Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-05
ATCHISON'S
ANGLE
Ex-Beor Invodes Redskins Camp
By LEWIS +. ATcHISoN

LOS ANGELES, AUG. 5-There is talk-again-of
moving the Redskins training camp from Occidental
College for various And Ed Cody former Chicago
Bears ulback around the other day with suggestion
that George Marshall try Santa Barbara College, 80
miles up the coast from here where Cody head COACH
I'm from Connecticut originally" Ed said "but I'd
never leave Santa Barbara It's wonderful We're about
mile from the mountains and haf-me from the
surrounded by culture We have 1O0OO-seat stadium at
Santa Barbara which fill for every game. 1t would
be a wonderful spot to train"
Look into It, Marshall told him, "and get the dope
on it for u.s."
JOE TEREsHINsKI, Cody's teammate on the ls47
College AStarS, concerned, buntly So about
Eds pro connections at the moment It's sort of tradi-
uona that old pros have the courtesy of the camp but
the Redskins entertained couple in the last two years
who turned to the Rams all the information they
got about the Washington club
I'm Bears man." Cody protested. 81 sent them
two habackS last year. Ralph Anderson of Los Angeles
State and Johnny Morris from Santa Barbara and both
made it. Johnny Adams, 6-foot-3 235-pound hafback
from Los Angeles my recommendation this year and
they took him fourth in the draft. He'll make good"
Cody calls George Haas "the greatest man in pro
football even though ne was stern taskmaSter. When
Ed with the Bears they had weigh in every Wednes
day and meet a limit HaaS set for them.
1T $50 fine for every pound over the limit" Ed
recalled, and one week Johnny Lujack pounds over
Johnny was lot bigger than he looked"
$3.50
IRONICALLY, THE BEARS lost 1910 decision to the
1947 AlStars, which probably is where Haas took shine
to Cody. George didn't take much of fancy though to
TereShnSki, who delighted in logging Quarterback Sid
Luckman at every opportunity.
1--WE looked so bad in practice Frank Leahy developed
headache and turned the coaching over to Way Butts
Cody recalled
I'VE really laid it on them" Tereshinsh chimed in
I'VE got lucky on couple of plays and caught fire"
Cody, graduate of Boston College, went from the
AStas to Green Bay for two years. then played three
vith fhop oorc hafor koI;xo ~
busted Jaw and 12stitch cash in the neck inflicted by
his old teammate, gray-hared Tony Canadeo of the
Packers, FASTENED his decision.
THERE WAS BIG difference between the systems
used by Green Bay and the Bears Under Curly Labeau
the Packers scrmmaged every Wednesday, rain or shine
straight through the season.
1.-THE Bears had the best oense with their To- Ed said
"but Lambeau had good defense I always thought he
had of the best deenSes in the league and it was
very simple-only five or six moves.
But he sure did like to Scrimmage" Ed continued. IT
would be head-to-head against Larry Crag-remember
him, Joe?-and we got it down to science He'd throw
shoulder block not too hard and make it look good
think Craig is the finest aaround end I've SEEN
They talk about Ed Sprinkle being tough Pshaw,
Craig was tougher In college at South Carolina he
one-man track team and when he hit you the foot
ball field you were hit. I understand he owns
200O-acre cattle ranch Greenville, S. c."
CODY PLAYED ON THE 1912 Boston College eleven
that was all set to accept Sugar Bowl bid until it
upset. 5512 by Holy Cross in the last game of the
1t was supposed to be pushover for BIC and if you
recall, big victory celebration had been planned for
the squad at the Cocoanut Grove night club in Boston,
That the night the club caught fire and about 500
lives lost
Il had date and went there anyway" Ed told
u.s. Luckily we were just leaving when the fire started
and got out safely. The others weren't so lucky"
Cody sharing quarters at the time with AL Foren
tino, now manager of WaShngton's Touchdown Club
Mike Holovak Fred Naumetz and Joe Repko None could
figure out why they had lost to team like Holy Cross
which, paper, had business the field with
the Eagles. But Repko accepted it philoSophicaly
Forget it," he told the others. I'VE don't know why
1t happened, but it's the hand of God"
Some 10 hours later they had to be thankful
for their defeat.