Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-09
WIN, LOSE OR
6NAV By FRANCIS STANN
Optimism and Evanston

CHICAGO, AUG. 9.-At an appropriate hour George
Preston Marshall stepped into a vehicle placed at his
disposal and rode the necessary distance to Evanston for
cloSe-hand observation Of his future Redskins who
have been tong for time in preparation for tonght
big TV sports attraction College AStars versus the
New York Giants
Expertly side-stepping Curly Lambeau the only Red
skin coach Marshall fired after pushing contest in
hotel lobby, George upon his prdes and oys-End
Joe Walton Of Pitt Fullback Don Bosseer of Miami Half
back Jim Podoley of Central Michigan End Brad Bomba
of Indiana and Halfback Ed Sutton of North Carolina
AS nice-looking bunch of kids as ever met
Marshall proclaimed he departed after session of
drinking cold tea and ice sodas just the
of Northwestern University
Friday night with luck we going to have those
boys names familiar from coaSttocoaSt and am happy
that now know how to pronounce Podoley It's Po-doug
lay, with the accent the second syllable
Hes 6-3h inches and 100 pounds, which Is way
underweight Marshall unused But he's been working in
the oil fields and got kind Of thin They tell me he can run
like ring-tailed jackrabbit."
HALFBACK WHO CAN RUN as described is precisely
what Redskin Coach Joe Kuharich back in California.
needs Particularly If the young promises to grow to
22O pounds or so.
Il don't know just how happened to draft Podoley
Marshall admits Kuharch was impressed by his record
and by reports from his own contacts"
How were you impressed by the others?" member of
Marshall's encourage asked
well Bosseier nearly everybody's ALI American
never saw Bosseler play but Mike Nixon, backheld
coacn was nuodybuddy with Andy Gustafson of Miami
and so we landed the guy
"BoSSeler is big and fast. Kuharich likes fast full
backbone who can run like hafback With his system
"a fullback like Marion Motley Just wouldn't " George
waved an arm airy as If Marion Moteys grew trees
POSSIBLE STARTING END tonight will be Bomba.
o-foot-5 22S-pounder who until so many days ago
took dim view of playing for the Redskins Since hope
had all but been abandoned. Marshall himself adopted
stand-oflsh attitude toward Bomba and so it wasn't
until yesterday that he finally met the boy who has agreed
to sign.
HE was worried about med school," George deduced
BombaS finally realized he can have both-hs med school
education and pro football"
The daddy of Walton, an All-America end was a
rugged guard named Tiger Walton who played for the
Redskins during the years and now is dead Hes
going to make real good end" George entrusted Hes
taller than his dad and he's fast He may not be real tall
5-ll) but he handles those 208 pounds" George can
tell about such things in an ice-cream parlor
The Redskin draftee for whom Marshals heart bleeds
is sutton, who sat with the rest of the group and
acknowledged that he tagged strictly as defensive
back by Coach Lambeau Of the All-Stars
ON THE WAY BACK TO THE LOOP Marshall took
cognizance OF Suttons plight His dad-he PLAYED for
western Carolina or school is here to watch
him. Sutton is supposed to be a whale of an offensive
halfback Now he's got to pick of pass and run all the
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