanulak will
be representing the Terps, while
Jim Schrader, Menil Mavraides,
Johnny Lattner and Neil Wor-
den are the Irish alumni ex-
pected to start.
Considerable stress has been
placed on the desire-to-win of
the college boys. They're paid
only $3.50 for the game, which in
cludes almost a month in camp,
and have nothing at stake.
A number of college coaches
have said that if the college boys
can be fired UP. they'd have a
good chance to upset the Lions.
This appears to be the best
All-Star squad since 1850 when
memorable performances by
Charlie Justice. Eddie LeBaron
and Leon Hart led the Collegians
to TIT triumph over the Phila-
delphia Eagles.
The next year, the Cleveland
Browns routed a demoralized
All-Star squad. $50. the begin
ming of the end of Herman Hick-
(See ALL-STARS. Page A-15.)