Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-24
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A Touch Decision
BY LEWIS r. ATcHIsoN

AS THE REDSKINS who attended yesterdays Ad Club
Lions luncheon filed to their places at the head table
heard fans in the audience whispering their Eddie
lie Baron, Gene Brito, Chuck Drazenovch Jim Podoley
and Ralph Guglelmi
"wel" said fellow at nearby table. 1--WE know they
weren't cut"
When the names of the four players who dropped
announced later in the afternoon 1t came mild
shock hear that Tackle Eddie hayat and Leo Eter
a-around back among them You could understand
the release Of Tavern Torgeson, step slower after mid
winter surgery his knee You could see an excuse for
rejecting Fred Brey, defensive halfback who to
the Redskins if" deal from the seelers, and who
now goes back to Pittsburgh. @ ts48eles
But Khayat and Filter
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ONLY LAST WEEK in a Saturday Evening Post article,
George Wilson quoted saying football is cold
and cruel" business Any pro sport is There is
for yesterdays heroes But also it is tough coach
like Joe Kuharich, Sentimentalst, to have to waive
players who. in other years. would be welcome on the
squad He would rather have taken beating than tell the
four players that they were through. e
But there is even less sentiment among owners, and
football coaches like baseball managers, expendahe
The first head to roll losing team isn't weak guard
an cratic second baseman but the coach or manager who
hired him.
Kuharich and his aides had to be codly realistic in
appraSing the squad Even they fearful Of
ing wrong and there may come time when they will
wish they had the four back Only time win tell And of
course nobody will criticize the second-guessers who are
wrong but we'd still have to vote against releasing Khayat
and Filter.
SCOOTER SCUDERO, halfback who goes both ways
and recites Shakespearean lines well, must lead
charmed life Not that Scudero isn't capable and handy
to have around in tight situation Scooter isn't speaking
to George Marshall who only the club Ordinarily
that would 23-skdoo But the San Francisco thes
plan is still with us because Kuharch decided he needed
him more than some Of the others.
This sometimes makes for strained relations but not
on winning football teams. There was time when some
persuaded Marshall that the Redskins had too many
rowdes-too many who preferred pinch of snuff to
tea crumpets George got rid of them and the team
hit a bad slump.
"At the next draft meeting" Of his cronies pre-
dcted he get roughnecks like used to have and
leave those gentlemen football players for the other teams
*%#*
NOW THAT THE FINAL cuts have been made Kuha-
rich and his men settle down to the task of getting
ready for Sundays debut at Philadelphia Throw out the
last one, as they around the tracks for their
TIA loss to the Bears was not true test This week
brings the first real test.
One disturbing note crept into the pos-mortems the
old I'VE wuz robbed" complaint raised on Bill Ander-
sons fourhperod pass reception when he was called
ofbounds on play that would have planted the ball deep
in Chicago territory.
Kuharichs lips sealed by official league edict but
the films repeatedly show Anderson to be well within
bounds If the officials aren't competent why doesn't
Commissioner Bert Bell get some who are? But please
let's not put all the blame poor officiating for any
good team beats the opposition and the officials
George Haas OF the Bears uses psychology the
blowers carefully inquring their names before the
game It may be that he's only interested meeting new
people, but picking up $50 and expenses is bound
to think twice before ruling against such friendly fellow
as George.