Evening star., 1954-09-21
Cardinals 10 Regain
Mafson From Army
For October 3 Game
BY ihs Associated Press

CHICAGO, Sept. 81. - HALF
back Ollie Matson will be dis
charged from the Army in time
to play for the Chicago Car
dinals in their second game Of
the season. against the Eagles
October 3. at Comiskey Park.
The former University of San
Francisco star was a Cardinal
rookie in 1852. gaining 531 yards
as ball carrier and pass CATCH
er. Midway in the season he
fractured his wrist, but contin-
ued to play with cast on it..
Last year with the Fort Ord,
Calf, team, Matson gained
1,084 yards in IS carries for a
1873 average and scored 81
touchdowns.
/ Walter Wolfner, Cardinal
managing director, said Matson
will report September 80.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 81 (R.-
The Baltimore Colts added Cen
ter Tom Cosgrove and Guard
Elmer Willhoite to the waiver
list today, leaving five more to
be dropped from the squad be-
fore midnight.
The names of Cosgrove, a Uni
versity of Maryland standout,
and Willhoite, from the Uni
versity of Southern California,
were placed besides the names
OF three other former college
stars dropped yesterday.
They were Larry Coutre, No
tire Dame; Mel Embree, Pepper
dine. and Dick Horn. Stanford.
CLEVELAND. Sept. 81 ,(P.-
Marion Motley. who was once
about half of the Cleveland
Browns famed pass-and-trap
attack, has retired from profess
slonal football because of an old
knee injury.
Used sparingly during exhibi-
tion games, he still was unable
to get his injured right knee in
shape for the season.
His retirement yesterday leaves
Coach Paul Brown with only four
men who were with him when
the pro team was organized in
1e46-Quarterback Otto Graham,
End Dante Lavelli, Tackle Lou
Groza and Center Frank Gatski.
GREEN BAY, Wis, Sept. 81
P).-Liz Blackburn, head coach
OF the Green Bay Packers, has
cut the squad to the 33 player
limit by placing IL men on
waivers and trading Tackle John
Bauer to the New York Giants
for an undisclosed draft choice
next winter.
Blackburn dropped eight
backs. two guards, a center and
an END.
They are Quarterback Elry
Falkenstein, FLllback Clyde
Sanders, Halfbacks Bub Roff1er,
Evan Slonac and Tom Pagna;
Linebackers Nick Adduci, Lou
Mihajlovich and Mike Maccioli:
Guards Dick Coleman and Mike
Takacs, Center Charles Grant
and End Hosea Sims.
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 81 (P.-
The Pittsburgh SteelerS yester-
day released eight players-in-
cluding two eteran s-then
picked up two rockies in a trade
with the Detroit Lions.
The changes reduced the Steel
er roster to 35-two more than
the league limit which must be
met by Saturday.
Veterans dropped were Quar-
terback Bill Mackrides, one-time
Nevada player, and Tackle Nick
Bolkovac, former Pitt star. Each
had been starting his second sea-
son with the Steelers.
Others released, all rockies,
were: Buster Graves, a tackle,
Arkansas; Joe zombek. end,
Pitt; Frank Paterra, halfback,
Notre Dame; Maury Duncan,
quarterback, San Francisco
State; Nick Chickillo, guard,
Miami (Fla.) University, and
Pug Pearman, guard, Tennessee.
The Steelers got Quarterback
Paul Held of San Diego State
and End Dewey Brundage of
Brigham Young from the De-
troit Lions in trade in which
the Steelers gave up an undis-
closed draft choice.