Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-15
WIN, LOSE OR
DKAW By FRANCIS s1ANN
More About That New Redskin

TEN MINUTES AFTER the ALL Cleveland Browns
started Eddie Erdeatz of Navy turned to his neghbor
in the press booth Soldier Field in Chicago and said
II don't think the Redskins will have to worry about
their quarerbackng this This kid is picking the
Browns apart than topdrawer quarerbacks
who've been up for years"
Erdelaz was referring course Notre Danes Ralph
Gugiem who since has joined the Redskins squad and
Nays coach is singuarly qualified to comment. In the
process preparing his present job the big Californian
served term assistant coach of the San Francisco
ForyNiners They had pretty good quarterback too,
in those days. Fellow named frankie Albert
This is what you've got consider Eddie saying
"Gugiem is playing the straight T, which is less
standard in the National League At Notre Dame it was
mostly the ptT the last couple of years. and there's
difference You don't pick up that overnight or in three
weeks, unless you very exceptional kid
ERDELATZ WHO HAS special quarterback OF his own
in George Welsh, only of dozens of top coaches
who pulled out all stops in praise of Gugemi after the
AStars dramatic 1927 win the Browns For instance
Herman Hickman, former Al-star head coach himself,
drawingly summed it up this way:
tibet Gawge Marshall, amt he the luckiest MANI"
Because of his size, leadership and ability to throw
football Gugemi almost has to become the Redskins No
quarterback before the 1855 campaign finished While
coaches agree that Eddie LBaron and Dorow aren't bad
they put this new boy in different category.
some ways Guglielmi is incredible" coach
put it. Here's this goodlooking kid who says yes sir
no. sir to every Tom Dick and Harry who comes up to
him and yet game he's the boss and everybody takes
orders It's cup of tea to AStar squad helped
to coach one and I know.
IF didn't happen to know that Gugemi is only 81
years old I'd believe it if somebody told me-"
AIL-STAR JEALOUSIES repeatedly have developed dur
ing pregame training sessions almost from the origin of
the in 1884 If the promoters maintain that all
receive the stipend, there ex-Al-Stars who
contradict.
Gugielmi may may have received special avors
Probably not. Anyway when the game ended his
teammates surrounded him and thanked Ralph for
playing on their side. -
Head Coach Curly Lambeau, when asked why he used
of his other quarerbacks with press clippings
prove they are good, made his explanation simple:
Il told them all before the game that Gugemi my
boy that if Ralph get hurt he'd go all the way
fona Shaw of Oregon Cary of Notre Dame and Leggett
of Ohio State
Coach they said, go with the best"
"Its fun for college star to work hard for three
weeks and yet know he isn't going to play kind
Of made me choke up"
THE PROPER COMPARISON u.s. naturally Sammy
Baugh as he emerged from Texas Christian in 1885 and
Guglielmi he joins the Redskins. But to expect
Gugielmi to duplicate the miracles attributed Baugh
in his rookie pro of 81 is perhaps OVERRIDING
In the first place. Baugh joining a Redskin team
which had everything except crack passer Cliff Battles
for ba-carryng Battles and blocking and kicking Smith
Minutes before the first the Redskins played in
Washington-this against the Giants-Coach Ray
Flaherty laid it on the line to his players
you've been squawkng about not having a passer,
Flaherty said in effect Now we've got one. But-you
better protect him won't win many games
him, and we'll go all the way"
Baugh, tmorous and angular colored up as much as
Texan can But in the game he all things and the
Redskins beat the Giants eventually went on to upset
the Chicago Bears icy field
FOR GUGL1ELMI, IT'S not likely to be easy as it
was for Baugh The old pro from Texas had Battles TO
run and the likes of Ernie Pinckert and Smith to fill out
the backed with Don in reserve to buck for that
last yard.
Goog is highly likely to learn very quickly that as
Redskin quarterback he has Cliff Battles to run That
AStar squad he directed competently the other night
was loaded Ralph could push buttons and call on Dupre
Watkins and lot of running backs who were as good or
better than the pros last Friday night
on the AlStar showing you'd have to like Guglielmi
Not fancy spectacular like Baugh but innate pro-