Evening star., 1960-09-23
WIN, LOSE OR
DkAW B, FRANCIS s1AAA
Quiz Show

Q-NoW, MR.. MARSHALL, if the Redskins get
swacked by the Baltimore Colts Sunday is that likely
to mean Mike Nixon might be out of job?
Alt won't make any difference what the score Is
Q.-You mean .
A.-Hell still be my coach.
Q-RumorS and reports indicate that Mike is on thin
Ice because your Redskins haven't exhibition.
When will you reach the point-assuming they still lose
every week-when you will decide it's Nixons fault
the lack of material?
Alt won't be this year far Nixon is concerned.
He may coach for years to come. He definitely will not
be fred
Q-Stin it's true, is it not that you have called the
Redskin material the best since 1912?
A-The best and the most. I said that yes
Q-That wouldn't go for quarterback, would it?
A-No, we had Sammy Baugh.
AT GEORGE PRESTON MARsHAILs groaning board
in the Redkn Building the soup plates taken away
and the lamb chops brought out.
Q-Isn't it kind of inconsistent . . . your defending
Nixon and yet calling the Redskn material the best
1S years? Doesn't that reflect on the coach?
A-Not at all Nixon hasn't coached this team in its
healthy state yet. When he does and still can't win . .
WELL then it'll be time enough to Judge his ability
Q.-But you are satisfied with the material, which
you selected yourself Let me ask you were correctly
quoted when you alegedly said you knew more football
than any man in the country?
A-That wasn't the quote The read was
correct said knew much about football material
anybody in the business.
o.-YoU ARE TALKING only of knowing good mate
rial, not football itself?
ADO you mean, can I coach it? Can plot offensive
plays and defenses? No. Let ask you can you even
draw reasonable diagram of play blackboard?
only knew newspaperman who could do it better
than and ne was Harry Costello He played.
QYou sound little bit like Tom Yawkey last spring
when he came up to the box Boston and rallied
the newspapermen
A.-Ths is nothing at all like Yawkey's case Baseball
Is a different game. Football is far complex -.
Q-What going to say is that Yawkey who
pretty upset, first asked all the Boston writer's
they felt they could manage. When nobody answered
Yawkey pointed finger and Sad 'Il bet you can't
run streetcar His finger happened to be pointing
Bob Holbrook of the Globe.
A-Yes
Before he became baseball writer Holbrook ran
streetcar. He motorman
THE ENTREE DISHES were cleared and the dessert
followed
Q-How much chance do you honestly feel you have
Of beating the Colts?
Ave could win Beat 'em last year, didn't we?
But to be frank, won't be ready for best effort
until October g. our first home game. BY that time we
ought to be in better physical shape.
Q.-Does that mean you expect Ralph Guglielm
among others, to play?
Alright Maybe Gugliemi could play Sunday but
he won't The too long to risk getting him hurt
again.
QSo that leaves it up to M c. Reynolds on Sunday?
A-Pretty much. Reynolds isn't ready yet I've always
said 1t takes six months to quarterback pro club
at Philadelphia last year. Good he s Van Brockn
didn't do much until the end Of the season.
Q-ls Reynolds in class with Van Brockln?
Ale isn't bad Let's wait and see