Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-03
ATCHISON'S
A N GLE
Life Begins at 90
By LEWIS r. ATcHlsoN

HAI4AS,
gridiron up with one of the biggest of his lengthy
yesterday naming 60yearod John Leo paddy
Drsco to him head coach of the Chicago Bears
Sixty years ripe old age to begin almost anything,
particularly pro football coaching assignment Paddy
has been member of the Bears staff for is and Haas
obviously felt that he enrusng his team to the most
experienced and capable hands available
youngster might who is this Paddy Driscol,
isn't nearly so well known as the Frank Leahys Bud Wkn
sons Jim Tatums Sanders of the present
players of these could hold candle Paddy of
footballs all time greats and hafback in the a-me all
backed along with Dutch Clark Bronko Nagurski and
Sammy Baugh He of the greatest dropkckers of
all time and was considered fawless defensive back
$3.50
NOT PARTICULARLY BIG at 5-foot-11 170-pounds
Paddy pretty handy with his dukes too and in
memorable instance involved with Haias and Dutch
Sernaman of the Bears occurred in the 1922 Thanksgiving
Day between the Bears and their bitter crosstown rivals
the Cardinals Haas and Sternaan not only smeaed Paddy
attempted end but picked the Cardinals star
bodily and flung him back yards Paddy up swinging
and riot ensued with fans joining the teams the
field.
Haas wanted to waive the rules and permit Driscol
continue in the and another broke out This
time George attened and ended by being thrown
along with Drisco and Sternaman Paddy kicked
of the two field goals that whipped the Bears that day. CO.
and return game booted three more to shut them out
again, 60
One Of Drscoll's staunchest supporters was Dion
OBanon the chorboy gangser who went to all the
And when the aforementioned disturbance broke
OF OBanonS henchman Is reported to have cooled Hunk
Andersons ardor combat by sticking AS his ribs just
the Bears rugged guard about to tee of of
the Cardinals.
HAI.AS KNEW DRISCOLL from their college days when
George end at Illinois and Paddy 145-pound half
back at Northwestern One OF the Northwestern ends
TALL skinny kid named Les Aries later president of Washing
tons Touchdown Club Captain of the 1916 team in his
Junior year. Drsco led the Wildcats to 81 record their
most successful since the of the century Ohio
State beat them the last game 23 when Chick Harley
wild and knocked them of the Big Ten championship
Northwestern's GROWING achievement that
100 triumph Alonzo Stages Chicago eleven the Wild
cats first win the Maroons in is years Paddy ran
kicked and passed that day. scoring touchdown and boong
a 43-yard field goal for points.
Haas and Drisco had much in common, including brief
filings big league baseball in which neither hit the size of
his hat They teammates the 1918 Great Lakes
Naval Training Station eleven that upset Navy u.s. in that
memorable at Annapolis in which Bill Saunders Navy
SUBJ jumped of the bench and tackled Harry Eeson who
route to 00yard touchdown after recovering
Navy Bill Ingram's tumble
Curley Byrd Maryland coach and president the
university explained in the column he writing The
Star that Navy mapping the play might have
Had another Navy player tackled Eeson after Saun
ders pulled off, Byrd explained the referee would have
had to blow his whistle and the ball would have been dead
The only penalty he could have called under the rules at that
time would have been yards against Navy for having IL
the field
HALAS TRIED TO SIGN Drscoll the Chicago Staeys
(they became the Bears in 1922 but through qurk
Chris OBen got him for the Cardinals in 1920 and Paddy
that teams for 1921 and o. His first team
only games lost three and tied three but In the
year the Cardinals improved nightly winning eight
and losing three
AS pro Paddy scored u points four touchdowns and
three extra points, against Rochester october 1929 for the
fifth highest individual game in history The
four touchdowns the fourth highest individual
scoring in history He booted four field goals against Column
bus in 1925 league that stood until 1851 when Bob
Waterfed broke it with five against the Detroit Lions. But
Paddys were dropkicks and Waterhelds placements
Paddy also booted two 50-yard field goals dropkcks Of
course, to share record with Wilbur Henry the
time Washington and Jefferson STAR who put one over
mdheld for the Canton Bulldogs Drscos 40 field goal
dropkcks still stand as an atme pro record superseded
only by Watered lifetime mark of so place kicks for the
Rams.
ONE OF PADDYs greatest punng exhibitions was In the
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