Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-03
WIN, LOSE OR
DRAW ;, FRANCE, ,rAuu
Return of the Winqed-T

EUGENE tBo) SHERMAN, over platter Of beef at
the Touchdown Club talking the football season
coming up Styists bringing back knee-lengh skirts
Well successful teams like Louisiana State and Iowa are
bringing back the wingedT That's what you'll the
basic offense of most college teams this year."
Which Is all right with Sherman. whose George Wash
ngton Colonias will be going along with of rest
"You can cali 1t by any name-winged-T, wide-nanker
attack split ends double flankers 30 saying zone
thing hope well be able to do this throw
passes. Complete Ones that is"
Eddie LeBaron Of the Redskins, who finished his law
studies at CIV last winter helped the Colonials quarter
backs In spring practice Eddie helped both my boys Ed
Hino and Chuck Packan awful lot" Sherman said I'm
not talking much about ball handling as removing
their doubts as to when to throw.
That's been the big trouble with our quarterbacks
Or for that matter with the quarterbacks of college
teams One exception has been Navy When Eddie Erde
laS was coaching Nays quarterbacks would just
pass In running play situation as not"
S%AS t.
BECAUSE GEORGE WASHINGTON never Is very
deep-and the Coonals won't be very big either this
seasonSherman is hoping Hino and Packan will retain
all that LeBaron taught them.
Eddie Is real master" 30 acknowledged. II was
attending coaches meeting in Richmond when the
Redskins were playing an exhibition the Coast. sat
in hotel with radio and marveled at the way he
moved his club.
These good quarterbacks keep the opposition back on
their heels They pass when the so-caled book calls for
running play LeBaron moved the Redskins to the
yard line first down and when everybody looking
for line punges he passed for touchdown His receiver
was wide open"
Neither Hino Packan is long passer but 30
is thinking they'll do all right anyway "Packan has ire
mendous potential He's my best punter and very good
roout-ype quarterback On the option play he carry
the ball.
THE only trouble" 30 sighed "is that Packan really
hasn't been tested He played about four minutes in
first game last year-the against Deroit-and got
hurt. He never back all season."
THE SoFT-SPoKEN SHERMAN, dean of coaches In
this because he is moving into his eighth at
satisfied tWo rule in
lege ball.
Most coaches want return to platoon football" he
asserted, but we didn't get it. We got compromise.
player can into the and be recorded twice in
each period OF course during times out player
go in often he's sent He's not recorded with time
out 1t helps, but I'd rather about platooning"
As for the other major rules change-widenng the
goal posts from 1874 feet to % feet inches Sherman
is thinking it won't produce many more field goals
1T isn't the width Of the goal posts that stops college
kckers but the distance They ought the goal
line like the pros have their posts.
For the life Of me-" 30 said, mildly, Il can't under
stand the rulesmakers There three different rules
commteesthe high school federation the intercollegiate
and the pros-and three different sets Of rules Base
ball. basketball and other sports have the rules and
we don't OF course there differences in pro
basketball"
ALTHOUGH sHERMANS TEAMS won six of nine in
1852 and of nine in 1885, George Washington usually
fortunate to break even the Last the
Colonias were 3-5 This coming up?
I'm hopeful, that's ALL" DO said, quietly I'VE open
with Detroit and we'll into halfback named Maher
who's good any in the country, Al-America
Boston University is trying to big time West Virginia
is the powerhouse of the Southern Conference
And, Of course, there's Navy"
'Bo," luncheon guest asked 81 notice you have only
80 players working out. Isn't 1t handicap to have so
fewp At Nore Dame for instance there are 10 men, and
that's the smallest number there since World War II.
"Oh, I'm satisfied with SO players 30 replied upper
turbed II don't begrudge those other schools all their
men, wish had 1O0 of course, but I'm happy to have
my 80. The big thing Is to keep them whole"
The luncheon-press conference lasted two hours
Sherman didn't shed single tear AS man says you
don't hardly find them kind of coaches no more.