Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-01
Rules, Bylaws
Occupy NIL
Owners Today
Redskins Get Pair
From CIV; Buffalo
Seeks Franchise
BY LEWIS r. ATCHISON
Star stan Correspondent

ClOIlal rOOJDall League cluD own
ers today turned their attention
to weightier problems concerning
bylaws and playing rules after
completing the last 26 rounds of
their annual player draft here
last night.
Among the matters to be dis
cuSsed were applications for
franchises in the league from
such cities as Minneapolis, Dem
yer. Buffalo, Kansas City, Seattle,
Louisville. Houston and an un-
identified city in Florida. If
the league is expanded. which
seems extremely doubtful, the
owners are almost certain to
pick cities where they will be
free from baseball competition
in the matter of playing sites.
another Milwaukee"
In presenting Buffalo's case,
Patrick J. McGroder said, Buff
falo could be to professional
football what Milwaukee has
been to big league baseball. 4"
He said he represented no group,
but the city itself.
Buffalo. he said, would double
deck its present stadium if it got
a pro football franchise. increas-
ing the seating capacity from
I39,700 to approximately $4,000.
He promised a preseason ticket
sale of at least $4,000 season
tickets.
McGroder is chairman of the
board of the Buffalo Memorial
Auditorium and a civic leader.
Sixty-one proposals we're on
the agenda prepared by Com
missioner Bert Bell. 1t threat
'ened to be a long, tedious affair,
but possibly not as wearying as
yesterdays 1l12 hour session.
One distant observer labeled it
Football Players Anonymous
and he hit it right on the head.
Few Of the 3ll players chosen
yesterday are we'll known out
side of their collegiate provinces.
The biggest name" perhaps,
was that of Milt Campbell,
Olympic decathlon champion,
who was drafted by the Cleve-
land Browns.
Seven Terps Selected
The Redskins, running the
gamut from Yale to Catawba.
picked four Georgia Tech
players and two from George
Washington.
The Redskins ignored Mary
land but seven of Tommy
Mont's players we're chosen. The
Rams took Tackle Joe Lazzarino.
the Lions got Center Gene Al
derton: the Browns picked Quar-
terback Frank Tamburello: the
Packers, Halfback HOWE Dare:
the Giants, Halfback Jack
Healy. and the Bears, End Ed
Heuring and Guard AL Wharton.
Earlier. Tackle Nike Sandusky
had been picked by the Forty
Miners as the Cardinals fourth
choice to complete a deal.
Tom Selep. Maryland fullback.
was drafted by the Steelers last
year for the Lions to complete
an earlier trade.
Coach Joe Kuharich Of Wash
ington took Guard Ed Sakach
and Fullback Claude (Bo) Aus
tin from GW's victorious Sun
Bowl squad.
The Redskins also got a Yale
man. End Paul Lopata. a
6-foot-2. 203-pounder. The
21-year-old Eli is married and
has a child.
Two Future Selections
Two of the Redskins picked
were futures" Halfback Sam
Owen of Georgia Tech and
Guard AL Viola of Northwestern.
The draft session developed
into something of a lark after
the first couple of rounds. From
the start 1t was apparent that
none Of the coaches expected to
get much, although a few said
privately there were a lot of
good linemen in this years crop
of collegians.
The Redskins got into a mild
haSsle over Halfback Donnie
Caraway of Houston. who went
to the Bears in the 29th round
The Washington coaches chose
him earlier, but were told that
since Caraway had no diploma
he would be ineligible unless he
received one before September /.
The Redskins snatched Quar-
terback Art Luppino of Arizona
on the last round. after dropping
hints all over the room about
his bad knee. 1t is bad. Back
field Coach Mike Nixon said.
but "he played in the Senior
Bowl for us and showed us a
lot of football savvy as we'll as
moxie."
For their 18th choice the Red
skins took another quarterback,
Guy Martin OF Colgate. A good
passer. Martin also is president
of his class and the guiding
genius behind a baby sitting
service.
The big" man of the Red
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