Evening star., 1954-11-24

no longer collegans pros who their first allegiance
to various NFL clubs, remains.
AS case in point Jim Tatum the verge OF reeas
ing bigname from the Pacific Coast Conference on
the third day Of practice last Summer tolo
Arch Ward that didn't want him. Tatum says The player
wasn't interested He belonged to pro club and that's where
his interest was"
WARD THE CHICAGO sports editor who dreamed up the
game vetoed Tatums suggestion 1--WE need this player 1or
publicity purposes" Ward Said according to Tatum
similar concerned Quarterback zeke BratkoWsk!
from University OF Georgia Iu say this Tor 1ee
Tatu explains "he tried But mostly found MIN Studying
the Chicago Bears plays He them better than he knew
our own and suppose Brakowski right The AStar
game is q one-shot affair." zeke was planning 70 put III
several years with the and wanted to make good
An Al-Star handicapped in that he falls oenno ms
future teammates in pro ranks while preparing Tor the
extravaganza When joins the Bears, Packers, LIONS
Redskins whatever team drafted him. ne concedng All
edge to rival who already has been training
Tatum has other complaint. Outwardly, at least
not bitter toward Promoter Ward who beltted Tatum
coach after last years 31e defeat Of the stars BY
the Detroit Lions Bu do think that boy on the college
squad ought to get than the standard $780, he says
"hey miss nearly and paid less than unsked
laborers Financially, there is not much incentive"
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ACTUALLY, NOT ALL Of the players settle for
$780, There been of bigger payos which have
not always greater the squad The young
with sheaf of national press clippings usually Is
treated kindlier because his name sells tickets
When Jay Berwanger of Chicago and Bill Shakespeare
of Noe Dame were hoggng the headlines they reportedy
received eachBerWanger for coming from one
side of Chicago to the game and Shakespeare
for reporting from nearby South Bend where ne was taxing
summer school.
Another player, that year. nationally unframed back
from George washington named Tuy Leemans got SlUO
for committing from the District OF Columbia to the Windy
City Leenans was named to the team because the old
washington Herald, which had working agreement with
the sponsoring Chicago Tribune conducted poll and saw 20
it that Leemans elected to the squad
The now famed well remembered Tuy was the star OF
the AStars and went to become all timer with the
Giants paling the feats of Berwanger and SHAKESPEARE
Zone Of the best breaks ever had, promoter Waro
admitted "was the day Leemans reported
ANOTHER FACTOR THAT enters the picture is that in
late years pros to realize that defeat by the
"Coege A-Stars entails loss of prestige Notwithstanding
the fact that when the Stars wn the heroicS almost
always are the of their property Still another
factor the and for thereafter the
pros operated with small squads and found themselves
numerically beaten
The pros would take perhaps 80 players to Chicago
Older usually blubbery than the graduated seniors
from college, they tired if it warm humid night
by injury of key usually spelled disaster
look bad They tied the and Lions and whipped the
Packers Redskins in the first five games losing only
so decision to the Bears in 1885, In 46 and A. too they
won identical 1870 decisions the Rams and Bears
The pros didn't take kindly to adversity and said TO
themselves something like this Look were advertised as
the best stop losing They've done it, too since
1885, which is year the AStars whacked the Eagles
ITO with some OF the key pros training at fishing camp
and NFI Commissioner Bert Bell raising merry Cain after
it