Evening star., 1954-01-19

mo one on the squad ever knew exactly Siam
how stood with the coach and felt free to talk to
him individual We would like the public to know the
element of our fear:
"That fear being that player says the wrong
thing he will be rdculed embarrassed and be faced with the
threat of losing his scholarship :"
THERE HAVE BEEN rebelions pro football, although
recalled that many IS players demanded the
dismissal boss coach years ago. Bill Dudley
until recently with the Redskins staged sort of
uprising against the late Sutherland the Scottish
taskmaSter under whom Gasfod learned his football as
Ineman at Pittsburgh University in the 1930s
Jock hard man and perfectonist, although on
occasions convva SORT He was coaching the Pittsburgh
SeeerS for Art Rooney after leaving de-emphaszed Pitt
but still he didn't have much with which to work. Dudley
his and Sutherland to it that Bullet Bill earned
his pay.
AS tailback in Jocks single-wing Dudley
perhaps per cent maybe rs per cent of the
time. In addition he played defense. Did much of the
kicking too
Finally he said "The hell with it. I'm not built like
Nagurski little this Of beating" The dour
Sutherland traded him to Detroit whence he later to
Washington first player and then payer-coach, in
exchange sandpiper sanfer something along
those lines.
SUTHERLAND TOOK HIS football seriously. More, he
was aware not widely beloved Once. having
lunch with Greasy Neae and newpapeman Jock addressed
Neale
"You don't like me-" he stated in effect. don't
do you?"
Greasy who was coaching Philadelphia Eagles between
horse races repeatedly replied:
good But :"
"But what?"g
But don't like you" Neale admitted.
Oddly, they became less firm friends after the
cleared Neale matter Of fact pretty
much Of a taskmaster, himself.
WHETHER ANY OF this bears any relationship to the
laSsord Nebraska conjectura but John Mcraw
when he managing the Giants, also was martinez and
sometimes he admitted it, he didn't there plenty Of
Giants who would.
Edd Rous one best outhelders in his day. delights
in telling McCraw wanted him the Giants
II wouldn't play for you," Edd said Unless guy has
perfect day. you eat him out
"Know what McGraw said to me?" Edd says HE said
I'll to play and extra to take my guf and pay
1t mind"
McGraw that way. He realized he wasn't pleasant
boss During the four years he successive National
League pennants his payroll for those times extraor
dnary He had number of players the $4,000 mark
Most of 1t for producing the ball field Some OF
it was for taking McGraw's sef-admitted insults
TO CONTINUE ON THE baseball theme for concluding
moment, there in 1910 when Oscar Witt
aging the Cleveland Indians and his players got petition
They charged that Witt arbitrary and they went to
Ava Bradley then president and complained The Indians
had the best club in the American League perhaps and 1t
unnecessary that they should battle the Detroit
Tigers down to the final day to decide the winner.
But it out this and on the Cleveland bench
there sury players and the tghtpped WITT who really
martinez the class of McCraw When the final game
played Bob Feer who Of the petition signer
beaten rookie unframed before and since Floyd
Gieben.
Feller, who had 81 games and led all pitchers in
practically every respect in his greatest went down.
to They've never gotten over that in Cleveland
It will be interesting how Nebraska which only
three Of 10 games in 1885, will fare next