Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-10
WIN, LOSE OR
ONAW By FRANCIS sTANN
Voice of Experience

Hilton Hotel it like old home week Jim Tatum and
Chuck Erickson of North Carolina hosts and Tommy
Mont and Bill Cobey, their counterparts at Maryland
guests Over mess of ham, breakfast steaks hashed
brown potatoes and coffee they getting shape for
the 23d annual All-Star Game
Tatum thinking the 13-point spread favoring
the Cleveland Browns about right The only time
Al-Stars win" Jim was saying, sis when something's
happened to the pros DsSension maybe or of
more key men,"
kibitzer the brunch remembering last years So-27
victory by the An-Stars asked
What about the IS game? Was there dissenson on the
Browns year ago?"
Il guess not" Tatum said forget they didn't
have Otto Graham that game Paul Brown
knew he needed help So he got Graham to play
year and he traded for that good fuback every pro
needs-Ed Modzewesk"
AMAN WHO WAS HEADED for the races at Washington
Park rose and looked inquiringly at Tatum.
Just bet me the daily double Jim said give and one"
Five and one" repeated the Just like that, huh?
You don't know the horses names"
II was lucky in 81" Jim said Maryland went unbeaen
just want 50 on five and one"
Tatum not lucky in 1854 when he was chosen as
head coach of the ASars Not only did the Detroit Lions
cobber his team $685. but the Ward invented
the AStar Game in behalf of the Chicago Tribune lam
basted Tatum during the halves later in print But
Tatum saying, he wasn't blaming Ward his
I'VE had bad team in "a" he explained, land Ward
naturally worried about the future his game Cond
lions somewhat better Having that pro coaching
staff Curley Lambeau and those fellows . has got to
help They treat their players like pros which they
scrimmage against the Chicago Cardinals before the Asa
Game The AllStars ready But like sad they
because Graham wasn't at quarterback for Cleveland
the Browns didn't have Modzeweski."
FOR THE FIRST TIME, perhaps, Tatum disclosed the
reluctancy with which he accepted the job of
the "a All-Stars
was December guess that Arch Ward phoned me
We to play Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl
day. Arch said:
Jim, want the winning coach-you or Bud wilkinson
to be my Al-Star head coach next summer
I'm not agreeing to such arrangement told Arch
Make up your mind now-Wlknson me-and never mind
how the Orange Bowl comes out
well, Ward said Wilkinson had one shot at coaching
the ASars and he got beat pretty good So-wn lose
draw in Mami-Im asking you to take the job.
so accepted" Tatum sighed THE head coach gets
$1,000 his assistants $500 EACH It's the
made probably"
IN THE FIRST PLACE, Tatum revealed only 26 of the
original SIS coeganS picked for the SQUAD accented ha
tough blow meant we had to scrounge around for
Others he said Then, being splt-T coach having
Wilkinson assistant relied helluva lot on having
a quarterback who knew the split-T.
I'VE never had Bernie Faloney-my own guy from
Maryandjumped to the Canadian League So did Jackie
Parker of Mississippi the only other splt-T quarterback
Wasn't there another quarterback that summer"
Sure, Paul Cameron, Tatum said "He sat under tree
sat under a tree?"
That's what he dd-sat under tree in our training
camp He belonged to Pittsburgh he wasn't splt-T
quarterback called him into my Office one day and said
Paul, I'm going to make left halfback out of you
for this game.
Cameron didn't like it much, guess He was looking
to the future and explained that he 81 900 or so on
home or something and then he went tree
WHEN PROMOTER WARD lambasted Tatum during the
halves OF the "a game he entirely within his rights
Jim was saying on this agreeable morning
We were pretty bad he conceded the odd part is
that came out Of it with friends than had when
went into the game
People never knew sided with national magazine
offered $500 for story that lash back at Ward
refused it. Shucks Ward had plenty troubles as it was
couple more good ckng and hered for the
An-Star Game"
Then you think the idea OF hiring pros to coach the
An-Stars wise2'
TO this extent" Tatum answered "Lambeau Pool and
the rest can concentrate this game college coach
can't really do it.
AT the time" Jim concluded every pro team has
got to be favored That is like said earlier there's no
dissension and no important loss Of personnel"