Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-18
ATCHISON'S
ANGLE
The Book You Can't Buy
by LEWIS KTcHIsoN

JOSEPH T. LABRUM'S annual contribution to Amer
lean letters (and gures) of the press and already
collectors item. You can't buy the book the National
Football League Record Rules Manual and mores the
pity would many telephone calls If the boys in
the back room had their for handy reference
81 throw the league might break the printing bill
Labrum is the leagues publicity director, hut except
for Sunday nights during the when his statistical
totes up the yards gained and lost for the day.
has little to do Commissioner Bert Bell the Daniel Web
ster Of Bala-Cynwyd, Pa, insists making all press
announcements at league neutrality-suspicious. and
three times for Engsh-speakng reporters Club owners
acutey conscious Of newspaper space vaue-no
ton TV timerown the idea that Joe write publicity
stories from league headquarters They insist handling
the local basis frequently leaving Eastern foot
ball fans in the dark about Western teams and vice versa
though the fans interested in all IL teams
Thus, the manual is Labrum's big production of the
year and, with Sam Wilson editing the playing rules
ton, it is an interesting and invaluable book.
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WHEN GENERAL MANAGER Dick Mccain passed out
the books at the Redskins luncheon table there
immediate silence as all hands thumbed through most
of its 112 pages The Nation was left to shift for ITSELF
momentary while George Marshall discovered that his
notion adopted in July 1885, setting up divisions and
championship playo is not listed in the chronology
until after notation that the game had been played
It's minor thng-a slip of the type-and it's a wonder
worse hasn't happened
Joe Kuharich Joe TereShinSki and Dick Evans pored
over the figures as closely as income tax agents.
There's good one for you" Kuharch said to couple
VI TWO punLS were returned
touchdowns last year and both by Bert Zagers"
1t illustrates how absorbed coach gets in his work
zagers feats were duly recorded again at the end
the season
MORE CAREFUL READING may dredge up some in
terestng odd statistics but quick look shows
the al-time records still unbeaten. Remember Harry
Newman of the Giants? Nobodys topped his record of
carries in game but this of course before the
players organized Jim Brown Clevelands sensational
rookie halfback erased Gene Roberts onegame ground
gaining record Of 28 with 2S7 last year, but the old
owned by Sammy Baugh (pasSng and punng) and Frank
Fchocks 99yard pass to Andy Farkas plus many Others
still there
Joe is open to suggestions he ought to drop George
Halas 98yard with tumble made against Thorpes
Indians IN 1928 That the glacier age of pro football
AS MCCAIN POINTED OUT the power in coaching
to have East There's Buck Shaw at Phlade-
phia Buddy Parker at Pittsburghtwo of the old Vests
BEST Paul Brown at Cleveland Kuharich beginning his
fifth term here Jim Lee Howell settling into stride in New
York. and Frank Ivy starting with the Chicago Card-
nails The Eastern Division boasts battery of top-hght
coaches-beter than the Wes-and it should result in
better, more even race.
Just more item: You won't find Jim Grove Joe
Crowley, Norman Duncan John Tracy listed among the
Al officials They've been replaced by Carl Bauer Of
Michigan; Jack Nix Southern California; Tony Sacco St.
Ambrose; Frank Sinkovtz Duke, and Harry wiesenbagh
Pitt. Orrel Mitchell from D. C. is back.
Francis Siam vacation His column will July