Evening star., 1961-07-27
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BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON
Star Staff Writer

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Getting booted off the first
team hardly would be con-
strued as vote of confidence
in most football players. But it
has happened to Tackle Don
Lawrence of the Redskins as
the squad points for Saturdays
dress rehearsal scrimmage.
Rookie Riley Mattson of Ore
gon will be paired with Ray
Lemek on offense, replacing
Lawrence at left tackle. When
Don does get into the fray, it
may be at any one of eight
positions.
Lawrence is the best utility
man we've got" Coach Bill
McPeak said. He can play
guard or tackle, either side, Of
fense or defense, and a man
like that is too valuable to put
at one position. He may wind
up as a starting tackle, but I'd
like to have him for a swing
man If we can work it out"
Wedding Bells To Ring
Mattson, a 6-foot-5, 245-
FOUNDER, is getting private
tutoring from Defensive Tackle
Andy Stynchula this week, in
hopes of getting him broken in
for the opening exhibition game
with the Rams. He's virtually
in the kindergarten stage of
pro football. but big, courage
Gus and willing. He's got to be
to stand up under the train
ing Stynchula is handing out.
Lawrence, a Notre Da m e
graduate beginning his third
season with the Redskins, un-
doubtedly would prefer to play
one position. At the moment,
however, he doesn't care too
much. Wedding bells will ring
for Don September 25, the day
after the Redskins play the
Eagles at Philadelphia, and
whether he plays tackle, guard,
quarterback or end doesn't
matter much. He'll take what
ever billet McPeak assigns him
to.
This may mean backing up
Vince omuto and Fran
OBrien, the guards, as well as
Mattson and Lemek. Defensive
ly. Don may get an SOS imme--
diately. Bob Toneff is the only
regular tackle left since Ray
Krouse'S retirement. Bill Pres
ser, who was supposed to take
Rays place, is still in the hos
pital, recuperating from tenn
porary paralysis of the legs.
That leaves only Rockies Dick
Jakotowicz from the Air Force
and Earl Kohlhaas Of Penn
State to fill the other starting
positions.
Juggling Lineup
For the time being McPeak
isn't designating a first or "a"
team. He's juggling the lineup
to give everybody a good shot
at a job, as he promised in his
opening talk. He took a look
at Ron Mallory of Purdue and
Tom Gunderman of Maryland
in linebacking roles during yes
terday's half -hour skirmish.
Halfback Jim Kerr of Penn
State was impressive on defense
and Jim Cunningham of Pitts
burgh looked fairly good at
fullback.
NOTES.-The Coach Abe
Gibron has a reel of motion
pictures which he runs from
time to time to fight off home
sickness Billy Brewer and
Gary Click intercepted passes
in yesterdays workout Sam
Horner, told to lose about seven
OF his 212 pounds, went on a
crash diet and sagged to 1913
in two days. He looks gaunt
and will get rest Fullback
Don Bosseler is being treated
for a stiff neck Defensive
Halfback Ben Scott treats pass
receivers like they'd called him
a bad name Mallory and
Coach Bill Elias of Virginia
are married to sisters. Ron's
wife is the former Denise Sher-
man of Laurel, Md. Joe
Kuharich lost an outstanding
halfback prospect for Notre
Dame, Kent Nance, because the
boy is a Mormon and Joe didn't
know there is a Norman
church across from the Notre
Dame golf course in South
Bend. Nance has accepted a
scholarship to Brigham Young.