Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-12
WIN, LOSE OR
DNAV By FRANCIS sTAkN
Now It's SO 44/7OO Per Cent Pro

CHICAGO, AUG. 12.-As you may have heard, it's a
new deal for downtrodden College AStars tonight
For this 22d annual football curtainraiser, they won't
have to put up with college coaches. They've got
six old push the buttons headed by Curly Lambeau
Steve Owen, Hunk Anderson and Hamp Pool
All of these gentlemen, who at time another
served head coaches the National Football League,
fond of eating and the Chicago Tribune paying
pretty penny for their services But there an investment
to protect Six Star victories out of 81 tries do not add
up to much Of competitive attraction and the Tribune
people have been thinking the coaching has been partially
to blame
Some of the most highy-regarded college coaches Of
time have been beaten by the professional champions
in this SERIES including Dr. Eddie Anderson, Carl snavey
Bob zuppke Lynn Waldorf Bernie Bierman Frank Leahy
Bud Wilkinson (twice Herman Hickman, Bobby Dodd and
Jim Tatum This is too Promoter Arch Ward decided
before he died recently, and he forthwith took steps,
WARD WAS ESPECIALLY UNHAPPY after Hickman's
AStars in 1851 licked $780, and didn't get the ball
past mded memory Last year, when the Detroit
Lions outclassed Tatum's squad, Ward didn't wait
for the final result He got the loudSpeaker between
the halves apoogized to the patrons and epmanded the
Maryland coach who had been voted coach not
so many months before.
Lambeau Co. hired for this occasion, it is
understood with further employment contingent how
the A-Stars fare tonight If the policy Is continued
however, it would the Trbunes next step would be
to drop the term college, because with such coaches the
entire affair is about SO 44/10o per cent pro-
The players longer collegians They've all grad
uated used their eligibility and the majority of them
will report as rockies to various NIL teams the
Canadian border play "a hours after the game It's
some time since many of them have been what might
chartaoy be called amateurs.
A GENTLEMAN WHO no kidding, browsing about the
art galleries Michigan asked for an opinion
Since he happened to be Arthur Dutch) Bergman, we'll
known in sundry parts Of the country and particularly in
Washington his views the change OF coaching format
herewith reported.
Il think that maybe the All-Stars will do better
under pro coaches" Dutch saying mot because the
college coaches incompetent but because coach
is apt to gamble and throw the ball more than
college coach"
out fine teams at Catholic University explained it this
way:
1.-The average college coach is used to having
than good passer his squad He tries to him
usually, and besides collegans than pros. Well
you can't against championship pro club. You can't
butt heads with the big boys.
"once in a while All-star kid will break away for
long run, the team may the ball downied
series of running plays But it doesn't happen often
You've got throw that ball that's what I'm thinking
Curly Lambeau will have his boys do. He's always been
passmnded He knows the the beat each other
Is by throwing
"a college coach, it, usually thinks about a
passing game but at the last minute decides to how
far he go with running game All Of sudden the
pros slam the door in his face and he's dead"
MOOSE KRAUsE athletic director at Notre Dame, earlier
in the day recalling the first Allsar game in 1884
and his anecdoe bore out Bergmans contention that 1T
futile to butt heads with the pros.
Il co-capain of the A-Stars, along with George
sauer of Nebraska Moose said As left tackle my job on
oense to take out the Chicago Bears lnebacke who
happened to be Bronko Nagurski
IT 24O-pounder full of vim and vigor and was
going to let Mr. Nagursh learn how it felt to get hit So
my first shot at him barged into him full speed.
"Bronko wasn't looking but after the collision he
still standing and I'd bounced all the back to where
I started. Well young and dumb wasn't discouraged
tried again with the result Finally, said to Eggs
ManSke, our left end
Eggs, instead of you going after your man'Manske
to knock down the safetyeave team up Nagurs
You tit him high, I'll hit him low
"Manske agreed and this time both Eggs and myself
were backs When Eggs got up he very positive
about his future plans.
"You got to play Nagurski be said but don't From
s,ere on out. no improvising.'"L