Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-08
WIN, LOSE OR
DRAW >, FRANCIS sr4pp
Early Draft, Early Losses
AFTER CONSIDERABLE TEETERIN

AFTER CONSIDERABLE LETTERING Don ovens
tackle from Mississippi Southern has decided to sign with
the Pittsburgh SeelerS instead of with the Montreal
Aouettes big victory for the National Football League?
Hardly.
other star members those Senior Bowl squads
that met in Mobile Ala, last Saturday Jumped" to the
Canadian League rather play the National League
teams that drafted them One Redskin choice Vince
Scorsone guard from the University of Pittsburgh An
other Bill Glass; Al-America guard from Baylor who
chose Saskatchewan Detroit Clemson Joel Wells
and Bill Hudson preferred Canada to Green Bay and the
Chicago Cardinals, respectively
man was saying 1.-The National League is letting
itself get Suckered naming draft choices in November
It's putting the finger the of the and saving
the Canadians from scouting colleges The fact that
Don Owens wanted much by Montreal that the
Seelers had to fight for him is in point How many
people in this country much less Canada heard of
Owens of Mississippi Southern until Pittsburgh chose him
its No. draftee?"
COULD BE THERE is merit to the argument For the
last two the National League has made its big picks
in November and here has suffered certain losses
to Canada An opinion asked of General Manager
Dick Mccain of the Redskins, and he put it this way
In the first place there plenty of football players
to go around Mote: He rerained from lamenting that
Scorsone had been LOST Secondly the Redskins have
always opposed early draft Mr. George Preston Marshall
voted against November draft last and again this
year.
1T used to be-" Mccain recalled that in the National
League the picks after championship
playof These began to later and later, finally
Spling into January Still, that all right But
to get into the act"
rs November draft giving the Canadians the benefit
of National League scouting information considered serious
mistake by Mr.. MarShall?"
Well" Mccain said "it's to be doubted if early
draft really helps the Canadians know that when the
Redskins really want player we get or retain him"
THIS RAISED SOME INTERESTING questions: scorsone
the No choice of the Redskins he's gone to Van
couver do you regard him serious loss?" McCann
asked.
"you will notice NFccann countered "that ue didn't
lose Ralph Gugemi to the Canadians Only" he gggled,
ito the Armed Forces"
What about Gene Brto and Eddie LeBaron? They
jumped to Canada, didn't they?"
When needed them" Mccain quickly answered,
ignoring the fact that during that time the Redskins
qued all the help they could get I'VE got them back
AS for losing ScorSone, lneman and linebacker in
much demand the Redskins apparently aren't much worried
outwardly General Manager Mccain apparently likes his
previously expressed thought: When need them we'll
get them back"
COL HARVEY MILLER teephoned to say that if it
possible he would have helped Jimmy Powers when the Tv
guy cropping tor fighter whose style he could
with that of Isdro Martinez who specaculary whipped
the highly favored Ike Chestnut at Capitol Arena and
Channel the other night
They'd hardly started" COL Mller-the more familiar
Heinie-expounded, when said to my wife, There's Dick
Fnnegan all again. Honey Boy Fnnegan, who fought
you souhpaw and then shifted Honey Boy ought to have
been world featherweght champ When they looking
for successor to Johnny Dundee thought that
Honey Boy would win out.
He'd already beaten Dundee right here in the old
Washington Auditorium. He'd beaten Bobby Garcia and
Jose Lombardo But Kid Kapan elimination tourna
ment for the title Finnegan who fought two no-decson
bouts with Gode Ahearn did win the South and Central
American title.
Like nearly knowedgeabe boxing person who
the Ed Sullivan TV show Sunday, Col Miller got laugh
when Sullivan tried to show Sugar Ray Robinson how
clinch Ito protect himself future against
of Gene Fullmer).
Even if Sullivan what he was talking about"
Heine chuckled, sit still like football coach showing
his team how to tumble"