Evening star., 1955-07-17
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON
star stan Correspondent

didn't gum up q single play dur
ing the workout. There were no
fumbles.
Bert Zagers, 185-pound half
back from Michigan State,
stamped himself as one of the
best-looking newcomers with q.
broken field touchdown run of
about IS yards, spinning away
from two tacklers on the way.
Eddie LeBaron indicated his
year in the Canadian League had
no Ill effects on his quarterback
ing by heaving a 40-yard touch
down pass to Ed Beirne. 6-foot-1,
207-pound end from the Uni
versity Of Detroit.
Also heartening to the coaches
was the talents shown by q pair
Of first-year guards, Red Ste
phens Of the University, of San
Francisco and Walt Houston
from Purdue, both of whom
weigh in at about 220.
Kuharich Satisfied
Coach Joe Kuharich already
appears convinced that he'll
reach one of his 1855 goals--aI
fighting team. The fact that
everybody. older men especially.
stuck to their guns during the
first week pleased the
coach.
To . casual observer, the Red
skins of 1855 will not be one Of
the heftier teams Of the Ma
tional Football League, but Ku-I
harich's theory is that a team
doesn't have to be big to win
Il it can move. The Redskins
have some men In the 240-and-
over category, but the key play
ers will range from 220 to $50.
How much speed the team has
remains to be determined when
the bruises and taut muscles
disappear.
Hunt for Linemen to Begin
Kuharich's search for hard
linemen so desperately
needed on offense will begin In
next week. He may find
a breakaway runner to replace
Billy Wells in Zagers. The re-
turn of Gene Brito plus the ad-
dition Of Charlie Jones Of George
may give him the
strength he needs at end. and
little LeBaron and al Dorow
should be able to handle the,
1uarterbacking. Ralph Gug-I
Iielmi, quarterback from Notre
Dame, will join the squad after
the All-Star game In Chicago
August 10. Fitting in other
pieces Of the puzzle Is the coach
ng stairs task. but as q whole !
The situation looks better than !
} year ago.
NOTES-When Joe Tburzi
Iimped OF the field with q slight
pull in q leg muscle during the
first workout, he
brought up one Of the weirdest
football stories heard In the
Washington clubs camp In
,ears.
you'd better check that leo"
Coach Joe Kuharich cautioned
Trainer Joe Kuczo. who looked
1t Tiburzi and sent him to the
room.
TITS only o slight pull" Kuczo
'eplied. Hell be okay."
II don't know" Kuharich said.
They tell the story Of q fresh
nan at Notre Dame who played
'ootball two or three weeks with !
IN artificial foot before 1t was
discovered"
Come again, Joe?
Gross my heart" Kuharich
laid to his listeners. II didn't
see 1t myself. but Jake Kline,
freshman coach, told me about
t. He noticed this kid limped
they did wind sprints
not much, just enough to no.
tice-and Jake got after him be-
:ause he thought he was running
With o pulled muscle. Came
20 find out he had q wooden foot.
{ was cut on just below the an i
,le, and kept 1t covered up so
we'll he was able to play on It,"
It sounded as though Joe was
,rying to pull somebody's foot,
,ut he vows it's q true story.
Chet Ostrowski, former Notre
Dame end beginning his second
Ieason with the Redskins, face
iously says he wants either q
'adio or a new roommate. He
,unks with Tackle volney Peters,
Who speaks as sparingly as a
Scotsman on q ng-distance
telephone call.
II talk for q half hour and he
loesn't say q word" said Chet.
I asked him what sort Of o
summer he had and he says
Okay' I ask what he did. during
he off-season and he says
Nothing I was beginning to
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