St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-09-04

stories on National Football
League teams and there tan per-
sonnet.
World Champions, can they re-
peat? The Baltimore Colts, with
one Of the largest representation
of tan players in the National
Football League, look like formi-
dable defending champions.
Stellar roles on offense are like
ly to be supplied by Lenny Moore
one Of the most moderated Of all
NIL backs; Lonnie Lyles, a speed
ster with elusiveness, and jim
Parker, who became in two years
one of the leagues best offensive
tackles.
Standouts on defense are Gene
(Big Daddy Lipscomb, one Of the
greatest tackles, and Milt Davis
an excellent defensive halfback.
Secondary players returning in
clude Sherman Plunkett, who can
be used both ways and on the
kickoff and kick-receiving units
and John Sample, a defensive half
back. Both Plunkett and Sample
are Maryland State college prod
ucts.
Other hopefuls at the Colts
training camp at Westminster
Md, included Jesse Arnello, form
er Penn State star, and John Henry
Lewis, one-time standout for Mich.
igan State. Lewis, however, was
cut before the first exhibition
game.
1t is doubtful the Colts would
have been champions but for the
brilliant al-around offensive work
of Moore, team leader in scoring
The former Penn State star tailed
"a points; was third in the league
in pass receiving, so for 938 yards
and reeled off 59S yards from
scrimmage for a league-pacing 7.3,
yard average.
AS the Colts chief outside run.
ming threat and the outstanding
deep pass receiver, he has racked
up 1,735 yards along the ground, a
6.5 average, and 1927 yards via
1o1 aerial receptions in a three
year period. His brilhance last
season earned him All-Pro honors
An all-Pro last year, Parker
could reign supreme among the
leagues offensive tackles for sew
eral years. The former Ohio State
all-American is a Furnishing block
er who specializes in pass pro-
lection. He is one of the big rea-
sons - and we do mean big (27O
pounds) - that quarter back John
Unitas can delay his passes until
his receivers break into the clear
The first time Lyles got his
hands on a football in a regular
NIL game last season - his first
In pro football - he whizzed q
yards for a touchdown against the
Detroit Lions. He showed his speed
in running back kickoffs 103 yards
against the Chicago Bears and 101
yards against the Washington Red
skins. Used for spot duty last sea-
son, Lyles can qualify for fulltime
action this year if he improves
sufficiently his pass-catching tech
nique.
Just as Parker has become the
peer of offensive tackles, so has
Lipscomb moved into the fore
front of defensive tackles. The &c,
2SS-pound native Detroiter, who
never played college football, is
extremely powerful and ball car
riers seldom escape his grasp. He
started his pro career in 1853 with
Los Angeles when he was Just out
of the Marines. The Colts grabbed
him on waivers in 1856 and have
never regretted it.
Davis, discarded by the Detroit
Lions, was grabbed by the Colts
as a free agent in 1857 and helped
work Baltimorer's pass defense. He
grabbed 10 enemy aerials in 1857
and returned them for 219 yards.
Although his pass .thefts were
reduced to four last year, two of
them were key interruptions in
the Colts 35-to-27 win over the
San Francisco 49-ers.
Plunkett, a Ga, 265 FOUNDER,
was another free agent signed by
the Colts. He was cast adrift after
a trial by the Cleveland Browns
in 1856.
Sample, a first-year performer
last year, impressed the Colts
with his defense ability and his
fleetness on the kickoff unit. But