Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-24
|kuharich Due
To Give Rockies
Big Test Sunday
BY LEWIS r. ATCHISON
Star star Correspondent

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Bailey will have the strongest
supporting cast the Redskins can
give him at the start of Sundays
game with the Miners at
San Francisco, but few minutes
after the opening whistle the
rookie from Penn State may be
strictly on his own.
Coach Joe Kuharich today de-
cided to start his "horses" on
offenSe, which means Leo Filter
will replace injured Vic Jano-
wicz at left half. with big Dale
Atkeson at fullback, rookie Dick
James from Oregon at right half,
and Bailey calling signals. Don
also will have the benefit of the
Ifirst-string offensive line.
1T will be tough enough for
him without having some rookie
bust a signal right of the bat, "
Kuharich explained, "but we've
got to try these boys sometime
and it may as well be against the
Forty-Niners as any other club. !"
MIsetti Due for Test
One newcomer expected to see
action in the backfield is Jerry
Musetti, Michigan State half
back, whose running in scrim-
images - before injuring his
shoulder-surprised everybody.
MuSetti, whose dad was born in
CaIrara. Italy, but whose mother
Qrene Downey) is Irish, was one
Of the most widely sought high
school athletes in his home state,
but was sort of overlooked in the
rush at Michigan State.
Il was on the hamburger
squad" he explained with a
smile. II scrimmaged about
three hours one day, going both
ways. when we were getting
ready out here for the 1854 Rose
Bowl game. I didn't get to play
IN the game, but it was a nice
trip and we had a.good time"
MuSetti, 5-foot-1012, 1877
FOUNDER, weighed in at an even
200 pounds when training camp
opened. His boyish face and
rocking chair spread gave him
the appearance of an autograph
hunter, not pro football player
And. to tell the truth, he's got
to prove himself yet. but his
chances are much improved over
his flrst-week appearance when
he looked more like a mobile lard
bucket than halfback.
In Jam Over Coast Trip
Jerry blameS some of his
troubles at Michigan State on
the fact that he and Biggie
Mum didn't hit it off too well. "
Then, too, he was investigated
by the Big Ten for enrolling at
East Lansing after first signing
up with the University of Michi-
gan. 1t was hard for him to ex-
Iplain-hiS girl went to Michigan
but that, and a subsequent
trip to California. cost the Spar
tans a years suspension.
My brother, a let pilot. was
home on leave from the Korean
war and my father, mother and
l went to visit him in Califor-
nia." Jerry said. THE Spartan
Foundation was suspected of
paying the expenses for all of
US. 1t didn't though, I can as
sure you"
Jerry'S brother subsequently
was reported missing after a
strafing mission and is presumed
ITO have been lost in action.
Musetti isn't at all awed by
the fact that he's up against
some tough competition for a lob
with the Redskins. although he
admits the toughest game he
ever played in was the intra-
squad fracaS a couple of weeks
ago. He discovered that his So
called "buddieS" hit for keeps.
Musetti may have another
Michigan State teammate in the
lineup with him Sunday in Gary
Lowe, primarily defensive back.
who has got to win his pro spurs
before the league season opens.
"a third Spartan alumnus, Jerry
PlanutiS, is still idle with a
broken hand, and will be for two
more weeks, but his running in
scrimmage and the intra-souad
game indicated that he can cut